{"id":6242,"date":"2011-11-01T00:21:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T07:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/open-thread1112011-2\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T00:21:52","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T07:21:52","slug":"open-thread1112011-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/open-thread1112011-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;11\/1\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Welcome to November.&#160; Yesterday I ran errands, including getting a new transit pass, and worked on the blog.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies.&#160; Today I will spend most of the day collecting the data that will become Wednesday\u2019s <em>Monthly Report<\/em>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 4:07 (average 4:52).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-11-01-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/firstread.msnbc.msn.com\/_news\/2011\/10\/31\/8563824-nbc-confirms-one-cain-accuser-received-cash-settlement\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>NBC News has confirmed that one woman received a settlement from the National Restaurant Association after complaining about inappropriate sexual conduct by Herman Cain.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News is not disclosing the name of the woman nor characterizing who she is.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Cain has changed stories as much as Romney has changed position.&#160; No wonder Cain is so attracted to Clarence Thomas, the 999 of Injustices.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-15527534\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>: <\/font>The United States is cancelling funding for the UN cultural body Unesco after it voted to grant full membership to the Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>The motion was passed by a substantial majority, despite strong opposition from the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>A US state department spokeswoman said a payment of some $60m (\u00a337m) due next month would not be made. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is wrong!&#160; Unesco is a Democratic body, not a US puppet organization, and I commend them for not bowing to US pressure.&#160; Hillary is trying to bully like Bush.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From LA Times: <\/font>Well before the first votes of the 2012 campaign are to be cast, the Commission on Presidential Debates has determined the dates and locations for general election confrontations between the major candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The first of three televised debates will be on Oct. 3 at the University of Denver. A town hall meeting-style debate will be held on Oct. 16 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. The final meeting, at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., will be on Oct. 22 &#8212; just two weeks before Election Day on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n<p>The vice presidential nominees will debate only once, on Oct. 11 at Centre College in Danville, Ky. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Considering that these are all over eleven months away, campaign season is too damn long!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"1Cartoon\" alt=\"1Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to November.&#160; Yesterday I ran errands, including getting a new transit pass, and worked on the blog.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies.&#160; Today I will spend most of the day collecting the data that will become Wednesday\u2019s Monthly Report. 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