{"id":6354,"date":"2011-11-22T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/22\/open-thread11222011\/"},"modified":"2011-11-22T00:00:17","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T08:00:17","slug":"open-thread11222011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/22\/open-thread11222011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–11\/22\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday unpacking and storing a month\u2019s groceries wore me out.  Fortunately, I had most of my research done, by the time they arrived yesterday afternoon.  I\u2019m current with replies.  Tomorrow I plan to rest, as I know I\u2019m still under it.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today it took me 3:52 (average 4:54).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>A video that showed two University of California, Davis, police officers using pepper spray on seated protesters has gone viral, with hundreds of thousands watching what might have been a relatively small encampment compared with the larger protests across the country. The video has led to demands that Chancellor Linda P. B. Katehi resign. On Monday, Ms. Katehi said she was putting the campus police chief on administrative leave as a way to rebuild trust on campus. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s insufficient.  Before the media circus, Katehi defended the officers\u2019 abuse of protesters.  She must resign.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>Police in Sun Prairie, Wisc. said Monday they were investigating reports of death threats made against two activists supporting the recall of Gov. Scott Walker (R).<\/p>\n

Wisconsin residents Heather DuBois Bourenane and Tom Peer, who live in Sun Prairie and Madison, respectively, said they received early morning phone calls on Thursday of last week warning that they would be murdered.<\/p>\n

Both calls came from a Michigan number that did not have an active voicemail account, CNN-owned publication Channel 3000 noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said, \u2018If you don\u2019t stop circulating recall petitions, we will kill you,\u2019\u201d Peer reportedly said, describing the call he received.<\/p>\n

Frankly, this criminal iteration of Republican Second Amendment solutions<\/em> stinks!<\/font><\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Newt Gingrich\u2019s desire to roll back Social Security<\/a> is no secret. But apparently his quest to tackle decades-old New Deal policies doesn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n

Now Gingrich is taking on an issue he says \u201cno liberal wants to deal with\u201d \u2014 economically suffocating child labor laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The golf links lie so near the mill, That almost every day, The laboring children can look out, And watch the men at play<\/em> – Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn.  This is  the Republican vision for America.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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