{"id":6398,"date":"2011-11-28T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/28\/open-thread11282011\/"},"modified":"2011-11-28T00:00:18","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T08:00:18","slug":"open-thread11282011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/28\/open-thread11282011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;11\/28\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I stayed mostly down and mediated on the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Either today or Wednesday I have to go out to run errands, depending on the weather and how I feel.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 5:03 (average 5:33).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-11-28-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Religious Ecstasy<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1127-Broncos16-Chargers13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" title=\"1127-Broncos16-Chargers13\" alt=\"1127-Broncos16-Chargers13\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1127-Broncos16-Chargers13_thumb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/front.moveon.org\/this-is-why-elizabeth-warren-should-win-any-damn-elected-office-she-ever-runs-for\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn.org<\/a>: <\/font>Elizabeth Warren debunks health care myths.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LeYCk5ooNvY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This stuff we need to know. We need single-payer, outcome based health care.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hWMZ5v-Xy6-gLqJk8W25lY5WvNyg?docId=3a864daba6de4da7ac4c0168286757a2\" target=\"_blank\">AP\/Google<\/a>: <\/font>Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich landed the endorsement of New Hampshire&#8217;s largest newspaper on Sunday while rival Mitt Romney earned a dismissive wave, potentially resetting the race in the state with the first-in-the-nation primary.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">A while back, I said Newter\u2019s campaign was over, when his campaign staff flew the coop.&#160; When I\u2019m wrong, I say so.&#160; I underestimated the desperation of the Republican base for a non-Romney, coupled with the self destruction of everyone else.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/security\/2011\/11\/27\/376335\/arab-league-sanctions-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>The Arab League today <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/middle-east\/arab-league-imposes-syria-sanctions-amid-persisting-violence-1.398058?localLinksEnabled=false\" target=\"_blank\">approved financial sanctions<\/a> on Syria after the Bashar al-Assad regime\u2019s failure to end the violent crackdown on pro-democracy activists there. Nineteen of the organization\u2019s 22 members voted to support the sanctions, which \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/middle-east\/arab-league-imposes-syria-sanctions-amid-persisting-violence-1.398058?localLinksEnabled=false\" target=\"_blank\">include a travel ban<\/a> on senior Syrian officials and a halt to commercial flights to the country.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Given Israel\u2019s opposition to Assad, and their justifiable anger at Israel\u2019s current government, I\u2019m gratified that the Arab League is acing responsibly here.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"28Cartoon\" alt=\"28Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/28Cartoon.gif\" width=\"650\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I stayed mostly down and mediated on the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Either today or Wednesday I have to go out to run errands, depending on the weather and how I feel. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today it took me 5:03 (average 5:33).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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