{"id":6431,"date":"2011-12-03T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T08:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/03\/open-thread1232011-2\/"},"modified":"2011-12-03T00:00:47","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T08:00:47","slug":"open-thread1232011-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/03\/open-thread1232011-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;12\/3\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I continued to feel pretty rank, but I\u2019m trying to blog on a limited basis.&#160; I\u2019m current on today\u2019s and yesterday\u2019s replies. Tomorrow is touch and go.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 3:44 (average 4:54).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-12-03-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:\/\/front.moveon.org\/300-economists-who-stand-with-occupywallstreet\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn.org<\/a>: <\/font>300 Economists Who Stand With #OccupyWallStreet<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/32597394?title=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" target=\"_blank\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/32597394\" target=\"_blank\">Occupy Economics<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/softbox\" target=\"_blank\">Softbox<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\" target=\"_blank\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Once again, truth has a liberal bias.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/business\/article\/Unemployment-rate-falls-to-lowest-since-March-2009-2340250.php\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Chronicle<\/a>: <\/font>Small businesses and startups that were skittish about the economy this summer started hiring in bigger numbers this fall, helping drive the unemployment rate down to 8.6 percent in November, the lowest in two and a half years.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is such a disaster for Republicans that the Republican Ministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise, lied about it.&#160; When they announced it, they displayed \u201cUnemployment 9%\u201d prominently.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/congress\/congress-white-house-at-odds-over-defense-bill-and-policy-on-terror-suspects\/2011\/12\/02\/gIQAit7xJO_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>The White House is accusing the Democratic-controlled Senate of \u201cpolitical micromanagement\u201d at the expense of national security. The comments come with a renewed threat to veto the defense bill in dispute.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate passed the massive $662 billion bill Thursday night on a 93-7 vote. The measure would require military custody of suspected terrorists, even those captured within the U.S., and indefinitely detain some without trial.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Unless these items are removed in conference, it is imperative that Obama veto the defense budget, as he has said he would.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"3Cartoon\" alt=\"3Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/3Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I continued to feel pretty rank, but I\u2019m trying to blog on a limited basis.&#160; I\u2019m current on today\u2019s and yesterday\u2019s replies. 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