{"id":6435,"date":"2011-12-04T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/04\/open-thread1242011-2\/"},"modified":"2011-12-04T00:00:24","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T08:00:24","slug":"open-thread1242011-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/04\/open-thread1242011-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;12\/4\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I did not feel much better, but had to make a trip out to the corner store.&#160; It felt like a major expedition, and I had to stop twice to rest, although it\u2019s less than 1\/2 mile.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; I am blessed, because the worship between my Broncos and the Vikings will be televised here.&#160; I plan to rest after the meditation.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 3:52 (average 5:08).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-12-04-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:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=80DbxSZ_FB8&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\">You Tube<\/a>: <\/font>75 Years in Prison For Videotaping Police (H\/T: Phyllis)<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/80DbxSZ_FB8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This injustice must end everywhere!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/12\/03\/opinion\/martin-trump-debate-moderator\/\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>: <\/font>But according to the conservative website Newsmax.com, they really have asked Trump to be the moderator of a real GOP presidential debate, hoping the men and women who desire to be commander-in-chief will show up to be quizzed by a reality TV show star.<\/p>\n<p>If this &quot;debate&quot; is real, it will represent one of the stupidest ideas in the history of presidential politics, and if the Republican National Committee has any decency, they would quickly denounce this madness and say none of its candidates will bother even responding to this stunt.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The way Trumps runs off at the mouth, it will be a miracle if any of the other goose-steppers can get in a word edgewise.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/special\/2011\/12\/03\/381451\/cops-arrest-protesters-then-lock-themselves-out-of-police-van\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Police officers in Springfield, Missouri, arriving to arrest protesters there, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/further\/2011\/12\/02-9\" target=\"_blank\">ran into a bit of trouble<\/a> last month when they locked themselves out of their van. \u201cMic Check! 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