{"id":6483,"date":"2011-12-11T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/11\/open-thread12112011\/"},"modified":"2011-12-11T00:00:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T08:00:26","slug":"open-thread12112011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/11\/open-thread12112011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–12\/11\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I spent most of the day in bed, but I got up to cover the debate.  Yuck!  I\u2019m current with replies, albeit brief.  Today is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, and the meditation between the Broncos and Bears will be televised here.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:31 (average 4:13).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Business Week<\/a>: <\/font>Palestinians are an \u201cinvented\u201d people and the peace process in the Middle East is \u201cdelusional.\u201d Newt Gingrich, a frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president, said.<\/p>\n

What a jerk!  The Palestinian derives from the same root word as Philistine.  If they are \u201cinvented\u201d. it was thousands of years ago.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>Our own managing editor here at Crooks and Liars, Tina Dupuy was a guest on Cenk Uygur’s The Young Turks on Current TV this Friday night as part of his Power Panel segment, along with The Huffington Post’s Amanda Terkel and Lucia Graves, and participated in a discussion on Newt Gingrich’s recent rise in the polls and on whether overall President Obama has been good on women’s issues.<\/p>\n

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Congrats to C&L and Tina Dupuy on well deserved recognition!<\/font><\/p>\n

From MoveOn.org<\/a>: <\/font>Rick Perry’s Anti-Gay Campaign Video: Disliked By Over 300,000 People And Counting.<\/p>\n