{"id":6528,"date":"2011-12-24T00:01:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T08:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6528"},"modified":"2011-12-24T00:01:15","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T08:01:15","slug":"open-thread12242011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/24\/open-thread12242011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;12\/24\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I continued to improve, even though unpacking and putting away $200 worth of groceries tired me thoroughly.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Today is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, and I am blessed, because the Broncos service will be televised here.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 4:00 (average 4:34).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-12-24-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.dailyherald.com\/article\/20111223\/business\/712239813\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Herald<\/a>: <\/font>Mitt Romney, a multimillionaire who is by far the wealthiest of the Republican presidential candidates, said he has no plans to release his income tax returns if he wins his party\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Romney, whose most recent disclosure in August estimated his personal wealth as high as $250 million, said yesterday he had already released extensive financial information and had no \u201ccurrent plans\u201d to make his tax returns public.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Is he afraid he might lose his <em>Middle Class Mitt, the working man<\/em>, persona? \ud83d\ude44<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/politics\/article\/0,8599,2103045,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">Time<\/a>: <\/font>Congress on Friday approved a two-month renewal of payroll tax cuts for 160 million workers and unemployment benefits for millions, handing President Barack Obama a convincing victory for his jobs agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Back-to-back voice vote approvals of the measure by the Senate and House capped a retreat by House Republicans who had insisted that a full-year bill was the only way to prevent an immediate tax increase on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">My!&#160; Reporting a win for the good guys is a most unusual feeling.&#160; I think I like it.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/romm\/2011\/12\/23\/394637\/video-dirtiest-moments-of-2011-house-natural-resources-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Santa Knows Who&#8217;s Been Naughty &amp; Nice (to Big Oil on the House Natural Resources Committee) <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kat8g403eeA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I wonderful collection of lies from the best Republicans money has bought.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"24Cartoon\" alt=\"24Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/24Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I continued to improve, even though unpacking and putting away $200 worth of groceries tired me thoroughly.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Today is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, and I am blessed, because the Broncos service will be televised here. 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