{"id":6541,"date":"2011-12-25T00:25:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T08:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6541"},"modified":"2011-12-25T00:25:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-25T08:25:56","slug":"open-thread12252011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/25\/open-thread12252011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;12\/25\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I spent most of the day mournfully engaged in meditation on he Ellipsoid Orb, but I did do some advance prep for dinner today.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies.&#160; Today I will be cooking most of the day.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 4:04 (average 5:07).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-12-25-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Religious Agony<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" title=\"1224-Broncos14-Bills40\" alt=\"1224-Broncos14-Bills40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1224-Broncos14-Bills40.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"105\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/12\/25\/us\/politics\/gingrich-falls-short-of-signatures-needed-for-spot-on-gop-primary-ballot-in-virginia.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Newt Gingrich declared confidently the other day that he would get his name on the ballot for the Virginia presidential primary. In fact, he said he already had the requisite 10,000 signatures and an additional 2,000 to 3,000 for safety\u2019s sake and would probably collect even more.<\/p>\n<p>But that turned out not to be the case. In the wee hours of Saturday morning, the Virginia Republican Party announced via Twitter that Mr. Gingrich had failed to submit enough signatures by the Thursday deadline.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Duh!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/12\/24\/us\/detroit-budget-crisis-may-lead-to-outside-manager.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>A formal state review of Detroit\u2019s books \u2014 a step that could lead to the appointment of an outside emergency manager to take over the city\u2019s finances \u2014 was announced this week. City leaders are conducting urgent meetings with labor union leaders and financial consultants in a race to cut costs and head off further intervention. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This would be tragic.&#160; Thank the fools who stayed home and threw away their votes in 2010.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/12\/23\/trump-dumps-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>: <\/font>Donald Trump continued to tease a potential presidential run by changing his voter registration Thursday from Republican to &quot;unaffiliated&quot; and publicly denouncing the behavior of members of his former party.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What can I say?&#160; Christmas Eve is a slow news day.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"25Cartoon\" alt=\"25Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/25Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I spent most of the day mournfully engaged in meditation on he Ellipsoid Orb, but I did do some advance prep for dinner today.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies.&#160; Today I will be cooking most of the day. 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