{"id":6567,"date":"2011-12-28T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T08:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6567"},"modified":"2011-12-28T00:01:02","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T08:01:02","slug":"open-thread12282011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/28\/open-thread12282011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;12\/28\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I caught up my email, did some paperwork, and set up&#160; couple improvements here that I shall announce over the weekend.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Today is another catch up day.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 3:20 (average 4:27).&#160; To do it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-12-28-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here are the results of the playoff semifinals in Lefty Blog Friends.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" title=\"28LBF\" alt=\"28LBF\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/28LBF.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"830\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I think Dusty\u2019s score is the highest of the year.&#160; Next week is the finals, and I will be playing for 5th place. \ud83d\ude41<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/current.com\/shows\/countdown\/videos\/chris-harris-analyzes-james-okeefes-possible-civil-sexual-harassment-suit\" target=\"_blank\">Current<\/a>: <\/font>Keith and Chris Harris, a reporter with The Record (Bergen County, N.J.), discuss conservative blogger Nadia Naffe\u2019s civil claim against O\u2019Keefe. She is accusing the controversial journalist of sexual harassment \u2014 including intimidating calls and messages \u2014 after an incident at his parents\u2019 home in New Jersey when she refused to be involved in an upcoming hidden-camera sting on Occupy Wall Street for his \u201cTo Catch a Journalist\u201d series.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/current.com\/bc\/1342909048001?linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fcurrent.com%2Fshows%2Fcountdown%2Fvideos%2Fchris-harris-analyzes-james-okeefes-possible-civil-sexual-harassment-suit\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" target=\"_blank\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s a shame they could not get this creep on criminal charges.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/blog\/165350\/three-myths-about-ron-paul\" target=\"_blank\">The Nation<\/a>: <\/font>In short, you don\u2019t even need to think about Paul\u2019s bizarre right-wing economic views to find him unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the John Birch video from 1990 here:<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X554O6TwiYM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">That\u2019s right.&#160; The feature performer in this insane Bircher documentary was Ron Paul.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/12\/28\/world\/middleeast\/iran-threatens-to-block-oil-route-if-embargo-is-imposed.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Iran issued a blunt warning on Tuesday that it would block the Strait of Hormuz, the world\u2019s most important oil transit point, if Western powers attempt to impose an embargo on Iranian petroleum exports in their campaign to isolate the country over its suspect nuclear energy program. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I would hope this is an empty threat, but if Iran actually moves to block the Strait of Hormuz, I see no alternative to stopping it militarily.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"28Cartoon\" alt=\"28Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/28Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I caught up my email, did some paperwork, and set up&#160; couple improvements here that I shall announce over the weekend.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Today is another catch up day. 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