{"id":6780,"date":"2012-01-16T00:08:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T08:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6780"},"modified":"2012-01-16T00:08:20","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T08:08:20","slug":"open-thread1162012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/16\/open-thread1162012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;1\/16\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I fell asleep in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; I meditated upon Ravens and Texans, but went out, while meditating upon Giants and Packers.&#160; Congrats to the conference finalists: the Ravens, the Patriots, the Giants and the Fortyniners.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Today I have errands to run.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 4:25 (average 5:09).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-01-16-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=TNBkc3D-VTg&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>Ann Coulter gets OWNED by Bill Maher <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TNBkc3D-VTg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I still love watching the Coultergeist put her foot in it.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/ron-pauls-false-founding-narrative\/1326650356\" target=\"_blank\">Truth-out<\/a>: <\/font>Rep. Ron Paul and other right-wingers have lured many average Americans into their camp by creating a false narrative about America\u2019s Founding, claiming that the drafters of the Constitution wanted a weak central government. But that\u2019s not the real history, Robert Parry writes.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Click through for an excellent article that destroys the arguments of Tenther crackpots like Paul.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2012\/01\/15\/fox-news-brit-hume-urinating-on-taliban-not-despicable\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>Fox News commentator Brit Hume argued on Sunday that it was not \u201cdespicable\u201d for Marines to urinate on dead Taliban soldiers.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Why am I not surprised that the Republican Ministry of Propaganda has taken that position.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From Me: Huntsman has dropped out and has thrown his support to Multiple Mitt.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"16Cartoon\" alt=\"16Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/16Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I fell asleep in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; I meditated upon Ravens and Texans, but went out, while meditating upon Giants and Packers.&#160; Congrats to the conference finalists: the Ravens, the Patriots, the Giants and the Fortyniners.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Today I have errands to run. 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