{"id":6805,"date":"2012-01-18T00:04:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T08:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6805"},"modified":"2012-01-18T23:00:42","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T07:00:42","slug":"open-thread12182012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/18\/open-thread12182012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–1\/18\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I went out to run errands.\u00a0 The cold air set off my COPD.\u00a0 When I returned my research was repeatedly interrupted by four power failures, so I had a difficult day.\u00a0 I\u2019m current with replies.\u00a0 Today I have some paperwork and bookkeeping to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:20 (average 6:13).\u00a0 To do it, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

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

From Chicago Tribune<\/a>: <\/span>Several hundred demonstrators with the Occupy movement rallied outside the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday to denounce what they called the influence of money in Congress.<\/p>\n

“It’s important to let people know we’re not going to take it anymore. People are really mad about the way things are going and we want Congress to understand that,” said protester James Cullen, 30, an unemployed social worker from Greenbelt, Maryland.<\/p>\n

Bravo!\u00a0 I just hope they had to foresight to leave CPC members unoccupied.<\/span><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/span>The date has been set \u2014 Monday, January 23rd \u2013 for a third round of demonstrations organized to put pressure on the Obama Administration. The White House is also getting pressure from Congressional Republicans, who slipped a provision into a last-minute tax cut package that forces the President to make a decision on Keystone XL by February 21st. An executive decision could come this week.<\/p>\n

I have signed petitions, emailed the White House and called the White House several times to support the demonstrators.\u00a0 I hope those of you, who cannot demonstrate, do too.<\/span><\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/span>Rick Perry said in Monday\u2019s South Carolina debate that Turkey may have been taken over by \u201cIslamic terrorists\u201d based on their ruling Islamic party. The answer came in response to a question over whether Turkey should remain a NATO ally, which Perry said was a conversation worth having.<\/p>\n

Turkey is very irate over this and with good reason.\u00a0 Republican foreign policy is both obscene and insane.<\/span><\/p>\n

From The Examiner<\/a>: <\/span>Jere Brower, his wife Clara, and his 4-year-old daughter Ana, have a very good reason to believe Texas Congressman Ron Paul when he said people view his supporters as “dangerous.”<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old Atlanta man and his family have been targeted by militant Ron Paul supporters, one of whom threatened to “kneecap” him, then rape his wife and young daughter.\u00a0 Mr. Brower said he has also received death threats from supporters of Ron Paul.<\/p>\n

Paul and his cult of crazed acolytes are beyond the pale!<\/span><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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