{"id":6916,"date":"2012-01-29T00:11:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T08:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6916"},"modified":"2012-01-29T00:11:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T08:11:46","slug":"open-thread1292012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/29\/open-thread1292012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–1\/29\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I slept late and by the time I caught up my email, it was already well past noon.  I\u2019m current with replies.  Today is a minor holy day in then Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:17 (average 4:26).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Yahoo News<\/a>: <\/font>There’s no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.<\/p>\n

The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies<\/a>, the study found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice, Hodson wrote in an email to LiveScience.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t testify to the accuracy, but I have observed numerous examples.<\/font><\/p>\n

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>How To Explain Taxes And The Budget To Non-Economists<\/p>\n

\"29household-full\"<\/p>\n

Note that taking everything away from the poor and middle classes, as Republicans are attempting to do will still not balance the budget.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Friday that France would break with its allies in NATO and accelerate the French withdrawal from Afghanistan, pulling back combat troops a year early, by the end of 2013. Mr. Sarkozy also said that he and Afghanistan\u2019s president, Hamid Karzai, would ask the NATO alliance for a similar speedup of the transfer of primary security responsibilities to Afghan troops. <\/p>\n

If even the puppet Republicans appointed to betray Afghanistan\u2019s people doesn’t want us there, we should accommodate his wishes.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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