{"id":6998,"date":"2012-02-05T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6998"},"modified":"2012-02-05T00:00:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-05T08:00:33","slug":"open-thread252012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/05\/open-thread252012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;2\/5\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I got most of my research done before my groceries arrived.&#160; Unpacking and putting them away took several hours.&#160; I went to bed tired and overslept, so I\u2019m running a bit behind.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Today is the highest of all holy days in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, so I will be in deep religious meditation.&#160; Will the Orb shine it\u2019s glorious light on New England or New York?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 3:16 (average 4:32).&#160; To di it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-02-05-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=F3_EXqJ8f-0&amp;feature=player_embedded#at=155\" target=\"_blank\">You Tube<\/a>: <\/font>War is a Racket by Smedley Butler<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F3_EXqJ8f-0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Hat-Tip to Phyllis for sending me this video that pegs war as only a retired general can.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/occupy-dc-camp-raided-by-police\/2012\/02\/04\/gIQAwDoCpQ_story.html?tid=pm_local_pop\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Six protesters were arrested in a pre-dawn raid on the Occupy D.C. encampment in McPherson Square Saturday, and police began clearing away tents, debris and some dead rodents.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Park Police on horseback and on foot clad in riot gear swept into the park around 6 a.m. Several square blocks downtown were closed during the raid, which was characterized as \u201cfurther enforcement\u201d of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/occupy-dc-protesters-who-camp-illegally-will-be-arrested-national-park-service-says\/2012\/01\/23\/gIQA4LdpNQ_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">no-camping crackdown that began Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I characterize this as an injustice and a violation of the demonstrators\u2019 rights to assemble.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/03\/wisconsin-college-students-find-noose-racist-threats-as-black-history-month-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\">SPLC<\/a>: <\/font>A noose and two written threats directed at African-American students are triggering concern and an investigation on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside at the beginning of Black History Month.<\/p>\n<p>A black female student found a noose made of rubber bands in a common area in her dormitory on the campus in Kenosha on Wednesday and later received a threatening note, WISN-TV, the ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisn.com\/news\/30363171\/detail.html?source=mil\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>After the initial threatening note and noose were discovered, \u201cfliers were found listing several black students by name, (saying) that they would die in two days,\u201d radio station <a href=\"http:\/\/wtaq.com\/news\/articles\/2012\/feb\/03\/uw-parkside-officials-investigate-racial-threats-made-on-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\">WTAQ<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The minions of Fitzwalkerstan\u2019s embattled Fartfuhrer, Scott Walker, are hard at work spreading the gospel of Republican Supply-side Jesus (the Republican invention, not the real Jesus).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; 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