{"id":7297,"date":"2012-03-04T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7297"},"modified":"2012-03-04T00:00:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T08:00:46","slug":"open-thread342012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/04\/open-thread342012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;3\/4\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I rested, as I\u2019m still well short of full speed.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Today I take on the paperwork I ducked yesterday.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:37 (average 4:22).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-03-04-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:\/\/front.moveon.org\/bernie%2Dsanders%2Don%2Dthe%2Dsenate%2Dfloor%2Dtoday%2Dwhat%2Dif%2Dthere%2Dwere%2D83%2Dwomen%2Dsenators\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Bernie Sanders On The Senate Floor Today [Thursday]: &#8216;What If There Were 83 Women Senators?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CqIh77UuFsA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republicans tried to screw all of us, not just women.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2012-03-02\/judge-rejects-challenge-to-obama-labor-relations-board-recess-appointments.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a>: <\/font>President <a href=\"http:\/\/topics.bloomberg.com\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a>\u2019s recess appointments to the <a href=\"http:\/\/topics.bloomberg.com\/national-labor-relations-board\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Labor Relations Board<\/a> can\u2019t be challenged as part of a lawsuit over requirements for businesses to inform employees of their rights, a judge ruled. <\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington yesterday said the <a href=\"http:\/\/topics.bloomberg.com\/national-federation-of-independent-business\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Federation of Independent Business<\/a> and other trade groups \u201cattempted to shoehorn a challenge\u201d to the recess appointments into a case over a rule mandating that companies notify workers of their rights to form a union. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe court declines this invitation to take up a political dispute that is not before it,\u201d Jackson said in her six-page ruling. She didn\u2019t rule on whether the appointments were legal. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">While this battle has just begun, at least these corporate criminals did not get away with a challenge on the cheap that was hidden within an unrelated issue.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pittsburghlive.com\/x\/pittsburghtrib\/news\/s_784572.html?_s_icmp=NetworkHeadlines\" target=\"_blank\">TribLIVE<\/a>: <\/font>Former [state] House Speaker John Perzel, R-Philadelphia, will be sentenced on March 21 on felony charges for directing a Republican Caucus effort to use public resources for campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Perzel pleaded guilty in August to overseeing the theft of $10 million in taxpayers&#8217; money used to buy sophisticated computer equipment and technology to gain an edge in Republican campaigns.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This his how Republicans try to maintain power through crime, at taxpayer expense, wherever fools put them in control.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/4Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"4Cartoon\" alt=\"4Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/4Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I rested, as I\u2019m still well short of full speed.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Today I take on the paperwork I ducked yesterday. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 3:37 (average 4:22).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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