{"id":7560,"date":"2012-04-17T12:48:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T19:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7560"},"modified":"2012-04-17T12:48:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T19:48:49","slug":"open-thread4172012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/17\/open-thread4172012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/17\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking yesterday off was a good idea, as I\u2019m rested and ready to go.  I\u2019m spending most of the day in research and writing.  I’m current with replies.  Tomorrow looks good.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:40 (average 5:53).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Think Of This The Next Time You Fill Up Your Gas Tank.<\/p>\n

\"17oil-prices\"<\/p>\n

This, not Obama, is the reason for high gas prices.  He is right that energy markets need more regulation.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Senior advisers to Mitt Romney said Monday that Mr. Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, was merely tossing around ideas, not making policy announcements, when his chat with donors about some significant changes to the tax code was overheard by reporters at a fund-raiser this weekend. <\/p>\n

Bullshit!<\/font><\/p>\n

From LA Times<\/a>: <\/font>It was an extraordinary sight, even for Washington — a space shuttle flying over the nation\u2019s capital atop a modified 747 on the way to its permanent new home, the Smithsonian\u2019s National Air and Space Museum.<\/p>\n

It is a national shame that we have done nothing to update our capability for manned space flight in the last 31 years, since the shuttle entered service.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"17Cartoon\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taking yesterday off was a good idea, as I\u2019m rested and ready to go.  I\u2019m spending most of the day in research and writing.  I’m current with replies.  Tomorrow looks good. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 4:40 (average 5:53).  To do it, click here.  How did you do? Short Takes: From MoveOn: Think Of […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}