{"id":7816,"date":"2012-05-20T10:57:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T17:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7816"},"modified":"2012-05-20T10:57:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-20T17:57:46","slug":"open-thread5202012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/20\/open-thread5202012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/20\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was another bad air day, but I\u2019m still going.  I\u2019m putting off my errands until after the blog is up.  I\u2019m current on replies.  Tomorrow I have to prepare a meeting plan for Tuesday\u2019s volunteer work in prison.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:33 (average 5:20).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>What Have We Gained (And Lost) In The Two Years Since Obamacare Was Enacted?<\/p>\n

\"20Obamacare\"<\/p>\n

Republicans are desperate that Americans don\u2019t learn about this, let alone the parts yet to come.<\/font><\/p>\n

From MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>JP Morgan Chase and the Dark Markets<\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

This is the best explanation of this Bankster scandal that I have encountered.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Leaders of the world\u2019s richest countries banded together on Saturday to press Germany to back more pro-growth policies to halt the deepening debt crisis in Europe, as President Obama for the first time gained widespread support for his argument that Europe, and the United States by extension, cannot afford Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s one-size-fits-all approach emphasizing austerity. <\/p>\n

Merkel, whose party has lost six out of the last seven state elections to social democrats, is backing down. Now only US Republicans, and Canadian conservatives, are pushing this failed policy.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"20Cartoon\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was another bad air day, but I\u2019m still going.  I\u2019m putting off my errands until after the blog is up.  I\u2019m current on replies.  Tomorrow I have to prepare a meeting plan for Tuesday\u2019s volunteer work in prison. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 4:33 (average 5:20).  To do it, click here.  How did […]<\/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-7816","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\/7816","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=7816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}