{"id":7952,"date":"2012-06-06T10:04:46","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T17:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7952"},"modified":"2012-06-06T10:04:46","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T17:04:46","slug":"open-thread662012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/06\/open-thread662012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;6\/6\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The only thinks I have on tap today are blogging, recovering emotionally, and doing some paperwork.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies.&#160; Tomorrow appears routine.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Todays took me 4:33 (average 5:05).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-06-06-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\/step-aside-j-k-rowling-we-just-found-the-next-great-fiction-writer\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Step Aside J.K. Rowling, We Just Found The Next Great Fiction Writer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/6fiction.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"6fiction\" alt=\"6fiction\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/6fiction_thumb.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang! Who would have thought fiction could be written on an Etch-a-Sketch!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/OTUS\/crossroads-gps-dropping-million-anti-obama-ads-month\/story?id=16499567#.T89ZacVQQXI\" target=\"_blank\">ABC<\/a>: <\/font>The Republican advocacy group Crossroads GPS unveiled a $7 million-television ad buy Tuesday to air a commercial criticizing President Obama for increasing the national debt during his presidency.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What a lie!!&#160; See the above chart!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3096434\/#47699135\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">Rachel Maddow reported other news of the day<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc34e352\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" target=\"_blank\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" target=\"_blank\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=47699135^0^443310&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc34e352\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=47699135^0^443310&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; width: 592px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; font-size: 11px\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" target=\"_blank\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" target=\"_blank\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Obama has had more success against AQ in four years than Bush did in eight. 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