{"id":8276,"date":"2012-07-06T11:25:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T18:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8276"},"modified":"2012-07-06T11:25:12","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T18:25:12","slug":"open-thread762012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/06\/open-thread762012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;7\/6\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Friends, I hate to tell you this, but you have another heat wave on the way.&#160; I know, because most of what you get, I get first, and the heat wave that began yesterday is forecast to peak on Sunday and last about a week.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow appears routine.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:50 (average 4:51).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-07-06-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>. 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\/bp-because-eyeless-shrimp-are-yknow-healthy-and-stuff\/?rc=daily.share\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>BP: Because Eyeless Shrimp Are, Y&#8217;know, Healthy And Stuff<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PjxtytNaXQQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Notice to right wingers: this is satire.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/06\/us\/lifeguard-says-he-chose-saving-man-over-saving-job.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>This is just what Tomas Lopez accomplished this week on Hallandale Beach, only to learn a short while later that he had been fired. <\/p>\n<p>The reason was that as Mr. Lopez raced down the beach about a quarter-mile to comply with the big rule \u2014 rescuing a swimmer \u2014 he failed to follow a small rule. He breached protocol by running to an area outside his beach zone without waiting for his supervisor to arrive to cover his station, posing a potential liability problem. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What Teabuggery!&#160; Clearly this decision must have been made by a Republican. \ud83d\ude09<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/why-america-where-only-the-rich-get-richer-is-not-a-democracy\" target=\"_blank\">Up Worthy<\/a> (Hat-Tip CaityJ): <\/font>Why America \u2014 Where Only The Rich Get Richer \u2014 Is Not A Democracy <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/32805018?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" target=\"_blank\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">While I agree with most of what Moyers said, the 1% and corporate criminals are now giving the virtually all of their &quot;protection money&quot; to Republicans and Republican PACs. That&#8217;s because most Democrats have stepped out for the 99%.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"6Cartoon\" alt=\"6Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">A new tour bus for RMoney!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends, I hate to tell you this, but you have another heat wave on the way.&#160; I know, because most of what you get, I get first, and the heat wave that began yesterday is forecast to peak on Sunday and last about a week.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow appears routine. 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