{"id":8485,"date":"2012-07-28T08:59:54","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T15:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8485"},"modified":"2012-07-28T08:59:54","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T15:59:54","slug":"open-thread7282012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/28\/open-thread7282012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–7\/28\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I fell asleep right after posting my personal update and almost slept around the clock.  I did wake up just in time fore the opening ceremony, but I did not watch in protest of the USOC decision to provide US athletes expensive uniforms, sewn in Chinese sweat shops, when they could have purchased US made uniforms for far less.  I ate a light meal and went back to sleep.  I woke up a few minutes ago, hours after my normal rising time.  I am still in some pain, but nothing like before.  I have to go out to get meds, and this will be today\u2019s only article.  I\u2019m current with replies only to comments on yesterday\u2019s personal update.  If I feel better, I\u2019ll try to do more.  Tomorrow will depend on how I feel.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Yesterday\u2019s took me 3:13 (average 4:45).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  Today\u2019s took me 4:37 (average 5:29).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  Hoe did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>See, Here’s The Truly Frightening Thing About What They Are Doing To Pennsylvania Voters.<\/p>\n

\"28PAVoters\"<\/p>\n

I don’t have to tell you who ‘THEY’ are!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Stubbornly close and deeply divisive, the presidential race throttles into its last 100 days as an enormous clash over economic vision, with the outcome likely to come down to fall debates, final unemployment numbers and fierce efforts to mobilize voters. It may seem like an election for the whole nation, but only about eight states will decide who wins the White House.<\/p>\n

Polling shows the contest between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney remains remarkably static across the country and in those pivotal states even as both men and their allies pour money into largely negative television advertising to sway opinions.<\/p>\n

The two candidates will intensify their time before voters in the weeks ahead, knowing much of the public will not truly start paying attention until after Labor Day.<\/p>\n

Because so many voters are paying absolutely no attention to anything less superficial that the purchase of STUFF, Willard uses lies to pick off these voters and those intellectually euthanized by Faux Noise<\/em>. They are just too willfully ignorant to know any better.  Shame!  What we informed voters do in the next 100 days is, in my opinion, critical to the survival of the this nation as a place where elections matter.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Christian Science Monitor<\/a>: <\/font>A federal judge on Friday issued a preliminary injunction that allows the Catholic owners of a private company in Colorado to avoid providing their female employees with contraceptives as required under President Obama\u2019s health-care reform law.<\/p>\n

The owners of the company, Hercules Industries, objected to the requirement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), saying it violated their sincerely held religious beliefs.<\/p>\n

Company officials say they are striving to build their business around a corporate culture based on principles of the Roman Catholic Church. As such, their existing self-insured health plan does not include coverage for contraception or sterilization.<\/p>\n

That crappy excuse for a judge arrived at a decision possible only by choosing to ignore the Constitution in favor of Theocon dogma.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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