{"id":8488,"date":"2012-07-29T09:04:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T16:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8488"},"modified":"2012-07-29T09:04:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-29T16:04:01","slug":"open-thread7292012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/29\/open-thread7292012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;7\/29\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I caught up on replies to comments, which took quite a while.&#160; I also went out to the drug store for meds.&#160; Tamsulosin has me feeling a bit woozy.&#160; I watched the Olympics and rested.&#160; Tomorrow, I expect to blog, depending on how I feel.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:48 (average 5:16).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-07-29-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\/the-most-f_-_ked-up-way-to-fire-people-weve-heard-of-in-a-long-wait-no-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Fire People We&#8217;ve Heard Of In A Long . . . Wait. No. Ever.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oLo0Jwj03JU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">That is not the behavior of someone who has the slightest shred of human decency.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/29\/us\/politics\/romney-fund-raising-breakfast-in-israel-to-bar-news-media.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Mitt Romney\u2019s high-dollar breakfast with donors at the King David Hotel here [Jerusalem] on Monday morning will be closed to the news media, his campaign decided Saturday, a change from the norm for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">He must be confident that the Republicans on the FEC will block any action against this criminal activity, because foreigners <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/usgovinfo.about.com\/gi\/o.htm?zi=1\/XJ&amp;zTi=1&amp;sdn=usgovinfo&amp;cdn=newsissues&amp;tm=32&amp;f=00&amp;su=p284.13.342.ip_&amp;tt=2&amp;bt=0&amp;bts=0&amp;zu=http%3A\/\/www.fec.gov\/pages\/brochures\/foreign.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">may not contribute to any candidate<\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\"> or party in any Federal, state, or local election in the United States.&#160; Well, no wonder he doesn&#8217;t want press there.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com\/diane-sweet\/alec-rock\" target=\"_blank\">Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>&quot;ALEC Rock&quot; turns Schoolhouse Rock on its head in this instructional film illustrating how Washington really works.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zR9Kox0eFtA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Needless to say, ALEC is in complete partnership with the Republican Party.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"29Cartoon\" alt=\"29Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/29Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I caught up on replies to comments, which took quite a while.&#160; I also went out to the drug store for meds.&#160; Tamsulosin has me feeling a bit woozy.&#160; I watched the Olympics and rested.&#160; Tomorrow, I expect to blog, depending on how I feel. 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