{"id":8503,"date":"2012-07-31T08:50:26","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T15:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8503"},"modified":"2012-07-31T08:50:26","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T15:50:26","slug":"open-thread7312012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/31\/open-thread7312012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;7\/31\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This will be today\u2019s only article, because I have a long appointment with an urologist over my kidney stone.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; I should be able to do more tomorrow, but I do have to collect the data for Thursday\u2019s Monthly Report.<\/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 4:28).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-07-31-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\/is-there-anything-more-beautiful-than-this\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Is There Anything More Beautiful Than This?<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&#160;<\/font><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nGeXdv-uPaw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">And she is the only one we have. This is a MUST SEE video.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/31\/us\/politics\/romney-angers-palestinians-with-comments-in-israel.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Mitt Romney offended Palestinian leaders on Monday by suggesting that cultural differences explain why the Israelis are so much more economically successful than Palestinians, thrusting himself again into a volatile issue while on his high-profile overseas trip. <\/p>\n<p>His remarks drew a pointed rebuke from the Palestinian leadership, which angrily noted that Mr. Romney had failed to mention the years of trade restrictions imposed by Israel. <\/p>\n<p>The comments came after he questioned London\u2019s preparations for the Olympic Games while in that city, drawing criticism from the British prime minister and others. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Willard has made similar comments about cultural differences with minorities in this country. It&#8217;s not surprising, because racism is very common, albeit very well hidden, among members of the .001%.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3096434\/#48409133\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: Welcome back Rachel!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc1c9ee4\" 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=48409133^0^1029830&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc1c9ee4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=48409133^0^1029830&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 NBCNews.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.nbcnews.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\">Her vacation has been too long, since she is so great at skinning Willard, who has already demonstrated that he is a foreign policy pariah. Even ChickenHawk Cheney is going fishing to avoid the GOP convention.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"31Cartoon\" alt=\"31Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/31Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Would Willard cancel it?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will be today\u2019s only article, because I have a long appointment with an urologist over my kidney stone.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; I should be able to do more tomorrow, but I do have to collect the data for Thursday\u2019s Monthly Report. 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