{"id":8575,"date":"2012-08-11T07:53:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T14:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8575"},"modified":"2012-08-11T07:53:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T14:53:29","slug":"open-thread8112012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/11\/open-thread8112012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–8\/11\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next three days here will be hot ones, but I\u2019ll try to keep blogging, because my posting will be light nest week with a doctor appointment Monday, a prison volunteer day Tuesday, and an echocardiogram Friday.  I\u2019m current with replies to comments.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:32 (average 4:57).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Take One Look At This Romney Jobs Plan And Let Us Know What Is Missing<\/p>\n

\"111romneyjobs\"<\/p>\n

And what else is missing? YOU!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Chicago Tribune<\/a>: <\/font>Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate, the Romney campaign confirmed on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Woooo Hoooo!! This will get him out of the House too!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Politico<\/a>: <\/font>The federal government is pulling out all the stops to help farmers and ranchers struggling with severe drought conditions and the searing heat that has persisted across much of the country this summer, President Barack Obama said in a weekly address released Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cCattle farmers are struggling to feed their animals. Many folks are seeing their livelihoods dry up in front of their eyes. And if we don\u2019t get relief soon, Americans everywhere will start feeling the pinch, with higher prices on grocery store shelves all across the country,\u201d Obama said. \u201cWe can\u2019t let that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most farms and ranches are corporate now, and but this aid is still needed to minimize increases in the price of food.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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The next three days here will be hot ones, but I\u2019ll try to keep blogging, because my posting will be light nest week with a doctor appointment Monday, a prison volunteer day Tuesday, and an echocardiogram Friday.  I\u2019m current with replies to comments. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 4:32 (average 4:57).  To do it, […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}