{"id":8656,"date":"2012-08-23T09:29:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T16:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8656"},"modified":"2012-08-23T09:29:56","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T16:29:56","slug":"open-thread8232012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/23\/open-thread8232012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–8\/23\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I had my cardiac stress test.  I had to lie completely still in a position that was setting off my bad shoulder for two 15 \u2013 30 minute sessions.  Youch!! On the plus side, the LNP, the nurse and the two techs were all gorgeous.  When they told me my heart rate had reached the desired level, I told them that the medication had absolutely nothing to do with it.  I have dibs on the LNP, if she breaks up with her husband.  I\u2019m sure she meant that. ;-)  I get the results next month.  When I returned home I did a few hours of computer work to save time today.  I\u2019m current with replies.  Tomorrow appears routine, but I still have a lot of work to do.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:53 (average 6:01).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Two Huge Reasons Sandra Fluke Supports Obamacare And Our President<\/p>\n

\"23Fluke-Obamacare\"<\/p>\n

But RepubliCare offers a death benefit.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>What\u2019s a federal agency to do? Twice in the last eight years, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued carefully vetted rules aimed at reducing air pollution that crosses state lines \u2014 the smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollutants and health-threatening sulfur dioxide that drift eastward from Midwestern power plants. And, in both cases, the agency has been shot down<\/a> by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. <\/p>\n

The DC court is one of the nation’s most packed with Republican ideologues for whom profit trumps survival. This shows why it is critical to return Obama with enough support to get judges confirmed.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Boston Globe<\/a>: <\/font>Tropical storms and hurricanes tend to impact areas even if they don’t hit them directly. Although the storm is still several days away from any possible landfall in the United States the prognosticators and pundits are out in force with what the storm may mean for Florida and the Republican National Convention which begins Monday in Tampa. <\/p>\n

I can\u2019t help but remember all the stink Republicans made over Clinton getting a BJ.  Although I wish only safety for Tampa\u2019s residents, may Isaac give the Republican Party a BJ they never forget. \ud83d\ude09<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"23Cartoon\"<\/font><\/p>\n

These vultures are not like the nature\u2019s valuable creatures, because these vultures would gorge off the carrion of our nation.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I had my cardiac stress test.  I had to lie completely still in a position that was setting off my bad shoulder for two 15 \u2013 30 minute sessions.  Youch!! On the plus side, the LNP, the nurse and the two techs were all gorgeous.  When they told me my heart rate had reached […]<\/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-8656","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\/8656","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=8656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}