{"id":8758,"date":"2012-09-04T10:40:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T17:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8758"},"modified":"2012-09-04T10:40:18","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T17:40:18","slug":"open-thread942012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/04\/open-thread942012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;9\/4\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday was a restful holiday.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies.&#160; Tomorrow I will likely have an Open Thread at most, because I have an extended appointment with my urologist for my kidney stones.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:06 (average 4:22).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-09-04-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\/did-eisenhower-predict-the-end-of-the-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Did Eisenhower Predict The End Of The GOP?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"4Ike\" border=\"0\" alt=\"4Ike\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/4Ike.jpg\" width=\"553\" height=\"695\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Their number is no longer negligible, but they are still stupid.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/current.com\/community\/93890677_paul-ryan-comedy-sing-along-you-cant-hide-paul-ryans-lies-the-eagles.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Current<\/a>: <\/font>Paul Ryan Comedy Sing-Along: &quot;You Can&#8217;t Hide Paul Ryan&#8217;s Lies&quot; (The Eagles)<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1pASJfMpG10?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Truer words were never spoken, let alone sung!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KtzqvqzBdUQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (Hat-Tip Nick from Care2): <\/font>&quot;Legitimate Rape&quot; Pharmaceutical Ad (TW) <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KtzqvqzBdUQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This shows just how absurd the GOP dogma really is!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"4Cartoon\" alt=\"4Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/4Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was a restful holiday.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies.&#160; Tomorrow I will likely have an Open Thread at most, because I have an extended appointment with my urologist for my kidney stones. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 4:06 (average 4:22).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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