{"id":8780,"date":"2012-09-06T09:58:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T16:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8780"},"modified":"2012-09-06T09:58:27","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T16:58:27","slug":"open-thread962012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/06\/open-thread962012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/6\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a rough day yesterday.  The bus to my Urologist appointment was 15 minutes late, and then the driver missed my stop and dropped me 6 blocks beyond it.  While hurrying to the appointment, I stepped on the edge of the sidewalk and fell twisting my bad leg.  In addition, I severely bruised the other knee and skinned a 24in2<\/sup> patch on the calf.  ARGH!  I learned that the kidney stone was an 8mm stone of the most common type.  The heat continues and is getting longer and hotter than originally forecast.  ARGH!  Nevertheless, I have one more article and it\u2019s a big one.  I\u2019m current with replies.  Tomorrow appears routine.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:40 (average 4:45).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>The Best Graphic You Can Share About Todd Akin And Paul Ryan Right NOW<\/p>\n

\"6ryan-akin\"<\/p>\n

Do you have to ask what my choice will be?<\/font><\/p>\n

From The Globe and Mail<\/a>: <\/font>Thieves say the have stolen many years of Mitt Romney\u2019s tax records and are threatening to make them public unless the rich Republican presidential candidate \u2013 or someone else \u2013 pays $1-million in ransom.<\/p>\n

Whether the heist is a diabolical blackmail scheme, a whole new dimension of political dirty tricks in the digital era or just a wacky bluff isn\u2019t clear, but the stakes are very high and the Secret Service is investigating.<\/p>\n

Do you think Willard will pay?  If the story disappears, he did.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The Nation<\/a>: <\/font>Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan is barnstorming the country, promising to repeal every provision of the Affordable Care Act if the Romney-Ryan ticket is elected. But a letter he wrote to the Obama administration may undermine this message.<\/p>\n

On December 10, 2010, Ryan penned a letter<\/a> to the Department of Health and Human Services to recommend a grant application for the Kenosha Community Health Center, Inc to develop a new facility in Racine, Wisconsin, an area within Ryan’s district. "The proposed new facility, the Belle City Neighborhood Health Center, will serve both the preventative and comprehensive primary health care needs of thousands of new patients of all ages who are currently without health care," Ryan wrote.<\/p>\n

If the grant was approved, you can be sure that lying SOB told his constituents that it came from him, not Obamacare!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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