{"id":8796,"date":"2012-09-08T08:15:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T15:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8796"},"modified":"2012-09-08T08:15:35","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T15:15:35","slug":"open-thread982012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/08\/open-thread982012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/8\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was the hottest day of the current wave and the temperature in my apartment dropped below 90\u00b0 just a few minutes ago.  Because I have had almost no sleep, this is today\u2019s only article.  I am not current with replies, but will catch up ASAP.  Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:40 (average 4:38).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Keep This Elizabeth Warren Quote In Mind When You Hear The GOP Throw Todd Akin To The Wolves<\/p>\n

\"8warren\"<\/p>\n

As usual, Elizabeth is spot-on!<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Even the decline in the jobless rate, to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent in July, was a disappointment, because it indicated a shrinking labor force as people gave up looking for work.<\/p>\n

But properly understood, the report should not encourage voters to support Mitt Romney. That\u2019s because boosting tepid job growth requires stimulative fiscal policy \u2014 including spending to rehire teachers and to rebuild schools, roads and other infrastructure, as well as loan modifications for underwater homeowners. Mr. Obama has proposed all of that, while Republicans have blocked such measures and the Republican agenda rejects them. <\/p>\n

And sadly, Republicans refuse to move on this.  In fact\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n

From Chicago Tribune<\/a>: <\/font>Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan said on Friday that another round of monetary stimulus from the U.S. Federal Reserve would be a bad idea.<\/p>\n

Every penny government spends meeting America\u2019s legitimate needs is a penny Republicans can\u2019t give to a billionaire.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"8Cartoon\"<\/p>\n

This was a bad precedent.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was the hottest day of the current wave and the temperature in my apartment dropped below 90\u00b0 just a few minutes ago.  Because I have had almost no sleep, this is today\u2019s only article.  I am not current with replies, but will catch up ASAP.  Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of […]<\/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-8796","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\/8796","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=8796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}