{"id":8890,"date":"2012-09-20T10:12:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T17:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8890"},"modified":"2012-09-20T10:12:31","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T17:12:31","slug":"open-thread9202012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/20\/open-thread9202012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/20\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the heat wave ended unexpectedly.  I did not mind.  Today I have some errands to run, but I should be able to het my blogging done first.  I\u2019m current with replies.  Tomorrow appears routine.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:19 (average 4:18).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>If You Wondered Why The GOP Hates Barack Obama So Much, Here’s Your Answer<\/p>\n

\"20racistGOP\"<\/p>\n

Poor Lindsey-poo. At his angriest, he’s still just a pitiful little racist.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>The drastic melting of Arctic sea ice has finally ended for the year, scientists announced<\/a> Wednesday, but not before demolishing the previous record \u2014 and setting off new warnings about the rapid pace of change in the region.<\/p>\n

The apparent low point for 2012 was reached Sunday, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center<\/a>, which said that sea ice that day covered about 1.32 million square miles, or 24 percent, of the surface of the Arctic Ocean. The previous low, set in 2007, was 29 percent. <\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t get much more disturbing than this.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Gossip On This<\/a>: <\/font>Did Mitt Romney Put on Fake Tanner to Make Himself Browner to Appeal to Latino Voters?<\/p>\n

Given how fast he got that dark, I see no other way.  How pathetic!  What\u2019s next for Willard. shoe polish at the NAACP?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"20Cartoon\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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