{"id":8900,"date":"2012-09-21T11:01:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T18:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8900"},"modified":"2012-09-21T11:01:29","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T18:01:29","slug":"open-thread9212012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/21\/open-thread9212012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;9\/21\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I ran errands after blogging, and last night was chilly enough that I had to put a blanket on my bed.&#160; I thoroughly enjoyed feeling warm without sweating.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies, and tomorrow appears routine.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:14 (average 4:56).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-09-21-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\/one-simple-graphic-about-jobs-that-will-make-you-very-angry\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>One Simple Graphic About Jobs That Will Make You Very Angry<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"21AmericanJobsAct\" alt=\"21AmericanJobsAct\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/21AmericanJobsAct.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"529\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Nevertheless, Republicans are hard at work on their jobs program: moving OUR jobs overseas.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/09\/21\/us\/politics\/cash-low-romney-striving-to-find-new-large-donors.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Mitt Romney entered the final months of the presidential campaign with a cash balance of just $35 million, racing to find new large donors and rally low-dollar contributors in August even while he raised tens of millions of dollars for the Republican Party. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Lord Willard? Short of money?!!? What poetic justice!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=ypRW5qoraTw\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">Sarah Silverman | Election 2012 &#8211; Voter Fraud <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\">Warning: do not play in places or in front of people if extreme profanity is inappropriate.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ypRW5qoraTw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">She could have been more delicate, but not more hilarious or more accurate!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"21Cartoon\" alt=\"21Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/21Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I ran errands after blogging, and last night was chilly enough that I had to put a blanket on my bed.&#160; I thoroughly enjoyed feeling warm without sweating.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies, and tomorrow appears routine. 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