{"id":9023,"date":"2012-10-05T10:24:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T17:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9023"},"modified":"2012-10-05T10:24:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T17:24:32","slug":"open-thread1052012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/05\/open-thread1052012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;10\/5\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I must have been pretty pooped, because I slept most of the afternoon and night yesterday.&#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 4:04 (average 5:13).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-10-05-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/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\/the-gop-started-a-war-on-women-and-american-women-are-here-to-end-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>The GOP Started A War On Women, And American Women Are Here To End It<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2A1PkCHHPZk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Any woman who votes Republican is offering control of her vagina to Koch suckers and her soul to Todd Akin.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/republicans-run-pirate-bay-skyscraper-ad-campaign-121004\/\" target=\"_blank\">Torrent Freak<\/a>: <\/font>With millions of users every day The Pirate Bay is an ideal site to reach tech savvy people all around the world. The power of this online platform is used by many advertisers to target customers, and not just those looking for a Russian bride either. Currently a secretly-funded conservative-leaning organization, listed by the New York Times as \u201cgetting the most bang\u201d for its advertising bucks in 2010, is running an anti-Obama campaign on the world\u2019s most resilient torrent site.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is one of the premiere sites on the net for the theft of copyrighted music and video. It&#8217;s no surprise that &quot;family values&quot; Republicans are supporting the theft of intellectual property to advertise Lord Willard.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.addictinginfo.org\/2012\/10\/04\/new-mexico-republican-official-caught-on-video-illegally-teaching-voter-surpression-tactics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Addicting Info<\/a>: <\/font>A group in New Mexico is claiming to have video showing the Sandoval County Republican Party vice chair instructing people on how to illegally&#160; use voter suppression tactics, as reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2012\/10\/04\/new-mexico-republican-official-caught-training-polls-challengers-to-suppress-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raw Story<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jYPH3J0_EaI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The list of Republican crimes keeps growing.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"5Cartoon\" alt=\"5Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/5Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Lord Willard shows his courage stalking Osama bin Bird.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I must have been pretty pooped, because I slept most of the afternoon and night yesterday.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies, and tomorrow appears routine. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 4:04 (average 5:13).&#160; To do it, click here. 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