{"id":9109,"date":"2012-10-12T08:52:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T15:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9109"},"modified":"2012-10-12T08:52:38","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T15:52:38","slug":"open-thread10122012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/12\/open-thread10122012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–10\/12\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday\u2019s trip to the doctor turned out well.  The tests were negative.  All looks good.  Pain is just a side-effect of becoming a bald-headed old fart.  I\u2019m current with replies.  Tomorrow appears routine.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:23 (average 4:23).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>The 15 Wars Started By The GOP Since Obama Took Office<\/p>\n

\"12GOP-Wars\"<\/p>\n

If it’s good for America, Republicans have a war against it!<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>In these closing weeks of the campaign, each side wants you to believe that it has the right ideas to fix a still-ailing economy. So here\u2019s what you need to know: If you look at the track record, the Obama administration has been wrong about some things, mainly because it was too optimistic about the prospects for a quick recovery. But Republicans have been wrong about everything. <\/p>\n

Paul Krugman hit the bullseye again!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Christian Science Monitor<\/a>: <\/font>As a slew of Twitterers and bloggers pointed out yesterday afternoon, the search term "completely wrong" brings up a slew of pictures (big and small) of presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. CNN has traced<\/a> the origin of the whole mess to an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News, wherein Romney attempted to distance himself from his infamous "47 percent" gaffe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once in a while, there is poetic justice in the universe<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"12Cartoon\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday\u2019s trip to the doctor turned out well.  The tests were negative.  All looks good.  Pain is just a side-effect of becoming a bald-headed old fart.  I\u2019m current with replies.  Tomorrow appears routine. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 3:23 (average 4:23).  To do it, click here.  How did you do? Short Takes: From MoveOn: […]<\/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-9109","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\/9109","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=9109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}