{"id":9143,"date":"2012-10-15T11:12:23","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T18:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9143"},"modified":"2012-10-15T11:12:23","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T18:12:23","slug":"open-thread10152012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/15\/open-thread10152012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–10\/15\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I enjoyed watching football, even though the Ellipsoid Orb does not shine on my team until tonight.  I\u2019m current with replies.  Tomorrow is up in the air, because I\u2019m helping a computer-phobic friend set up computer bookkeeping. <\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:02 (average 4:50).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>A Truth About Unemployment So Simple It Will Really P*ss You Off<\/p>\n

\"15overseas\"<\/p>\n

When Republicans say JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, they must be talking about the ones they export.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Around the country, Republican operatives have been making moves to keep Mr. Johnson from becoming their version of Ralph Nader, the Green Party candidate whose relatively modest support cut into Al Gore\u2019s 2000 vote arguably enough to help hand the decisive states of Ohio and Florida to George W. Bush. <\/p>\n

As hard as they are working to move Gary Johnson from ballots, they are also working to keep Jill Stein included on them. They are also working to include Rocky Anderson, because he is on the ballot in only sixteen states.<\/font><\/p>\n

From CNN<\/a>: <\/font>Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who embodied a vanishing breed of liberal Republicanism before switching to the Democratic Party at the twilight of his political career, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, his family announced.<\/p>\n

Specter died of complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at his home in Philadelphia, his family said. He was 82.<\/p>\n

He was the last of what the Republican Party used to be, a man with whom I often disagreed, but who deserved respect.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"15Cartoon\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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