{"id":9194,"date":"2012-10-19T04:03:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T11:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9194"},"modified":"2012-10-19T04:03:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T11:03:52","slug":"open-thread10192012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/19\/open-thread10192012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;10\/19\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday defrosting my freezer tired me to the extent that I was too tires to sleep.&#160; Therefore, this will be today\u2019s only article, as I\u2019m going back to bed and try again.&#160; I am not current with replies.&#160; I expect to be back tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:17 (average 5:07).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-10-19-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:\/\/www.moveon.org\/share\/2d22ba\/dean-of-nyc-drama-school-has-some-hilarious\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Dean Of NYC Drama School Has Some Hilarious Advice For Mitt Romney On How To Act &#8216;Human&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UfigzF4SzT4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Human is probably just too far a stretch for Willard.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/10\/19\/us\/appeals-court-rules-against-defense-of-marriage-act.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that gay Americans are a class of people who deserve the same kinds of constitutional protections as many other victims of discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>The 2-to-1 ruling, by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, came as the panel struck down the federal law prohibiting federal recognition of same-sex marriage. It is the first time that a federal appeals court has applied this level of constitutional protection \u2014 known as heightened scrutiny \u2014 to those unions. The case is now considered by some legal scholars to be the leading candidate for a Supreme Court review of the same-sex marriage issue. <\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s decision was the second by a federal appeals court striking down the Defense of Marriage Act. Now the case, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2012\/10\/19\/us\/windsor-v-united-states-lawsuit.html\" target=\"_blank\">Windsor v. United States<\/a>, could be considered by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Another step toward freedom.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/10\/18\/gallup-vs-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\">538<\/a>: <\/font>The Gallup national tracking poll now shows a very strong lead for Mitt Romney. As of Wednesday, he was ahead by six points among likely voters. Mr. Romney\u2019s advantage grew further, to seven points, when Gallup updated its numbers on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Gallup poll is accounted for in the forecast model, along with all other state and national surveys.<\/p>\n<p>However, its results are deeply inconsistent with the results that other polling firms are showing in the presidential race, and the Gallup poll has a history of performing very poorly when that is the case.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">That 7% number didn&#8217;t ring true to me, because I have not seen a corresponding shift in the state by state polls.<\/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=\"19Cartoon\" alt=\"19Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/19Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">After 52 years, ending it is long past due.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday defrosting my freezer tired me to the extent that I was too tires to sleep.&#160; Therefore, this will be today\u2019s only article, as I\u2019m going back to bed and try again.&#160; I am not current with replies.&#160; I expect to be back tomorrow. 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