{"id":9247,"date":"2012-10-27T08:40:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T15:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9247"},"modified":"2012-10-27T08:40:21","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T15:40:21","slug":"open-thread10272012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/27\/open-thread10272012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;10\/27\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m still feeling very tired, but after resting yesterday, I have enough steam to be back in the saddle.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; My Broncos will be featured with the Saints in the nationally televised Sunday night meditation.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:16 (average 5:43).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-10-27-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\/stephen-colberts-hilarious-response-to-donald-trumps-october-surprise\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Stephen Colbert&#8217;s Hilarious Response To Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8216;October Surprise&#8217; (warning: off color)<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 520px\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:420539\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"512\"><\/iframe>      <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4px; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; padding-top: 4px\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/420539\/october-24-2012\/donald-trump-s-october-surprise\">The Colbert Report<\/a><\/b>         <br \/>Get More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/full-episodes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/video\" target=\"_blank\">Video Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang! He want&#8217;s Trump to commit Teabuggery!!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o6G3nwhPuR4\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <font color=\"#000000\">Lena Dunham: Your First Time<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o6G3nwhPuR4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Lord knows I&#8217;m way too old and decrepit for this to be my first time, but I&#8217;ll vote for Obama anyway!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/borowitzreport\/2012\/10\/gop-split-over-whether-to-emphasize-misogyny-or-racism.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, there is a deep divide among Republican leaders over whether to emphasize misogyny or racism as the campaign\u2019s closing theme.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">That must be a really tough decision for them. They are so adept at both!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"27Cartoon\" alt=\"27Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/27Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m still feeling very tired, but after resting yesterday, I have enough steam to be back in the saddle.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; My Broncos will be featured with the Saints in the nationally televised Sunday night meditation. 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