{"id":9271,"date":"2012-10-29T12:17:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T19:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9271"},"modified":"2012-10-29T12:17:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T19:17:05","slug":"open-thread10292012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/29\/open-thread10292012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;10\/29\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m running late today, because I overslept.&#160; I was up late meditating upon the glory of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow, it\u2019s likely that I will have only an Open Thread, because I get to help computer phobic&#160; friend set up computer bookkeeping \u2013 phase two.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:05 (average 4:17).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-10-29-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Religious Ecstasy<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"1028-Broncos34-Saints14\" alt=\"1028-Broncos34-Saints14\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1028-Broncos34-Saints14.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"100\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Sandy Alert<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"29Sandy\" border=\"0\" alt=\"29Sandy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/29Sandy.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Please join me in remembering all in the path of this monster in your thoughts and prayers.&#160; Also, please remember that Lord Willard, Lyin\u2019 Ryan, and the Republican Party intend to slash funding for FEMA.&#160; Willard said he wants to eliminate it.<\/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\/this-super-speedy-clip-will-debunk-anyone-who-says-obama-is-a-do-nothing-president\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>This Super Speedy Clip Will Debunk Anyone Who Says Obama Is A &#8216;Do Nothing President&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I1vUKT_l_0g?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Republican Party has fast talkers too. The difference is that they are lying.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/10\/29\/opinion\/krugman-medicaid-on-the-ballot.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>There\u2019s a lot we don\u2019t know about what Mitt Romney would do if he won. He refuses to say which tax loopholes he would close to make up for $5 trillion in tax cuts; his economic \u201cplan\u201d is an empty shell.<\/p>\n<p>But one thing is clear: If he wins, Medicaid \u2014 which now covers more than 50 million Americans, and which President Obama would expand further as part of his health reform \u2014 will face savage cuts. Estimates suggest that a Romney victory would deny health insurance to about 45 million people who would have coverage if he lost<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">You\u2019ll want to click through for the rest of this Paul Krugman editorial.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/borowitzreport\/2012\/10\/weather-forces-romney-to-shift-lying-to-other-states.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>The threat of Hurricane Sandy has forced Republican nominee Mitt Romney\u2019s campaign to move its lying efforts from states in the path of the storm to others beyond the hurricane\u2019s reach. <\/p>\n<p>Starting yesterday, the Romney campaign began reallocating lies originally intended for Virginia to other swing states such as Ohio and Wisconsin, the campaign confirmed today. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Repackaging thousands of lies must be a daunting task.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"29Cartoon\" alt=\"29Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/29Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m running late today, because I overslept.&#160; I was up late meditating upon the glory of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow, it\u2019s likely that I will have only an Open Thread, because I get to help computer phobic&#160; friend set up computer bookkeeping \u2013 phase two. 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