{"id":9406,"date":"2012-11-09T09:16:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T17:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9406"},"modified":"2012-11-09T09:16:04","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T17:16:04","slug":"open-thread1192012-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/09\/open-thread1192012-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;11\/9\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I spent most of the day in bed, and I\u2019m still tired, but my day off took the edge off it.&#160; I did my laundry while doing today\u2019s research, and still hate laundry.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow appears routine.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:42 (average 5:31).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-11-09-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Final Election Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Florida is finally decided in Obama\u2019s favor, making it the only state I missed, and making the final electoral vote total 322 \u2013 206.&#160; Kudos to Nate Silver, the only pundit who outperformed me with fifty out of fifty.<\/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\/a-hauntingly-beautiful-clip-about-what-is-happening-to-the-middle-class\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>A Hauntingly Beautiful Clip About What Is Happening To The Middle Class<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v0lZ4d161h0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">You know Bernie is right, and rest assured, the billionaires committing class war against us will not give up after losing just one battle.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/borowitzreport\/2012\/11\/republicans-consider-welcoming-people-who-believe-in-math-and-science.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Opting for a bold \u201cbig tent\u201d strategy to rebuild the party, Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, told reporters today, \u201cWe need to welcome people who believe in different things than we do, like math and science.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>After disappointing results in Tuesday\u2019s election, Mr. Priebus said that it was time for Republicans to become \u201cmore tolerant of those with a math-and-science lifestyle.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang!! <em>Skiense<\/em> could spook the sheeple! \ud83d\ude09<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/09\/us\/gunman-who-shot-giffords-to-be-sentenced.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Jared L. Loughner was sentenced Thursday to seven consecutive terms of life in prison at a court hearing punctuated by raw emotion as former Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark E. Kelly, for the first time confronted the man who shot her in the head during a rampage last year that left 6 dead and 12 others wounded. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">My only regret is that Sarah Palin, who labeled Gabby with a bulls-eye, is not sharing the cell with him.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"9Cartoon\" alt=\"9Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/9Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I spent most of the day in bed, and I\u2019m still tired, but my day off took the edge off it.&#160; I did my laundry while doing today\u2019s research, and still hate laundry.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow appears routine. 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