{"id":9508,"date":"2012-11-17T09:37:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-17T17:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9508"},"modified":"2012-11-17T09:37:56","modified_gmt":"2012-11-17T17:37:56","slug":"open-thread11172012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/17\/open-thread11172012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;11\/17\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">We have made it to another weekend, and I hope that you are enjoying yours.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; My Broncos are meditating with the Chargers is the afternoon, so I shall strive to finish in the morning.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:28 (average 4:29).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-11-17-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\/this-83-seconds-is-to-remind-president-obama-what-we-just-voted-for\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>This 83 Seconds Is To Remind President Obama What We Just Voted For<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cws4h8kUT8I\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Tell your Senators and Reps why they are in office, too!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prwatch.org\/news\/2012\/11\/11864\/alec-legislators-wisconsin-receive-24k-campaign-contributions-after-pushing-alec-\" target=\"_blank\">PR Watch<\/a>: <\/font>Wisconsin&#8217;s effort to open the state to predatory lenders using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alecexposed.org\" target=\"_blank\">American Legislative Exchange Council<\/a> (ALEC) legislation has paid dividends for the ALEC legislators behind it.<\/p>\n<p>In May of 2011, Rep. Robin Vos, the ALEC State Chair in Wisconsin and head of the powerful Joint Finance Committee, rolled a provision into the 2011-2012 budget bill resembling ALEC model legislation and that legalized auto title loans. Democrats voted against the provision, but it ultimately passed the Republican-led Finance Committee and state legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with Georgia-based title loan company LoanMax then gave over $24,000 in campaign contributions to Republican Assembly candidates, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel&#8217;s Dan Bice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/watchdog\/noquarter\/titleloan-officials-donated-24000-to-gop-assembly-candidates-ge7j80p-178474511.html\" target=\"_blank\">reported this week<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I have no doubt that Scott Walker, Fartfuhrer of Fitzwalkerstan, heartily approved.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2012\/11\/voting_rights_act_bleak_future.php\" target=\"_blank\">TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Several prominent election lawyers on a panel here Friday predicted that the Supreme Court would ultimately strike down a part of the Voting Rights Act that requires states with a history of racial discrimination to have their election laws precleared [sic] by federal authorities.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If correct, and I think they are, the reason will be that the fascist five are working hard to help Republicans steal elections, by disenfranchising legitimate voters.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"17Cartoon\" alt=\"17Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/17Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have made it to another weekend, and I hope that you are enjoying yours.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; My Broncos are meditating with the Chargers is the afternoon, so I shall strive to finish in the morning. 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