{"id":9562,"date":"2012-11-22T08:29:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T16:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9562"},"modified":"2012-11-22T08:29:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T16:29:24","slug":"open-thread11222012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/22\/open-thread11222012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;11\/22\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Thanksgiving has arrived.&#160; As soon as I finish blogging, I\u2019ll start cooking.&#160; The Church of the Ellipsoid Orb has holiday meditations today.&#160; If you will be out and about, please take extra care to be safe.&#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 3:46 (average 4:37).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-11-22-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\/bernie-sanders-doesnt-often-agree-with-ronald-reagan-but-when-he-does\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Bernie Sanders Doesn&#8217;t Often Agree With Ronald Reagan, But When He Does . . .<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ylXMlOkyGs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I am very thankful for Bernie, but not for the Republican Party that denies truths spoken by their own Saint Ronnie Ray Gun. Indeed Social Security should be off the table.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/49263362#49925967\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: There&#8217;s a lot to be thankful for.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc14bddf\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" target=\"_blank\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=49925967^0^1081748&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" target=\"_blank\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc14bddf\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=49925967^0^1081748&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; width: 592px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; font-size: 11px\">Visit NBCNews.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" target=\"_blank\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" target=\"_blank\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I am thankful for these things. I am also thankful that Rachel has been a reliable source of truthful commentary throughout the year.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/pat-robertson-obama-what-going-on-american-people\" target=\"_blank\">Right Wing Watch<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\"><font color=\"#000000\">Of course, Robertson should not have been surprised since earlier this year<\/font> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/god-tells-robertson-radical-obama-will-bring-down-america\">God told him<\/a> <font color=\"#000000\">who would win the election.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PNhrNqS0lyE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I am especially thankful that Robertson has his head so far up his ass, that he sees his own tonsils from the bottom, and that his election victory party was ruined.<\/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=\"22Cartoon\" alt=\"22Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/22Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I am thankful for JFK, RFK and MLK, but not for the right-wingers that arranged the murders of all three.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving has arrived.&#160; As soon as I finish blogging, I\u2019ll start cooking.&#160; The Church of the Ellipsoid Orb has holiday meditations today.&#160; If you will be out and about, please take extra care to be safe.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow appears routine. 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