{"id":9620,"date":"2012-11-28T06:29:36","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T14:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9620"},"modified":"2012-11-28T06:29:36","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T14:29:36","slug":"open-thread11282012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/28\/open-thread11282012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;11\/28\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I was supposed to have a CoDA group in prison.&#160; The prison had a power outage, so we could not get in to work with the guys.&#160; How frustrating!&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; I hope to get articles posted tomorrow, before I leave for another volunteer day in prison.&#160; <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:02 (average 5:35).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-11-28-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\/killer-robots-the-scariest-weapons-you-have-never-heard-of\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>KILLER ROBOTS: The Scariest Weapons You Have Never Heard Of<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AlRIcZRoLq8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I have never made a big stink about drones, because every time a drone is used, there is a human flying it. The only difference between a drone attack and any other airstrike is the location of the pilot. Military robots are fine for such things as bomb disposal, but machines that can decide to kill without human intervention must never be allowed.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/28\/opinion\/the-pace-of-leaving-afghanistan.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Seventeen months ago, President Obama said that the 30,000 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/23\/world\/asia\/23prexy.html\" target=\"_blank\">American troops deployed to Afghanistan for the \u201csurge\u201d would be home<\/a> by this September, and he made good on that promise. He also said troop reductions would continue at a \u201csteady pace\u201d until the remaining 66,000 were out by the end of 2014. <\/p>\n<p>A \u201csteady pace\u201d should mean withdrawing all combat forces on a schedule dictated only by the security of the troops. That should start now and should not take more than a year. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is huge, because it&#8217;s not just the view of a staff writer or Op-Ed contributor. This carries the weight of the entire editorial board and management of the Times.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/49263362#49987706\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">Rachel Maddow describes the Republican Party by showing what the people they have chosen to head House Committees in the next session have in common.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc6e6b82\" 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\" target=\"_blank\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=49987706^0^65699&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc6e6b82\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=49987706^0^65699&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><\/font><\/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\">Note that there is not a single Black, Latino or Asian face in the bunch, and even an old TomCat can tell there are no kitties in that collection. 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