{"id":9721,"date":"2012-12-10T03:40:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T11:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9721"},"modified":"2012-12-10T03:40:23","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T11:40:23","slug":"open-thread12102012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/10\/open-thread12102012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;12\/10\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I think I need to take another day off.&#160; I spent almost the entire day in bed, and I need more time for my chest muscles to heal from excessive coughing.&#160; Breathing is still painful.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Hopefully I shall return tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:00 (average 4:22).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-12-10-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\/meryl-streep-thinks-shes-figured-out-what-would-make-sarah-silverman-blush\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Meryl Streep Thinks She&#8217;s Figured Out What Would Make Sarah Silverman Blush<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ABsAWm3S2r8?list=PLNjzqk5lcILEO4uDofN0fHM0NowRPJkU0&amp;hl=en_US\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I can say I am pro all those good things in one sentence. I am anti-Republican. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drawtheline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Draw the Line<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/reproductiverights.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Reproductive Rights<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/12\/10\/business\/banks-face-a-huge-reckoning-in-the-mortgage-mess.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>The nation\u2019s largest banks are facing a fresh torrent of lawsuits asserting that they sold shoddy mortgage securities that imploded during the financial crisis, potentially adding significantly to the tens of billions of dollars the banks have already paid to settle other cases.<\/p>\n<p>Regulators, prosecutors, investors and insurers have filed dozens of new claims against Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and others, related to more than $1 trillion worth of securities backed by residential mortgages. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Certainly investors deserve relief from losses suffered due to the crimes of Republican Banksters. They should take their place in line right behind the consumers the Banksters<\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\"> screwed.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicususa.com\/sean-hannity-stomped-rating-fox-news-attacks-rachel-maddow.html\" target=\"_blank\">Politicus USA<\/a>: <\/font>Since election day, Rachel Maddow has been beating Sean Hannity in the key demo ratings. Fox News has responded with a juvenile attack on Maddow.<\/p>\n<p>There is something happening in cable news that can no longer be ignored. MSNBC is seriously challenging Fox News. Specifically, R<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicususa.com\/rise-left-rachel-maddow-lawrence-odonnnell-beat-fox-entire-week.html\" target=\"_blank\">achel Maddow and Lawrence O\u2019Donnell are regularly beating their Fox News competition in the key 25-54 demo.<\/a> Last week, Maddow beat Hannity, 378,000 viewers to 352,000 in the demo.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What wonderful news!&#160; MSNBC has conservative shows like Morning Joe (3 hours long) to balance progressives like Maddow and and O\u2019Donnell, making it genuinely balanced.&#160; <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, on the other hand is not even a news channel.&#160; It is the Propaganda Ministry of the Republican Party.&#160; Every loss <em>Faux Noise<\/em> takes raises our collective national intelligence.<\/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=\"10Cartoon\" alt=\"10Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/10Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Would someone please inform the Republican Party about this?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I need to take another day off.&#160; I spent almost the entire day in bed, and I need more time for my chest muscles to heal from excessive coughing.&#160; Breathing is still painful.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Hopefully I shall return tomorrow. 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