{"id":9798,"date":"2013-01-01T03:34:48","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T11:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9798"},"modified":"2013-01-01T03:34:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T11:34:48","slug":"open-thread112013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/01\/open-thread112013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–1\/1\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I almost used 2012 in the title.  No surprise there.  I am still under the weather, but there is too much going on for me to take the day off completely.  I\u2019m current with replies.  We\u2019ll see what tomorrow brings.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today’s took me 5:18 (average 6:00).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton\u2019s blood clot formed in her head, her doctors said on Monday, a potentially serious condition from which they nonetheless stressed they expect her to fully recover. <\/p>\n

Mrs. Clinton was hospitalized Sunday at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital for the blood clot \u2014 in a vein between the brain and the skull and behind her right ear \u2014 and doctors said on Monday that it had not resulted in a stroke or neurological damage. They said they were treating her with blood thinners to try to dissolve the clot. <\/p>\n

I’m sure we all wish her a full and speedy recovery.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>The House of Representatives adjourned this evening after the legislative body collapsed from exhaustion brought on by hours of doing its job. <\/p>\n

Hundreds of congressmen complained of headaches, dizzy spells, and extreme fatigue after putting in what sources called \u201ca six, maybe seven-hour day.\u201d <\/p>\n

Awwww\u2026. Da poor widdle goose-steppers! They will have to go to work today too.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>12 Unbelievably Awful Things Fox News Did This Year<\/p>\n

Click through for a list truly worthy of the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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I almost used 2012 in the title.  No surprise there.  I am still under the weather, but there is too much going on for me to take the day off completely.  I\u2019m current with replies.  We\u2019ll see what tomorrow brings. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today’s took me 5:18 (average 6:00).  To do it, click here.  How […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}