{"id":9865,"date":"2013-01-20T05:07:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T13:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9865"},"modified":"2013-01-20T05:07:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T13:07:28","slug":"open-thread1202012-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/20\/open-thread1202012-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;1\/20\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today is a high holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; May the Almighty Orb bless your team.&#160; Yesterday my antibiotic arrived.&#160; It has me feeling somewhat groggy, so my replies to comments may be excessively brief.&#160; I hope they take effect quickly.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 5:01 (average 4:41).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2013-01-20-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\/joe-mika-and-the-entire-morning-joe-lineup-finally-agree-on-something-this-nra-ad-is-sick\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Joe, Mika, And The Entire &#8216;Morning Joe&#8217; Lineup Finally Agree On Something. This NRA Ad Is Sick.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lFlR0CYvPJU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I very seldom agree with Joe Scarborough about anything, but this time, he is spot on, except for one thing. The term &quot;political pornography&quot; needs to be equally applied to every Republican and DINO remains in thrall to the NRA.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/borowitzreport\/2013\/01\/fox-news-to-shut-down-for-routine-maintenance-monday-morning-at-1130.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Fox News Channel announced today that it would shut down for what it called \u201croutine maintenance\u201d Monday morning at 11:30 E.T.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News president Roger Ailes explained the timing of the shutdown, which will be the first in the history of the network: \u201cWe wanted to pick a time when we were positive nothing would be happening that our viewers would want to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m sure that the management of <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, the Republican Ministry of Propaganda, would not want their sheeple to know about Monday&#8217;s doings, considering how hard they worked trying to change the honoree.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/01\/20\/us\/politics\/for-president-and-chief-justice-another-chance-to-get-it-right.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>The combination of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and President Obama creates a version of a physics problem: How can such smooth personalities create so much friction? <\/p>\n<p>That conundrum was on display four years ago, when these two supremely capable men managed to botch the simple task of reciting the presidential oath at Mr. Obama\u2019s first inauguration. <\/p>\n<p>The moment was not an anomaly. It is hard to think of a major public encounter between the two that has not gone badly awry or been tinged with hard feelings. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Having Roberts officiate over a Presidential inauguration is the functional equivalent of having Satan officiate over a Christian (authentic Christian, not Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian) ordination.<\/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=\"20Cartoon\" alt=\"20Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is another reason to prevent a one-party Republican regime.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is a high holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; May the Almighty Orb bless your team.&#160; Yesterday my antibiotic arrived.&#160; It has me feeling somewhat groggy, so my replies to comments may be excessively brief.&#160; I hope they take effect quickly. 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