{"id":9891,"date":"2013-01-30T02:27:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T10:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9891"},"modified":"2013-01-30T02:27:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T10:27:39","slug":"open-thread1302013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/30\/open-thread1302013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;1\/30\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I still gradually climbing back, but am being careful not to overdo it&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Friday is my goal.<\/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 4:32).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2013-01-30-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\/5-reasons-the-republican-party-is-bound-to-self-destruct\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>5 Reasons The Republican Party Is Bound To Self Destruct<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"30GOPwar500\" border=\"0\" alt=\"30GOPwar500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/30GOPwar500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"433\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I would add 99% of America to that list.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2013\/01\/senate-passes-final-505-billion-in-sandy-aid.php\" target=\"_blank\">TPM<\/a> (Photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2013\/01\/29\/1182999\/-Sandy-relief-vote-shows-vast-majority-of-GOP-congress-members-hate-nbsp-America#\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>): <\/font>The Senate approved the remaining $50.5 billion in relief for Hurricane Sandy victims on Monday afternoon, closing the chapter on a measure that became mired in controversy earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation passed by a vote of 62-36, with Republicans broadly opposed.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here are the 36 shameful Republican misanthropes who opposed the bill.&#160; 31 had previously requested disaster relief for their own states.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"30sandynovotes\" border=\"0\" alt=\"30sandynovotes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/30sandynovotes.jpg\" width=\"514\" height=\"232\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/video.msnbc.msn.com\/msnbc\/50627103#50627103\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>Father of Sandy Hook victim heckled during gun control testimony<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc8f4706\" 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=50627103^0^33400&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc8f4706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=50627103^0^33400&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\">Republican death mongers have no sense of boundaries, shame, or decency.<\/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=\"30Cartoon\" alt=\"30Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/30Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">And the American people finally realized&#160; that the war was a lie.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I still gradually climbing back, but am being careful not to overdo it&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Friday is my goal. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 3:46 (average 4:32).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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