{"id":9898,"date":"2013-01-31T02:48:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T10:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9898"},"modified":"2013-01-31T02:48:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T10:48:34","slug":"open-thread1312013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/31\/open-thread1312013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–1\/31\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

My return may be delayed a day or two.  Yesterday morning the building manager informed me that I have to be ready for pest control by 11:00 this morning.  That involves bagging all my clothing, food, bedding, etc.  I got most of it done yesterday, exhausting myself in the process.  I also have to leave for four hours.  I will need to get it all put away again by tomorrow night, because I have a month\u2019s groceries being delivered on Saturday morning.  I\u2019m current with replies.  I\u2019ll keep you posted.<\/font><\/p>\n

AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! \"Sick<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:05 (average 4:55).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Ronald Reagan Thought This Was A Good Idea Decades Ago<\/p>\n

\"31reaganweapons500\"<\/p>\n

Saint Ronnie Ray Gun could not win a nomination for Dog Catcher in today’s Republican Party, and I bet Injustice Scalia would change his mind.<\/font><\/p>\n

From MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>Lawrence O’Donnell’s Massacre Control Hearing<\/p>\n

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Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

Note how the Republican would not answer the questions and would not even tell the truth that she is a Republican, pretending to be an Independent. She claimed to represent millions when her astro-turfed group only has about 1,000 on her mailing list. Republicans have no facts supporting their positions, so they use anecdotes that are not applicable and even make up fairy tale anecdotes that are.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, National Rifle Association C.E.O. Wayne LaPierre warned that the N.R.A. would vigorously oppose any legislation that \u201climits the sale, purchase, or ownership of politicians.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cPoliticians pose no danger to the public if used correctly,\u201d said Mr. LaPierre, who claims to have over two hundred politicians in his personal collection. \u201cEveryone hears about the bad guys in Congress. Well, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a vote is a good guy with a vote. I\u2019m proud to be the owner of many of those guys.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mr. LaPierre\u2019s comments drew a sharp rebuke from Carol Foyler, a politician-control advocate who has spent the past twelve years lobbying for stricter limits on the sale of politicians. <\/p>\n

Although this article is satirical, I certain that LaPierre does own hundreds.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"31Cartoon\"<\/font><\/p>\n

And Republicans are fighting to see the last Social Security check issued.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My return may be delayed a day or two.  Yesterday morning the building manager informed me that I have to be ready for pest control by 11:00 this morning.  That involves bagging all my clothing, food, bedding, etc.  I got most of it done yesterday, exhausting myself in the process.  I also have to leave […]<\/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-9898","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\/9898","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=9898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}