{"id":9918,"date":"2013-02-05T03:16:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T11:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9918"},"modified":"2013-02-05T03:16:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T11:16:51","slug":"open-thread252013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/05\/open-thread252013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;2\/5\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here we go.&#160; Today I have three articles and will distribute links.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I hope to do the same.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:56 (average 5:56).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2013-02-05-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\/40-years-later-and-women-are-still-battling-for-this-personal-right\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>40 Years Later And Women Are Still Battling For This Personal Right<\/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=\"5-40years500\" border=\"0\" alt=\"5-40years500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/5-40years500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"782\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If Republicans have their way, women&#8217;s right to vote may be next to go.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From The <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2013\/02\/04\/ron-paul-tweets-about-seal-snipers-death-he-who-lives-by-the-sword-dies-by-the-sword\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Caller<\/a>: <\/font>Former congressman and libertarian icon Ron Paul tweeted a startling reaction to the death of SEAL sniper Chris Kyle on Monday:<\/p>\n<p>Chris Kyle\u2019s death seems to confirm that \u201che who lives by the sword dies by the sword.\u201d Treating PTSD at a firing range doesn\u2019t make sense<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron Paul (@RonPaul) February 4, 2013<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">He&#8217;s still just as full of hate as ever.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/49263362#50700177\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republican Super Bowl InsaniTEA<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc6b9159\" 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=50700177^0^482249&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc6b9159\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=50700177^0^482249&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\">After all, it it wasn&#8217;t the black guy&#8217;s fault, they wouldn&#8217;t call it a blackout. Scheeeeesch!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"5Cartoon\" alt=\"5Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/5Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go.&#160; Today I have three articles and will distribute links.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I hope to do the same. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 4:56 (average 5:56).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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