{"id":9947,"date":"2013-02-09T03:12:14","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T11:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9947"},"modified":"2013-02-09T03:12:14","modified_gmt":"2013-02-09T11:12:14","slug":"open-thread292012-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/09\/open-thread292012-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;2\/9\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday my COPD was sufficiently severe that I have been able to sleep, so instead of pushing myself, I\u2019m limiting my blogging to today\u2019s Open Thread and returning to bed.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; I should be back tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:10 (average 5:12).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2013-02-09-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\/yoko-ono-sean-lennon-and-the-people-gas-companies-tell-you-dont-exist\/?rc=daily.share\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon And The People Gas Companies Tell You Don&#8217;t Exist<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/58660040\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" target=\"_blank\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">There is no doubt whatsoever that Big Energy companies are profiting by killing and poisoning people. The methods they are using now must be outlawed, and the practice must be stopped altogether, until and unless they find a technique that safe for both humans and the environment. I strongly doubt that there is any such fracking technique.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/02\/09\/nyregion\/major-snowstorm-arriving-in-northeast.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>A vast storm system descended on the Northeast on Friday, bringing high winds, deepening snow and threats of flooding to southern New England and reopening the old wounds of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey and New York. <\/p>\n<p>After a day of pelting wet snow, five states \u2014 New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island \u2014 had declared states of emergency, and Massachusetts had banned vehicles from every road in the state. As dusk fell, conditions quickly deteriorated. Major highways like Interstate 93 were almost completely abandoned; downtown Boston, in blizzard conditions, was a ghost town lost in a swirl of howling winds and snow. Parked cars lost their shape and resembled scoops of ice cream. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I hope and pray that our friends in the effected area are exercising extreme care and staying safe and warm.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/07\/31\/paul-watson-sea-shepherd-_n_1724467.html\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>The founder of environmental group Sea Shepherd vowed Tuesday to continue disrupting Japan&#8217;s whaling fleet when it heads for the southern oceans this winter, despite authorities in at least three countries seeking his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Watson, 61, was detained in Germany in May on a Costa Rican extradition warrant that accused him of endangering the crew of a fishing vessel in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>About ten days ago the Canadian, who sees himself as an advocate for whales, sharks and other marine animals, skipped bail after learning that Japan, too, was seeking his extradition from Germany.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Personally, I have watched every episode of <u>Whale Wars<\/u> and have observed the care that the Sea Shepherds take to prevent the Japanese Whaling fleet from murdering whales without doing anything to hurt the Japanese crews. At the same time, I have seen whalers attempt to kill Sea Shepherds. I cannot fault Watson for evading a Japanese kangaroo court. I hope that the Sea Shepherds are successful in ending the murder of whales for profit under the guise of research.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong><\/font>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"9Cartoon\" alt=\"9Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/9Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday my COPD was sufficiently severe that I have been able to sleep, so instead of pushing myself, I\u2019m limiting my blogging to today\u2019s Open Thread and returning to bed.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; I should be back tomorrow. 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