Open Thread–2/24/2011

Yesterday was just another craving day.  I started to return visits, but could not focus.  I’m sick of this.  I’m up earlier than usual today, so I have not gotten to comments yet.  I shall.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today it took me 4:08 (average 5:03).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From Washington Post: "We’re all concerned about David [Wu] and his health and well-being," said Oregon Republican Party Chairman Allen Alley. "The most important thing is for David to get the help that he needs."

Bullshit!  He wants the seat!

From Think Progress: But with state Sen. Bill Ketron’s (R) new Senate Bill 1028, Tennessee wins the honor of most radical response to a non-existent threat. Introduced last Thursday, the bill claims that Shariah law “continues to plague the United States generally and Tennessee in particular” and requires Muslims “to actively and passively support the replacement of America’s constitutional republic” with an Islamic state. Thus, adherence to the “legal-political-military doctrine” of Shariah law “is treasonous” and “a felony, punishable by 15 years in jail”…

One thing that Kentron clearly does not know is the Constitution.

From Mother Jones: Just when abortion rights supporters thought they had beaten a controversial bill they believe would legalize the killing of abortion providers, it has cropped up again—this time in a more expansive form that has drawn the concern of law enforcement officials.

Last week, South Dakota’s legislature shelved a bill, introduced by Republican state Rep. Phil Jensen, which would have allowed the use of the "justifiable homicide" defense for killings intended to prevent harm to a fetus. Now a nearly identical bill is being considered in neighboring Nebraska, where on Wednesday the state legislature held a hearing on the measure.

RepubliSpeak Dictionary – Pro Life: Legalized killing.

Cartoon:

Never give up!  Day 10.