Yesterday I stayed caught up. Then I wilted. It reached 98 in my apartment and has only cooled to 82 now. I’ll fall behind today, because it will be 10 degrees hotter, and because, I’ll be co-facilitating a former prisoners’ group as a volunteer.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today it took me 3:12. To do it, click here. How did you do?
Fantasy Football:
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Short Takes:
From McClatchy DC: The South Carolina Democratic Party will have a new leader next spring following the Alvin Greene political debacle.
Party chairwoman Carol Fowler told The State she won’t seek a third term in the spring of 2011. Fowler said her decision not to seek re-election is not due to Greene, the party’s surprise U.S. Senate nominee, who is facing a federal obscenity charge.
Nothing to o with Greene? Ha! That woman lies like a Republican.
From Common Dreams: An Israeli soldier who fought in the country’s war on Gaza last year is to be prosecuted for the manslaughter of two Palestinian women, the military has said.
While probably appropriate, this reminds me of the prosecution of a few soldiers over Abu Ghraib, while the architects of torture remained untouched. In both incidents justice demands moving to the top of the food chain.
From Think Progress: Tar balls have now hit every single state on the Gulf Coast, “after a bucket’s worth of tar balls hit a Texas beach.”
Gov. Rick “the secessionist” Perry once called the GOP gusher an act of God. Perhaps God should pay for Texas’ cleanup, reserving BP funds for other locations.
Cartoon: from Cagle.com
Happy Hump Day!!
6 Responses to “Open Thread – 7/7/2010”
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What is with this Greene dude? He makes no sense as the nom for the Dem Party in SC. And no one knows anything about him.
Well, I’m glad someone’s getting prosecuted for killing civilians.
Governor Good Hair wouldn’t know a tar ball if it had his name on it.
Great cartoon!
Thanks, Lisa.
Where he came from is an open question, Lisa.
This Greene stuff is a mystery to me, I honestly have no idea beyond political malfeasance how he was able to obtain the money for the filing fee. While I have heard it reported in the news many times that South Carolina politics are “very rough” just from the few stories I am aware of very, very few outside the state actually understand how dirty it is. I honestly do not know if Carol Fowler is incompetent or a victim, but I do have my suspicions which I will not say.
Beach, I was hoping you might have a better handle on this as it’s your neck of the woods. I suspect that he got the money from Republicans. I understaqnd his solution for the jobs shortage is the manufactire and sale of action toys… of himself.