Another day, more cravings. I had to spend a good portion of the day yesterday under the covers. It was a very cold day for Oregon, and my apartment dropped below 60°. Comments are up top date.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today it took me 3:42 (average 4:33). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From Mediaite: Keith Olbermann, the ex-MNSBC host who’s headed to Current TV as boss of all things, says his FOK News Channel website will go live tonight–most likely. In a tweet to followers of @FOKNewsChannel on Twitter, Olbermann wrote, “Bulletin: FOKNewsChannel site, humble and presumably bug-ridden though it may be, goes live tonight. Puhhhhhhrobably [sic].”
FOK stands for Friends of Keith. I’m looking forward to this.
From Reuters: The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the Libyan government, targeting its longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi, his family and other senior officials.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order freezing any financial assets tied to Gaddafi’s government that were held by U.S. banks and institutions throughout the world.
It’s a start. More needed.
From Right Wing Watch: Opponents of marriage equality continue to demand that Republicans put up a huge fight against the Obama administration’s decision to stop defending DOMA, and Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is even threatening by tweet that “if President Obama won’t redirect Holder’s DOJ to aggressively defend U.S. DOMA law, I will move aggressively to cut their budget.”
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is meeting with congressional Republican leaders to plot strategy, and yesterday appeared on Bill Bennett’s “Morning in America” to discuss why he believes the Department of Justice made the decision that DOMA is unconstitutional.
Perkins initially likened Obama to a Middle East dictator for his actions on DOMA.
We knew this was coming. Republicans hate gay people.
Cartoon:
May all Republicans, who are hypocrites, forget how to vote.
4 Responses to “Open Thread–2/26/2011”
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3:51 No quite good enough. It might be cold in your place, but not cold enough to slow you down. I’m 18 of 57 (316)
You have a good shot today.
What the hell is wrong with you landlord – no heat in Feb – that’s ridiculous.
Gadaffi is never threated by sanctions – he’s blown off several thousands by now.
They can’t cut off their budget because all their shit wouldn’t get done. Good idea, lock yourself in a corner.
Great cartoon.
Lisa, it runs on a schedule. The main managers change it as needed. The weekend managers aren’t that bright.
True!
Thanks!