{"id":10470,"date":"2013-06-20T00:58:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T07:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10470"},"modified":"2013-06-20T00:58:39","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T07:58:39","slug":"open-thread6202013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/20\/open-thread6202013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/20\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing early, and tomorrow will be day six.  I had a brief lapse yesterday.  A friend walked into my apartment with a lit cigarette.  I took it from her and took a puff, over her apologies and protests.  Then I felt guilty and gave it back, but for a couple minutes, I was one happy cat!  I\u2019m not holding it against myself.  The battle continues.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:28 (average 4:44).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Fantasy Football<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

We still have two openings in out fantasy football league.  Let me know if you want one.  It really is fun. \ud83d\ude42<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>After contradictory stories emerged about an F.B.I. agent\u2019s killing last month of a Chechen man in Orlando, Fla., who was being questioned over ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, the bureau reassured the public that it would clear up the murky episode.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe F.B.I. takes very seriously any shooting incidents involving our agents, and as such we have an effective, time-tested process for addressing them internally,\u201d a bureau spokesman said. <\/p>\n

But if such internal investigations are time-tested, their outcomes are also predictable: from 1993 to early 2011, F.B.I. agents fatally shot about 70 \u201csubjects\u201d and wounded about 80 others \u2014 and every one of those episodes was deemed justified, according to interviews and internal F.B.I. records obtained by The New York Times through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. <\/p>\n

The last two years have followed the same pattern: an F.B.I. spokesman said that since 2011, there had been no findings of improper intentional shootings. <\/p>\n

At all levels, federal, state, and local, only civilian review boards can protect US citizens from abuse of power.<\/font><\/p>\n

From MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>The GOP doesn’t want to compare Gitmo to Food stamps!<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

The difference is $900K\/prisoner\/year vs $60K\/year and the $60K is only for the worst ones. That could feed a lot of hungry children, but Republicans are stealing their food. The Bible says, not what hatemonger Fincher said. It says that a man should not eat, if he REFUSES to work. It can hardly be called refusal for the many whose jobs were outsourced by Republicans to countries where the can increase profit with slave labor, severe pollution, and unsafe conditions.   The Bible makes ample provision for meeting the needs of the poor, but Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians care only for poor billionaires.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Following a critical series of articles in three Maine newspapers this week, Maine Gov. Paul LePage\u2019s (R) office has cut off those papers\u2019 access to administration officials. <\/p>\n

The same week the Portland Press Herald, the Kennebec Journal, and the Morning Sentinel published an in-depth analysis of the administration\u2019s work to undermine environmental protections, a spokeswoman told them they would no longer respond<\/a> to requests, even for public documents, because the newspaper\u2019s parent company \u201cmade it clear that it opposed this administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

The papers conducted an extensive investigation<\/a> into a former corporate lobbyist appointed by LePage to be commissioner of Maine\u2019s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). What they found was that Patricia Aho has fought environmental laws and enforcement since her appointment in 2011. The positions she has taken include blocking implementation of a 2008 law to protect youth from dangerous chemicals, reducing enforcement on land developers, rolling back recycling programs, and purging information from the Department\u2019s website. Each of these efforts benefit her former clients in the chemical, drug, oil, and real estate industries. <\/p>\n

RepubliSpeak Dictionary<\/strong> – Freedom of the Press<\/em>: freedom to goose-step as the Republican Reich directs.  Otherwise, forget it!<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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