{"id":10475,"date":"2013-06-21T03:34:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T10:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10475"},"modified":"2013-06-21T03:34:55","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T10:34:55","slug":"open-thread6212013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/21\/open-thread6212013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/21\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing early, and feeling quite tired today, because a helicopter moved in low over my building at about 5:30 AM and stayed there for almost two hours.  By then I felt too angry to sleep, so I\u2019ll write tomorrow\u2019s (day 7) articles and return to bed.<\/font><\/p>\n

I\u2019m late because I overslept.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:35 (average 5:27).  To do it. click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Supporters of the United States\u2019 twelve-year quagmire in Afghanistan cheered the news today that the U.S. would strive to achieve a seamless transfer of that quagmire to Syria, effective immediately.<\/p>\n

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sought to reassure those who were concerned that the U.S. withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan signalled a wavering of the nation\u2019s commitment to being mired in open-ended military muddles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can tell you, right here and right now, that the U.S. is every bit as determined to engage in an ill-defined, ill-advised and seemingly interminable mission in Syria as we were in Afghanistan,\u201d Gen. Dempsey said. \u201cAll that\u2019s changing is the Zip Code.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure Dempsey did not say that, but he should have!<\/font><\/p>\n

From MSNBC<\/a>: The New GOP Agenda<\/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

I never thought we’ see another serious challenge to Glen Beck for depth of InsaniTEA? Bring on the Cruz Control. Then a parade of wing-nuts piled-on.  Even the de facto head of the Republican Party, Rush Limbarf is jumping in. Obama must have super-socialist\/Kenyan power to turn the conservative Republican in charge of that IRS division into an obedient zombie. Comparing these Republicans to schizophrenics is an insult to schizophrenics!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Weird Facts: <\/font>Weird Texas Law<\/p>\n

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