{"id":1109,"date":"2010-04-10T05:19:58","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T12:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2010-04-10T05:19:58","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T12:19:58","slug":"open-thread-4102010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/10\/open-thread-4102010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 4\/10\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I did catch up on replying to comments and returning visits.  Today I hope to stay up to date and do some additional visiting as well.  Politics Plus now has a Facebook page.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:14.  To do it click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Common Dreams<\/a>: <\/font>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cancelled a planned trip to Washington next week for President Barack Obama’s 47-country nuclear security conference. <\/p>\n

He made the decision after learning Egypt and Turkey intended to raise the issue of Israel’s assumed atomic arsenal at the meeting, a senior government official said on Friday.<\/p>\n

Israel is believed to be the only nuclear-armed power in the Middle East, but has never confirmed or denied it. It has not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).<\/p>\n

Of course the GOP is cheering over this, because they hope Israel will nuke Iran.  Most nations favor a nuclear free Middle East.  Netanyahu does not want to have to defend Israel\u2019s refusal to bring their nuclear weapons program under the supervision of the AEC.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>Polish president’s plane crashes in Russia; reports say 87 dead<\/p>\n

Officials say a plane carrying Polish President Lech  and his wife has crashed in western Russia and that at least 87 people have been killed.<\/p>\n

Was he Europe\u2019s closest analogue to GW?<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Hahahaha. The teabagger network giveth more hilarity: a new Fox News poll shows that more Americans have a favorable view of the IRS (49%) than of the tea party movement (36%).<\/p>\n

It’s not just that people don’t know what the tea party movement is. The net favorable rating (favorable minus unfavorable) of the IRS is +11% (49%\/38%) compared to +2% for the tea party movement (36%\/34%).<\/p>\n

What a blow to Teabuggery!  They couldn\u2019t even beat Infernal<\/em> Revenue in an audience of Faux Noise<\/em> sheeple!<\/font><\/p>\n

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Have a great weekend!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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