{"id":1191,"date":"2010-04-18T01:11:30","date_gmt":"2010-04-18T08:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2010-04-18T01:11:30","modified_gmt":"2010-04-18T08:11:30","slug":"open-thread-4182010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/18\/open-thread-4182010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 4\/18\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I kept up with comments and return visits.  I visited a few blogs, but groceries arrived.  Putting them away tired me out.  I do have things to get done today, so we\u2019ll see how the day goes.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:03.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Common Dreams<\/a>: <\/font>Millions of people faced worsening travel chaos on Saturday as a volcanic ash cloud from Iceland, which risks lingering over Europe for up to five more days, forced countries to extend flight bans.<\/p>\n

I understand this will keep Obama from flying to Poland.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>The Tea Party movement’s dirty little secret is that its chief financial backers owe their family fortune to the granddaddy of all their hatred: Stalin’s godless empire of the USSR. The secretive oil billionaires of the Koch family, the main supporters of the right-wing groups that orchestrated the Tea Party movement, would not have the means to bankroll their favorite causes had it not been for the pile of money the family made working for the Bolsheviks in the late 1920s and early 1930s, building refineries, training Communist engineers and laying down the foundation of Soviet oil infrastructure.<\/p>\n

How ironic!  Stalin a hero of Teabuggery?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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See Cartoons by Cartoon by Cameron Cardow<\/a> – Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com<\/a> – Email this Cartoon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

What\u2019s doing on Sunday?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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