{"id":1228,"date":"2010-04-22T02:27:02","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T09:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2010-04-22T02:27:02","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T09:27:02","slug":"open-thread-4222010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/22\/open-thread-4222010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 4\/22\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Except for my morning posts, I spend the day in bed yesterday.  Today looks like more of the same.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

I didn\u2019t even try.  To do it, click here<\/a>. How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Sen. John Ensign’s re-election campaign took in just $50 in contributions, from one contributor, during the first quarter of 2010, according to FEC reports. The paltry take comes as more bad news for the scandal-tarred Nevada Republican, who would run for re-election in 2012.<\/p>\n

It would be criminal to allow Ensign to stay in office until 2012.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>DEMINT: I really think a lot of the motivation behind these Tea Party crowds is a spiritual component. I think it\u2019s very akin to the Great Awakening before the American Revolution. A lot of our founders believed the American Revolution was won before we ever got into a fight with the British. It was a spiritual renewal.<\/p>\n

Dang!  Spiking the tea with Kool-Aid is Teabuggery!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

Have a good one.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Except for my morning posts, I spend the day in bed yesterday.  Today looks like more of the same. Jig Zone Puzzle: I didn\u2019t even try.  To do it, click here. How did you do? Short Takes: From TPM: Sen. John Ensign’s re-election campaign took in just $50 in contributions, from one contributor, during the […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-35-id","category-3-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}