{"id":12823,"date":"2014-05-21T00:57:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T07:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12823"},"modified":"2014-05-21T00:57:54","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T07:57:54","slug":"open-thread5212014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/21\/open-thread5212014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;5\/21\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and feeling quite tired, since my midnight nap was a royal flop.&#160; I can\u2019<\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">t sleep right now, because Store to Door will be calling for my grocery order.&#160; Tomorrow is grocery day and Thursday is prison-volunteer day, so I\u2019ll be busy.&#160; Day 30.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:00 (average 5:23).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-05-21-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/05\/17\/1299998\/-MUST-SEE-Bill-Maher-DARES-Republicans-to-impeach-Obama-over-Benghazi\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Last night [Friday], Bill Maher dared the Republicans to just do it and impeach Obama over Benghazi.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"480\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MeoDda8az5M?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I love the way he nailed PIGnochio on the way to nailing Republicans on Benghazi!! Plus you got New Rules! \ud83d\ude42<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/economy\/2014\/05\/20\/3439335\/lepage-welfare-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/news\/maine\/2014\/05\/15\/welfare-consultant-releases-report-recommending-changes\/1534786\" target=\"_blank\">released the report he commissioned<\/a> from the consulting firm Alexander Group that analyzed the state\u2019s welfare system and offered recommendations last week. <\/p>\n<p>The group received $925,000 in a no-bid contract and has been paid more than $500,000 despite <a href=\"http:\/\/bangordailynews.com\/2014\/05\/13\/politics\/despite-paying-welfare-consultant-more-than-500000-maine-has-received-only-one-section-of-5-part-study\/\" target=\"_blank\">missing several deadlines<\/a> included in the contract. These funds are at least coming partially from money meant to go the state\u2019s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance program \u2014 as of February, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speakereves.com\/for-immediate-release-lawmakers-propose-new-bill-to-nix-alexander-groups-no-bid-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\">$185,040<\/a> of these funds were paid to the Alexander Group.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The big irony here is that the report claimed LePage is doing a great job at preventing fraud, waste and abuse when the report itself is complete fraud, waste and abuse. There&#8217;s another tern for that: TEAbuggery!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2014\/05\/20\/louie-gohmert-3-year-old-immigrants-dont-deserve-legal-status-if-they-cant-pay-taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Monday blasted President Barack Obama\u2019s administration\u2019s efforts at comprehensive immigration reform, saying that the president was \u201ccomplicit\u201d in sex trafficking by \u201cluring\u201d children into the United States who couldn\u2019t even afford to pay their own taxes.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What lame-brained excuse for his hatred will Go-Go Goose-step Gohmert (R-TX) think of next?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0521Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"0521Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/0521Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and feeling quite tired, since my midnight nap was a royal flop.&#160; I can\u2019t sleep right now, because Store to Door will be calling for my grocery order.&#160; Tomorrow is grocery day and Thursday is prison-volunteer day, so I\u2019ll be busy.&#160; Day 30. 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