{"id":13008,"date":"2014-06-15T00:04:23","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T07:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13008"},"modified":"2014-06-15T00:04:23","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T07:04:23","slug":"open-thread6152014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/15\/open-thread6152014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/15\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, and I must still be pretty pooped, as I slept through the morning.  I hope the weekend is being kind to you.  Day 55.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:04 (average 4:34).  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>House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) unveiled an ambitious plan on Thursday to avoid making eye contact with outgoing House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) until Rep. Cantor leaves Congress, in January of 2015.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters, Boehner acknowledged the difficulty of avoiding eye contact with the Virginia Republican for the next seven months, but he stressed the importance of his new plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I make eye contact with him, he might misconstrue that to mean that I want to talk to him,\u201d Boehner said. \u201cAnd, let\u2019s be honest, none of us has to do that anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s only temporary, Andy.  All the Republicans will love Cantor, when he comes back to pass out those K Street bribes.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>An anonymous person took a bunch of old Coke ads and merged them into the most blunt and honest Coke ad ever. If all ads were as honest as this one, we’d be so much healthier. Of course, they’ll totally never do this. Either way, watch this.<\/p>\n