{"id":1420,"date":"2010-05-08T02:28:52","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T09:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2010-05-08T02:28:52","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T09:28:52","slug":"open-thread-582010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/08\/open-thread-582010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 5\/8\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I replied to all comments and returned visits to everyone with a blog.  So I\u2019m finally caught up.  Today I hope to visit at least half the blogroll, but I had bad-air time earlier and slept little.  Hopefully my second sleep segment will be better.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:51.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Common Dreams<\/a>: <\/font>Oil giant BP has successfully lowered a giant concrete-and-steel box over a ruptured well that has been spilling hundreds of thousands of tonnes of crude into the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n

If successful, it will temporarily contain about 85% of the oil flow.  I hope and pray it works.<\/font><\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Investigators for the panel were holed up in a Las Vegas hotel yesterday, where they interviewed several key figures in the case, KLAS-TV reports. A woman "who looks just like" Cynthia Hampton, Ensign’s former mistress, was seen entering the hotel, accompanied by her husband’s lawyer, Dan Albregts, says the station. She stayed for two hours.<\/p>\n

The noose is tightening.  I hope they aren\u2019t forgetting the criminal rolw played by his C-Street cronies.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Politico<\/a>: <\/font>Look for President Obama to name his Supreme Court pick Monday, and look for it to be Solicitor General Elena Kagan, a former Harvard Law dean. The pick isn\u2019t official, but top White House aides will be shocked if it\u2019s otherwise. Kagan\u2019s relative youth (50) is a huge asset for the lifetime post. And President Obama considers her to be a persuasive, fearless advocate who would serve as an intellectual counterweight to Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Scalia, and could lure swing Justice Kennedy into some coalitions.<\/p>\n

I prefer Diane Wood, because she is more progressive than Kagan.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

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