{"id":15023,"date":"2015-04-09T12:08:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T19:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15023"},"modified":"2015-04-09T12:08:15","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T19:08:15","slug":"open-thread492015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/09\/open-thread492015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/9\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow, I have the routine quarterly surgery to remove the growth from my foot.  It will be the forst time I have left the building in over a month and should serve as a means to measure the extent of my recovery.  However, expect only a Personal Update, and that, later than unusl.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2:37 (average 4:45).  To do it, click here<\/a>. How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Chuck Schumer, the expected replacement as top Senate Democrat when Harry Reid retires at the end of his term, has made a big splash in the past few days by saying he supports a bill designed to give Congress the clout to wreck a deal with Iran. He is not, of course, the only Democrat backing the Corker-Menendez bill, S. 615<\/a>, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. Since March 26, when Schumer quietly signed on as the latest of eight Democratic co-sponsors of the bill, it’s had 21 co-sponsors, including one independent, Sen. Angus King of Maine. <\/p>\n

But given his clout, Schumer could be key<\/a> to making it okay for other Democrats to support the bill, giving it the 67 votes it would need to override the veto that President Obama has vowed to impose.<\/p>\n

First, please <\/font>sign their petition<\/a>. Second, when we win the senate in 2016, under no circumstances may this man be allowed to become Majority Leader. To go from the Nevada Leg Hound to the New York Sellout is NOT progress.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>Here’s two students’ response to an anonymous comment submitted to their university.<\/p>\n

They waste no breath. And every single word pulls its own weight. <\/p>\n