{"id":15097,"date":"2015-04-22T12:52:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T19:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15097"},"modified":"2015-04-22T12:52:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T19:52:53","slug":"open-thread4222015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/22\/open-thread4222015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/22\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

I actually got some sleep last night, but I\u2019m still feeling pretty pooped.  I\u2019m cleaning and waiting for my grocery delivery so I can put them away.  I\u2019d like to spend some time in the sun, but the elevator is out of commission.  I hope it\u2019s fixed, before Store to Door gets here, so the volunteer does not have to lug them up two flights of steps.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:04 (average 4:54).  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>Koch Industries is defending its acquisition of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker against charges that it overpaid for the Midwestern politician.<\/p>\n

After co-owner David Koch revealed that Walker had become a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, he set off a firestorm of criticism that the company had spent too much for a worthless asset.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was absolutely no bidding war for Walker,\u201d an industry analyst familiar with the market value of politicians said. \u201cEven Sheldon Adelson had no interest in acquiring him.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Koch Industries did not disclose the purchase price of the Walker subsidiary, it said that Koch Industries would spend nine hundred million dollars between now and November, 2016, for a variety of upgrades to the Wisconsin governor.<\/p>\n

Andy should have added that, even if they paid only fifty cents for the Fartfuhrer of Fitzwalkerstan, they paid fifty cents too much.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>On the latest Daily Show<\/a>, Jon Stewart blasted Dick Cheney’s criticism of President Obama’s negotiations with Iran. Calling the former vice president "a man rotten to his very core, which is in itself a tiny black hole from which no joy or light can escape" and "the jagged-toothed forest demon who steals our children," Stewart went on to say that "now and then he [Cheney] slithers out from his lair inside a mountain of kitten corpses and goes on TV or radio saying awful things. Usually we ignore it \u2026 but sometimes, we just can’t."<\/p>\n

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