{"id":1636,"date":"2010-05-27T03:15:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T10:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2010-05-27T03:15:29","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T10:15:29","slug":"open-thread-5272010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/27\/open-thread-5272010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 5\/27\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

By the time I returned home from my volunteer work yesterday, it was time for dinner and bed, so I now have two days of replying to comments and returning visits to catch up.  I don\u2019t know how much time I will have today, because I have to go to the Social Security office.  The last time I was there, I went because they required me to prove my identity with an original copy of my birth certificate.  I waited almost five hours for someone to make a copy of the original.  Last week I received a letter from them that I have never proven my identity, and they require me to bring in an original copy of my birth certificate.  ARGH!! \ud83d\ude2f<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:01.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Fantasy Football<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Soon you will be invited to join the a fantasy football league, Lefty Bloggers and Friends, ob CBS Sports.  I have registered the league, but have not had time to set it up yet.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From CNN<\/a>: <\/font>BP officials may know by Thursday afternoon whether the oil company’s latest attempt to cap the runaway leak in the Gulf of Mexico is yielding results.<\/p>\n

Cross your fingers, hope, pray, send positive energy \u2013 whatever your beliefs support that this will work.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Jerusalem Post<\/a>: <\/font>Israel was sharply rebuked and accused of war crimes and serious breaches of international law in Amnesty International\u2019s annual report, published on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Amnesty International is one of the few organizations I support with a small contribution.  Sometimes poverty is no excuse not to help.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Vaughn Ward, one of the Republican Party’s top recruits for the 2010 elections, lost his congressional primary in Idaho on Tuesday — the latest establishment favorite to falter in an election this spring. <\/p>\n

State Rep. Raul Labrador won 48 percent of the vote in Idaho’s 1st Congressional District, which covers the north and west of the state. Ward won 39 percent; three others were well back. <\/p>\n

Ward was the fool who plagiarized Obama\u2019s 2004 speech almost word-for-word.  Because it\u2019s Idaho, this virtually assures another Teabagger will be in Congress.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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Enjoy your day!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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