{"id":1736,"date":"2010-06-04T02:45:37","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T09:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2010-06-04T02:45:37","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T09:45:37","slug":"open-thread-642010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/04\/open-thread-642010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 6\/4\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I had to run a few errands, but I replied to comments, and then I watched Avatar.  It was magnificent.  I think I now understand how it must feel to be a member of an indigenous culture destroyed for corporate profit. I recommend it highly, and I didn\u2019t even see the 3-D version.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 5:16.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

For an invitation to join our fantasy football league, Lefty Bloggers and Friends, email me at<\/font> tomcat1948@gmail.com<\/a>, using the email address you intent to use to sign up for the league. TC\u2019s Teabuggery Trashers can\u2019t wait to take you on! \ud83d\ude42<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Gizmodo<\/a>: <\/font>In response to a flood of Facebook and YouTube videos that depict police abuse, a new trend in law enforcement is gaining popularity. In at least three states, it is now illegal to record any on-duty police officer.<\/p>\n

Virtually the only times victims of police abuse see justice is when someone records the video.  Such laws will make us a police state.<\/font><\/p>\n

From SPLC<\/a>: <\/font>It appears Congress is on the verge of repealing the controversial \u201cDon\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell\u201d (DADT) policy for gays in the military. But that, according to the American Family Association\u2019s Bryan Fischer, would be a mistake of epic proportions: It could produce gay, goose-stepping Nazis in America.<\/p>\n

Fischer, the religious-right group\u2019s director of issue analysis for government and public policy, claimed last week that Adolf Hitler\u2019s storm troopers were, in fact, a sinister gay fighting force. Only homosexuals were sufficiently vicious to carry out Hitler\u2019s most brutal orders without question, Fischer argues. Heterosexual soldiers just weren\u2019t up to the gruesome task.<\/p>\n

Had Jesus shown such hate and intolerance, the GOP\/religious-right of his time would have never had him crucified.<\/font><\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>On a talk show tonight in South Carolina, State Senator Jake Knotts [R] told listeners "we already have one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion." Obama is … well, Obama and "raghead" number two is gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley, who is the child of Sikh immigrants from the Punjab.<\/p>\n

GOP hate and racism is not isolated.  It pervades the party, making its destruction imperative.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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See Cartoons by Cartoon by R.J. Matson<\/a> – Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com<\/a> – Email this Cartoon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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

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