{"id":1752,"date":"2010-06-05T03:51:39","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T10:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2010-06-05T03:51:39","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T10:51:39","slug":"open-thread-652010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/05\/open-thread-652010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 6\/5\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I wasn\u2019t feeling well, but I still managed to catch up on comments and returning visits.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 5:46.  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 Seattle Times<\/a>: <\/font>President Obama has picked Lt. Gen. James Clapper as director of national intelligence, tapping a retired officer with decades of experience to improve coordination of the nation’s sprawling spy apparatus amid increasing threats at home and escalating operations abroad.<\/p>\n

This could prove interesting.  The GOP dislikes this guy, because GW \u201cChickenHawk\u201d Bush fired him for challenging Donald \u201cReichmeister\u201d Rumsfeld on GOP lies presented as intelligence.  Many on the left dislike him, because of his close ties with the military.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>BP’s shareholders may receive more this year from the company’s coffers than those affected by the spill in the Gulf of Mexico will receive in their lifetime.<\/p>\n

BP CEO Tony Hayward has indicated that he will go ahead with massive dividend payouts to shareholders in the aftermath of the worst oil spill in US history. $10 billion in payouts are scheduled for this year.<\/p>\n

The bastard is giving away our people\u2019s money!<\/font><\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>The Clinton Library this afternoon released thousands of documents related to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s service on President Clinton’s Domestic Policy Council in the 1990s, including memos related to hot-button issues of abortion and gays serving in the military. <\/p>\n

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have requested more information given that Kagan, currently the solicitor general of the United States, has no judicial record. She was dean of the Harvard Law School until she took the current job in the Obama administration. Her confirmation hearings begin June 28.<\/p>\n

The documents can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m certain that people already predisposed to oppose Kagan, left and right alike, will be flaunting snippets of this, often out of context, with glee.  I\u2019m not saying that the material will not contain valid reasons to oppose her.  It well may.  I do strongly suggest that we withhold judgment on this material until such time as comprehensive overviews become available.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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How\u2019s your weekend?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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