{"id":1881,"date":"2010-06-16T01:20:03","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T08:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2010-06-16T01:20:03","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T08:20:03","slug":"open-thread-6162010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/16\/open-thread-6162010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 6\/16\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I stayed up to date with replying to comments and returning visits.  Today I volunteer co-facilitating a therapy group for former prisoners.  It\u2019s the therapist\u2019s last day, so it will probably run overtime.  Tomorrow will be no better.  So your comments, starting yesterday afternoon will probably be unanswered until Friday morning, and it will probably be Saturday, before I can return visits.  Please don\u2019t think I have you on ignore.  I don\u2019t.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:18.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

To join our fantasy football league,<\/font> click here<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From New York Times<\/a>: <\/font>The United Nations expects to soon distribute the aid brought by a Turkish flotilla trying to run the Gaza blockade and seized by Israel after a bloody confrontation. Robert H. Serry, the United Nations envoy to the Middle East peace negotiations, told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that despite such attempts, Gaza received only a fraction of its needs. Three-quarters of the damage caused by the 2009 war\u2014 including homes schools and hospitals \u2014 has not been repaired or rebuilt, Mr. Serry reported.<\/p>\n

Since Israel would be screaming, had any weapons been discovered, we can surmise that there were none.  Thus, Israel killed nine people for nothing.<\/font><\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>If you’re wondering whether Republicans will hide Nevada Senate hopeful Sharron Angle from the press the way they’ve sequestered Rand Paul, wonder no more. <\/p>\n

At her debut appearance on Capitol Hill today, Angle zigged and zagged her way through private corridors and through side doors to avoid taking even perfunctory questions from waiting reporters.<\/p>\n

Come on GOP!  Dangle that Angle!  Chicken? (No reference to Lowden intended) \ud83d\ude09<\/font><\/p>\n

From Common Dreams<\/a>: <\/font>On Monday, June 14, a preliminary probe by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) of ACORN has found no evidence the association or related organizations mishandled the $40 million in federal money they received in recent years.<\/p>\n

A review of grants by nine federal agencies found no problems with ACORN’s grants.<\/p>\n

Now that all the GOP lies against ACORN have been debunked, I hope those Democrats who jumped on the bandwagon to destroy this fine organization, based on fraudulent video from convicted GOP operative O\u2019Keefe, are hanging their heads in shame.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>: from Cagle.com<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

\"16matson\"<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

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