{"id":1962,"date":"2010-06-21T02:43:58","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T09:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2010-06-21T02:43:58","modified_gmt":"2010-06-21T09:43:58","slug":"open-thread-6212010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/21\/open-thread-6212010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 6\/21\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was the last full day of Spring, as Summer begins this morning at 7:28 AM PDT (4:28 EDT).  I stayed up to date on replying to comments and returning visits to bloggers who left comments.  I also visited a bunch of other blogs.   I expect to be able to at least stay up to date today.  My week starts getting busy tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:17.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>The chairman of the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee released an internal BP document on Sunday showing that the company\u2019s own analysis of damage to the well bore resulted in a worst-case estimate of 100,000 barrels of oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico each day. The chairman, Representative Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, said the document provided a sharp contrast to BP\u2019s initial claim that the leak was just 1,000 barrels a day. Mr. Markey said that when the document was made available to Congress, BP said that the leak was about 5,000 barrels a day and that the worst case was 60,000 barrels.<\/p>\n

Will BP ever tell the truth about anything?<\/font><\/p>\n

From McClatchy DC<\/a>: <\/font>Media consumers want to know why news outlets call the gusher in the Gulf an oil spill.<\/p>\n

I started calling it a GOP Gusher<\/a> on May 24.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Once again we see that attempts at bipartisanship with the GOP are futile.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"21englehart\"<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

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