{"id":1973,"date":"2010-06-22T04:18:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T11:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1973"},"modified":"2010-06-22T04:18:49","modified_gmt":"2010-06-22T11:18:49","slug":"open-thread-6222010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/22\/open-thread-6222010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &ndash; 6\/22\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I stayed up to date with comments and returning visits in addition to visiting several more blogs.&#160; Today that will be difficult as I have to go pick up and get training on the use and repair of a CPAP unit.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 3:41.&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2010-06-22-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">To join our fantasy football league,<\/font> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=1647\">click here<\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\">.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2010\/06\/blackwater_snags_120_million_contract_in_afghanist.php\" target=\"_blank\">TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Whether or not Erik Prince is fleeing America for the United Arab Emirates, his military contracting company continues to thrive on lucrative government contracts. <\/p>\n<p>The latest: the Obama Administration has awarded Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, with a $120 million contract to provide security for U.S. consulates in Afghanistan. The contract could last as long as 18 months.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What are they thinking at State?&#160; Hillary!&#160; Say it isn\u2019t so!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/06\/21\/shahzad-pleads-guilty\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>This afternoon, Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to trying to detonate a homemade car bomb in Times Square.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What ever happened to the GOP rants that federal prosecution of a terrorist was tantamount to treason?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/gltnewsnow.com\/2010\/06\/19\/texas-gop-wishes-to-punish-straight-people-who-support-gay-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\">GLTNN<\/a>: <\/font>\u201cWe support legislation that would make it a felony to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple and for any civil official to perform a marriage ceremony for such,\u201d reads the GOP platform.<\/p>\n<p>If a straight person were to aid and abet a gay couple with marriage in Texas, the GOP would like to see that person serve mandatory jail time.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Earth to GOP!&#160; Earth to GOP!!&#160; Come in!!! Sodomy laws have been ruled unconstitutional.&#160; You idiots!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>: from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/politicalcartoons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cagle.com<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/22keefe.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"22keefe\" border=\"0\" alt=\"22keefe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/22keefe_thumb.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What\u2019s up?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I stayed up to date with comments and returning visits in addition to visiting several more blogs.&#160; Today that will be difficult as I have to go pick up and get training on the use and repair of a CPAP unit. 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