{"id":2107,"date":"2010-07-02T01:03:36","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T08:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2107"},"modified":"2010-07-02T01:03:36","modified_gmt":"2010-07-02T08:03:36","slug":"open-thread-722010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/02\/open-thread-722010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 7\/2\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was a very frustrating day.  Microsoft called and worked with me about an hour without success.  He told me to contact Lenovo to get a replacement for my Windows 7 upgrade disk.  He gave me the number Lenovo had given Microsoft for OEM support issues.  I spent the next two hours burning cell phone minutes, being passed from person to person at Lenovo, calling six different telephone numbers in the process.  None of those people had the slightest idea what they are talking about.  Finally someone told me that Lenovo stopped providing upgrade disks in February and they have no more.  Horsefeathers!  I left a nasty email.  I emailed Microsoft and told them I cannot get the disk.  Within minutes, the tech rep called me, asked a few questions and set an appointment to call me again today.  Microsoft is trying hard to help.  Lenovo is trying hard not to help.  I will not purchase another Lenovo product and advise that you buy elsewhere, lest you suffer a similar experience.  Despite this, I did reply to all outstanding comments, but has no time left to return visits.  Today I have a doctor appointment and another call coming from Microsoft, so we\u2019ll have to see.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:35.  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 TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) tonight announced she’s coming out in favor of the financial reform bill. She had been one of the two Democratic holdouts; Russ Feingold being the other. <\/p>\n

This is good news as long as the final version does not contain the BS Brown cave-in.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Having already declared health care reform a failure just three months after it passed, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) wants to alert the public that today is the day the Affordable Care Act begins to destroy America, one tanning salon at a time. Boehner blasted out a press release and tweet warning about a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning beds, which goes into affect today, to help fund the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n

We need to amend the health care bill to include a 100% tax on any tanning bed used by Bad-Tan-Limpy.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>From the early 1930’s until the modern story broke in 2004, the newspapers that covered waterboarding almost uniformly called the practice torture or implied it was torture: The New York Times characterized it thus in 81.5% (44 of 54) of articles on the subject and The Los Angeles Times did so in 96.3% of articles (26 of 27). By contrast, from 2002-2008, the studied newspapers almost never referred to waterboarding as torture. The New York Times called waterboarding torture or implied it was torture in just 2 of 143 articles (1.4%). The Los Angeles Times did so in 4.8% of articles (3 of 63). The Wall Street Journal characterized the practice as torture in just 1 of 63 articles (1.6%). USA Today never called waterboarding torture or implied it was torture.<\/p>\n

This is the subtle way in which the MSM pushes their right wing agenda.  As a former opinion research professional, I know that opinions expressed in a poll can be deceptively slanted through the use of manipulative language.  That principle is even more true of opinions derived from sources of information.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"2keefe\"<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

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