{"id":2244,"date":"2010-07-15T01:24:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T08:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2010-07-15T01:24:06","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T08:24:06","slug":"open-thread-7152010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/15\/open-thread-7152010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 7\/15\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I almost fell asleep during the therapy group I help lead and did fall asleep on thye bust on the way home. I almost missed my stop.  I took a long nap, but fell behind with replying to commens and returning visits.  Today is up in the air, because I have medical appointments.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:54.  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 Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was reportedly "completely shocked and outraged" when he learned that his nephew, who suffers from epilepsy and was reportedly suicidal, was beaten and tased with a stun gun at a Louisiana hospital\u2014apparently, for nothing more than some unruly behavior.<\/p>\n

I agree with Thomas and offer my best wishes to his nephew.  However, I feel outrage that Thomas himself is to blame for consistently rendering totalitarian decisions that are making this nation a police state.<\/font><\/p>\n

From McClatchy DC<\/a>: <\/font>The number of naturally occurring microbes that eat methane grew surprisingly fast inside a plume spreading from BP’s ruptured oil well, an oceanographer who was one of the first to detect the plumes said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This is not completely good news, because these same microbes consume all the oxygen in the water creating dead zones where no other sea life can survive.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>In New Hampshire, voters have an interesting choice. Ryan J. Murdough is campaigning not on change so much as similarity. His message: Keep New Hampshire white.<\/p>\n

"I would like to preserve what we have before it gets totally out of control," Murdough, a 30-year-old father of two young boys, said last week. "The more it becomes non-white, the more it’s going to become a much different place to live, for white people especially."<\/p>\n

I guess that GOP race hatred is not limited to the south, unless this bigoted bastard is from southern NH.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"15matson\"<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

Will Batshit Bachman lose her entire staff?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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