{"id":2354,"date":"2010-07-26T03:55:42","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T10:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2010-07-26T03:55:42","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T10:55:42","slug":"open-thread-7262010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/26\/open-thread-7262010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 7\/26\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday my need for sleep won out over the heat and I finally got some.  The heat wave continues here, but in the last hour the temperature in my apartment dipped below 90\u00b0.  I have a lot of catching up to do.  I don\u2019t know how much I will accomplish today, because I have my monthly grocery delivery coming today, and putting it all away is a strain even under normal circumstances.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:24.  To do it, click here<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Yesterday\u2019s took me 4:04.  To do it, click here<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s took me 4:10.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Sebasti\u00e1n Pi\u00f1era, Chile\u2019s president, abruptly rejected calls on Sunday from the Roman Catholic Church to pardon dozens of imprisoned military officials convicted of human rights violations during the era known as Chile\u2019s dirty war. <\/p>\n

Chile\u2019s dirty war was the GOP inspired coup in which Nixon and Kissinger plotted the overthrow and murder of President Allende.  Many of the military officers imprisoned in Chile now received their training in the School of the Americas at Fort Benning, GA.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The Colorado Statesman<\/a>: <\/font>Predicting that the winner of the Republican gubernatorial contest between candidates Dan Maes and Scott McInnis is doomed to lose to Democratic candidate Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper in the general election, former Congressman Tom Tancredo has pitched a \u201cCatch 22\u201d plan \u2014 the GOP candidates either vow to quit the race after the primary or Tancredo will run as the American Constitution Party candidate against the Republican primary winner and Hickenlooper.<\/p>\n

Tancredo is a typical Republican in that he plots to get something he has not earned.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Compensating for damage the Republican National Committee\u2019s unsteadiness may cause Republican candidates this fall, several high-profile GOP operatives \u2014 including Karl Rove and two former RNC chairmen \u2014 recently founded American Crossroads as a \u201cgrassroots,\u201d \u201cshadow RNC.\u201d Salon\u2019s Justin Elliott now reports that the group raised 97 percent of its funding from just four billionaires.<\/p>\n

This should be no surprise, since folks like these ate the only ones Republicans truly represent.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"26beeler\" <\/font><\/p>\n

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

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