{"id":2372,"date":"2010-07-28T02:30:28","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T09:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2372"},"modified":"2010-07-28T02:30:28","modified_gmt":"2010-07-28T09:30:28","slug":"open-thread-7282010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/28\/open-thread-7282010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 7\/28\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I my Podiatrist died his quarterly cutting on my foot.  A plugged gland secretes something that hardens like stone.  Every three months it grows to the size of a pea and makes walking almost unbearable, so it needs to be cut out.  It\u2019s a lot less painful than it used to be the years I had to do it myself.  By the time I returned home, the temperature in the apartment was over 90\u00b0 again, Ind I was too useless to reply to comments or return visits.  Today will be the same, because of my volunteer work as a co-facilitator for a therapy group of former prisoners.  Because of the heat, I\u2019m still behind non sleep, but I expect to start catching up tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:11.  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>.  It\u2019s looking doubtful that we will get to play. \ud83d\ude41<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Almost two dozen Tea Party-affiliated lawmakers cosponsored a new resolution late last week that expresses their support for Israel \u201cto use all means necessary to confront and eliminate nuclear threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the use of military force.\u201d<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t these fools realize that we will get sucked into a war between Israel and Iran faster than a Republican leader will steal a baby\u2019s ice cream?<\/font><\/p>\n

From Right Wing Watch<\/a>: <\/font>And so Tea Party activists are planning to protest outside of the Islamic Center’s existing facility and urging participants to bring dogs in order to intimidate worshipers because "Muslims hate dogs".<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t these fools realize that the only time Muslims hate dogs is when Republicans use dogs as instruments of torture?<\/font><\/p>\n

From Political Ticker<\/a>: <\/font>As if the repeated trips to Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina weren’t clues enough, former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania met privately last week with several of his former Capitol Hill staffers to pitch the idea of a presidential bid in 2012.<\/p>\n

According to GOP sources familiar with the meeting, which took place last Tuesday in Washington, Santorum conveyed his seriousness about a possible campaign and solicited his former aides for advice.<\/p>\n

Bring him on!!  Rick \u201cMan on Dog\u201d Santorum has an established record of hate against which to run.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"28matson\" <\/font><\/p>\n

Happy Hump Day<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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