{"id":2457,"date":"2010-08-05T01:13:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T08:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2010-08-05T01:13:51","modified_gmt":"2010-08-05T08:13:51","slug":"open-thread-852010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/05\/open-thread-852010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 8\/5\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I had no time to reply to comments or return visits, because it I was co-facilitating a therapy group.  I talked about misattribution error.  Nobody can make us angry or happy or whatever.  Our emotions are our own.  We alone are responsible for them.  Any attempt to blame them on another is an error, because it leads to the belief that whatever anti-social action we may take is also another\u2019s responsibility.  It\u2019s a tough concept to swallow.  Today, I\u2019m getting a haircut and starting to catch up on all those comments and return visits.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:46.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Fantasy Football<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Because it was clear that we will not get enough players, and CBS will not let us publish the league to get players from the general pool, I moved the league to Fox Sports, because they will let us go public.  I have sent an email initiation to everyone who was in and two have responded, so far.  If you would like to play, sign into Fox Fantasy Football with any MSN ID.  The League ID is 1023560.  The Password is nogop<\/font><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be opening the league to the public on Saturday.  Please get in and claim your place.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>A new letter from the Department of Justice says that Sheriff Joe Arpaio will have a federal lawsuit on his hands if he continues his refusal to cooperate with an investigation into discriminatory and unconstitutional practices. <\/p>\n

Crazy Joe Arpaio needs to be deported.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>A press release from Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle today goes after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for voting in favor of the economic stimulus package. The release features the headline: "Harry Reid’s Plan to Save the Nevada Economy: Coked-up Stimulus Monkeys."<\/p>\n

If she keeps this up, she might even make Batshit Bachmann look sane.<\/font><\/p>\n

From McClatchy DC<\/a>: <\/font>The Obama administration late Wednesday told BP that it can pour cement into its Deepwater Horizon well, a step that could seal the well permanently. <\/p>\n

Moments later, BP announced that the cementing would begin Thursday. There was no word on how long the procedure would last.<\/p>\n

Maybe the first stage of this disaster will finally be over, unless they let Halliburton do the cementing.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"5englehart\" <\/font><\/p>\n

What\u2019s up?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I had no time to reply to comments or return visits, because it I was co-facilitating a therapy group.  I talked about misattribution error.  Nobody can make us angry or happy or whatever.  Our emotions are our own.  We alone are responsible for them.  Any attempt to blame them on another is an error, […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-35-id","category-3-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}