{"id":2468,"date":"2010-08-06T01:38:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T08:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2010-08-06T01:38:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T08:38:18","slug":"open-thread-862010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/06\/open-thread-862010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 8\/6\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I spent the morning replying to three days of comments.  Then I started to return visits.  I should be up to date today.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:48.  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

Last chance to get in before it goes public.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Target’s CEO has now taken the pretty extraordinary step of issuing a public apology for the donation. [made to anti-gay activist Tom Emmer]<\/p>\n

Target, as it happens, has a quite good corporate record on LGBT issues.<\/p>\n

Although I appreciate the apology, Target should have known who they are supporting.  Our only defense against Citizens United<\/em> is to buy blue, not from companies that support Republicans.<\/font><\/p>\n

From PFAW<\/a>: <\/font>Today, by a vote of 63 to 37, the Senate approved the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Although Kagan was not my choice, I applaud her confirmation.  Ben Nelson (NE) was the only Democrat to vote No.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Former President Bush has been working on a memoir about his tenure in the White House, titled \u201cDecision Points,\u201d that is scheduled to be released this fall. According to friends of the former president who spoke with the Financial Times, Bush insisted that the book\u2019s release date be pushed back until after the November elections, apparently out of concern that the publication of a book dwelling on his deeply unpopular presidency could hurt Republicans at the polls.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve heard some speculation about new revelations, but expect none.  I think that, since the Republicans are running on Bush policies, they fear reminding people what they were and how they trashed our nation.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"6bagley\" <\/font><\/p>\n

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

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