{"id":2482,"date":"2010-08-07T02:16:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T09:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2010-08-07T02:16:25","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T09:16:25","slug":"open-thread-872010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/07\/open-thread-872010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 8\/7\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I caught up on comments and returned visits.  I\u2019m mostly up to date and should stay that way for a few days.  I also started working on converting the entire Constitution series into a single PDF file, which will be available here when done.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:16.  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

We had nine players.  Only six transferred over.  Gwen, Lisa and Otis, did you get your email and will you be joining?  Later today I\u2019ll be opening the league to the public, because the draft is in one week,l and we need to get it filled.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Christina Romer, a key economic advisor to President Barack Obama who championed the use of stimulus programs to pull the US economy out of recession, will step down next month, the White House said Thursday.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m soprry to see her go.  She was the only member of Obama\u2019s economic team, whom I approved.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>The losses [131,000 jobs] came from the public sector. And they were foreseeable. And they were foreseen by the President of the United States and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Majority Leader of the United States Senate and the majority of House members and a majority of Senators. And the President of the United States and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Majority Leader of the United States Senate and the majority of House members and a majority of Senators voted for bills that would have prevented that. But because in the Senate a minority of members can get their way, action wasn\u2019t taken<\/strong>. Consequently, we have a horrible jobs number. [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Republicans keep blocking jobs legislation while blaming Obama for the jobs situation.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"7wolverton\" <\/font><\/p>\n

Good weekend?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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