{"id":2562,"date":"2010-08-14T01:34:03","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T08:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2010-08-14T01:34:03","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T08:34:03","slug":"open-thread-8142010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/14\/open-thread-8142010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 8\/14\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I replied to outstanding comments, returned most visits, and went to do errands.  The temperature shot up.  It was the first of an anticipated four day heat wave.  As usual, I wilted.  It\u2019s cooled spomewhat but the temperature at mu desk is still 95\u00b0, even though it\u2019s after midnight.  I have not slept.  Whether or not I can keep up on comments and visits is a function of how hot it stays and how my body responds to it.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:35.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you so?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From AP\/Google<\/a>: <\/font>Longshot Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene was indicted Friday on two charges, including a felony charge of showing pornography to a teenage student in a South Carolina college computer lab.<\/p>\n

If convicted, he is still a more moral candidate than DeMint.<\/font><\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>The closing days of a GOP primary race for state Senate between state Rep. Brian Nieves and Washington mayor Richard Stratman in Missouri got especially heated and ugly — but accusations that Nieves committed adultery and paid alleged rapist Rod Jetton as a campaign consultant were nothing compared to what has happened since election day. Nieves, now the GOP nominee, stands accused of physically assaulting Stratman’s campaign manager, Shawn Bell, threatening him with a gun, forcing him to strip and threatening the manager’s boss. <\/p>\n

Those Missouri Republicans sure take their Second Amendment solutions<\/em> seriously!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Obama spoke out on the controversy surrounding the construction of a new Islamic center near the Ground Zero site, firmly siding in favor of the project.<\/p>\n

It was the right thing for him to do.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"14fitzsimmons\" <\/font><\/p>\n

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

Yesterday I replied to outstanding comments, returned most visits, and went to do errands.  The temperature shot up.  It was the first of an anticipated four day heat wave.  As usual, I wilted.  It\u2019s cooled spomewhat but the temperature at mu desk is still 95\u00b0, even though it\u2019s after midnight.  I have not slept.  Whether […]<\/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-2562","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\/2562","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=2562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}