{"id":2784,"date":"2010-09-05T00:44:37","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T07:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2784"},"modified":"2010-09-05T00:44:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-05T07:44:37","slug":"open-thread-952010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/05\/open-thread-952010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 9\/5\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I caught up on comments and returned outstanding visits, before my grocery delivery arrived.  I should have no trouble staying current today.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:50.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Blackwater Worldwide created a web of more than 30 shell companies or subsidiaries in part to obtain millions of dollars in American government contracts after the security company came under intense criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, according to Congressional investigators and former Blackwater officials.<\/p>\n

Whoever the government individuals, responsible for doing this and hiding it from the American people are, they should be fired, even if it is the SecDef or Director of the CIA.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Common Dreams<\/a>: <\/font>Violent skirmishes broke out between protesters and police at the first public signing for Tony Blair’s memoirs, with shoes and eggs hurled at the former prime minister.<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t it ironic that Bush\u2019s poodle reaps his well deserved public ridicule, when Bush does not?<\/font><\/p>\n

From Red State Update<\/a>: The boys weigh-in on the Murfreesboro Islamic Center.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

Have you hugged a worker today?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I caught up on comments and returned outstanding visits, before my grocery delivery arrived.  I should have no trouble staying current today. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today it took me 3:50.  To do it, click here.  How did you do? Short Takes: From NY Times: Blackwater Worldwide created a web of more than 30 shell […]<\/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-2784","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\/2784","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=2784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}