{"id":2910,"date":"2010-09-18T01:13:50","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T08:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2010-09-18T01:13:50","modified_gmt":"2010-09-18T08:13:50","slug":"open-thread-9182010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/18\/open-thread-9182010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &ndash; 9\/18\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I kept up with replying to comments, but not with returning visits.&#160; I slept late, and a project I was working on took longer than planned.&#160; I blame Lisa for that. :P&#160; Hopefully I can make it up today.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 5:49.&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2010-09-18-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Lefty Bloggers Plus<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Players, don\u2019t forget to set your starters for tomorrows games.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/POLITICS\/09\/17\/murkowski.alaska\/\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>: <\/font>Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who lost in the Republican primary last month, says she will launch a write-in campaign to retain her senate seat.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">With two righties in the race, the lefty may actually have a slim chance.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/christine-odonnell-record\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>ThinkProgress has put together a document compiling what we know about Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O\u2019Donnell in her own words.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">How anyone could fit so much garbage between two ears is a wonder.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/rick-santorum-no-families-poor-neighborhoods\" target=\"_blank\">Right Wing Watch<\/a>: <\/font>In one of the most demeaning parts of a rather outlandish speech, former Pennsylvania Senator and possible presidential candidate Rick Santorum asserted at the Values Voter Summit <strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">that families do not exist in poor neighborhoods<\/font><\/strong>. [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Shame!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>: from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/politicalcartoons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cagle.com<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"18englehart\" border=\"0\" alt=\"18englehart\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/18englehart.jpg\" width=\"602\" height=\"434\" \/> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What\u2019s up this weekend?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I kept up with replying to comments, but not with returning visits.&#160; I slept late, and a project I was working on took longer than planned.&#160; I blame Lisa for that. :P&#160; Hopefully I can make it up today. 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