{"id":3017,"date":"2010-10-02T23:06:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T06:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3017"},"modified":"2010-10-02T23:06:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-03T06:06:06","slug":"open-thread-1032010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/02\/open-thread-1032010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 10\/3\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I felt a tiny bit better, but not much.  I managed to post my articles, answer my email, set my fantasy football lineup, and that\u2019s all, before I crawled back to bed.  Part of the problem is also that my earlier attempt to adapt to a CPAP torture device upset my long established circadian rhythms so badly, that I have not yet discovered what my new sleep cycle is yet.  I think that lowered my resistance.  Hopefully I will be back to addressing comments and returning visits soon.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:13.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From AFP\/Google<\/a>: <\/font>Indonesia’s top Islamic body said Friday homosexuality is an abuse of human rights and demanded the government ban an ongoing gay and lesbian film festival.<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t it interesting how Republican pseudo-Christian fundamentalists and Muslim fundamentalists share the same warped ideas.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Common Dreams<\/a>: <\/font>Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has doubled its backing of the Republican party in advance of next month’s mid-term elections by awarding $1m to an interest group that is leading the attack on Democratic candidates through political TV advertising.<\/p>\n

The donation, revealed first by the website Politico, was made to the United States Chamber of Commerce, which has a stated intention to spend $75m on November’s elections.<\/p>\n

Corporations are NOT people!  Money is NOT speech!  News Corporation (especially Faux Noise<\/em>) is NOT news!<\/font><\/p>\n

From me:  New Rules from last weekend.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"3matson\" <\/font><\/p>\n

How\u2019s your weekend?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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