{"id":3094,"date":"2010-10-13T01:53:13","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T08:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3094"},"modified":"2010-10-13T01:53:13","modified_gmt":"2010-10-13T08:53:13","slug":"open-thread-10132010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/13\/open-thread-10132010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread 10\/13\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I replied to comments, but did not feel up to visiting.  Today, I\u2019ll probably do neither, because it\u2019s my volunteer day with the therapy group.  To be honest, I\u2019ll be pushing myself just to make it to that.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:11.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From LA Times<\/a>: <\/font>The first of 33 gold and copper miners entombed half a mile below ground for more than two months were hauled into the frigid Chilean desert air early Wednesday morning, emerging from a cramped, life-saving haven and into the embrace of family members once forced to confront the likelihood of their deaths.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m thankful that they\u2019re going to be OK and proud of the key contributions to the effort by US volunteers.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Houston Chronicle<\/a>: <\/font>The Obama administration on Tuesday lifted the deep-water drilling ban that has idled dozens of rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, but the end of the moratorium is only the beginning for the long process of restarting offshore exploration.<\/p>\n

Everyone is mad at Obama over this.  Environmentalists don\u2019t want the ban lifted, but Republicans and Oilycrats say the new regulations will stifle it.  I\u2019ll reserve judgment for now, but am skeptical that the new regulations will be enough.<\/font><\/p>\n

From News Hounds<\/a>: <\/font>Michele Bachmann visited the Glenn Beck show yesterday (10\/12\/10) where she and guest host Judge Andrew Napolitano wondered about the effects that winning Tea Party candidates will have on Washington, D.C. and vice versa. Bachmann said she plans to do her part to keep Tea Party legislators from being \u201cso susceptible to melting\u201d by conducting weekly classes on the Constitution for Congressional freshman. But no sooner had she invited Napolitano to be one of the guest experts, than he asked her whether the Tea Party would advocate for restoring civil liberties abolished under the Bush administration. Suddenly, Constitution-champion Bachmann began waffling and fumbling.<\/p>\n

Batshit Bachmann is no constitutional expert, but she was an expert in practicing insanity, before she became an expert in practicing InsaniTEA.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"13wolverton\" <\/font><\/p>\n

Happy Hump Day!e<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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