{"id":3100,"date":"2010-10-14T01:42:30","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T08:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3100"},"modified":"2010-10-14T01:42:30","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T08:42:30","slug":"open-thread-10142010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/14\/open-thread-10142010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 10\/14\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I tried to make it to the group where I volunteer, but before I could make it to the bus stop, I had two severe COPD attacks, so I turned around and returned home.  I replied to comments and should be able to do so again today.  We\u2019ll see about returning visits.  I\u2019ll be here all day waiting for an oxygen concentrator to be delivered.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 5:38 (Have at me Jerry! ;-)).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From CNN<\/a>: <\/font>O’Donnell was tripped up by the same question that caused problems for then-VP candidate Sarah Palin in her interview with Katie Couric about Supreme Court decisions. <\/p>\n

Asked if she could name a recent Supreme Court case she disagreed with, O’Donnell said "can you give me a specific one?"<\/p>\n

So much for O\u2019Dingbat and the Constitution.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Law Week<\/a>: <\/font>The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal brought by two people who say their rights were violated when they were kicked out of a 2005 speech by then-President George W. Bush because of a \u201cNo More Blood For Oil\u201d bumper sticker.<\/p>\n

SCOTUS subverts justice not only by unconstitutional decisions, but also, by refusing valid cases a fair hearing.<\/font><\/p>\n

From SPLC<\/a>: <\/font>An embattled South Florida police chief \u2014 already serving a 30-day unpaid suspension for using city computers to share racist, tasteless Internet jokes with his command staff, including one E-mail suggesting President Obama should have been shot by his own honor guard \u2014 resigned late Tuesday.<\/p>\n

A city investigation determined that Wilton Manors Police Chief Richard E. Perez distributed 86 messages with \u201cinappropriate content\u201d using the city\u2019s E-mail system during a four-month period this spring and summer.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t you just feel the Republican love?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

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

Yesterday I tried to make it to the group where I volunteer, but before I could make it to the bus stop, I had two severe COPD attacks, so I turned around and returned home.  I replied to comments and should be able to do so again today.  We\u2019ll see about returning visits.  I\u2019ll be […]<\/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-3100","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\/3100","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=3100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}