{"id":3407,"date":"2010-11-19T02:57:18","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T10:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3407"},"modified":"2010-11-19T02:57:18","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T10:57:18","slug":"open-thread11192010-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/11\/19\/open-thread11192010-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–11\/19\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I got my haircut as planned.  Dang!  Maybe I\u2019m not as decrepit as I thought!  When I returned home I replied to comments, but did no visiting, as I became tied up with healthcare planning issues and volunteer stuff.  Today I hope to do some overdue visiting.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 5:35 (average 5:50).  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 bipartisan House Ethics Committee recommended Thursday that embattled New York Democrat Charles B. Rangel be censured by the full House of Representatives for ethics violations, the stiffest penalty a member can face short of expulsion.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s appropriate.  What isn\u2019t appropriate is that it\u2019s been over thirty years since the last censure.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>On Twitter yesterday, Michael Goldfarb, former McCain presidential campaign flack and current adviser to former governor Sarah Palin, said that Ghailani should have been executed while in CIA custody.<\/p>\n

Dang!  He forgot to read that Constitution again!<\/font><\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Speaking then about Juan Williams, who quickly landed a $2 million contract at Fox News after being fired from NPR, Ailes said he hired Williams because he was "mad" about the pundit’s losses. He had even stronger criticism for NPR than he did for Stewart.<\/p>\n

"They are, of course, Nazis," Ailes said. "They have a kind of Nazi attitude. They are the left wing of Nazism. These guys don’t want any other point of view. They don’t even feel guilty using tax dollars to spout their propaganda. They are basically Air America with government funding to keep them alive."<\/p>\n

Welcome to Foxtopia.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Me: I just heard on the news that, next year, Obama plans to award the Presidential Medal of freedom to GW Bush!<\/font><\/p>\n

WTF?!!? \"Disappointed<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"Jerry<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

TGIF!!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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