{"id":3602,"date":"2010-12-12T15:22:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T23:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3602"},"modified":"2010-12-12T15:22:36","modified_gmt":"2010-12-12T23:22:36","slug":"open-thread12122010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/12\/open-thread12122010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–12\/12\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m back.  If things go as planned, I\u2019ll be publishing in the afternoon or early evening from now on.  I hope to catch up on comments tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:17 (average 3:54).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From LA Times<\/a>: <\/font>Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with regional leaders Saturday to sign an agreement for a massive energy project that could eventually net his country billions of dollars in revenue: a 1,000-mile natural gas pipeline whose proposed route cuts through the heartland of the Taliban insurgency.<\/p>\n

This is the same pipeline from the Stans to Karachi that Bush installed Karzai, his puppet, to build.  Karzai is a former Unocal employee.  Watch for increased tension with Russia, as Gazprom now controls gas from the Caspian Sea region.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Today, friends and families gathered in Raleigh, NC to mourn Elizabeth Edwards, who died this week after battling cancer. Outside, a small group of protesters from the extremist anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church picketed the event because they said Edwards \u201cspent her life in defiance and disobedience to God.\u201d The church regularly harasses the families of dead American soldiers by picketing homosexuality at their funerals with signs like \u201cpray for more dead soldiers,\u201d and \u201cyour sons are in hell.\u201d <\/p>\n

But at Edwards\u2019 funeral today, the tiny group of hate mongers was confronted by more than300 counterprotesters, who turned out to stand against hate, despite the rain.<\/p>\n

Congress should take a lesson from those demonstrators on standing up to Republicans.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The Vile Plutocrat<\/a>: <\/font>Bernard Madoff\u2019s son Mark was found dead in the living room of his SoHo apartment this morning, hanging from a black dog leash on the day of the two-year anniversary of his father\u2019s stunning fall from grace. He was 46 years old.<\/p>\n

An excellent example that other Banksters should follow.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

Keep hanging in there!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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