{"id":3972,"date":"2011-01-31T08:25:22","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T16:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3972"},"modified":"2011-01-31T08:25:22","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T16:25:22","slug":"open-thread1312011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/31\/open-thread1312011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–1\/31\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, as another months comes to an end, I hope February is a healthier month for me.  I have to go out to run a couple errands today, so we\u2019ll see how I hold up.  Comments are up to date.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it tool me 3:41 (average 4:20).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Salon<\/a>: <\/font>Roger Stockham, a 63-year-old California man, was arrested on explosives charges last week after police allegedly found him with M-80s in the trunk of his car in the parking lot of the Islamic Center of America, a Dearborn, Michigan, mosque.<\/p>\n

Stockham was arraigned on Wednesday on one count of false report or threat of terrorism and one count of possession of explosives with unlawful intent, police said in a statement. Bail has been set at $500,000. The chief of police told the Detroit Free Press that Stockham has a history of anti-government feelings and he was attracted to Michigan because of its large Arab and Muslim population.<\/p>\n

Another Republican hard at  work to kill infidels for Supply-side Jesus. \ud83d\ude44<\/font><\/p>\n

From Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>More than 10,000 protesters marched against authorities in Algeria’s northeastern city of Bejaia on Saturday, organisers said, in the country’s latest rally inspired by neighbouring Tunisia.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators marched peacefully in the city in Algeria’s Berber-speaking Kabylie region, shouting Tunisia-inspired slogans such as: "For a radical change of the regime!," a lawmaker with the opposition Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD), Mohamed Ikhervane, told AFP.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also heard reports of protests in Sudan and Saudi Arabia.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font><\/p>\n

At a speech in Reno on Saturday, Sarah Palin said she thinks a recently discussed media boycott of her is good–because then she won’t get "blamed" for the uprising in Egypt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to a report by The Daily Beast, Palin made a clear reference to Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank’s widely circulated pledge not to write anything about her for the whole of February.  [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Palin should realize that nobody in their right mind would associate aspirations for freedom with her.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

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

Well, as another months comes to an end, I hope February is a healthier month for me.  I have to go out to run a couple errands today, so we\u2019ll see how I hold up.  Comments are up to date. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today it tool me 3:41 (average 4:20).  To do it, click here.  […]<\/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-3972","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\/3972","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=3972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}