{"id":4012,"date":"2011-02-05T09:19:57","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T17:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4012"},"modified":"2011-02-05T09:19:57","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T17:19:57","slug":"open-thread252011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/05\/open-thread252011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–2\/5\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I thought I was feeling better and I did some more visiting.  Sadly, today I\u2019m worse, but I am caught up with comments.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 5:01 (average 6:07).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From NECN<\/a>: <\/font>Palin spoke at a banquet celebrating the centennial of former President Ronald Reagan’s birth. She said America is dangerously out of step with Reagan’s values and that the country is "on the road to ruin."<\/p>\n

Palin said the moment of disconnect came with the passage of Obamacare.<\/p>\n

Were the immaculate Saint Ronnie around today, the blood libel bitch would be the first to drum him out of the party as a liberal socialist Nazi.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Embattled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, whose regime has received billions in U.S. aid, has been in the global media spotlight of late. He’s long been \u201cour bastard,\u201d but he’s not alone.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at the other dictators from around the planet who are fortunate enough to be on Uncle Sam’s good side.<\/p>\n

This three page article is an excellent primer on whom the US should NOT be supporting!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Now, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates inquiring about Manning\u2019s condition, protesting the Army\u2019s treatment of him, and requesting a visit with the imprisoned solider.<\/p>\n

Dennis will never be my choice for the Presidency, but I sure support him here.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

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

Yesterday I thought I was feeling better and I did some more visiting.  Sadly, today I\u2019m worse, but I am caught up with comments. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today it took me 5:01 (average 6:07).  To do it, click here.  How did you do? Short Takes: From NECN: Palin spoke at a banquet celebrating the centennial […]<\/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-4012","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\/4012","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=4012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}