{"id":4072,"date":"2011-02-13T08:43:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T16:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4072"},"modified":"2011-02-13T08:43:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T16:43:00","slug":"open-thread2132011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/13\/open-thread2132011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–2\/13\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning I overslept, so I running several hours behind.  I\u2019ll put this Open Thread up now, and the other three stories as I finish them.  Tomorrow I have a routine medical appointment, so if I don\u2019t finish on time in the morning,  there may be no articles until mid to late afternoon.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:35 (4:58 average).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>A week from Tuesday, when the Supreme Court returns from its midwinter break and hears arguments in two criminal cases, it will have been five years since Justice Clarence Thomas has spoken during a court argument.<\/p>\n

From a racist Republican perspective, he\u2019s a perfect African American Justice. He keeps his mouth shut and obeys Scalia.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Christian Science Monitor<\/a>: <\/font>Thousands of Algerian protesters marched amid massive police presence in their nation’s capital Saturday to demand the government’s ouster, echoing the events in Egypt that ended the decades-long authoritarian rule of former President Hosni Mubarak.<\/p>\n

Kudos to the protesters.  Where next?<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Independent<\/a>: <\/font>Further fueling the speculation that U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) may be making a bid for the White House in 2012, she handed out jerseys with \u201cBachmann\u201d on the front and \u201c12\u2033 on the back at a reception Thursday evening. As promised, Bachmann also gave away vouchers for free drinks as she collected information from attendees at CPAC, an annual gathering of conservatives which has drawn over 11,000 attendees this week.<\/p>\n

Given that she is a staunch supporter of the Theocon wing of the party that demonizes alcohol almost as much as LGBT rights, why is Batshit passing out drinks?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

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

This morning I overslept, so I running several hours behind.  I\u2019ll put this Open Thread up now, and the other three stories as I finish them.  Tomorrow I have a routine medical appointment, so if I don\u2019t finish on time in the morning,  there may be no articles until mid to late afternoon. Jig Zone […]<\/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-4072","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\/4072","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=4072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}