{"id":4107,"date":"2011-02-19T08:16:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T16:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4107"},"modified":"2011-02-19T08:16:34","modified_gmt":"2011-02-19T16:16:34","slug":"open-thread2192011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/19\/open-thread2192011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;2\/19\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday went on for ever.&#160; I could not concentrate, and trying do routine tasks, I felt like I had to focus on even the simplest things.&#160; Nevertheless, I am up to date on comments.&#160; Today I have to go out to do errands, including a trip into a store.&#160; The temptation will be huge.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 4:16 (average 5:52).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-02-19-CE2504A965A9\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/legaltimes.typepad.com\/blt\/2011\/02\/nlrb-warns-of-three-month-furloughs-if-house-cuts-pass.html\">Legal Times<\/a>: <\/font>Facing the prospect of draconian budget cuts, the National Labor Relations Board warned today that it would be forced to furlough all 1,665 employees for nearly three months between now and the end of September if a House of Representatives funding proposal passes.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Agent Orange says, \u201cSo be it!\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5gJ28LErwfeD7rxI0JQLxChkSYEug?docId=bb661973d5794db49e302fe7c0779037\">AP\/Google<\/a>: <\/font>House Republicans on Thursday moved to block the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing new rules that prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic on their networks.<\/p>\n<p>With a 244-181 vote, Republican leaders succeeded in attaching an amendment to a sweeping spending bill that would bar the FCC from using government money to implement its new &quot;network neutrality&quot; regulations.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This helps transfer wealth to criminal corporations.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2011\/02\/19\/109063\/ex-palin-aide-rips-her-in-leaked.html\">McClatchy DC<\/a>: <\/font>A leaked manuscript by one of Sarah Palin&#8217;s closest aides from her time as governor charges that Palin broke state election law in her 2006 gubernatorial campaign and was consumed by petty grievances up until she resigned. <\/p>\n<p>The unpublished book by Frank Bailey was leaked to the media and widely circulated on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What we already knew about Blood-libel Bitch is confirmed.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a title=\"Chris Britt\" href=\"http:\/\/comics.com\/chris_britt\/2011-02-18\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Chris Britt\" src=\"http:\/\/c0389161.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com\/dyn\/str_strip\/355790.full.gif\" \/><\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Support Unions and Women\u2019s rights from predatory Republican corporate plutocratic fascists.&#160; Day 5.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday went on for ever.&#160; I could not concentrate, and trying do routine tasks, I felt like I had to focus on even the simplest things.&#160; Nevertheless, I am up to date on comments.&#160; Today I have to go out to do errands, including a trip into a store.&#160; The temptation will be huge. 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