{"id":4316,"date":"2011-03-16T06:33:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T13:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4316"},"modified":"2011-03-16T06:33:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T13:33:47","slug":"open-thread3162011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/16\/open-thread3162011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–3\/16\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have errands to run today and am somewhat rushed, but I\u2019m up to date on comments.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:57 (6:08 average).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From FOK News Channel<\/a>: <\/font>It would be stupid to keep pushing nuclear power at the exact hour that the \u201csafe and effective way\u201d in Japan is proving to be \u2018that slight increase in radiation in Tokyo is nothing to worry about. But if you\u2019re within 20 miles of the plant please stay indoors because we don\u2019t know if the thing is going to meltdown, blow up, shoot nuclear rods into the sky or into the ground water, or what.<\/p>\n

As always, Keith is on target.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Today, a report by investigative journalist Peter Stone states that Koch actually hosted Romney last summer for one of his first large fundraising parties.<\/p>\n

Romney wants us to think he\u2019s a moderate, but he has his nose in Koch crotch, just like the rest of them.<\/font><\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Senate President Mike Ellis [WI] will not enforce the contempt declaration handed down against the Dems — which, as Fitzgerald said Monday, stripped the Dems of the right to vote in committee proceedings<\/p>\n

While the main stream media slept, we and others brought this to national attention by making a stink.  You helped make them back down.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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