{"id":4637,"date":"2011-04-22T03:09:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T10:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4637"},"modified":"2011-04-22T03:09:36","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T10:09:36","slug":"open-thread4222011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/22\/open-thread4222011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/22\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I did not get to go to the prison as planned.  I woke up with pink-eye in both eyes.  ARGH!  I can barely see through the tearing and stinging.  Because it is highly contagious, I could not risk my co-volunteers, and especially the guys, because the health care they get in prison is where incompetence and apathy join forces.  So I\u2019m home tonight too, so articles will continue, but expect more typos.  I\u2019m the King of Typo, even when I can see.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:09 (average 5:04).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>: <\/font>President Obama said a Justice Department probe will examine the role of "traders and speculators" in oil markets and how they contribute to high gasoline prices.<\/p>\n

"The attorney general’s putting together a team whose job it is to root out any cases of fraud or manipulation in the oil markets that might affect gas prices, and that includes the role of traders and speculators," Obama said Thursday in Reno. <\/p>\n

When he\u2019s wrong, I criticize him.  This time he isn\u2019t.  Kudos!<\/font><\/p>\n

From FOK News Channel<\/a>: Keith tells the Donald to FOK off!<\/font><\/p>\n

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I like Wonkette, but Keith is right.  Making fun of a disabled kid is ovenoundedr the line.  That\u2019s  the kind of slime we expect from Republicans.  Lawrence O\u2019Donnell announced that Trump\u2019s replacement for Seinfeld is Brett Michaels, but does not know who he ls.  He\u2019s the aging lead singer of Poison<\/em>, now famous for MTV reality shows, in which over-siliconed, hot-mess groupies compete to be his girl friend.  If that\u2019s the best Trump can do, LOL!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Reuters<\/a>: <\/font>A reputed neo-Nazi accused of planting a backpack bomb along the parade route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration was newly charged on Thursday with committing federal hate crimes.<\/p>\n

The latest charges against Kevin Harpham, 36, were added to a federal indictment originally returned last month in an alleged bombing attempt in Spokane, Washington, on January 17, a national holiday celebrating the birth of the slain civil rights leader.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s one Republican wou won\u2019t get to vote for a while. \ud83d\ude42<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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I hate Fridays! (That was not intended to be a factual statement.)<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I did not get to go to the prison as planned.  I woke up with pink-eye in both eyes.  ARGH!  I can barely see through the tearing and stinging.  Because it is highly contagious, I could not risk my co-volunteers, and especially the guys, because the health care they get in prison is where […]<\/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-4637","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\/4637","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=4637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}