{"id":4656,"date":"2011-04-24T02:45:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T09:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4656"},"modified":"2011-04-24T02:45:07","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T09:45:07","slug":"open-thread2242011-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/24\/open-thread2242011-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–2\/24\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday getting the blog up and links posted took much longer than normal due to continued vision problems.  Today will not be as bad.  I can still barely see, but I started early and it\u2019s a slow day for news.  I\u2019m current on replies.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:02 (average 5:07).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Marietta Daily Journal<\/a>: <\/font>Yemen\u2019s embattled president agreed Saturday to a proposal by Gulf Arab mediators to step down within 30 days and hand power to his deputy in exchange for immunity from prosecution, a major about-face for the autocratic leader who has ruled for 32 years.<\/p>\n

A coalition of seven opposition parties said they also accepted the deal but with reservations. Even if the differences are overcome, those parties do not speak for all of the hundreds of thousands of protesters seeking President Ali Abdullah Saleh\u2019s ouster, and signs were already emerging that a deal on those terms would not end confrontations in the streets.<\/p>\n

I would be surprised if the people of Yemen will settle changing from one autocrat to another.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The Guardian<\/a>: <\/font>Progressives beware. The Tories are regaining what Conservative historian John Ramsden called their "appetite for power". The sheer hunger to identify what is in their interests, and to pursue it relentlessly, was why the Tories dominated British politics in the last century and triumphed over the progressive cause.<\/p>\n

This dominance was based on twin pillars. First, and most important, maintaining the reputation that only the Tories could be trusted with the economy. And, second, while the right wing was represented by one party, the progressive forces have been divided.<\/p>\n

That sounds so much like here, it\u2019s scary.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell called House Speaker William J. Howell on a Friday morning this month with startling news: The governor had vetoed a bill that would have put into place new state legislative boundaries for the next decade.<\/p>\n

If a Republican Governor can stand up against overreaching by Republican legislators, why can\u2019t a Democratic President?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

If the Easter Bunny left a Teabagger in your basket, shoot the damn rabbit!  (This was not intended to be a factual statement.)<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday getting the blog up and links posted took much longer than normal due to continued vision problems.  Today will not be as bad.  I can still barely see, but I started early and it\u2019s a slow day for news.  I\u2019m current on replies. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today it took me 4:02 (average 5:07).  To […]<\/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-4656","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\/4656","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=4656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}