{"id":4701,"date":"2011-04-29T02:46:47","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T09:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4701"},"modified":"2011-04-29T02:46:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T09:46:47","slug":"open-thread4292011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/29\/open-thread4292011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/29\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday my eyes continued slight improvement.  It seems the royal wedding has taken over the news cycle, pure heresy on a holy day for the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, the Festival of New Meat, which continues.  May the Denver congregation be blessed with stars.  I\u2019m current on replies.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Yesterday it took me 4:08 (4:45 average).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From KUOW<\/a>: <\/font>Oregon lawmakers are moving ahead with a measure that would create a buffer between mourners and protesters at funerals. The move comes in response to a Kansas group that’s picketed funerals of military members and others as a way of spreading their anti-gay message.<\/p>\n

The Oregon measure would give people holding funerals a 400-foot buffer zone from protesters. That’s about the distance from home plate to the outfield fence at a Major League Baseball stadium.<\/p>\n

I consider this a good balance.  It\u2019s close enough to be relevant, preserving 1st Amendment rights, but far enough away to give grieving families some relief.  It\u2019s sad that Phelps and his bigoted Republican minions make such a law necessary.<\/font><\/p>\n

From FOK News Channel<\/a>: Keith has a grand idea for Arizona, recalling Jonathan Swift.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Sadly, once they realizeed what they bought, China would declare war on us out ov vengeance.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Bradley Manning, the jailed US soldier accused of passing classified documents to WikiLeaks, faces far less restrictive conditions at a Kansas military prison where he was relocated last week, US officials said Thursday.<\/p>\n

If true, this is welcome news, but this does not excuse  his mistreatment to date.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

Yesterday my eyes continued slight improvement.  It seems the royal wedding has taken over the news cycle, pure heresy on a holy day for the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, the Festival of New Meat, which continues.  May the Denver congregation be blessed with stars.  I\u2019m current on replies. Jig Zone Puzzle: Yesterday it took […]<\/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-4701","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\/4701","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=4701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}