{"id":4758,"date":"2011-05-06T02:40:31","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T09:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4758"},"modified":"2011-05-06T02:40:31","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T09:40:31","slug":"open-thread-562011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/06\/open-thread-562011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread-5\/6\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I went to see the denturist.&#160; He took molds of my mouth with horrid tasting goop.&#160; Because he\u2019s originally Tex-Mex from the Fort Worth area, I razzed him a bit that his goop needed salsa mixed in with lots of habaneros.&#160; Next week I see the dentist.&#160; The following, extractions, and about 10 days after that, I get my dentures.&#160; My bus was late so I walked the quarter mile between the stop and his office at a faster pace than normal.&#160; I\u2019m sore everywhere.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies, and today\u2019s plan is to recover from yesterday.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 3:37 (average 4:56).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-05-06-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">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:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/nation\/articles\/2011\/05\/06\/seeking_deficit_deal_house_gop_wont_push_medicare_vouchers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Globe<\/a>: <\/font>The GOP plan to replace Medicare with vouchers will have to wait, party leaders acknowledged yesterday as lawmakers bowed to political realities in pursuing a deal to allow more government borrowing in exchange for big spending cuts.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">No deal!&#160; They actually expect something in return for giving up their own national embarrassment.&#160; Let then try to put it through if they want.&#160; And don\u2019t let voter forget that they voted for it.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/front.moveon.org\/if-joe-lieberman-is-for-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">Moveon.org<\/a>: <\/font>Robert Reich Exposes Republican Budget Scam.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ajdRBDuLctk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If you think Republicans have given up their plans to scrap Social Security and Medicare, think again.&#160; They are already trying to sneak it through the back door.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2010\/06\/waterloo-health-care-reform-opposition-sinking.php\" target=\"_blank\">TPM<\/a>: <\/font>This Memorial Day weekend, the starting grid of the 100th Indianapolis 500 will be missing one star driver: Donald Trump, who walked away from his gig as honorary pace car driver following withering criticism of his planned participation.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The economic pressure of boycott works.&#160; He didn\u2019t walk away.&#160; They canned his ass.&#160; Next his sponsors for <em>The Apprentice<\/em>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a title=\"Chan Lowe\" href=\"http:\/\/comics.com\/chan_lowe\/2011-05-05\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Chan Lowe\" src=\"http:\/\/c0389161.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com\/dyn\/str_strip\/364831.full.gif\" \/><\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">TGIF!&#160; 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