{"id":4846,"date":"2011-05-16T02:46:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T09:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4846"},"modified":"2011-05-16T02:46:32","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T09:46:32","slug":"open-thread5162011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/16\/open-thread5162011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/16\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday unpacking and storing my groceries took several hours, but after my teeth are pulled, I\u2019ll have a variety of foods to eat.  The first few days will be hardest.  I remain current on replies.  Today I have a doctor\u2019s appointment.  No worries.  It\u2019s routine.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:55 (average 4:33).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Days after formally announcing his candidacy for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich on Sunday sharply criticized a plan by House Republicans that would drastically overhaul Medicare, the federal health care program for retirees.<\/p>\n

I call bullshit!  Newt has been trying to do away with Social Security and Medicare for a long time.  He is only saying this because of how America reacted to the Republican plan formulated by Ryan.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Chicago Tribune<\/a>: <\/font>Rahm Emanuel will be sworn in as Chicago’s 46th mayor today.<\/p>\n

Poor Chicago!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Groundbreaking Chinese artist Ai Weiwei appeared healthy but tense during his first meeting with family since he was detained more than a month ago, and authorities still haven\u2019t explained why he was seized, his wife said Monday.<\/p>\n

Hillary Clinton should object strongly to the treatment of Ai Weiwei.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

To celebrate Monday, make a Teabagger do your job. (This is not intended to be a factual statement.)<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday unpacking and storing my groceries took several hours, but after my teeth are pulled, I\u2019ll have a variety of foods to eat.  The first few days will be hardest.  I remain current on replies.  Today I have a doctor\u2019s appointment.  No worries.  It\u2019s routine. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today it took me 3:55 (average 4:33).  […]<\/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-4846","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\/4846","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=4846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}