{"id":4857,"date":"2011-05-17T02:46:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T09:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4857"},"modified":"2011-05-17T02:46:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T09:46:37","slug":"open-thread5172011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/17\/open-thread5172011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/17\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I went to my podiatrist for my routine quarterly surgery on my foot.  I was tired, because I slept poorly.  It was probably nerves about tomorrow.  I\u2019m current on replies.  Today, I\u2019ll be out running errands.  It will be my last chance for a few days.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:30 (average 5:22).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From LA Times<\/a>: <\/font>When it comes to the 2012 election, Donald Trump is so fired.<\/p>\n

I said from the beginning that I thought it was a publicity stunt.  But it sure took in the racist Republican ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-ase.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Xinhuanet<\/a>: <\/font>Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the prosecutor said at a press conference on Monday.<\/p>\n

Two other arrest warrants were also issued for his son Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, and his brother-in-law Abdullah Al-Sanousi, Libya’s head of intelligence, for "war crimes and crimes against humanity," said Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the ICC prosecutor.<\/p>\n

"The case is now before the judges, they can accept the request, reject, or ask for more evidence," said Moreno-Ocampo, "in the meantime, the office of prosecutor will continue the investigation."<\/p>\n

The court shouldn\u2019t need rocket science to figure this one out.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

Send a Republican to Jerusalem with Glen Beck (one way ticket).  (That WAS intended to be a factual statement.)<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I went to my podiatrist for my routine quarterly surgery on my foot.  I was tired, because I slept poorly.  It was probably nerves about tomorrow.  I\u2019m current on replies.  Today, I\u2019ll be out running errands.  It will be my last chance for a few days. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today it took me 3:30 […]<\/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-4857","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\/4857","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=4857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}