{"id":4874,"date":"2011-05-19T02:23:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T09:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4874"},"modified":"2011-05-19T02:23:35","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T09:23:35","slug":"open-thread5192011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/19\/open-thread5192011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/19\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was no fun.  The first tooth the dentist pulled had a root embedded in and fused with the bone.  Digging that tooth out took over 20 minutes and five extra shots of Novocain.  The rest came out in less than five minutes total.  After the Novocain wore off, the vocodin  has been able to kill the pain from all the extraction sites, save the one.  That one hurts like hell.  I am behind on comments and will catch up later today, if I can.  Other that this, the article on Coburn will be it for today.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:09 (average 4:32).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The Guardian<\/a>: <\/font>A tape recorded by Osama bin Laden before his death in an American special forces raid earlier this month has been posthumously released onto Islamic militant websites.<\/p>\n

The message, recorded some time in the ten weeks before the 54-year-old al-Qaida leader was killed in Pakistan on May 2, praises the "Arab Spring" protest movements across the Middle East and predicts that revolutions will spread.<\/p>\n

Al Qaeda has not been welcome in Arab Spring.  Their hope may be that endorsing it might provoke opposition to Arab Spring by Al Dubya and with it, their special brand of hatred that makes such a great recruiting tool for AQ.<\/font><\/p>\n

From LA Times<\/a>: <\/font>The Senate will conduct a procedural vote Thursday on the long-stalled nomination of UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

The motion to cut off debate needs 60 votes to pass, which means at least seven Republicans would have to cross party lines in order for Liu to receive a simple up-or-down vote on the floor. Otherwise, the GOP will filibuster an Obama judicial nominee for the first time, though other nominees have dropped out or have not been put up to a vote.<\/p>\n

Liu is well qualified and honest.  For those reasons, I expect Republicans to block him.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

Republicans are truthful.  That was not intended to be an accurate statement.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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