{"id":4890,"date":"2011-05-22T02:10:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T09:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4890"},"modified":"2011-05-22T02:10:48","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T09:10:48","slug":"open-thread5222011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/22\/open-thread5222011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/22\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I tried to go without pain pills.  I made it for nine hours.  Now it\u2019s been 7 1\/2 hours and the pain is getting severe.  I\u2019m still pretty knocked down, but I have articles today and am current on comments.  It\u2019s still touch and go, day by day.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:20 (average 4:38).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says he will not seek Republican White House nomination.<\/p>\n

Pundits have been saying he was their great white hope.  Oops!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Salt Lake City Tribune<\/a>: <\/font>Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. said the concept of a border fence \u201crepulses\u201d him, but he believes that it is a necessity for the United States to get a handle on its illegal immigration problem.<\/p>\n

At the same time, he calls it unrealistic to believe the millions of undocumented people already here can be deported.<\/p>\n

This could be dangerous.  The fence is a waste of money, but a Republican hopeful that says something sane could be a problem.<\/font><\/p>\n

From LA Times<\/a>: <\/font>Yemen’s political opposition signed an internationally negotiated deal Saturday that lays the groundwork for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s nearly 33-year rule.<\/p>\n

Saleh has said he intends to sign the agreement Sunday. But in a speech Saturday, he dismissed the plan as "a mere coup operation." He also claimed that if he left office, Yemen’s Al Qaeda offshoot would overrun parts of the country.<\/p>\n

Talk about a fear card!  AQ overran parts of the country already in his watch.  The overwhelming majority of the demonstrators are not AQ.  If he does not keep his word and leave, Obama should cut him off.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

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

Yesterday I tried to go without pain pills.  I made it for nine hours.  Now it\u2019s been 7 1\/2 hours and the pain is getting severe.  I\u2019m still pretty knocked down, but I have articles today and am current on comments.  It\u2019s still touch and go, day by day. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today 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-4890","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\/4890","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=4890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}