{"id":4907,"date":"2011-05-24T01:34:25","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T08:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4907"},"modified":"2011-05-24T01:34:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T08:34:25","slug":"open-thread5242011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/24\/open-thread5242011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;5\/24\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I did not sleep well, and between that and the pain meds, I feel quite woozy.&#160; I made it out to the corner store, but they had only one cottage cheese left in stock.&#160; Grrr!&#160; The pain remains level, and the inability to eat right is starting to grate on me.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 3:42 (average 4:43).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-05-24-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.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-patriot-act-20110524,0,7552843.story\" target=\"_blank\">La Times<\/a>: <\/font>The Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to extend expiring provisions of the Patriot Act for four years despite objections of a coalition of conservatives and liberals.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I was disappointed that Ron Wyden voted for it and pleased that Jeff Merkley voted against it.&#160; With all but only four Dems voting for it, I suspect there\u2019s a deal afoot.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/front.moveon.org\/a-real-solution-to-the-budget-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn.org<\/a>: <\/font>Take Medicare Cuts Off the Table<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pNHly5IAlf8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Reich is right on!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2011\/05\/23\/1967-borders-popular-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Yet what Hatch, Netanyahu, and their allies in the U.S. Congress are not saying is that most Israelis and Palestinians actually support a settlement based around 1967 borders with mutually agreed land swaps that result in a safe, secure, free, and prosperous independent Palestinian and Israeli states.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Right wing politicians oppose the best interests of their constituencies worldwide.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a title=\"Jerry Holbert\" href=\"http:\/\/comics.com\/jerry_holbert\/2011-05-20\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Jerry Holbert\" src=\"http:\/\/c0389161.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com\/dyn\/str_strip\/366492.full.gif\" \/><\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Batshit Bachmann would be a boring candidate. 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