{"id":4922,"date":"2011-05-26T01:58:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T08:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2011-05-26T01:58:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T08:58:26","slug":"open-thread5262011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/26\/open-thread5262011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/26\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I called my dentist.  He asked a couple of questions and told me it\u2019s normal.  Then I had one of the worst COPD attacks I have had in months.  My chest is raw.  Nevertheless, I\u2019m current on comments.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:33 (average 4:41).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From PR Newswire<\/a>: <\/font>Amnesty International will observe its 50th anniversary by issuing a global call to action on Saturday, May 28, the day in 1961 when its founder published an appeal for amnesty for six prisoners unjustly imprisoned; the enormous response led to the founding of Amnesty International, today the world’s largest human rights organization. The birthday comes as the group’s defining tactic of collective action is validated as a model of transformative change across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). <\/p>\n

What an excellent organization they have been over the years.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Last weekend, Rep. Dan Webster (R-FL) appeared on \u201cGood Life 45,\u201d a televangelist program based near his central-Florida district. At one point during the discussion, which was centered around ways to reduce government spending, Webster recalled that many of his constituents had asked about cutting foreign aid. Webster explained that the government cannot \u201cget rid of all foreign aid\u201d because that would endanger money for Israel. <\/p>\n

Rather than making a policy-based argument to back up his firm belief in giving billions in foreign aid to Israel, Webster said the money is necessary to ensure \u201cGod\u2019s hand\u201d stays with America. \u201cI love giving money to Israel,\u201d Webster exclaimed. If we end the assistance to Israel, Webster continued, \u201cwe lose God\u2019s hand and we\u2019re in big trouble\u201d.<\/p>\n

For this Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian to base governance on dogma violates the Establishment Clause.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The Hill<\/a>: <\/font>Republicans on the Committee on House Administration have voted to eliminate the independent commission that was established to address election problems after the contested 2000 presidential contest between George W. Bush and Al Gore.<\/p>\n

The reason Republicans want to do away with an agency to prevent election theft should be obvious.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

For safe-sex, wrap a Republican in a giant condom.  (That was not intended to be a factual statement).<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I called my dentist.  He asked a couple of questions and told me it\u2019s normal.  Then I had one of the worst COPD attacks I have had in months.  My chest is raw.  Nevertheless, I\u2019m current on comments. jig Zone Puzzle: Today it took me 3:33 (average 4:41).  To do it, click here.  How […]<\/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-4922","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\/4922","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=4922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}