{"id":4929,"date":"2011-05-27T01:59:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T08:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4929"},"modified":"2011-05-27T01:59:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T08:59:37","slug":"open-thread-5272011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/27\/open-thread-5272011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread-5\/27\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I rested most of the day, and my chest feels much better.  I\u2019m still in quite a bit of dental pain, but my dentist refilled my prescription just in time.  I need to go to the pharmacy today.  I\u2019m current with replies.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:11 (average 5:41).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Seattle Times<\/a>: <\/font>Pakistan has agreed to allow the CIA to send a forensics team to examine the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, giving the agency permission to use sophisticated equipment in a search for al-Qaida materials that might have been hidden inside walls or buried at the site, U.S. officials said.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to know what they find.<\/font><\/p>\n

From STL Today<\/a>: <\/font>Since former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin shot to fame after her 2008 vice presidential bid, she has kept her intentions \u2014 if not her ambitions \u2014 closely held.<\/p>\n

But on Thursday, Palin’s ambitions began to look increasingly presidential. Her political action committee announced that she would launch a multistate tour over the Memorial Day weekend, beginning at a motorcycle rally in Washington and winding its way up the East Coast to New Hampshire, the site of the nation’s first presidential primary.<\/p>\n

I think this is just a publicity stunt, but I still dream of Blood-libel Barbie\/Batshit B 2012.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The Atlantic Wire<\/a>: <\/font>Historically, Vermont does two things best: maple syrup and progressive politics. The nation’s leading producer of the popular waffle-topping today became the nation’s only provider of single-payer health care for all. Earlier this afternoon, Vermont governor Peter Shumlin signed into law a plan meant to transform the private-run health insurance industry into a the nation’s first government-funded, government-run health care system that offers a uniform benefit package to every eligible resident.<\/p>\n

Congrats and kudos to the people of Vermont!  May your vision prove a light to the rest of the nation!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

All Republican politicians should goose-step behind Unterreichsfuhrer Ryan.  That was intended to be a factual statement.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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