{"id":5058,"date":"2011-06-10T00:09:50","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T07:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5058"},"modified":"2011-06-10T00:09:50","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T07:09:50","slug":"open-thread6102011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/10\/open-thread6102011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/10\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I overslept.  I usually roll out between 7:00 and 8:00 AM, but I was out until 11 AM.  I went out to run errands and did my online grocery shopping for the month.  At 4:00 PM I could not go to sleep as usual, so I started my research early and am posting early this morning.  I\u2019m current on replies.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:16 (average 4:25).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Reuters<\/a>: <\/font>Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will not participate in a key test of strength in the early voting state of Iowa in August, his campaign said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Buaaaaack-buk-buk-buk!<\/font><\/p>\n

From The Vile Plutocrat<\/a>: <\/font>A politically divided Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to approve a program of whistleblower rewards Wednesday over the opposition of the two Republican commissioners, sources close to the process said.<\/p>\n

Excellent!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>The Treasury Department will temporarily withhold payments to the nation’s three largest mortgage companies for failing to comply with the Obama administration’s signature foreclosure-prevention effort, perhaps finally making good on a 19-month-old threat, officials announced Thursday.<\/p>\n

For stay-at-home voters, who actually say the parties are the same, would Republicans do this?<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>: original image hat tip to Blogging Blue<\/a> and SoINeedAName.<\/font><\/p>\n

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