{"id":5102,"date":"2011-06-15T02:03:05","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T09:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2011-06-15T02:03:05","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T09:03:05","slug":"open-thread-6152011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/15\/open-thread-6152011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread-6\/15\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I went to the denturists office, and he took the final impressions.  He accidentally double booked, so I had to wait for over an hour.  The time was well spent, because I chatted with a conservative woman.  She was a thoroughly  nice gal.  I talked issues with her, and by the time we were done, she realized that the Republican Party actually represents the opposite of what she wants and believes.  When the frames come back, I go back in so he can adjust the bite, and then one more time to pick them up.  I am SO ready for an ear of corn.  The outing pooped me out, and I overslept and am running a little late, but I\u2019m current on replies.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:48 (average 4:20).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Pakistan\u2019s top military spy agency has arrested some of the Pakistani informants who fed information to the Central Intelligence Agency in the months leading up to the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, according to American officials.<\/p>\n

A casualty of the recent tension between the countries is an ambitious Pentagon program to train Pakistani paramilitary troops to fight Al Qaeda and the Taliban in the northwestern tribal areas. <\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s detention of five C.I.A. informants, including a Pakistani Army major who officials said copied the license plates of cars visiting Bin Laden\u2019s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in the weeks before the raid, is the latest evidence of the fractured relationship between the United States and Pakistan. It comes at a time when the Obama administration is seeking Pakistan\u2019s support in brokering an endgame in the war in neighboring Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

With friends like Pakistan, who needs enemies?  With this nation in control of our supply lines and exit route, our troops in Afghanistan are more at risk than is acceptable, necessitating withdrawal.<\/font><\/p>\n

From STL Today<\/a>: <\/font>The Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for significant cuts to collective bargaining rights for public workers in the state, undoing a lower court’s decision that Wisconsin’s controversial law had been passed improperly.<\/p>\n

The vote was 5-4, enabled by the election theft through which David Prosser occupies the seat Joanne Kloppenberg won.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Blade<\/a>: <\/font>A California federal court on Tuesday denied a request to invalidate a decision overturning the state\u2019s ban on same-sex marriage based on the argument that the judge who decided the matter should have recused himself because he\u2019s gay.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge James Ware determined in his decision that retired U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker\u2019s sexual orientation isn\u2019t a reason for recusal or disqualification in the case that will determine the constitutionality of Proposition 8, which California voters approved in 2008 to make a ban on same-sex marriage part of the state constitution.<\/p>\n

Were this not correct heterosexual judges would also have to recuse themselves from such cases.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"15Cartoon\"<\/font><\/p>\n

For the record, I had completed making this before I learned of the incident reported in today\u2019s second article.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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