{"id":5153,"date":"2011-06-20T01:35:34","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T08:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5153"},"modified":"2011-06-20T01:35:34","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T08:35:34","slug":"open-thread6202011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/20\/open-thread6202011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;6\/20\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I had trouble sleeping, and when I finally fell asleep, I slept late.&#160; I\u2019m current with comments, but my main articles will be late.&#160; I\u2019m going to post this right away.&#160; If there are not three articles above it, please come back in a bit.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday it took me 3:56 (average 4:42).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-06-20-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.bloomberg.com\/news\/2011-06-20\/europe-fails-to-agree-on-greek-aid-payout-pressing-papandreou-to-cut-debt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a>: <\/font>European governments failed to agree on releasing a loan payment to spare Greece from default, ramping up pressure on Prime Minister George Papandreou to first deliver budget cuts in the face of domestic opposition.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If the US had the EU\u2019s structure (more like the states under the Confederation), Red States would be in trouble, because, unlike most blue states, they get more from the feds than they pay in taxes.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/television\/news\/2011-06-19-keith-olbermann-countdown-current-tv_n.htm\" target=\"_blank\">USA Today<\/a>: <\/font>Keith Olbermann, the sharp, sarcastic and supremely self-confident commentator, is ready for action again. Five months after abruptly ending an eight-year run as MSNBC&#8217;s top-rated host, he moves his Countdown Monday [today] night (8 ET\/PT) to tiny Current TV, the 6-year-old cable channel co-founded by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, two like-minded liberals.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I hope they fix their auto-start bug soon, so I can bring you videos.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/06\/19\/2012-connecticut-senate-lieberman_n_879995.html\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>The dust has barely settled on Connecticut&#8217;s contentious 2010 U.S. Senate race to replace retiring former Sen. Chris Dodd and candidates are already back on the campaign trail, this time gearing up to replace the retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The race hasn\u2019t even been defined yet, but the prospect of no more LIEberscum is refreshing.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"20Cartoon\" alt=\"20Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/20Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I had trouble sleeping, and when I finally fell asleep, I slept late.&#160; I\u2019m current with comments, but my main articles will be late.&#160; I\u2019m going to post this right away.&#160; If there are not three articles above it, please come back in a bit. 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