{"id":5375,"date":"2011-07-13T03:02:11","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T10:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5375"},"modified":"2011-07-13T03:02:11","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T10:02:11","slug":"open-thread7132011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/13\/open-thread7132011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–7\/13\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was a zoo.  I was already tired from laundry night.  I ran some errands in the morning, and learned that I will get my teeth on Thursday.  I did my online grocery shopping for the month and have crunchy food coming!  Then I found an emergency notice to upgrade my blog software.  It did not go as planned, and by the time I had that mess straightened out, it was well past my bedtime.  No sooner was I asleep than \u201cmissionaries\u201d ignored my do not disturb sign and woke me up.  I pretended to be gay and want them.  They ran.  I could not get back to sleep until I got up to do research.  Then I dozed for two hours at my keyboard, so I am running way late, am tired and hungry, and cannot eat for hours because of blood tests.  Normally, I would answer comments individually and sleep later, but I cannot, because I have to be out early for medical appointments, so I just posted a generic thank you in all threads.  I apologize.  I have only this and one other article today.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:12 (average 5:00).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From LA Times<\/a>: <\/font>Ending a bitter special congressional election for the South Bay area, Democrat Janice Hahn defeated Republican Craig Huey on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Unofficial election night returns showed the Los Angeles city councilwoman with 54.6% of the vote, compared with the businessman’s 45.4%<\/p>\n

Republican hate and racism went down!<\/font><\/p>\n

From The Nation<\/a>: <\/font><\/p>\n

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, his conservative legislative allies, the Republican Party of Wisconsin and county Republican parties across Wisconsin tried everything in their power to thwart the recall election process that could check and balance Walker\u2019s extreme anti-labor, anti-public schools, anti-social services and anti-local democracy agenda.<\/p>\n

Frightened by the prospect of losing three or more Republican-held seats, and with them control of the state Senate, the GOP challenged the petitions that forced the recall elections<\/a> against six Republican senators who backed the governor\u2019s agenda. And they failed.<\/p>\n

Ed Shultz covered this with Jon Nichols.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

Note that Republicans actually made robocalls to Democrats, telling them that their official ballots were in the mail and not to vote.  Criminals.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Right Wing Watch<\/a>: <\/font>Rick Perry Partner John Benefiel Claims Homosexuality Is An Illuminati Conspiracy.<\/p>\n