{"id":5444,"date":"2011-07-24T01:52:43","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T08:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5444"},"modified":"2011-07-24T01:52:43","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T08:52:43","slug":"open-thread7242011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/24\/open-thread7242011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–7\/24\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I rested, but a new heat wave kept me from getting the sleep I needed.  The temperature in my apartment just dropped to 90\u00b0 at midnight.  I get the weather first up here, so you know that when I bitch about the heat, it\u2019s coming your way.  I\u2019m current on replies.  Tomorrow, I\u2019ll be hunkering down, as it will be hotter.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:55 (average 4:44).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Bloomberg<\/a>: <\/font>Republicans challenged a presidential veto threat by preparing for a short-term extension of the U.S. debt limit, hardening partisan differences in the face of warnings that a stalemate risks roiling financial markets as soon as tonight.<\/p>\n

I remember, \u201cDon\u2019t touch the stove or you\u2019ll get burned.\u201d  I did.  The difference is that I grew up.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Politico<\/a>: <\/font>Rep. David Wu spoke to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other top Democrats on Saturday about his political future in the wake of allegations of a sexual encounter with a teenager, but it is not clear whether the Oregon Democrat will step down from office. <\/p>\n

Wu has been accused of having an \u201cunwanted sexual encounter\u201d with the teenage daughter of a longtime friend last year over Thanksgiving weekend. The teenager, whose identity has not been disclosed, and her family have not filed any criminal complaint against the longtime lawmaker, but the incident, the second accusation of inappropriate sexual behavior against Wu, is \u201cextremely troubling\u201d to Pelosi and other Democrats, say Democratic insiders. <\/p>\n

This upsets me, because Wu is my Rep.  This will finish him, and if true, it is right that it will.  It\u2019s especially sad, because his voting record was almost an exact match to what I wanted.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing this week<\/a> on the "Respect for Marriage Act," a bill that would essential nullify the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that Clinton signed into law 1996. The federal prohibition means that same-sex couples\u2014even those who live in states where their unions have been legalized\u2014are not given the same federal protections as heterosexual pairs. They aren’t allowed to take tax write-offs or family leave, and if a same-sex spouse dies, the partner can’t collect their pension or Social Security.<\/p>\n

I fully support this legislation.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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Yesterday I rested, but a new heat wave kept me from getting the sleep I needed.  The temperature in my apartment just dropped to 90\u00b0 at midnight.  I get the weather first up here, so you know that when I bitch about the heat, it\u2019s coming your way.  I\u2019m current on replies.  Tomorrow, I\u2019ll be […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}