{"id":5808,"date":"2011-09-09T00:02:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T07:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5808"},"modified":"2011-09-09T00:02:44","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T07:02:44","slug":"open-thread992011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/09\/open-thread992011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/9\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the heat was oppressive.  A new fire inspector has ordered that all the doors between hallways be kept closed.  That leaves nowhere to get cool air or for the heat to escape at night.  Even with my little AC going constantly, it only cooled to 91\u00b0 Sunday night and is now 97\u00b0.  This heat wave is forecast to continue until Wednesday, so my contributions will be limited.  I have not answered replies, and am mot up to doing so.  There is only one short take.  Today, I expect more of the same.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Yesterday it took me 4:14 (average 4:55).  To do it, click here<\/a>, and today it took me 4:01 (average 4:32).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The Cap Times<\/a>: <\/font>An internal memo<\/a> from a top [Wisconsin] Department of Transportation official instructs workers at Division of Motor Vehicles service centers not to tell members of the public that they can obtain voter identification cards free of charge — unless they know to ask for it.<\/p>\n

The memo, recently obtained by The Capital Times, was written by Steve Krieser and sent to all state Department of Transportation and Department of Motor Vehicles employees on July 1, the same day employees were to begin issuing photo IDs in accordance with a controversial new Voter Photo ID law adopted earlier in the year.<\/p>\n

As laid out in the memo, failure to check a box when applying for photo ID with the Division of Motor Vehicles will result in the payment of $28.<\/p>\n

Fitzwalkerstan Koch suckers, rich enough to be well informed, get a free voter ID.  The rest pay.  I understand that Walker had the employee that leaked the memo fired.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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