{"id":5950,"date":"2011-09-27T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T07:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5950"},"modified":"2011-09-27T00:36:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T07:36:32","slug":"open-thread6272011-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/27\/open-thread6272011-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/27\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I spent paying bills, doing paperwork, cooking, cleaning and enjoying the cool weather.\u00a0 I\u2019m current on replies.\u00a0 Today I have some major house work to do and preparation for volunteer work on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:18 (average 4:57).\u00a0 To do it, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

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

From USA Today<\/a>: <\/span>After weeks of political brinkmanship in Congress, the threat of a partial government shutdown appeared to ease Monday with the disclosure that money to aid victims of natural disasters may last through the end of the budget year after all.<\/p>\n

The revised estimate suggested there would be no interruption in assistance in areas battered by disasters such as Hurricane Irene and last summer’s tornados in Joplin, Mo., and also that lawmakers could act quickly on gridlocked legislation that is needed to keep the government running normally when the new budget year begins on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Senate passed the bill based on the revised estimate, and Teabaggers are crying in their Kool-Aid all over the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

From Right Wing Watch<\/a>: <\/span>Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman took to Renew America [Wing-nuts delinked] to demand Americans \u201ctake matters into our own hands and wage a Second American Revolution\u201d against President Barack Obama, who he calls \u201cour mullah in chief.\u201d The conservative activist focuses on the bid to recognize Palestinian statehood in the United Nations to attack Obama and the \u201cself-hating ultra-leftist Jews Obama surrounds himself with.\u201d…<\/p>\n

Here we have yet another example of Republican calls to violence, bigotry, racism and hate.<\/span><\/p>\n

From me: <\/span>Suzanne Bonamici<\/a> is the first OR-1 special election Democratic candidate to air an ad.<\/span><\/p>\n