{"id":6449,"date":"2011-12-06T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/06\/open-thread1262011-2\/"},"modified":"2011-12-06T00:00:21","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T08:00:21","slug":"open-thread1262011-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/06\/open-thread1262011-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–12\/6\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I didn\u2019t make it out.  I caught up my email backlog, and tried to nap, without success because of interruptions.  I’m gradually improving, but still well short of well.  I\u2019m current with replies.  Tomorrow I absolutely have to run errands.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:36 (average 5:22).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>The Federal Election Commission drew a line Thursday on how far campaign finance laws will unravel in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling. The FEC ruled unanimously against a controversial proposal from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to open an independent expenditure-only account, commonly known as a super PAC, within his leadership PAC.<\/p>\n

Lee asked the commission<\/a> to approve the creation of a separate segregated fund within his Constitutional Conservatives Fund that could receive unlimited contributions from corporations, unions and individuals to be spent on independent expenditures benefiting other candidates for office. Lee would have been the first member of Congress to directly control his own super PAC.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m surprised that the FEC Republicans voted against this.<\/font><\/p>\n

From AP\/Google<\/a>: <\/font>The NAACP says it is gathering information on the effect of new state laws that tightened rules on voting in order to make its case to the Justice Department that the laws are discriminatory.<\/p>\n

DOJ is already on this, but since so many Busheviks burrowed in to \u201cnonpartisan\u201d jobs from politically appointed jobs, the department is infested.  I\u2019m glad the NAACP is holding their feet to the fire.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>In a new interview with Newsbusters\u2019 Noel Sheppard, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) reiterated his delusional claim that manmade global warming is \u201cthe greatest hoax ever.\u201d Inhofe believes that the last eight years of record warmth and catastrophic weather have vindicated his claim, and that he is \u201cdoing the Lord\u2019s work [wing-nuts delinked]\u201d by demonizing attempts to limit fossil fuel pollution.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure the Koch Brothers are pay7ing him good money to say that.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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