{"id":6702,"date":"2012-01-10T00:09:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T08:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6702"},"modified":"2012-01-10T00:09:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T08:09:55","slug":"open-thread1101012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/10\/open-thread1101012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–1\/10\/1012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I slept late and took a long nap, so I did not get started on planned tasks.  That\u2019s OK, I obviously needed the rest, and I got my research done.  I\u2019m current on replies.  Today I still have that paperwork to do.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:29 (average 6:21).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The Guardian<\/a>: <\/font>Barack Obama has taken a big step towards preserving one of the world’s natural wonders, banning uranium mining on 1m acres of land around the Grand Canyon.<\/p>\n

The move, announced by the interior secretary, Ken Salazar, at a film screening in Washington, bans new mining claims around the canyon for the next 20 years. The area is rich in uranium deposits.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been to the canyon enough times that I\u2019m glad to see that unique vista is being protected, despite Republican attempts to despoil it.  Kudos to Obama.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>How Georgia Republicans Teach Math<\/p>\n

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This represents Republican wishful thinking at it’s worst.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Despite his absence from early primary coverage, Current TV\u2019s Keith Olbermann will soon be part of the act.<\/p>\n

In a tweet posted Sunday, the volatile anchor of the \u201cCountdown\u201d show said he would be \u201crunning the election coverage of Current\u201d after Tuesday\u2019s New Hampshire primary. On Monday, a Current representative confirmed Olbermann would host future coverage.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m glad to see this.  Current\u2019s election coverage has been sub-par without their best at the helm.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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Yesterday I slept late and took a long nap, so I did not get started on planned tasks.  That\u2019s OK, I obviously needed the rest, and I got my research done.  I\u2019m current on replies.  Today I still have that paperwork to do. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today it took me 4:29 (average 6:21).  To do […]<\/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-6702","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\/6702","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=6702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}