{"id":6878,"date":"2012-01-24T00:02:53","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T08:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6878"},"modified":"2012-01-24T00:02:53","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T08:02:53","slug":"open-thread1242012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/24\/open-thread1242012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–1\/24\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I was out and about, walking to the mailbox, to the bank, and to the corner store.  I mailed my vote for Suzanne Bonamici<\/a>.  There is a late breaking story that Newter has released his Freddie Mac contract, but it is so uninformative that the only thing worthy of note that it contains is that Newter was to report to their top lobbyist.  That disproves his claim that he was consulting as a historian, and not as a lobbyist.  The local NBC affiliate did not air the Republican debate, correctly realizing that sitcoms are more relevant.  I hear it was a yawner.  I\u2019m current with replies.  Today I will be doing volunteer work in prison and will get home late, after missing a sleep cycle.  Therefore there may be no articles tomorrow, and, if there are, they will probably be late.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 5:05 (average 5:50).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>SHOCKING: How One Bank Gets Big-Time Profits From Food Stamps<\/p>\n