{"id":7267,"date":"2012-03-02T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7267"},"modified":"2012-03-02T00:00:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T08:00:29","slug":"open-thread322012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/02\/open-thread322012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–3\/2\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I still felt well short of 100%, but I just wasn\u2019t willing to get further behind.  If I had to be sick, I picked a good week, because the prison cancelled both volunteer days this week, due to venue scheduling conflicts.  I\u2019m current with replies, but took big shortcuts to get there.  Today I\u2019ll try to catch up with my email.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzles (5)<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s took me 3:42 (4:52 average).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  Tuesday\u2019s took me 4:40 (5:50 average).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  Wednesday’s took me 5:15 (6:25 average).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  Yesterday\u2019s took me 3:50 (4:35 average).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  Today it took me 3:50 (average 4:32).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From CNN<\/a>: <\/font>Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger whose posting of a sexually explicit photo of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner led to the congressman’s downfall, has died, his attorney confirmed Thursday.<\/p>\n

He was 43.<\/p>\n

Early in life I learned to never speak ill if the dead, but for every rule there is an exception.  While I would not wish death on anyone, I would be a liar not to say that the world has become just a little less vile.  Nevertheless, condolences to any who might have loved him.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Montana\u2019s chief federal judge said Wednesday that he forwarded an email that contained a joke involving bestiality and President Barack Obama\u2019s mother, but he did so because he dislikes the president and not because he\u2019s racist.<\/p>\n

Judge Richard Cebull, of Billings, forwarded the email from his chambers to six other people on Feb. 20, The Great Falls Tribune reported.<\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course he\u2019s not a racist, the Pope is not Catholic, and bears never, ever shit in the woods.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Daily News<\/a>: <\/font>Conservative radio host [Rush Limbarf] declared Georgetown Law School’s Sandra Fluke<\/a> "a slut" for arguing that birth control should be covered by health insurance at religious institutions.<\/p>\n

Republicans attack the messenger whenever the message overwhelms them, and do so with unmitigated hatred.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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