{"id":7460,"date":"2012-03-25T13:49:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T20:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7460"},"modified":"2012-03-25T13:54:15","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T20:54:15","slug":"open-thread3242012-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/25\/open-thread3242012-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–3\/25\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday catching up the blog took my entire day, as it has so far today.\u00a0 I\u2019m current with replies.\u00a0 Tomorrow I have a grocery delivery coming, and it will take hours to unpack and store it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:04 (average 5:06).\u00a0 To do it, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/span>Former Vice President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant on Saturday after 20 months on a waiting list, and was recovering in a Virginia hospital, a statement from his office said.<\/p>\n

I can think of nobody who deserves it less.<\/span><\/p>\n

From LA Times<\/a>: <\/span>White House senior adviser David Plouffe stepped up the administration\u2019s public embrace of its healthcare law, saying he would \u201cguarantee\u201d that by the end of the decade \u201cwe\u2019re going to be glad the Republicans called it Obamacare.\u201d<\/p>\n

I think Plouffe is right.<\/span><\/p>\n

From Common Dreams<\/a>: <\/span>Shaima Alawadi, 32 and a mother of five, has died after being taken off life support Saturday at a hospital in San Diego County, various media report today. She had be discovered severely beaten in her home by her daughter, 17 year old …, on Wednesday. A note was discovered nearby that said “go back to your country”.<\/p>\n

Shaima Alawadi, 32 and a mother of five, has died after being taken off life support Saturday at a hospital in San Diego County. Alawadi was an Iraqi who had emigrated to the United States in the mid-nineties, but only recently relocated to the town of El Cajon in the San Diego area.<\/p>\n

I consider this crime a direct result of efforts by the Republican Party to foment hatred against Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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