{"id":7744,"date":"2012-05-11T13:05:20","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T20:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7744"},"modified":"2012-05-11T13:05:20","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T20:05:20","slug":"open-thread5112012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/11\/open-thread5112012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/11\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I\u2019m still hurting, so I\u2019ll be brief.  I\u2019m current with replies.  Tomorrow depends on the day.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:35 (average 4:45).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>The Craziest Idea Our Great-Grandparents Ever Had<\/p>\n

\"11crazy-grandparents\"<\/p>\n

And The GOP wants to give control of our retirement to Banksters.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Reuters<\/a>: <\/font>Lawyers for 15 Muslims in the United States barred from boarding commercial flights because they were on the U.S. "no-fly" list will on Friday ask a federal appeals court to reinstate their constitutional challenge of the anti-terrorism measure.<\/p>\n

The plaintiffs, who are U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents, said they learned they were on the list when prohibited, without advance warning, from boarding a commercial airliner, and were later denied any means of petitioning the government to be removed from the roster.<\/p>\n

I favor the plaintiffs. They are likely to get a fair hearing, because this case will be heard here in Oregon.<\/font><\/p>\n

From USA Today<\/a>: <\/font>The trial of Anders Behring Breivik was interrupted briefly Friday when the brother of one of his 77 victims hurled a shoe at the confessed mass killer and yelled, "Go to hell," before being escorted from the court room, police and witnesses said.<\/p>\n

It was the first outburst from the normally subdued crowd watching the terror trial in Oslo’s district court since the proceedings began in mid-April.<\/p>\n

Breivik \u2014 a self-styled, anti-Muslim militant \u2014 has been charged with terrorism, admitting he carried out a bomb-and-shooting rampage that stunned Norway on July 22.<\/p>\n

That gives this terrorist something else in common with GW Bush. Don\u2019t forget that The Republican Tea Party was trying to spread their racist dogma to Europe through their financial support for and association with Breivik.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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