{"id":793,"date":"2010-03-08T03:23:20","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T11:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=793"},"modified":"2010-03-08T03:23:20","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T11:23:20","slug":"open-thread-382010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/08\/open-thread-382010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 3\/8\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I spent the bulk of the day working on the website for my volunteer group.  I did keep up on comments and even started to visit other blogs, but I made the error of closing my eyes to take a small cat nap.  That was it for the day.  I\u2019ll try to get some visiting in today.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

It took me 3:32, but the subject matter gives me an unfair advantage.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

In spite of a spate of sectarian violence, the people of Iraq voted<\/a> yesterday in their parliamentary elections.  Results will not be available for several days.  I wonder if Diebold ink company managed to deploy invisible ink.<\/font><\/p>\n

From an article in the <\/font>Huffington Post<\/font><\/a>, \u201cWhen the most radical person on the scene is Paul Volcker, it tells you just how politics have moved to the right.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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See Cartoons by Cartoon by Jeff Parker<\/a> – Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com<\/a> – Email this Cartoon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

OGIM!! \ud83d\ude25<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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