{"id":8190,"date":"2012-06-29T10:36:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T17:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8190"},"modified":"2012-06-30T09:25:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T16:25:35","slug":"open-thread6282012-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/29\/open-thread6282012-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/29\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m writing articles now, and I’m not sure how the day will go down.  At some point, I need to go out to run errands, but I’m not sure when yet.  I’m current with replies.  Tomorrow appears routine.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:50 (average 5:48).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>What Would Happen If Male Nurses Were Paid $848 Less Per Week?<\/p>\n

\"29EmilysList_Wage\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A lot more than what's happening now, due to the Republican War on Women!<\/font><\/p>\n

From ABC<\/a>:  <\/font>Peter Madoff, the younger brother of Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff, was arrested at his lawyer's Manhattan office today.<\/p>\n

Madoff was taken to the FBI's Manhattan offices to have a DNA sample taken, be photographed and fingerprinted.<\/p>\n

Madoff, 66, is expected to plead guilty later today to securities fraud for his role in the scheme for which his brother is already serving 150 years in jail.<\/p>\n

Another vulture capitalist bites the dust.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Columbus Dispatch<\/a>: <\/font>President Barack Obama was standing outside the Oval Office when he saw the news on television just after 10 a.m. Two networks, CNN and Fox News, were reporting the Supreme Court had struck down the centerpiece of his landmark health-care law.<\/p>\n

They assumed that what they wanted to happen had happened.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"29Cartoon\"<\/p>\n

I liked Ike!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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