{"id":826,"date":"2010-03-11T03:25:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T11:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=826"},"modified":"2010-03-11T03:25:45","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T11:25:45","slug":"open-thread-3112010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/11\/open-thread-3112010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &ndash; 3\/11\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I did catch up on comments and visited about half the blogroll.&#160; Today I have pulmonary boot camp, so I\u2019ll have to see what\u2019s up when I return.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:36.&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2010-03-11-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I said that Israel\u2019s approval of more illegal settlements in Palestinian territory was intended to kill the peace process.&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/mar\/11\/palestinian-peace-snub\" target=\"_blank\">It did<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">John \u201cC Street\u201d Ensign is in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/11\/us\/politics\/11inquire.html\" target=\"_blank\">more trouble<\/a>.&#160; Previously undisclosed emails have revealed even more attempts on his part to illegally procure lobbying work to pay off his lover\u2019s unhappy husband.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">ES&amp;S has been attempting to acquire Diebold and gain control of over 70% of out nations voting machines.&#160; DOJ announced they will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/11\/opinion\/11thu3.html\" target=\"_blank\">block parts of the deal<\/a> on antitrust grounds.&#160; This will make election theft more difficult for Republicans.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline\"><a title=\"Cartoon by David Fitzsimmons\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/politicalcartoons\/PCcartoons\/PCbest2.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 550px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cartoon by David Fitzsimmons\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/working\/100310\/fitzsimmons.jpg\" \/><\/a>     <br \/><a title=\"See Cartoons by Cartoon by David Fitzsimmons\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/politicalcartoons\/pccartoons\/archives\/fitzsimmons.asp\" target=\"_blank\">See Cartoons by Cartoon by David Fitzsimmons<\/a> &#8211; <a title=\"Politicalcartoons.com Cartoon\" href=\"http:\/\/politicalcartoons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com<\/a> &#8211; <a title=\"Cagle.com\" href=\"http:\/\/cagle.com\/caglecards\/main.asp?image=http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/working\/100310\/fitzsimmons.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Email this Cartoon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">How is your world?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I did catch up on comments and visited about half the blogroll.&#160; Today I have pulmonary boot camp, so I\u2019ll have to see what\u2019s up when I return. 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