{"id":835,"date":"2010-03-12T01:58:24","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T09:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=835"},"modified":"2010-03-12T01:58:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T09:58:24","slug":"open-thread-3122009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/12\/open-thread-3122009\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &ndash; 3\/12\/2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I was tired and sore when I returned home from pulmonary boot camp, so I lay down and was out most of the afternoon, but I did catch up on comments.&#160; I\u2019ll get some visiting in today.&#160; Today is grocery day, and I have a month\u2019s supply coming from Safeway.com.&#160; Grocery delivery is great, but I still have to put them all away.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:03.&#160; To do it, .&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I wish Harry Reid\u2019s wife and daughter a speedy recovery.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">In what may be the shortest ad campaign in history, Turbo Tax responded to feedback and <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/03\/11\/turbotax-beck\/\" target=\"_blank\">cancelled their advertising<\/a> on Glen Beck\u2019s show after only two days.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon <a href=\"U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon cemented her earlier decision in December and made the injunction against government intervention permanent, asking all federal agencies to spread the word that money to ACORN be allowed without delay\" target=\"_blank\">affirmed her December ruling<\/a> and made the injunction against government intervention permanent, asking all federal agencies to spread the word that money to ACORN be allowed without delay.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The House leadership <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/storyonly\/2010\/3\/11\/845299\/-Dems-will-Move-Ahead-on-HCR-without-Stupak\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that they will proceed to reconciliation without giving in to Bart \u2018Coat Hanger\u2019 Stupak.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">While the GOP is demanding an investigation into Massa, it turns out that their new star Senator, Scott Brown, <a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/5489364\/the-scandalous-scott-brown-lawsuit-that-no-one-told-you-about\" target=\"_blank\">was accused of harassing a female campaign worker<\/a> in 1998.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The boys from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstateupdate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red State Update<\/a> want Al Gore to give back his Nobel Prize.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/L-5HGqGJVxI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/L-5HGqGJVxI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><\/embed><\/object><\/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 Bob Englehart\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/politicalcartoons\/PCcartoons\/PCbest2.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 550px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cartoon by Bob Englehart\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/working\/100308\/englehart.jpg\" \/><\/a>     <br \/><a title=\"See Cartoons by Cartoon by Bob Englehart\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/politicalcartoons\/pccartoons\/archives\/englehart.asp\" target=\"_blank\">See Cartoons by Cartoon by Bob Englehart<\/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\/100308\/englehart.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Email this Cartoon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">TGIF!! 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