Open Thread – 10/28/2010

Yesterday I was tied up all day doing volunteer work and had no time to reply to comments.  Today will be another busy one, because I’ll be spending all afternoon and evening doing volunteer work at Oregon State Penitentiary.  I may have time for comments before I leave.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today it took me 3:43 (average 4:50).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From NY Times: A Chinese scientific research center has built the fastest supercomputer ever made, replacing the United States as maker of the swiftest machine, and giving China bragging rights as a technology superpower.

Jobs aren’t the only thing Republicans have outsourced.

From Forbes: The Alaska Supreme Court late Wednesday blocked a lower court’s order and ruled that voters at polling places may see a list of write-in candidates.

That changes everything in Alaska.  Now Murkowski will probably hold the seat.

From TPM: I’d thought Richard Iott had been put out to pasture after news broke that his main hobby was Nazi reenacting. After that Rep. Eric Cantor (R) denounced him. And then everything pretty much went down hill from there when he started saying that he didn’t think we were in a position to judge the SS soldiers who did all the cool stuff on the Eastern Front.

But apparently Iott is out of the dog House. And back in John Boehner’s House.

This Saturday John Boehner is going to appear at a special pre-election rally .

I call this goose-stepping in orange.

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