Open Thread–3/21/2011

Yesterday I was exhausted.  After getting the blog up late, I took a nap.  Today will be a rest day, because the rest of the week will be even busier than last week.  I am up to date on comments.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today it took me 4:31 (5:37 average).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From NY Times: Rebel forces, battered and routed by loyalist fighters just the day before, began to regroup in the east as allied warplanes destroyed dozens of government armored vehicles near the rebel capital, Benghazi, leaving a field of burned wreckage along the coastal road to the city. By nightfall, the rebels had pressed almost 40 miles back west toward the strategic crossroads city of Ajdabiya, witnesses and rebel forces said.

I feel pleased to see that the effects of our actions are positive.

From Alternet: This week, Teddy Borawski, the chief oil and gas geologist for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and a member of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s administration, serving in an official capacity, and on the record, compared my [Josh Fox] Sundance award-winning and Oscar-nominated documentary film GASLAND to Nazi propaganda stating "Goebbels would be proud." The slander was the latest in a series of smears and misinformation about the film and character attacks on me [Josh Fox].

Few things frighten Republicans more that a well informed activist with a well documented movie.

From Portland Examiner: Saturday hundreds gathered in Oregon at Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse square to rally for peace on the 8 year anniversary of America’s invasion of Iraq. Oregonians rallied in the city square in solidarity and protest of America’s foreign adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan.

While considering whether or not to go to this, I fell asleep.  The spirit was willing, but the flesh was pooped.

Cartoon:

OGIM!