Open Thread–8/11/2011

Yesterday I slept most of the day, after being up all night with Wisconsin.  I contacted the people at SendLove.to and notified them about the conflict their plugin had with the nesting indentation structure of our comments.  They had been unaware of it, but they had the problem fixed by the end of the day.  I’m impressed.  Have you tried it and what do you think?  I’m current on replies.  Today I have chores and expect heat to beat.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today it took me 3:45 (average 5:38).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From Seattle Times: The Republican senators Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., named to the panel are Jon Kyl, of Arizona, Pat Toomey, of Pennsylvania, and Rob Portman, of Ohio. Toomey and Portman are serving their first terms in the Senate.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, chose three experienced legislators for the panel: Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling, of Texas; Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, of Michigan; and Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton, of Michigan.

Reid said Tuesday that Sens. John Kerry, of Massachusetts, Max Baucus, of Montana, and Patty Murray, of Washington state, were his super-committee choices.

All six Republicans worship at the altar of Saint Grover.

From AP/Google: Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann says she’s not a politician but a real person.

Does this remind you of “I am not a witch?”

From NY Times: Is the Obama White House planning an October surprise for next year to give the president’s re-election campaign a boost?

That’s the suspicion of Representative Peter T. King, the New York Republican who is chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. Mr. King has asked the inspectors general of the Defense Department and the Central Intelligence Agency to investigate the administration’s cooperation with filmmakers planning a movie based on the Navy Seal raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Scheduled release date: Oct. 12, 2012 –- weeks before the Nov. 6 presidential election.

They took a different approach when they went to court to televise an anti-Democrat movie on right before an election.  In fact that was the only issue Citizens United was supposed to decide, before SCROTUS ran away with it.

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