Open Thread – 8/13/2010

Yesterday I had some volunteer work to get done, and that took up a lot of the day, but I did manage to catch up replying to three days of comments.  I do have errands to run  today, but hope to start catching up on visits too.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today it took me 3:54.  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Fantasy Football:

Lefty Bloggers Plus is now full with ten teams.  I have only changed two rules from the standard.  First. I eliminated the horrid ‘can’t trade’ rule that assigns certain players as key players and makes it impossible to drop or trade them.  If your best QB or RB is out for the year with an injury, there’s no reason not to be able to replace him.  Second, I changed it so that 8 teams, not the standard six, make the playoffs.  There’s no sense in having two teams with a bye week when more of us can enjoy playing.  Don’t forget the draft is tomorrow at 9 AM Pacific Time (Noon Eastern Time).

Short Takes:

From Chicago Tribune: Jurors signaled that despite 12 days of deliberations, they had agreed on just two of the 24 counts faced by Blagojevich — without hinting at which ones or how they voted.

I’m shocked.  I’d love to be done with this.

From McClatchy DC: U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker Thursday declined to continue a stay on his finding that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, paving the way for same-sex marriages to resume after Aug. 18 unless the measure’s defenders quickly obtain a stay from a higher court.

Hopefully we will soon be congratulating our LGBT friends.

From Think Progress: Speaking at a rally sponsored by Glenn Beck’s 9/12 Project, GOP state house candidate in Florida, Marg Baker, endorsed building concentration camps for undocumented immigrants.

If Republicans actually get away with this, which I doubt, how long would it be before they come for the rest of us?

Cartoon: from Cagle.com

TGIF!!