Open Thread-6/4/2011

Yesterday, the heat drained me. It was only in the low 70° range, but the temperature in the enclosed area outside my windows reached 113°. It reached 94° inside. I felt very uncomfortable and could not sleep.  I’m current on replies.  Today should be 15° hotter. 🙁

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today it took me 3:40 (average 4:50).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From LA Times: "There is no question that I have done wrong," John Edwards said Friday in front of the North Carolina courtroom where he pleaded not guilty to six counts of violating federal campaign laws. "I take full responsibility for having done wrong."

Initially I supported him in 2008.  Such a disappointment!

From Boston Globe: In the first town hall of his freshly announced presidential campaign, Mitt Romney yesterday reaffirmed his view that global warming is occurring and that humans are contributing to it, a position that has been rejected in recent years by many Republicans as the issue has taken on a greater partisan tinge.

If he wins the nomination this could be a tough issue, because Obama’s environmental record is weak.

From Willamette Week: Two days after WW published a story exposing rifts between law enforcement and some medical-marijuana operations, U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton and many Oregon district attorneys have issued a stern warning to this booming local industry.

"The sale of marijuana for any purpose—including as medicine—violates both federal and Oregon law and will not be tolerated," says the warning from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. "People and businesses that conduct sales of marijuana face the risk of prosecution, civil enforcement action and seizure of assets."

I’d love to blame this on Bush, but Holton is an Obama appointee.  DOJ has far better things to do than to harass people using marijuana as prescribed by their doctors.

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