Yesterday I caught up on blogging, and made several personal appointments. I have a full slate of articles today, and am current with replies. Tomorrow appears routine.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Todays took me 3:46 (average 4:23). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From MoveOn: Here’s How Weird Our Obsession With Rich People Is
I don’t have tell you where on that chart to find Rmoney!
From NY Times: Mr. McCotter, a Republican and former presidential candidate (albeit never a realistic contender), was running for re-election in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District, which he has represented since 2003. That changed on Saturday when, dogged by a criminal investigation into petition signatures collected by his campaign, he announced that he would give up his bid.
Mr. McCotter’s abrupt decision took local and national Republicans by surprise, and has left them without an obvious candidate in a Congressional district that would otherwise have been a Republican stronghold.
Although Michigan demands only 1,000 signatures of its would-be Congressional candidates, Mr. McCotter’s campaign submitted 1,830 — of which 1,563 were found to be fraudulent. In some cases, entire pages had been duplicated. A spokesman for the Michigan Department of State said longtime Michigan elections officials were calling the level of fraud “unheard-of,” particularly among incumbent candidates for federal office. [emphasis added]
Talk about a false sense of entitlement! This is great! We need another House seat from Snyderstan!
From MSNBC: More on the Fartfuhrer’s criminal issues
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Putting him in a cell with Blago would be hell for both! Bogus robo-calls are a standard Republican tactic. Having signed the recall petition, does NOT count as a vote!
Cartoon:
7 Responses to “Open Thread–6/5/2012”
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3:30 not quite 1 minute under. Patty, you have an opening.
3:44
You got it Jerry. I barely beat Tom today.
Last as usual.
MoveOn — Excellent! Rmoney the hoarder!
Electoral Fraud — In the 3rd piece today, Republican ‘Expert’ Embarrassed On Voter Fraud, I replied that there have been recent cases of Republican voter and electoral fraud — this is the second case. The republican/Teabaggers need look no further than their own ranks.
Fartfuhrer Walker — He may have won the recall election, but he will go down and be forced to wear prison orange when the investigation into his criminal activities is concluded.
Cartoon — Great memory for RFK! I can still see some of the images in my mind of that day and subsequent days — the confusion in that back hall of the hotel, the images of Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin. That year MLK Jr in April, Bobby Kennedy in June. It felt like the world was coming to an end.
He hoards BS too!
Exactly.
May it be!
It was a terrible time.
Rmoney the Hoarder ~ Isn’t there some sort of reality show on tv that has to do with hoarders and getting help for them? Maybe our beloved billionaires should be forced into an intervention.
It seems the only voter fraud being committed is being done by the RepublicanTs. Well, well, well.
Since the recall on Walker didn’t work for whatever reason, maybe he will be indicted later this week for his criminal activities. We can hope.
Too many good men have been assassinated.
I have no idea!
W@hat else would you expect?
PLEASE!
Amen!