{"id":10676,"date":"2013-07-22T00:59:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T07:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10676"},"modified":"2013-07-22T00:59:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T07:59:48","slug":"open-thread7222013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/22\/open-thread7222013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–7\/22\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing for day 38, I\u2019m happy to say that the weatherman screwed up yesterday, and it did not reach 90\u00b0 inside until late in the day.  It\u2019s now a frosty 82\u00b0 at my desk.  I\u2019m waiting for the outcome of conflicting weather reports that are 14\u00b0 apart and praying low.  I actually feel almost alive!<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:42 (average 5:06).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Chicago, like Philadelphia<\/a>, is pairing school closings affecting mostly poor and non-white kids with massive layoffs in the schools<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Citing a $1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Public Schools will lay off more than 2,000 employees, more than 1,000 of them teachers, the district said Thursday night. <\/p>\n

About half of the 1,036 teachers being let go are tenured. The latest layoffs, which also include 1,077 school staff members, are in addition to 855 employees \u2014 including 420 teachers \u2014 who were laid off last month as a result of the district’s decision to close 49 elementary schools and a high school program.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While Mayor Rahm Emanuel insists there’s no money for the schools, he’s planning to use $55 million in taxpayer funds for a new basketball arena for DePaul University (a private Catholic university) and a new hotel.<\/p>\n

With DINOs like Rahmbo, who needs Republicans for InsaniTEA?<\/font><\/p>\n

From MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>Ed Schultz and Bernie Sanders weigh in on Detroit.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

Since Detroit fell under the Republican Reich the people’s suffering has skyrocketed, while the 1% have rolled in gravy. Bernie is absolutely right that 1% greed is the reason behind the lack of help for Detroit and the jobs programs America so desperately needs. If what you see in Detroit is what you want for your community, vote for Republicans. Otherwise\u2026. Every Republican in office is one Republican too many!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

From McClatchy DC<\/a>: <\/font>Mississippi\u2019s attempt to become the first state to build a high-tech, potentially life-saving broadband network that can beam videos and data to police, firefighters and medical teams during emergencies has come to a halt, stalled by bureaucratic and financial hurdles. <\/p>\n

With little notice, the state\u2019s Wireless Communications Commission voted last week to freeze construction on the $56 million project, already nearly 80 percent complete, because of an impasse with the federal government and a state budget shortfall.<\/p>\n

Police chiefs across the state are beginning to mobilize a grassroots campaign to lobby legislators to try to save it, and firefighters are likely to join. <\/p>\n

If the network had been designed to serve the 1% only, it would have been completed long ago.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"22Cartoon\"<\/p>\n

Now where can we get a pipe for Republicans?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Writing for day 38, I\u2019m happy to say that the weatherman screwed up yesterday, and it did not reach 90\u00b0 inside until late in the day.  It\u2019s now a frosty 82\u00b0 at my desk.  I\u2019m waiting for the outcome of conflicting weather reports that are 14\u00b0 apart and praying low.  I actually feel almost alive! […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}