{"id":11612,"date":"2013-11-08T00:22:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T08:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11612"},"modified":"2013-11-08T00:22:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T08:22:18","slug":"open-thread1182013-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/08\/open-thread1182013-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–11\/8\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and am sufficiently ill that I had to cancel my interview this morning with Trimet\u2019s Disability Specialist for lift bus access when going to my distant doctor.  This will be tomorrow’s only article, and I doubt I shall be able to reply to comments.  I feel as pictured in today\u2019s cartoon.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:38 (average 5:13).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>I Couldn’t Be More Impressed By A Group Of Students Cutting Class<\/strong><\/p>\n

If your express goal was to totally destroy public education and cheat hundreds of thousands of kids out of a decent future, I think your plan would look a lot like this one. So take note, evil overloads around America!<\/p>\n

The whole "money" thing gets put into brilliant perspective at 1:45, but then the incredible stories and disturbing figures just keep coming. Starting at 6:00, you’ll see that at least somebody cares about this issue … but can you guess who’s fighting the hardest for students’ futures? <\/p>\n