{"id":14118,"date":"2014-11-14T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14118"},"modified":"2014-11-14T00:00:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T08:00:33","slug":"open-thread11142014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/14\/open-thread11142014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–11\/14\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 9, and it\u2019s cold enough to freeze the tea bags off a brass idiot.  Our weather is rapidly spreading into the rest of the country, and I hate to say it, but you folks are in for some misery.  On stories that I\u2019m not covering today, congrats to Obama on his climate deal with China.  Note the hypocrisy of Republicans, who say the deal isn\u2019t good enough to solve the problem, while denying that the problem exists.  Also Kudos to the little space ship that could.  My COPD is still a mess, but I\u2019m more ready for it.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2:51 (average 4:25).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Increasingly teachers are speaking out against school reforms that they believe are demeaning their profession, and some are simply quitting because they have had enough.<\/p>\n

Here is one resignation letter from a veteran teacher, Gerald J. Conti, a social studies teacher at Westhill High School in Syracuse, N.Y.<\/p>\n

Chick through, Because we are careening into national stupidity at an exponentially increasing speed, we need to attend to what this teacher has to say.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>On Nov. 5, 2014, police in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, arrested a 90-year-old man for feeding the homeless. Needless to say, Russell Brand’s anger is totally called for.<\/p>\n