{"id":15182,"date":"2015-05-05T11:05:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T18:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15182"},"modified":"2015-05-05T11:05:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T18:05:03","slug":"open-thread552015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/05\/open-thread552015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/5\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m waiting for Store to Door to call me for my grocery order, and it\u2019s a very busy week.  Tomorrow is grocery delivery day and Thursday afternoon I go for the MRI on my shoulder.  Getting home, even on the Lift bus, just got a whole lot more difficult.  I just learned that Barack Obama will be attending a fund raising event just seven blocks from my home that afternoon, and the streets will be clogged with spectators and the demonstrators protesting the TPP.  It could take me hours to get home.  Now I\u2019m all for Obama fundraising in Portland, and I\u2019m all for protesting the TPP, but does it have to be THAT day?  ARGH! <\/strong>\ud83d\ude41<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:36 (average 5:51).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font> <\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>The most racist areas in the United States<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

\"0505Racict\"<\/p>\n

Some of the spots are surprising.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>See how a group of Swedish police officers responded when a fight broke out on the New York subway.<\/strong><\/p>\n