{"id":27162,"date":"2017-04-14T13:01:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=27162"},"modified":"2017-04-14T13:01:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:01:08","slug":"open-thread-4142017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/14\/open-thread-4142017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread 4\/14\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is the best I’ve felt in weeks, and I napped this morning, so I’m publishing and sharing links, expending the minimum effort to do so.  I doubt that I can tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today;’s took me 3:06 (average 4:33).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The Oregonian<\/a>: <\/font>Portland and Multnomah County’s top elected leaders committed Monday to transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy sources by 2050.<\/p>\n

Mayor Ted Wheeler and County Chair Deborah Kafoury made the announcement at the June Key Delta Community Center in North Portland, a one-time gas station that’s been converted into a green building.<\/p>\n

Wheeler, just a few months into his mayoral term, says he has no illusions the energy goal will come easily. "They will be difficult to achieve," he said of the push to meet all electricity needs from renewable sources by 2035, and to transition away from all remaining dirty energy sources, primarily fossil fuels in the transportation sector, by 2050.<\/p>\n

"We’re actually going to have to make deliberate steps, and deliberate investments, and deliberate policy changes in order for this to become a reality," he said, "and I’m committed to that."<\/p>\n

Good news is just so very rare. Oregon leads the way. RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (MoveOn Channel<\/a>): <\/font>ELIZABETH WARREN: The Cover-Up In Trump\u2019s Taxes<\/p>\n