{"id":32041,"date":"2018-04-06T12:37:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T19:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32041"},"modified":"2018-04-06T12:37:37","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T19:37:37","slug":"open-thread-4-6-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/06\/open-thread-4-6-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 4\/6\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was such a grueling day that I still have not recovered from it.  I spent over two hours in the lift buses, and over three in an unpadded eye surgeon’s chair, while they tried to figure out just how misaligned my eyes are.  By the time we finished, my back and my butt were throbbing in pain.  The office was so worm that it caused phlegm to drain into my chest, and it was close to midnight before I choked it all up.  I feel like something I forgot to bury.  It looks like I’ll get the surgery in December.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:47 (average 4:54).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin, said on Wednesday that he was \u201cdismayed and alarmed\u201d that people in his state had somehow become smarter despite substantial cuts in education.<\/p>\n

\u201cEver since I took office, I have slashed education with the goal of making the voters of this state markedly dumber and incapable of critical thinking,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cInstead, what I am looking at is a doomsday scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walker said that his cuts were based on a theory known as \u201ctrickle-up stupidity,\u201d in which students in Wisconsin\u2019s schools would become less informed and their ignorance would eventually infect their voting-age parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly, what looked like a can\u2019t-miss plan on paper has not panned out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dang Andy! Hurrah to the voters, who will dump the Fartfuhrer of Fitzwalkerstan! RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Inequality Media Channel<\/a>): <\/font>What If Everyone Voted?<\/p>\n