{"id":16329,"date":"2015-10-03T09:50:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T16:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=16329"},"modified":"2015-10-03T09:50:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-03T16:50:22","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-03102015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/03\/squatchs-open-thread-03102015\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch’s Open Thread 03\/10\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a busy day!  I did two hours of physiotherapy followed by 3 hours of teaching ESL.  Once I arrived home, it was straight to the computer to get the 02\/10\/15 articles posted to Care2 and links distributed. I took advantage of one of Lona's cat naps . . . soooooooo relaxing! and then had a late dinner.  As a result, this is today's only article.  Tomorrow won't be so busy outside the house, but I need to do laundry before I start scaring the neighbourhood!<\/span><\/p>\n

Puzzle<\/strong> — Today’s took me 2:31 (average 4:24). To do it, <\/span>click here<\/span><\/a>. How did you do? For those that don't know, we always do the 48 piece classic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Upworthy<\/span><\/a><\/strong> — Female genital mutilation, also known as FGM or FGC (female genital cutting), is performed in several African countries and parts of the Middle East, and less frequently in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, and Pakistan. It also occurs in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Europe — despite being illegal in many places.<\/p>\n

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FGM is barbaric, inhuman and a violation of human rights and dignity. Please sign this petition to <\/span>end FGM<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the rest of the article and see how five young men react to this proceedure<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Rachel Maddow — h\/t Jim Phillips<\/strong><\/span> — A look at Kevin McCarthy, poised to be the new Speaker of the House when Congressional Republicans vote next week.<\/span><\/p>\n