{"id":16678,"date":"2015-10-31T02:28:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T09:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=16678"},"modified":"2015-10-31T02:28:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T09:28:48","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-31102015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/31\/squatchs-open-thread-31102015\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch\u2019s Open Thread 31\/10\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today has been very busy.  I still have my cold but I am feeling much better than earlier in the week.  Now to get rid of the cough.  My babes run off when I cough too much!  To be sure though, I am availing myself of Lona's cat naps.  I hope I don't deplete her supply too much.  Please keep TC in your prayers and thoughts as he heads back into surgery on Monday.  For those who will out Trick or Treating, please be careful.  For those partying, I hope the Great Pumpkin doesn't catch up to you.  At least you get an extra hour of sleep tonight!<\/span><\/p>\n

Puzzle — <\/strong>Today’s took me 3:11 (average 6:08). To do it, <\/span>click here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. How did you do? For those that don't know, we always do the 48 piece classic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Politico<\/strong><\/span><\/a> — <\/span>Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid tore into Sen. Marco Rubio on Thursday, calling on the Florida Republican and 2016 presidential contender to resign his Senate seat as he racks up no-shows on his voting record while campaigning for the White House.<\/p>\n

Rubio seems to be drawing fire for his performance as a senator from various sources, not least of which is <\/span>Jeb Bush<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.  The <\/span>Sun-Sentinel<\/span><\/a><\/strong> <\/strong>has called for his resignation too.<\/span>
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Think Progress<\/strong><\/span><\/a> — Sen. Ted Cruz, candidate for the highest office in the land, thinks that climate change — a phenomenon widely accepted by the scientists who study it — is a religious belief.<\/p>\n

“Climate change is not science. It’s religion,” Cruz told Glenn Beck<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

To back up his claim, Cruz pointed to the way we talk about climate change.<\/p>\n