{"id":17429,"date":"2015-11-18T01:47:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T09:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17429"},"modified":"2015-11-18T01:47:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T09:47:57","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-18112015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/squatchs-open-thread-18112015\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch’s Open Thread 18\/11\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thoroughly enjoyed a cup of tea and reading my book after my hair cut. The rain had stopped so it was at least dryer, but the wind . . . there were trees down everywhere and power was out to some 110,000 homes here during a very powerful wind storm.. Fortunately I was not affected so you get this Open Thread.  There were some 384 outages in Metro Vancouver alone.  Those affected will be without power for 24 – 36 hours.  I think the McDonald's drive through will be busy tomorrow for breakfast!<\/span><\/p>\n

Puzzle — <\/strong>Today’s took me 3:24 (average 6:05). To do it, <\/span>click here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. How did you do? <\/span><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Huffington Post<\/span><\/a> <\/strong>— Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) ended his presidential campaign on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

"I've come to the realization that this is not my time, so I've come here to announce that I am suspending my campaign for president of the United States," he told Fox News' Bret Baier.<\/p>\n

Jindal, who entered the presidential race<\/a> in June, has remained near the back of the Republican pack since then. In recent months, his persistently low polling numbers relegated him to the smaller televised events that preceded each of the main GOP debates.<\/p>\n

This is the interview with Bret Baier of Faux:<\/span><\/p>\n