{"id":17962,"date":"2015-12-04T02:52:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T10:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17962"},"modified":"2015-12-04T03:21:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T11:21:11","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-04122015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/squatchs-open-thread-04122015\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch’s Open Thread 04\/12\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another day, another dollar they say.  TGIF!!!  I have another teaching session and I may have another student, this time a paying student.  I went into my local Persian market and greeted the clerk in Persian (Farsi).  That started a short conversation.  One thing lead to another.  It may not pan out, but I guess my English accent isn't too bad for the few words and phrases I know.<\/span><\/p>\n

Puzzle<\/strong> — Today’s took me 3:40 (average 6:02). To do it, <\/span>click here<\/span><\/a><\/strong>. How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

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

CBC<\/strong><\/span><\/a> — Geoff Regan has been elected House of Commons Speaker at the opening of a new Parliament following the general election on Oct. 19 that saw the Liberals win a majority government.<\/p>\n

Members of Parliament each cast a secret ballot on Thursday ranking the candidates by order of preference in their first act of the new Parliament.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n