{"id":18001,"date":"2015-12-18T23:40:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T07:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=18001"},"modified":"2015-12-18T23:40:18","modified_gmt":"2015-12-19T07:40:18","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-18122015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/18\/squatchs-open-thread-18122015\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch\u2019s Open Thread 18\/12\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well it rained today but not as hard as it has been raining.  We are promised a snow\/rain mix on Monday and very probable snow for Christmas day.  We'll see!  I was able to get to the doctor's today and thankfully I do not have pneumonia, but I do have a respiratory infection so it is anti biotics for 5 days.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Puzzle<\/strong> — Today’s took me 2:57 (average 5:08). To do it, <\/span>click here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Alternet<\/span><\/a><\/strong> <\/strong>— <\/strong><\/span>But as it turns out, the music-less music television station is working to educate their audience on the racist origins of some commonly used phrases.<\/p>\n