{"id":19269,"date":"2016-01-21T02:10:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T10:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=19269"},"modified":"2016-01-21T02:10:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T10:10:32","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-20012016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/21\/squatchs-open-thread-20012016\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch’s Open Thread 20\/01\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another day, another dollar so to speak . . . or in my case, another 69.86 cents!  Physio went well but having not slept well last night, I napped this afternoon.  Tomorrow's outing is lunch with some lady friends.  Then suddenly it is Friday again!  Where does the time go?<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Huffington Post<\/strong><\/span><\/a> — One Toronto all-girls school is hoping to educate the community on what gender transition entails.<\/p>\n

\"Branksome<\/p>\n

Branksome Hall, a private school for girls near the city's downtown core, released their annual winter alumnae magazine The Read featuring two transgender men on the cover, former students Andy Sprung and Reed Wanless. Inside, they detail their unique gender transition stories.<\/p>\n

Branksome is pioneering long overdue discussions about the LGBT community in an effort to be inclusive and understanding.  Click through the school's paper, <\/span>The Read<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, for articles about Andy Sprung and Reed Wanless on pages 12-17.<\/span><\/p>\n

Politico<\/strong><\/span><\/a> — BARF BAG ALERT!<\/strong><\/span> <\/strong>— Sarah Palin addressed the “elephant in the room” at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally for Donald Trump on Wednesday, linking her son Track’s recent arrest on domestic violence charges to President Barack Obama’s neglect of veterans.<\/p>\n

“I can talk personally about this. I guess it’s kind of the elephant in the room — because my own family, going through what we’re going through today with my son, a combat vet having served in a Stryker brigade fighting for you all, America, in the war zone. But my son, like so many others, they come back a bit different. They come back hardened,” Palin said.<\/p>\n

More unintelligible drivel from Bull's Eye Barbie.  She tries to lay her son's problems at the feet of Obama when she should be going after Baby Bush and his cadret that started the war in Iraq in the first place, and the Republican dominated Congress who consistently ignored veterans.  Nobody can accuse Palin of telling the truth.<\/font><\/p>\n

Politicususa<\/strong><\/span><\/a> — Senate Democrats challenged Republicans to vote on Donald Trump’s plan to ban all Muslims from the United States. Republicans refused, so Democrats blocked a GOP bill that would have killed the Syrian refugee program.<\/p>\n