{"id":20668,"date":"2016-03-18T10:27:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T17:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=20668"},"modified":"2016-03-18T10:27:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T17:27:32","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-18032016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/18\/squatchs-open-thread-18032016\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch’s Open Thread 18\/03\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well I have been absent from posting for much of this week.  It has been busy.  I have started teaching English to another student which has gone very well.  She is at a grade 11 level, so our session was much different than the one I have with Lucia.  Her daughter is in French immersion so I am also spending some time with her, reading both French and English.  Good review of French for me too as I don't use it often enough.  My right foot is coming along but I still need some physio.  Fortunately it rarely hurts when I walk.  And my big news this week, I bought a laptop computer so that I can still work when I am forced to keep my legs up.  Also, I am almost finished a programme in pastoral care which really is much like the hospice training I took 17 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Robert Reich<\/strong><\/span><\/a> — The Constitution of the United States is clear: Article II Section 2 says the President “shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint … judges to the Supreme Court.”  …<\/p>\n