{"id":11640,"date":"2013-11-14T00:03:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T08:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11640"},"modified":"2013-11-14T00:03:31","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T08:03:31","slug":"open-thread11142013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/14\/open-thread11142013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–11\/14\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m running way late today, because my interview wiped me out.  Actually it wasn\u2019t the interview, but the 1 1\/4 mile walk home from it.  It\u2019s one of those weird downtown transit situations where the trip there is almost door to door direct, but the trip back would take two busses, save only 1\/4 mile walking, and take twice as long.  Mostly it was a ton of paperwork, and it looks like it won\u2019t be long now.  I need to catch sleep Thursday to get up early Friday, so a computer tech in Sweden can crawl around inside my computer to find out why Ad-aware 11 Pro did not install quite right.  Fantasy football players, make sure your lineups are set for Thursday night\u2019s game.  I\u2019m still improving slowly.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:49 (average 4:24).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Update: The original blogger has pulled Hir post out of concern for legal issues.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Apparently the University of Nebraska Medical Center<\/a><\/font> only provides care to straight white Cis Republicans.<\/font><\/p>\n

Because sie* [transgender personal pronoun<\/em>] told them sie was gender queer a transplant patient with a live kidney donor was denied care.<\/font><\/p>\n

Up to that time Mika had yet to discuss sie’s trans status probably thinking it inconsequential. But after Mika revealed sie’s trans status the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s staff became more difficult. <\/font><\/p>\n

Mika wrote on sie’s blog<\/font><\/p>\n

"However, this is when I told them that I identify as Mika and prefer female pronouns. Everything seemed to be okay, except for a little confusion. Until they asked me what I do in my free time and I told them that I volunteer with non-profits to work towards equality for the LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual) community and I volunteer on political campaigns and plan to help out on the Obama campaign. That is when the Transplant Coordinator Nurse told me that they are Republicans.<\/a><\/font> Everything changed."<\/font><\/p>\n

That’s when the staff began having trouble addressing Mika with the proper pronouns.<\/font><\/p>\n

and despite having a live donor waiting Mika was told Sie and the donor would have to submit to extended psychoanalysis before the transplant.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n

How very Republican it is to blatantly put the life of a human being at risk by denying hir care because of their own hatred of LGBT people.<\/font><\/p>\n

From MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>Chris Hayes covered Elizabeth Warren’s populism.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

I have little to add, except that I number myself in the Warren, Brown, Merkley, Grayson, Sanders (sort of) Democrats.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Eighty-one percent of research universities say budget sequestration cuts are directly hampering their scientific research activities, according to a new survey<\/a> released Monday\u2026<\/p>\n

…Specifically, the study found that 70 percent of the surveyed institutions had delayed research projects and were dealing with fewer federal grants for new research. Twenty-eight percent reported an inability to purchase research equipment and instrumentation, 19 percent had cancelled field and experimental work, and 38 percent had delayed it.<\/p>\n

This is the legacy of the Republican Sequester: less research means less well educated students, fewer discoveries, and fewer jobs exploiting them.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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