{"id":22385,"date":"2016-06-14T13:13:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T20:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=22385"},"modified":"2016-06-14T13:13:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T20:13:37","slug":"open-thread-6142016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/14\/open-thread-6142016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 6\/14\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I needed another Lona nap this morning, and I’m busy, so I’ll be brief.  Happy Flag Day!!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:30 (average 4:50).  To do it, click here<\/a>,  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Rowan Elijah Feldhaus submitted a name change petition which Columbia County Superior Court Judge J. David Roper rejected<\/a>. Rowan’s previous name had been Rebeccah Elizabeth Feldhaus.<\/p>\n

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The question presented is whether a female has the salutatory right to change her name to a traditionally and obviously male name. The court concludes that she does not have such right.<\/p>\n

–Judge Roper<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There’s an judge that Rump Dump would appoint to SCROTUS.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>A judge in Oregon has granted a petition allowing a person to legally choose neither sex and be classified as nonbinary: an important development for transgender Americans while civil rights and sexual identity are in the national spotlight, advocates and legal experts said.<\/p>\n

Though the petition was granted with little fanfare in a two-paragraph decision<\/a> on Friday, the experts said that, to their knowledge, the ruling was the first of its kind in the country.<\/p>\n

Kris Hayashi, executive director of the Transgender Law Center<\/a> in Oakland, Calif., described the decision in an email as a \u201chistoric step\u201d toward the government\u2019s recognizing \u201cnonbinary members of our community and ensuring they have access to identity documents that reflect who they are, just like everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The petitioner seeking the new designation, Jamie Shupe of Portland, Ore., is a retired United States Army sergeant born with male anatomy who had successfully battled the military to be given discharge papers that reflected the female sex.<\/p>\n

Jamie \u2014 who prefers to use only a first name and the pronouns \u201cthey\u201d and \u201ctheir,\u201d instead of singular pronouns<\/a> \u2014 underwent hormone treatments to transition to a woman. But ultimately, neither sex fit, Jamie said in an interview on Friday.<\/p>\n

Oregon leads the way! I wonder if this would work for trysexuals (those willing to try anything).<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>John Oliver Exposes the Retirement Scam: Even Wall Street’s Financial Advisers Agree They Shouldn’t Manage Your Money<\/p>\n