{"id":10830,"date":"2010-08-11T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=10830"},"modified":"2010-08-11T11:42:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T18:42:00","slug":"open-thread-500-million-dollars-lying-on-the-sidewalk-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=10830","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread: $500 Million Dollars Lying On The Sidewalk Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Post what you want, when you want, with whom you want. Self-linking makes me clap my heels and dance the night away.<\/p>\n

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This camera commercial is just neat as a piece of animation, although I found the story odd — I found myself wondering if the dude had gotten divorced or something, just because his wife stopped showing up at all. They also made a sequel <\/a>with billboard-sized photos.<\/p>\n

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  1. Christopher Hitchens<\/a> writes beautifully about his cancer.<\/li>\n
  2. Interviews with Christian boys about <\/a>how girls should dress to be “modest”:
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    Immodesty, then, is not simply about being vigilant about your clothing (don\u2019t wear a purse that falls diagonally across your body, don\u2019t show your arms or your thighs), it\u2019s a constant vigilance about how you display your body (don\u2019t stretch, bend, or bounce). \u201cClothing plays a part in modesty, but it is only a part,\u201d an 18 year old male explains, \u201cAny item of clothing can be immodest\u201d (his emphasis).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n

  3. The history of zippers<\/a> is surprisingly entertaining reading. (Via<\/a>.)<\/li>\n
  4. A graduate student in Medieval Studies at Yale discusses the actual history behind the word Cordova<\/a>. What a shock: It doesn’t mean anything offensive at all. Who knew that people who uncritically parrot stuff they heard on Fox News could be mistaken?<\/li>\n
  5. THE GREATEST ACTION-ADVENTURE TV SHOW INTROS OF ALL TIME!<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Look at GOP leader Boehner squirm<\/a> when directly asked about how the GOP’s tax cuts will grow the deficit. A stunning entry in the annals of weaseldom.<\/li>\n
  7. Glenn Greenwald takes apart<\/a> Ross Douthat’s defense of marriage inequality.<\/li>\n
  8. Dispatch from Arizona: Life Without Sanctuary<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. The average term of Supreme Court Justices has gotten much longer, not mainly because people are living longer, but because the job has gotten so much better<\/a> that almost no one quits anymore.<\/li>\n
  10. We could save over $500 million a year by no longer printing dollar bills<\/a>, and using dollar coins instead. But our political process is so broken that it’s hard to imagine Congress being willing to pick up a free $500 million dollars that’s just lying on the sidewalk.<\/li>\n
  11. Undocumented immigrants aren’t “jumping the line,” because there is no line to jump<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  12. \u201cIllegals\u201d are Helping to Save Social Security \u2014 for Other Americans :: racismreview.com<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. When unemployment rises, xenophobia and nativism rises, too.<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. Ear Pull Championship<\/a> (with photos!)<\/li>\n
  15. Today’s Degrassi episode will feature transgender character<\/a><\/li>\n
  16. “Crisis Pregnancy Center” employee suggests that women go through with childbirth in hopes that it’ll reform her abusive boyfriend<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  17. This cartoon about a newspaper delivery boy<\/a> made me laugh.<\/li>\n
  18. “Sometimes I think it\u2019s too late<\/a> for my daughter to develop a healthy sense of her own sexuality, when at 10 she\u2019s already getting clear messages about her function as a object for the male gaze.”<\/li>\n
  19. XKCD on Period Speech<\/a><\/li>\n
  20. Another reason Senate Democrats are (and always will be?) losers<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  21. The NAACP Was Right, Cont.<\/a><\/li>\n
  22. Obama Launches New Program to Help Corporations “Take Advantage of Low Labor Costs” Abroad<\/a><\/li>\n
  23. States are broke not because of poor planning<\/a>, but because of a historically bad recession.<\/li>\n
  24. Indian Women Increasingly Taking Self Defense Classes to Fight Back (Literally) Against Eve Teasing<\/a><\/li>\n
  25. Unemployment marches on, and if watching this video isn’t terrifying to you then I think there’s something wrong with you (via<\/a>):<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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