{"id":13268,"date":"2011-05-16T10:47:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T17:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=13268"},"modified":"2011-05-16T10:47:01","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T17:47:01","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-harry-clarke-can-draw-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=13268","title":{"rendered":"Open thread and link farm: Harry Clarke can draw edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. Check out this gallery of stunning Poe illustrations by Harry Clarke<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Texas Cheerleader Who Was Assaulted Never Had A Chance<\/a>. The dark side of “Friday Night Lights.”<\/li>\n
  3. Intellectual Property is Murder<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. “Illinois State Representative Shane<\/a> Cultra (R-Onarga) thinks it would be a good idea to take away the standard $2000 state child tax deduction for children who have been classified as “obese.””<\/li>\n
  5. Despite hurdles to passage, Reid vows a vote on DREAM Act – TheHill.com<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. QUILTBAG is a replacement for “LGBT,” which includes Queer, Unisex, Intersex, Lesbian, Transexual, Bisexual, Asexual and Gay folk, and can actually be pronounced. I like it, in particular the “quilt” imagery, which suggests many things being combined.<\/li>\n
  7. The US Justice Department and the ACLU are jointly suing <\/a>a South Carolina prison that doesn’t allow prisoners any books other than the Bible.<\/li>\n
  8. Low bar to hurdle department<\/a>: “Mike Huckabee\u2019s decision not to run for president in 2012 may be the most consequential event of the Republican primary campaign so far.”<\/li>\n
  9. Peace Corps volunteers speak out against “gross mismanagement of sexual assault complaints”<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. IMF Chief <\/a> accused of sexual assault by multiple people.<\/li>\n
  11. Facing Surplus, Wisconsin Republicans Go After Firefighters and Police<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Our deficit was created by decisions made by the elites, not by popular demands<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. “Ron Paul, like <\/a>Rand Paul before him, opposes this measure not\u2014or not only\u2014out of some bias against black people but out of a deeply-held belief that the state should never solve any social problem no matter how severe the problem or how effective the solution.”<\/li>\n
  14. “As an incident of the fundamental right of self-ownership, each individual has a right to move freely wherever she\u2019d like, provided that, on her way, she gives due regard to the rights of all others. Taking away that right, however, is a money machine for the powerful.”<\/li>\n
  15. America\u2019s waiting times are the worst in the developed world – Ezra Klein – The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n
  16. Weekend inspiration: Lisa Hanawalt\u2019s drawing rules<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. Cartooning in Crisis<\/a>. Newspaper cartooning, especially political cartooning, is on its deathbed.<\/li>\n
  18. Box Turtle Bulletin \u00bb King and Spaulding dropping DOMA was due to Clement\u2019s error, not gay bullies<\/a><\/li>\n
  19. Romney, Empiricism, And Conservative Dogma<\/a><\/li>\n
  20. Obama’s Latino Strategy Takes Shape | The New Republic<\/a><\/li>\n
  21. Undocumented immigrants should be treated, and spoken of, respectfully<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  22. Why It’s So Hard to Reform Drug Laws – Conor Friedersdorf – Politics – The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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