{"id":13358,"date":"2011-05-29T02:53:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T09:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=13358"},"modified":"2011-05-29T02:53:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T09:53:13","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-secret-gender-pole-dancer-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=13358","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm: Secret Gender Pole Dancer Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Post it! Whatever it is! If you like it, post it! Self-link! Self-love! Self-self!<\/p>\n

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  1. Parents keep child’s gender secret.<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Arizona Cops Shoot Former Marine In Botched Pot Raid<\/a>. There’s a collective irrationality in our country that I don’t understand. This is what the end of freedom looks like: SWAT teams routinely act this way, and seemingly nobody objects or cares.<\/li>\n
  3. A by no means exhaustive list of the most repetitive and inane stereotypes that we\u2019ve encountered of Third World Women<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. A NY Jury let off two cops for rape on the grounds that the victim was drunk. (More or less). Amanda has an excellent post<\/a> about it. There’s also some good footage of protestors<\/a>(nearly all female). And at least the two cops were fired<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. Lauren Potter, who plays a cheerleader with Down syndrome on “Glee” (and who has Down syndrome herself), stars in a commercial <\/a>saying that just as “nigger,” “kike,” and similar words aren’t acceptable, “retarded” is not acceptable.<\/li>\n
  6. The Republican Party: Budget Arsonists Wearing Fire Chief Hats<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Rosanne Barr on<\/a> her struggle to get control of “Roseanne” in the first season.<\/li>\n
  8. Senator Rand Paul explains<\/a> how Senators use procedure to avoid ever having real discussions or getting much of anything done.<\/li>\n
  9. Super Obvious Secrets That I Wish They\u2019d Teach In Art School<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. A Jewish protester describes the protest at Ras al-Amud<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Roger Ebert’s New Yorker cartoon captions.<\/a> I admit, the last one made me giggle.<\/li>\n
  12. In philosophy, the drug war debate<\/a> is between those who want the “war on drugs” radically scaled back, and those who want it eliminated altogether. Because the position held by 99% of our respectable politicians is simply too asinine for any philosopher to hold. I find this situation very depressing.<\/li>\n
  13. The Wonderful World of Disney Visas<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. “All his feats are based in science! Either our science, or the secret science of the demons.” –The Doctor debunking magic in a 1971 episode of Doctor Who<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  15. Ben Stein is probably the least competent rape apologist in the world<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  16. Superhero cartoonist Barry Kitson couldn’t decide between drawing Black Widow’s boobs or her ass, so he decided on an unbelievably awkward pose<\/a> so that both would be facing the viewer. Oy.<\/li>\n
  17. GOP Salivates at Prospect of Cutting Funds for World’s Poorest Women<\/a>. This is why, despite it all, I still say there’s a difference between the two parties.<\/li>\n
  18. The next time you see <\/a>a politician bowing out of a race in Oregon’s fifth district for “family reasons”, give it a little more credence than normal.<\/li>\n
  19. Destress by<\/a> owning less stuff and living in smaller spaces with more people.<\/li>\n
  20. Best. Age. Verification. Ever.<\/a> Well, best one I’ve seen this week, anyhow.<\/li>\n
  21. How What We “Know” About Men Can Silence Their Reports of Sexual Abuse<\/a><\/li>\n
  22. But ‘freedom of religion’ means that you have to give me taxpayer money!!<\/a><\/li>\n
  23. Prostitution, Hotel Housekeeping Staff, and the Arrogant Entitlement That Arises When Prostitution is Illegal<\/a><\/li>\n
  24. Cool things that post offices in other countries are doing with new tech<\/a><\/li>\n
  25. Why It’s Good News That Miley Cyrus Tweets For LGBT Equality<\/a>. To be fair, Santorum said “dog,” not “goldfish.” AFAIK.<\/li>\n
  26. “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” House for Sale<\/a><\/li>\n
  27. Why does Washington care so much about deficits?<\/a> Answer: Because you can use “deficits” as an excuse for whatever pet issue you want to push.<\/li>\n
  28. A defense of the right to sell your kidneys, and also of raising gender-neutral kids<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  29. Obama\u2019s Appeals Judges Average Four Years Older Than Bush\u2019s<\/a><\/li>\n
  30. I never thought I’d post a pole-dancing video on Alas. But this film of national champion pole dancer Natasha Wang is astounding! (Via<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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