{"id":16600,"date":"2013-01-17T04:59:13","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T12:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=16600"},"modified":"2013-01-17T04:59:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T12:59:13","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-bill-day-is-one-of-the-worst-cartoonists-in-america-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=16600","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread And Link Farm: Bill Day Is One Of The Worst Cartoonists In America Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Invisible Men<\/a>: We now send so many people, especially young black men, to prison – where they are not counted in most official government statistics – that it badly distorts statistics on high school drop-out rates, employment, wages, and voter turnout. “…inmates and ex-inmates are at once constantly under surveillance and effectively unseen.”<\/li>\n
  2. America’s Real Criminal Element: Lead<\/a> Eliminating lead from children’s environments might be the most important anti-crime measure we could take. Kevin Drum has been writing up a storm about this; here’s a round-up of his lead blogging.<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Thirteen theses on cannabis policy<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Seventeen Magazine Promotes Body Hatred<\/a> by partnering up with the TV show “Biggest Loser.”<\/li>\n
  5. The Transformation Of Labor Unions From Opponents of Immigration Reform To Its Biggest Champions<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Children, Parents and Mass Incarceration<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Player Piano Roll Copying is Killing Music (And It\u2019s Maybe Illegal)<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. In New Castle, Pa., trying to break free of poverty.<\/a> A long but very interesting story about one teenage girl’s struggle to climb the economic ladder.<\/li>\n
  9. A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible<\/a>. This comic strip cracked me up.<\/li>\n
  10. Melinda Gates\u2019 New Crusade: Investing Billions in Women’s Health<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  11. Robert George explains natural law. (PDF file).<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Revealed: how the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy | Naomi Wolf<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. A Letter To The Guy Who Harassed Me Outside The Bar<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. House Republicans Derail Bill Targeting Rapists<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. “I can find no way around the thicket of laws and precedents that effectively allow the executive branch of our government to proclaim as perfectly lawful certain actions that seem on their face incompatible with our Constitution and laws while keeping the reasons for their conclusion a secret.” – Judge Colleen McMahon<\/a>, regarding the Obama administration’s secret rules for deciding when it’s okay for the US government to assassinate US citizens. (Via<\/a>.)<\/li>\n
  16. Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld\u2019s Sermon on Same-Sex Marriage: An Appreciation<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. Back when 50 miles was a long way.<\/a> A very neat historical map of travel times.<\/li>\n
  18. President Obama Would Choose to Fight the Horse-Sized Duck<\/a><\/li>\n
  19. “…As I sit here in my skinny jeans and fitted top, for the first time in my life I am fat, female, and unashamed.”<\/a><\/li>\n
  20. Ten Rules for Fat Girls<\/a><\/li>\n
  21. A Rape At Burning Man<\/a><\/li>\n
  22. Is there objective morality in the Universe? \u2013 The Good Atheist<\/a><\/li>\n
  23. Cartooning Plagiarism Scandal: It\u2019s About Time!<\/a><\/li>\n
  24. Plagiarism allegations hit Bill Day in closing days of fundraising campaign<\/a>. And as well as reading that, it’s hard to appreciate what an embarassment Bill Day is to political cartooning without at least skimming through That Cartoon Critic<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  25. To Stabilize the Debt, Policymakers Should Seek Another $1.4 Trillion in Deficit Savings \u2014 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/a><\/li>\n
  26. \u2018There\u2019s nothing mutual about it\u2019: White evangelicals, privileged distress and grievance envy<\/a><\/li>\n
  27. ” Does the right to religious freedom include the right to impose your views on others? Does it include the right to impose your views on a diverse workforce? On customers and patients seeking your services you offer the public? Does it include the right to close the door \u2013 in your office or your bakery or your emergency room \u2013 because you disagree with the person seeking services?”<\/a><\/li>\n
  28. “Justice Clarence Thomas broke his nearly seven-year silence at Supreme Court oral arguments Monday. But no one is sure exactly what he said.”<\/a><\/li>\n
  29. Petition: Remove United States District Attorney Carmen Ortiz from office for overreach in the case of Aaron Swartz.<\/a><\/li>\n
  30. Anti-Feminist Press Crows Over Book Celebrating Domestic Abuse, Then Finds Out How Bad It Can Get<\/a><\/li>\n
  31. Sex, Stereotyping, and Same-Sex Marriage<\/a><\/li>\n
  32. “She’s the first ever out trans person in the United States to compete in the Miss Universe pageant system and has the goal of attempting to become the first trans Miss USA and trans Miss Universe. “<\/a><\/li>\n
  33. The White House’s official reply<\/a> to the petition to “Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.” This, and also the ducks video, via Elayne<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  34. Covering Up Climate Change | Andrew Sullivan<\/a><\/li>\n
  35. An oldie but a goodie from Garfunkel and Oates:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n