{"id":17870,"date":"2013-11-20T17:49:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T01:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=17870"},"modified":"2013-11-20T17:51:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T01:51:39","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-cetacean-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=17870","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm: Cetacean Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2013\/11\/18\/milos-sholim-rajkovic-sur.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17880\" title=\"milos-sholim\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/milos-sholim.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/11\/19\/yet-again-george-zimmerman-proves-he-s-violent-aggressive-and-confrontational.html\">Yet Again, George Zimmerman Proves He\u2019s Violent, Aggressive, and Confrontational<\/a>: &#8220;Now, either Zimmerman is the <em>unluckiest guy on earth<\/em>\u2014surrounded by people who want to cause him harm\u2014or he is an aggressive and confrontational man who knows enough to keep himself out of the criminal justice system.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_cetaceans#Family_Balaenopteridae:_rorquals\">this Wikipedia page<\/a> and check out what&#8217;s written where the little drawing of the whale in question is missing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blogs\/up-front\/posts\/2013\/09\/20-antibiotic-development-and-market-failure-daniel\">Antibiotic Development and Market Failure: No Quick Fix | Brookings Institution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/raniakhalek.com\/2013\/11\/05\/us-border-patrol-to-keep-using-deadly-force-against-rock-throwers\/\">US Border Patrol To Keep Using Deadly Force Against Rock-Throwers.<\/a> Gee, that&#8217;s completely reasonable and proportionate.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orionmagazine.org\/index.php\/articles\/article\/4801\/\">Forget Shorter Showers &#8211; Why personal change does not equal political change<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/blog\/176279\/blame-feminist-top-tragedies-feminism-has-wrought\">Blame a Feminist: The Top Tragedies Feminism Has Wrought<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gendersociety.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/08\/gender-gap-statistic-gets-it-from-all-sides\/\">Gender Gap Statistic Gets it from All Sides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-11-07\/do-political-campaigns-even-matter-.html\">Do Political Campaigns Even Matter?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gendersociety.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/30\/the-causes-and-the-consequences-of-controversies-around-transgender-rights\/\">The Causes and the Consequences of Controversies around Transgender Rights |<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alisonwilgus.com\/astray\/001.html\">A Stray in the Woods<\/a>. A fun short comic that I read with my friend Maddox (8 years old). How it was made was neat, too.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/swords-and-veeblefetzers.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/cerebus-91-applicant.html\">Cerebus #91: &#8220;The Applicant&#8221;<\/a>. A short comic by Dave Sim, Colleen Duran and Gerhard.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dsadevil.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/normal-identities.html\">The Debate Link: Normal Identities<\/a>. David comments on that awful Jon Rausch anti-ENDA piece.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2013\/11\/why-shouldnt-gloria-steinem-be-a-disney-princess\/281108\/\">Why Shouldn&#8217;t Gloria Steinem Be a Disney Princess?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2013\/11\/20\/welcome-to-the-post-roe-world\/\">Welcome To The Post-Roe World | The Raw Story<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/economy\/2013\/11\/20\/2973441\/thanksgiving-ohio-lawmaker\/\">One Lawmaker&#8217;s Plan To Fight Back Against Stores Ruining Workers&#8217; Thanksgivings | ThinkProgress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/moneybox\/2013\/11\/18\/star_trek_economy_federation_is_only_mostly_post_scarcity.html\">Star Trek economy: Federation is only mostly post-scarcity.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2013\/11\/17\/heaven-is-for-doppelgangers-you-will-be-replaced-in-the-afterlife\/\">Heaven Is for Doppelgangers: You will be replaced in the afterlife<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2013\/11\/17\/write-a-negative-review-of-kle.html\">Page Not Found<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geekfeminism.org\/2013\/11\/15\/kid-flash-the-super-creep\/\">Kid Flash The Super Creep: The Problem With \u2018Funny Harassment\u2019 | Geek Feminism Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefeministwire.com\/2013\/11\/why-it-can-destroy-us-all\/\">Sexual Violence: Why It Can Destroy Us All<\/a>. Article by a young male survivor of sexual violence.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/economy\/2013\/11\/15\/2950501\/racial-wage-gap\/\">Unequal Pay Is Even More Unequal For Women Of Color | ThinkProgress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/health\/2013\/11\/16\/2950911\/obamacare-katrina-blind-spot-privilege\/\">Hurricane Katrina, The Obamacare Rollout, And Allowing Privilege To Shape Our Politics.<\/a> &#8220;Republican legislators in over 20 states have refused to expand Medicaid, leaving many of their low-income residents with no good options&#8230; About five million poor Americans will have no access to basic health benefits&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psmag.com\/politics\/radical-center-somehow-never-rises-69722\/\">True Moderates Are Rare<\/a>. Even if you don&#8217;t read the article, scroll down and check out the chart.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dish.andrewsullivan.com\/2013\/11\/14\/we-are-gayer-and-more-homophobic-than-we-think\/\">We\u2019re Gayer And More Homophobic Than We Think \u00ab The Dish<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/11\/09\/half-of-teenagers-remain-virgins\/\">Over Half of Today\u2019s Teenagers Are Virgins \u00bb Sociological Images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/moneybox\/2013\/11\/13\/good_deficit_reduction_here_s_how_to_do_it.html\">Good deficit reduction: Here&#8217;s how to do it.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/manboobz.com\/2013\/11\/12\/mens-rights-public-relations-dont-call-all-women-crazy-bitches-even-if-they-totally-are-because-feminists-might-catch-you\/\">Men\u2019s Rights Public Relations: Don\u2019t call all women crazy bitches, even if they totally are, because feminists might catch you. | man boobz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/camelswithhammers\/2013\/11\/the-atheist-philosophy-professor-strikes-back\/\">The Atheist Philosophy Professor Strikes Back! (Or, \u201cYou\u2019re Right, God\u2019s Not Dead, But He Will Be When I\u2019m Done With Him!\u201d)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theincidentaleconomist.com\/wordpress\/healthcare-triage-sugar-doesnt-make-kids-hyper\/\">Healthcare Triage: Sugar doesn\u2019t make kids hyper | The Incidental Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/moneybox\/2013\/11\/11\/singapore_cheap_taxis.html\">Singapore&#8217;s cheap taxis.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/look-whats-slowing-down-global-warming\/?utm_source=feedly\">Look what\u2019s slowing down global warming | Grist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/digbysblog.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/no-accountability-for-authority.html\">Judge Faces Mild Punishment For Railroading A Defendant.<\/a> Who knows if that&#8217;ll ever happen again?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/justice\/2013\/11\/09\/2920291\/white-houston-anti-gay-activist-wins-election-pretending-black\/\">White Anti-Gay Activist Wins Election After Pretending To Be Black | ThinkProgress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dsadevil.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/who-cares-about-deficits.html\">The Debate Link: Who Cares About Deficits?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueoregon.com\/2013\/11\/serious-heart-attack-about-lisa-simpson-bridge\/\">Serious As A Heart Attack About the Lisa Simpson Bridge &#8211; BlueOregon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/11\/08\/2918831\/cheap-electric-car-future-urban\/\">How A Modest, $12,000 Electric Car Could Be The Future Of The U.S. Urban Market<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Check out &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kirsty841\/sets\/72157622320110307\/\">Wonderland<\/a>,&#8221; a really impressive series by photographer by Kirsty Mitchell.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center><a title=\"Wonderland 'The Guidance of Stray Souls' by Kirsty Mitchell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kirsty841\/8364171983\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8475\/8364171983_4389d1f64d.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderland 'The Guidance of Stray Souls'\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet Again, George Zimmerman Proves He\u2019s Violent, Aggressive, and Confrontational: &#8220;Now, either Zimmerman is the unluckiest guy on earth\u2014surrounded by people who want to cause him harm\u2014or he is an aggressive and confrontational man who knows enough to keep himself &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=17870\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-link-farms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17870"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17886,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17870\/revisions\/17886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}