{"id":20475,"date":"2015-10-28T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=20475"},"modified":"2015-10-28T13:34:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T20:34:21","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-meta-hitler-on-a-turtles-back-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=20475","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread And Link Farm, Meta-Hitler On A Turtle&#8217;s Back Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/o-c7tBlnFsw?rel=0\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robot-hugs.com\/technigal\/\">Robot Hugs &#8211; Technigal<\/a> This autobio political cartoon, co-created by a trans woman, is about how her expertise as a videographer was treated before and after she began publicly presenting as a woman. And see also <a href=\"http:\/\/veronicastraszh.tumblr.com\/post\/132085023561\/madgastronomer-robothugscomic-new-comic\">Veronica<\/a> and a couple of other folks talking about similar experiences they or their spouse have had.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/la-oe-1012-rini-microaggression-solidarity-20151012-story.html\">Microaggression, macro harm &#8211; LA Times<\/a> &#8220;The new culture of victimhood is not new, and it is not about victimhood. It is a culture of solidarity, and it has always been with us, an underground moral culture of the disempowered.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/10\/26\/9618246\/spring-valley-high-school-police-video\">The brutal Spring Valley High School video shows what happens when you put cops in schools &#8211; Vox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/10\/26\/9616984\/guatemala-election-jimmy-morales\">Guatemala just elected a comedian with zero political experience to be president &#8211; Vox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vogue.com\/13363234\/african-american-suffragists-women-voting-rights\/\">Remembering the African-American Suffragists Who Fought a Dual Oppression &#8211; Vogue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com\/2015\/10\/12\/spokane-indians-change-jerseys-salish-language-162046\">Minor League Baseball Team Spokane Indians Change Jerseys to Salish Language &#8211; ICTMN.com<\/a> Very neat! Thanks for the link, Ben.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedutilitarian.com\/2015\/10\/no-trenchcoat-for-the-giant-squid\/\">No Trenchcoat for the Giant Squid \u00ab The Hooded Utilitarian<\/a> How in the end, <em>Watchmen <\/em>undermines &#8220;realistic&#8221; grim crime drama with superhero silliness.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/10\/24\/9605406\/killing-baby-adolf-hitler\">The philosophical problem of killing baby Hitler, explained &#8211; Vox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.g6845\">Why there\u2019s no point telling me to lose weight | The BMJ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/annamirer.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/23\/lets-talk-about-intentional-weight-loss-and-evidence-based-medicine\/\">Let\u2019s Talk About Intentional Weight Loss and Evidence-Based Medicine | Worse for the Fishes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/polyarchy\/2015\/10\/28\/9629054\/fiorina-gender-election-gop\">Why \u201cgender gap\u201d analysis of American politics is mostly wrong<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ordinary-gentlemen.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/22\/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-first-galactic-empire\/\">The Rise and Fall of the First Galactic Empire | Ordinary Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/an-unlikely-debate-prison-vs-harvard-1442616928\">Prison vs. Harvard in an Unlikely Debate &#8211; WSJ<\/a> A debate team from an in-prison college program beats a debate team from Harvard. There&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/prisoners-surprised-by-reaction-after-defeating-harvard-in-debate-1444346819\">followup story here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/?articles.view\/articleNo\/44026\/title\/Study--Men-Get-Bigger-Start-Up-Packages\/\">Study: Men Get Bigger Start-Up Packages | The Scientist Magazine<\/a> Er, pun not intended.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2015\/11\/the-exemplary-narcissism-of-snoopy\/407827\/\">Why Snoopy Is Such a Controversial Figure to \u2018Peanuts\u2019 Fans &#8211; The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2015\/10\/clinton-economy-better-under-democrats\/\">The US Economy Has Definitely Done Better When A Democrat Is President.<\/a> But why? And can Democrats reasonably take credit? Well, maybe kind of sort of mumble. Turns out that not needlessly getting into Gulf wars is good for the economy, and some unidentified policy differences may encourage greater productivity.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/10\/26\/9616370\/science-committee-worse-benghazi-committee\">The House science committee is worse than the Benghazi committee &#8211; Vox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/cities\/i-want-to-live-in-a-baugruppe\/\">I want to live in a baugruppe | Grist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/10\/28\/9622920\/housing-adult-friendship\">How our housing choices make adult friendships more difficult &#8211; Vox<\/a><\/li>\n<li>And a counterpoint: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/kevin-drum\/2015\/10\/stop-blaming-suburbia-killing-friendships\">Stop Blaming Suburbia for Killing Off Friendships<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/the-toast.net\/2015\/10\/27\/reasons-i-would-make-an-excellent-housekeeper-in-a-forbidding-eighteenth-century-estate\/\">Reasons I Would Make An Excellent Housekeeper In A Forbidding Eighteenth-Century Estate And You Should Consider Me For The Position &#8211; The Toast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2012\/10\/benghazi-timeline\/\">Benghazi Timeline<\/a>. Specifically, a timeline focused on when Clinton and other members of the Obama administration said that the attacks were or weren&#8217;t preplanned, were or weren&#8217;t &#8220;acts of terror&#8221; or &#8220;terrorist attacks,&#8221; and were or weren&#8217;t motivated by a Youtube video. Useful if you&#8217;re trying to follow (or double-check) what folks attacking Clinton over Benghazi are saying.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/ben-carson-assures-conservatives-his-campus-speech-monitoring-would-only-target-liberals\">Ben Carson Assures Conservatives That His Campus Speech Monitoring Would Only Target Liberals | Right Wing Watch<\/a> Right Wing Watch&#8217;s title is an exaggeration &#8211; Carson only <em>implied <\/em>that, but didn&#8217;t explicitly state it. Nonetheless, Carson&#8217;s position is anti-free-speech.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/religious-right-activists-argue-recriminalization-birth-control-birth-control-movie\">Religious Right Activists Argue For Recriminalization Of Birth Control In &#8216;The Birth Control Movie&#8217; | Right Wing Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/10\/17\/a-chess-set-you-wear-in-a-ring.html?utm_source=moreatbb&amp;utm_medium=nextpost&amp;utm_campaign=nextpostthumbnails\">A chess-set you wear in a ring \/ Boing Boing<\/a> &#8220;Near impossible to set up.&#8221; Heh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wgSLxl1oAwA\">THE LION KING Australia: Cast Sings Circle of Life on Flight Home from Brisbane &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2015\/10\/28\/a-woman-as-president-the-gender-neutral-constitution\/\">A woman as president? The gender-neutral Constitution. &#8211; Volokh Conspiracy<\/a> Interesting! Despite the use of &#8220;he&#8221; as a generic pronoun, the US Constitution was for the most part intentionally written using gender-neutral language.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/7vMUvgce_5s?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/peewee.com\/2015\/10\/26\/picasso-of-pumpkin-carving-ray-villafanes-enchanted-pumpkin-garden\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Grimace-Pumpkin-by-Ray-Villafane-590x443.jpg\" alt=\"Grimace-Pumpkin-by-Ray-Villafane\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Grimace-Pumpkin-by-Ray-Villafane-590x443.jpg 590w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Grimace-Pumpkin-by-Ray-Villafane-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Grimace-Pumpkin-by-Ray-Villafane.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robot Hugs &#8211; Technigal This autobio political cartoon, co-created by a trans woman, is about how her expertise as a videographer was treated before and after she began publicly presenting as a woman. 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