{"id":2083,"date":"2006-01-27T15:08:28","date_gmt":"2006-01-27T22:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2006-01-27T15:08:28","modified_gmt":"2006-01-27T22:08:28","slug":"link-farm-and-open-thread-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=2083","title":{"rendered":"Link Farm and Open Thread #8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed that it&#8217;s extremely common for people on the internet to type &#8220;loose&#8221; when they mean &#8220;lose&#8221;? It always bugs me.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, here are the links that have built up on my desktop in the last few days. Please feel free to use this thread to discuss anything you want, however. And if you&#8217;d like to include a link to something &#8211; including something of your own &#8211; feel free.\n<pracut>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2006\/01\/oh_dear_god_no_.html\">Hilzoy on The Hamas Electorial Victory<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nLong, compelling, excellent.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dedspace.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/how-we-help-iraqi-women.html\">US Army Kidnaps Iraqi Women<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"snip\">The U.S. Army in Iraq has at least twice seized and jailed the wives of suspected insurgents in hopes of &#8220;leveraging&#8221; their husbands into surrender, U.S. military documents show.<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.democracyarsenal.org\/2006\/01\/hammered_by_ham.html\">Suzanne Nossel on The Hamas Electorial Victory<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nAlso required reading. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democracyarsenal.org\/2006\/01\/as_palestinians.html\">Read Suzanne&#8217;s pre-election post as well.<\/a> From a lefty perspective, I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s anyone doing better foreign policy blogging than Nossel.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2006\/01\/medicare_part_d_1.html\">Hilzoy on the Medicare Debacle<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nOnce again: Long, compelling, excellent.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hugoboy.typepad.com\/hugo_schwyzer\/2006\/01\/not_a_zerosum_g.html\">Sexual Harassment: Not a Zero-Sum Game<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nExcellent post by Hugo addressing a common MRA misperception of the issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/w\/Pink-New-Video?v=8n--nptkx3w&#038;search=Pink\">Interesting, feminist-themed music video by Pink<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nHat-tip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.longstoryshortpier.com\/\">Kip <\/a>(whose site is down right now).<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/trishwilson.typepad.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/more_on_breakin.html\">The Countess on &#8220;Breaking The Silence&#8221; and Child Custody<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/articles\/2006\/01\/26\/schoolboys_bias_suit\/?page=2\">High Schooler Sues School For Bias Against Boys<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"snip\">&#8221;The system is designed to the disadvantage of males,&#8221; Anglin said. &#8221;From the elementary level, they establish a philosophy that if you sit down, follow orders, and listen to what they say, you&#8217;ll do well and get good grades. Men naturally rebel against this.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bouphonia.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/in-feminisms-name.html\">Bouphonia Fisks anti-feminist Maggie Gallagher<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWhen Maggie Gallagher isn&#8217;t busy fighting gay rights, she&#8217;s making ludicrous attacks on feminism.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cathyyoung.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/yes-virginia-there-is-left-wing-bias.html#comments\">Amp &#038; Cathy Young Debate Free Speech and Academic Freedom<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIn the comments at Cathy&#8217;s site (I started off badly but got better as I went on). I&#8217;m mainly putting this link in here so I don&#8217;t lose it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shakespearessister.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/your-media-objectively-pro-gop.html\">The Media is Objectively Pro-G.O.P.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acsblog.org\/equal-protection-and-due-process-2519-rikers-island-seeks-to-balance-liberty-and-safety-concerns-for-gay-inmates.html\">Interesting article on the closing of the Riker&#8217;s Island unit for gay and transsexual prisoners<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/theargumentclinic.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/see-im-not-that-partisan.html\">Wonderfully bad photo placement by Google News<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThe Argument Clinic crosses party lines for a giggle. <em>(Edited to fix broken link.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnle.net\/index.php?p=373\">Bush&#8217;s NEH Apparently Rejects High-Rated Project For Being Pro-Gay-Rights<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Professor Stein&#8217;s grant, seeking to review the Supreme Court&#8217;s rulings in the 50s and 60s on gay rights, was judged excellent by peer reviewers but was vetoed by the NEH Director, who is a political appointee under President Bush.&#8221; Meanwhile, projects given a lower rating by peer reviewers are approved and funded &#8211; so whatever the rejection was based on, it wasn&#8217;t merit.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cathyyoung.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/company-we-keep.html\">Bush Administration Joins With Iran In Vote Against Gay Rights Groups In U.N.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/superbabymama.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/way-to-go-wisconsin.html\">Israel Imports Wisconson-Style Welfare Reform<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"snip\">Only 17% of the Arab women in Israel work outside the home, compared with 50% of Jewish women. The problem results not only from lack of jobs, but also from the fact that Arab society looks down on working wives. Now, with Wisconsin, Arab women will be compelled to appear in the placement centers for 30-40 hours a week.<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chir.ag\/stuff\/sand\/\">Falling Sand Game<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nMore like a toy, really. Mainly, it&#8217;s a great way of making time just disappear. Via <a href=\"http:\/\/theargumentclinic.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/best-timewaster-ever.html\">The Argument Clinic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/pracut>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed that it&#8217;s extremely common for people on the internet to type &#8220;loose&#8221; when they mean &#8220;lose&#8221;? It always bugs me. 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