{"id":24101,"date":"2018-07-28T13:48:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T20:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=24101"},"modified":"2018-07-30T10:48:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T17:48:11","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-fall-back-upon-preparedness-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=24101","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm, Fall Back Upon Preparedness Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. CMV: Most fat people are better off not trying to become “normal” weight. Instead, we should pursue fat acceptance and other ways of improving our health. : changemyview<\/a>
    \nI did a “Change My View.” Spoiler alert: My view wasn’t changed.<\/li>\n
  2. One man\u2019s mission to bring better ramen to the incarcerated<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. A Professor says the 2nd amendment right to self-defense is necessary; is accused of racism; rebuked by his university president; there are many death threats and demands he be fired.<\/a>
    \nHow strange that (as far as I could find) none of the prominent worriers about the “campus free speech crisis” wrote about this case. I wonder what was different?<\/li>\n
  4. Ocasio-Cortez scored a victory \u2014 for well-designed campaign posters – The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Here’s Why This Mama Merganser Has More Than 50 Ducklings | Audubon<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s Socialism Can Work in the Midwest<\/a>
    \nAs long as it isn’t called “socialism.”<\/li>\n
  7. I Was a Female Incel – Quillette<\/a>
    \nI certainly don’t endorse all of this essay, but I found it interesting.<\/li>\n
  8. Free Speech for the Chattering Class Isn’t Free Speech for All | Noah Berlatsky on Patreon<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Abolish ICE? Medicare for all? Democrats are campaigning in poetry. – Vox<\/a>
    \n“An old saying about American politics holds that you campaign in poetry and govern in prose.”<\/li>\n
  10. My cousin takes this pervert down for grabbing her ass. He is later arrested in front of his wife and 2 kids when the cops arrived. : JusticeServed<\/a>
    \nThere’s video! I feel sorry for the kids, though. (But they’re not in the video). See also:     Grabbing The Situation By The A** – notalwaysright.com<\/a> (thanks to Mandolin for that link).<\/li>\n
  11. Why the Migration or Importation Clause of the Constitution does not imply any general federal power to restrict immigration – The Washington Post<\/a>
    \nFrom an originalist perspective, it’s hard to see where the Constitution gives the Federal government the right to broadly restrict immigration. Of course, I’m not an originalist – but many of the people calling for stricter controls on immigration are, or say they are. ETA: Here’s an     alternate link<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  12. BBC – Culture – Why these anatomical models are not disgusting<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Critics of the Sarah Sanders restaurant protest say MLK would never have been so \u201cuncivil.\u201d But in his day, King was savaged as the enemy of civility. – Vox<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. Young Leftist Candidates Are Breathing New Radicalism Into Stale Climate Politics<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. Easily Mused: Al Williamson’s “The Success Story”<\/a>This six-page horror comic, created in the 1960s, is a wonderful tongue-in-cheek response to the longstanding comics tradition of successful cartoonists having work by unaccredited assistants. Also, really beautiful drawings by Al Williamson.<\/li>\n
  16. Probe found FlORIDA police chief told officers to pin unsolved crimes on random black people: report | TheHill<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. Conservatives As Moral Mutants | Thing of Things<\/a>
    \n“Of course, from a conservative perspective, I am an incomprehensible moral mutant.”<\/li>\n
  18. There\u2019s no such thing as a Trump Democrat – The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n
  19. Letters of Note: Arkell v. Pressdram<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I have no idea if anyone reading this would even want to watch a 40 minute video essay defending Disney’s “Hunchback of Notre Dame,” which is also about the original novel and the way stories are adapted to different times. But I found it very interesting.<\/p>\n