{"id":309,"date":"2003-07-31T11:14:40","date_gmt":"2003-07-31T19:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2003\/07\/31\/some-stuff-ampersand-is-reading-today\/"},"modified":"2003-07-31T11:14:40","modified_gmt":"2003-07-31T19:14:40","slug":"some-stuff-ampersand-is-reading-today-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=309","title":{"rendered":"Some stuff Ampersand is reading today"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Journalist Gregory Palast posts a follow-up to his Cynthia McKinney article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregpalast.com\/detail.cfm?artid=239&#038;row=1\">Relynching Cynthia McKinney<\/a>. Thanks to Alas reader Dan Sallari for pointing this out to me.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/users.adelphia.net\/~enitria\/trish_wilson\/blog\/archives\/july_2003.html\">Trish Wilson <\/a>discusses the issues surrounding no-fault divorce.\n<li>The blogger behind <a href=\"http:\/\/radio.weblogs.com\/0126471\/2003\/07\/28.html\">I know this is probably bad for me <\/a>knows a hell of a lot about Head Start, and she (he?) is writing a series of posts on the subject.\n<li>An entertaining post on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juliansanchez.com\/2003_07_01_notesarch.html#105813712254891540\">Julian&#8217;s Lounge <\/a>in defense of PETA.\n<li>Janine Garafalo fans take note: The radio show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.takebackthemedia.com\/03-03.ram\">Take Back the Media <\/a>has the first ten minutes of a long interview with her. (If you&#8217;re not interested in reading the non-Janine stuff, listen to the first minute or so and then skip ahead to 15:20.) Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sideshow.idps.co.uk\/sjul03.htm#301236\">The Sideshow<\/a>.\n<li>In the <i>Times<\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/07\/29\/opinion\/29KRIS.html?pagewanted=print&#038;position=\">Nicholas Kristof <\/a>does a good job summing up the arguments in favor of the US intervening in Liberia. Via <a href=\"http:\/\/unmedia.blogspot.com\/2003_07_29_unmedia_archive.html#105953161945887655\">Unmedia<\/a>.\n<li>Speaking of the <i>Times<\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magpieblog.blogspot.com\/2003_07_27_magpieblog_archive.html#105952571260535627\">Magpie <\/a>quotes a joyful anecdote from the <i>Times<\/i> dining section, about learning to read Cantonese.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thiswomanswork.com\/MT\/archives\/001221.html\">This Woman&#8217;s Work <\/a>critiques NOW &#8211; and &#8220;institutional feminism&#8221; in general &#8211; for insufficient support and consideration of stay-at-home moms.\n<li>Oh. My. God. Go to this <a href=\"http:\/\/dneiwert.blogspot.com\/2003_07_20_dneiwert_archive.html#105891888271896817\">Ornicus post <\/a>about Mel Gibson and scroll down to read the quotes from Gibson&#8217;s 1995 <i>Playboy <\/i>interview. I knew he was a right-winger, but I had no idea he was such a barker. Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sideshow.idps.co.uk\/sjul03.htm#311037\">The Sideshow<\/a>.\n<li>And again from the <i>Times<\/i>, this interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/07\/27\/arts\/television\/27NUSS.html?pagewanted=print&#038;position=\">Emily Nussbaum article <\/a>reconsidering the final episode of the sit-com <i>Roseanne<\/i>. Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msmagazine.com\/blog\/recommended.asp?id=362\">Ms Musings<\/a>, of course.\n<li>Just reading this essay by neo-Marxist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.normangeras.blogspot.com\/2003_07_27_normangeras_archive.html#105948316257163866\">Norm Geras <\/a>made me tired &#8211; I wanted to reply to it, but responding to mean-spirited <i>ad hominines<\/i> is so exhausting. Now I don&#8217;t have to respond, because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pandagon.net\/archives\/00001397.htm\">Pandagon <\/a>has said it all. Thanks, Pandagon!\n<li>Kip at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.longstoryshortpier.com\/archives\/squawkbox\/000730.html\">Long story; short pier <\/a>makes fun of Bush&#8217;s timing.\n<li>New to the blogroll: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muslimwakeup.com\/blog\/\">Muslim WakeUp!, <\/a>the wonderfully-designed <a href=\"http:\/\/feministe.us\/blog\/\">Feministe<\/a>, and the non-political blog <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/natureisprofligate\/\">Nature is Profligate<\/a>. Go check &#8217;em out.\n<li>I don&#8217;t remember where I came across this link to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aflcio.org\/issuespolitics\/politics\/candidates_2004.cfm\">AFL-CIO&#8217;s presidential candidates page<\/a>, but it&#8217;s a good place to see most of the candidates answer questions about labor issues.\n<li>Last but very, <i>very<\/i> far from least, this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricvenom.com\/oldvenom\/002911.php\">Electric Venom rant <\/a>about &#8220;what do women want&#8221; is getting links from all over the blogoverse, and with good reason. Awesome stuff.<\/ul>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration:none\" href=\"\/index.php?p=cheapest-viagra-online\">.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist Gregory Palast posts a follow-up to his Cynthia McKinney article, Relynching Cynthia McKinney. Thanks to Alas reader Dan Sallari for pointing this out to me. Trish Wilson discusses the issues surrounding no-fault divorce. 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