{"id":6805,"date":"2009-02-23T12:58:45","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T20:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=6805"},"modified":"2009-02-23T12:58:45","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T20:18:33","slug":"open-thread-link-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=6805","title":{"rendered":"Open thread & link farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Post what you like, with you like, for as long as you like. Self-link-love has been approved by Jocelyn Elders.<\/p>\n

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  1. “We’re Making A Better World<\/a>“: how large governing organizations corrupt and crush individuals in Joss Whedon’s work. I wonder how this will play out in Buffy season 8?<\/li>\n
  2. Speaking of Whedon, check out the original script to the first episode of Dollhouse<\/a>. It’s not perfect, but I think it’s much better than what was actually broadcast.<\/li>\n
  3. A sweet story<\/a> illustrating one way equal marriage rights are important to families.<\/li>\n
  4. “For [NAACP president] Jealous<\/a>, mass incarceration is the civil-rights challenge of this generation”<\/li>\n
  5. Interesting post about trans people who are vets<\/a>. Two takeaway points: First, trans women are apparently more likely than cis people or trans men to have been in the armed forces. Second: The VA discriminates against trans people and often provides inadequate medical care.<\/li>\n
  6. Musician Amanda Palmer’s record label<\/a> wanted to digitally alter this music video<\/a> because Palmer’s belly isn’t\u00a0 flat enough for them. Palmer refused, and Palmer’s fans are very cool<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. How the GOP could try to appeal to Black voters<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. To One Judge, At Least, Migrants Have Rights<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Iran and Women’s Rights<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. “If you don\u2019t belong to the marginalized group in question<\/a> lay the hell off the demeaning language.”<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. The 39 Stairs<\/a>, performed by Sesame Street. Awesome.<\/li>\n
  12. Obama’s housing plan<\/a>, nutshelled into a blog post. And it really isn’t all about giving money to irresponsible homeowners, contrary to the right-wing spin.<\/li>\n
  13. Chevron trys to sic<\/a> its legal bills on poor Nigerians who sued Chevron. The word “assholes” is so inadequate. But more importantly, “If the risk of trying to vindicate legal rights is bankruptcy, legal rights are worthless.”<\/li>\n
  14. White people insisting on all-white proms<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  15. Interesting discussion of whiteness and Jewishness in America<\/a> (or “Amerikkka,” as the author puts it). Curtsy: The Primary Contradiction<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  16. “Laissez-Faire Capitalism Has Failed<\/a>,” by Nouriel Roubini. For “Alas” readers who aren’t familiar with him, Roubini is the person who can most rightly claim to have seen our current economic collapse coming. As Eric Martin says<\/a>, “isn’t it about time we started heeding the advice of the people that have been right about the major economic devlopments of the past decade or so?”<\/li>\n
  17. Well-placed rage can be fun — watch this video of Lansing, Michigan’s mayor Virg Bernero<\/a> being interviewed by some right-wing tool on Foxnews.<\/li>\n
  18. “I am a Bisexual. Yes. No.”<\/a> It’s a question you have to answer when applying to be an adoptive parent in Florida.<\/li>\n
  19. Judge rebukes prosecutor<\/a> for withholding exculpatory evidence, and orders man released from prison after 17 years. (Unsurprisingly, the victim of the prosecutor’s railroading is Latino.) The prosecutor plays up his conviction record and toughness to voters, of course.<\/li>\n
  20. On imperialism and being a marginalized American teaching English in Brazil<\/a><\/li>\n
  21. Prosecution’s bite mark expert<\/a> in MIssissipi caught on video creating fake bike marks on corpse.<\/li>\n
  22. Lowering expectations of what the US can do in Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  23. Lifetime appointments aren’t needed<\/a> to preserve judicial independence.<\/li>\n
  24. Why making the rich poorer <\/a>can make the poor (effectively) richer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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