{"id":8038,"date":"2009-06-20T06:20:27","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T13:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/?p=803"},"modified":"2009-06-20T06:20:27","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T13:20:27","slug":"this-isssss-the-saturday-linkspam-wild-applause-game-show-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8038","title":{"rendered":"This. isssss. The Saturday linkspam!!! (wild applause, game show music)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And hhhhheeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeee&#8217;s your linkmistress:Unusualmusic! \\o\/<br \/>\nToday (or tonight, depending on your time frame) you get to choose from subjects as diverse as American healthcare and education debates, American history, American economy and secret service shenanigans, Famine in Africa (helped along by one Bill Gates) AND American culture! Its all about America today! (or tonight!)  There are short articles, long articles, and even a podcast for your listening pleasure! There is stuff to infuriate, educate and elucidate! Step right up and lend me your brain (and tell me what you think in the comments, of course:D)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/podcast\/audio\/20090529_breadline_usa\/%22\">Breadline USA<\/a> (Podcast) When the month is longer than the money&#8230; You need to listen to this. Really.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/frederickkaufman.typepad.com\/harpersmag\/Let%20Them%20Eat%20Cash!.pdf\">Let them eat cash!!!<\/a>(PDF) Bill Gates says he wants to stop famine in Africa. So why is he using methods that will actually make it worse? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digbysblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/club-by-digby-couple-of-years-ago-matt.html\">Guess who is recruiting unemployed Wall Street Lords of the Universe?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2009\/06\/of_the_many_reckoning_that.php\">Nathan Bedford Forest has beautiful eyes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shakespearessister.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/single-payer-vs-public-option.html\">Single Payer vs Public Option<\/a> Your handydandy easy to understand chart!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/storyonly\/2009\/6\/19\/744559\/-We-need-10-million-views-of-this-YouTube-by-next-week\">Insurance companies admit that they cancel insurance when their patients&#8217; care will be expensive&#8230;and they tell Congress that they won&#8217;t stop it<\/a> (video at link)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/ontd_political\/3355689.html#cutid1\">Out of Reach:Is College only for the rich?<\/a> It would take 80 billion dollars to make public colleges free of cost. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.berea.edu\/about\/\">Berea College<\/a>  I wonder who is footing the bill? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/articles\/22673\">The Universities in Trouble<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/educationandclass.com\/2007\/09\/14\/value-education\/\">Why Can\u2019t Those Working-Class Kids Value Education Like Our Middle-Class Kids?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racialicious.com\/2009\/06\/19\/fallen-princess-jasmine-raises-questions-about-stereotypes\/\">\u201cFallen Princess\u201d Jasmine Raises Questions About Stereotypes<\/a> Frankly I think the pictures are an artistic waste of time anyway, above and beyond the stereotypes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2009\/01\/12\/tenpercent\">The 10% Fight is Back: Texas Universities want to get rid of a successful programme that sets side a guaranteed spot to the public university system to the top 10% of its high schoolers. Why?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I tend to need to balance the heavy duty posts with a bit of light stuff, or I tend to get depressed. With that in mind&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Movie\/Book\/TV Series rec of week: Royal Pains on USA Network: One of the few shows on Tele with an actress of Asian Indian descent: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daemonstv.com\/2009\/06\/08\/reshma-shetty-from-royal-pains-interview\/\">Reshma Shetty<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Music I am jamming to: Whole Wheat Bread &#8220;Throw your sets up!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Question of the week: Is anyone gonna watch Transformers? I am, but only because of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_g5CGP-iWwg\">soundtrack<\/a>.  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