Neck playing up so avoiding typing, please forgive the linkfest. Greeting me when I opened my Seesmic this morning were these stories:

ggreenwald:
Good 1st Am. ruling: court dismisses Koch Brothers’ horrible lawsuit seeking the identity of those who satirized them: http://is.gd/eScSG6

studentactivism:
Via @jan_murray, UK govt proposing new university slots reserved for nation’s richest. http://gu.com/p/2px27/tf #boggle

TPM:
Texas teacher who told Muslim girl ‘you must be grieving” over #OBL’s death will not be returning to work http://tpm.ly/jwkAcF ^@evanmc_s

nerdfish:
From gross to awe-inspiring – surgeons rebuild man’s hip using his own amputated leg. http://youtu.be/K0MjGRF4zMU

sesmithwrites:
The legislative march against #unions continues: http://on.wsj.com/lV32pN #classwar

JillFilipovic:
Sex-Positive Feminism 101: http://tinyurl.com/62fr86q a must-read by @ClarisseThorn

feministing:
“You can call us that name, but we will not shut up”: Boston #SlutWalk http://bit.ly/mN5UQK
(transcript of Jaclyn Friedman’s speech)

johnmcternan:
Major James Abbott who founded Abbottabad wrote a truly appalling peom about it – http://bit.ly/m3G0wK

phdinparenting:
1/2 Belkin’s post http://bit.ly/iQeLJe confuses gender identity issues with limitations imposed by gender roles. Two different things.
2/2 Being open minded and allowing your child to explore any/all interests/identitites is useful in addressing both, but they are not same.

However, I couldn’t find anyone saying anything sufficiently scathing and pithy about Newt Gingrich running for President (there are not enough FFS!s and AYFKM?s in the world). I’m presuming that he’s only seriously thinking that he could manage to slide into the Veep slot.

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