Interesting Links for 23-11-2012

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• Fit to Be Tied: Holiday Parade Balloons in Bondage
  Not actually NSFW
  (tags: posttofacebook America fiction image amusing )
• Macy’s Thanskgiving Day Parade 2012: Helium is wasted in floating parade balloons. - Slate Magazine
  Isn't an MRI machine more useful than a giant Spiderman baloon?
  (tags: government fail science interesting )
• BBC News - Pregnant woman 'refused' Manchester Metrolink tram seat
  'complained that staff failed to help'
  (tags: culture Manchester news )
• Students should act less gay, says Alberta school trustee (seriously?) - The Globe and Mail
  Dale Schaffrick suggested if "children with a gay tendency" could hide their gayness it would be "for their own benefit."
  (tags: posttofacebook education culture LGBT homophobia bigotry epic fail wtf )
• Russian anti-gay activists court case against Madonna thrown out of court | Gigwise
  (Semi NSFW images with story) Plaintiffs claimed that Madonna's 'homosexual propaganda' would affect the birth rates in Russia and deprive the country of future soldiers - which led to the judge threatening to make journalists leave the court if they laughed too much.
  (tags: Russia law LGBT wtf homophobia news interesting )
• BBC News - Flood warnings as more rains batter UK
  (tags: posttofacebook PSA weather news )