Makes me want to hug my dog and then run out and get a new tattoo..via www.peta.org

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If you didn't get the Hippo reference than you obviously don't have young children...don't sweat it. In fact enjoy it because when you do that joke will be even less funny.

Which brings us to our All Star, All NBA Twitter Rebel Amare Stoudemire who I seem recall tweeting in defense of Michael Vick this summer...

Mike Vick to Philly,Welcome Back Vick. Stay up, Don't sweat these haters. It's the Most High then Family. Everyone else will watch you shine

You know, I am not even going to stress over this. When your team is 14 and 3 you can afford a little wishy-washy on the very complicated subject of animal rights. It's not like it's a black and white issue...

Relevant links in case none of that made sense:

• NBA's Amar'e Stoudemire Chooses "Ink, Not Mink" | PETA.org
  NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire bares his skin to help animals save theirs in his anti-fur ad for PETA
• Amar'e Stoudemire shows off tats in PETA anti-fur ad - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
  Suns power forward Amar'e Stoudemire(notes) stars in a role for animals by appearing front, center and shirtless in the latest print ad for PETA's anti-fur campaign, "Ink, Not Mink."
• Amar'e Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler Get Fined for Tweeting During Games -- NBA FanHouse
  Last Wednesday, I was in attendance for the Suns' home game against the Grizzlies. Laptop was open, and so was my Twitter client of choice,

[Note by Phoenix Stan, 11/30/09 3:28 PM MST ]

This just in....not good news

KTAR.com - Barbosa expected to miss 2-4 weeks

azcentral.com blogs - Coro's Suns dish - PaulCoro - Latest on Barbosa, STAT
Suns guard Leandro Barbosa is probably looking at missing two to four weeks of games because of the left ankle sprain he suffered in the fourth quarter of Sunday's loss at Toronto.

More Links (that make even more sense when you consider the trend this season of the Suns beating the crap out of teams and leaving fans, players and coaches shivering in their wake...)

• RaptorsHQ Talks with Marco Belinelli - Raptors HQ
  The Grant Hill piece I've left in an audio file and it can be heard by clicking on the following link - Grant Hill Post-Game.
• SUNS: Postgame Central: Suns @ Raptors - November 29, 2009
  Check out this new feature on Suns.com...cool stuff
• Court Surfing - The Score
  Through 18 games this season, the Raptors are a cumulative +21 in the first half of games and a -96 in the second half.
• Raptors Post-Game Report - Wright - "We Have No Defensive Identity" - Raptors HQ
  The HQ breaks down a loss to Phoenix from behind the scenes.
• At least November’s over – Raptors Republic - ESPN TrueHoop's Raptors Blog

Al McCoy on Sports 620 KTAR recaping yesterday's game...why? Because it's Al McCoy!

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