{"id":11236,"date":"2007-10-16T10:03:30","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T17:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/10\/16\/potpourri-for-the-feast-of-st-gerard-majella.html"},"modified":"2007-10-16T10:03:30","modified_gmt":"2007-10-16T17:03:30","slug":"potpourri_for_the_feast_o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/16\/potpourri_for_the_feast_o.html","title":{"rendered":"Potpourri for the Feast of St. Gerard Majella"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tabs are getting full again …<\/p>\n

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  1. Who was St Gerard Majella<\/a>?<\/li>\n
  2. Though this article focuses on Mormons vs non-Mormons, I think it has a lot to say about discussion of “moral” issues across the board<\/a> between a variety of groups.<\/li>\n
  3. Dentists are making lots of money and working fewer hours.  But it’s all due to growth of cosmetic dentistry — and affordable dental care for the poor is actually getting more difficult to find<\/a>.  Rates of untreated <\/em>cavities in the US are actually going up,  Disgusting. (via kottke<\/a>)<\/small> <\/li>\n
  4. Set course for that asteroid, Mr Sulu!<\/a> <\/li>\n
  5. Is your site blocked in China<\/a>?  I’m somehow disappointed that mine isn’t.<\/li>\n
  6. Wish I had $8K for this new collection of Vatican documents about the Knights Templar<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. The Religious Right is disappointed they’re no longer the top dogs on the political agenda<\/a>.  Huzzah.  They’re worried (finally) that they’re just seen as an assumed\/presumed voting bloc on the GOP side, regardless of how they’re treated.  Almost certainly true.  Welcome to the consequences of mixing worldly and spiritual interests.  (I refuse to use the term “values voters” because, dammit, every <\/em>thoughtful voter is voting on their values, right, left, and center.)  Beyond that — their days may be limited as well, as their population is aging, and younger generations are more critical of religion in general and Christianity in particular<\/a>, almost directly because of all the right’s political shenanigans and generally “un-Christian” attitudes,<\/li>\n
  8. Baby Zebra!<\/a> <\/li>\n
  9. How does it feel to die?<\/a>  Not surprisingly, it depends on the cause. <\/li>\n
  10. The NSA has a big advantage — for the moment — in doing wiretaps, given the huge volume of international phone and network traffic that routes through US-based equipment and hubs<\/a>.  That’s beginning to change, both as other location begin to compete and as other countries and companies begin to mistrust such US-based hubs.<\/li>\n
  11. Doctor Who <\/em>movie?<\/a>  Fantastic!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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