{"id":12755,"date":"2008-10-03T21:11:56","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T04:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/10\/03\/potpourri-bonanza.html"},"modified":"2008-10-03T21:11:56","modified_gmt":"2008-10-04T04:11:56","slug":"potpourri_bonanza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/10\/03\/potpourri_bonanza.html","title":{"rendered":"Potpourri Bonanza!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Links out the wazoo, for your amusement, edification, and passing of time.<\/p>\n

THINGS THAT MAKE ME FROWN<\/p>\n

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  1. Denver police union T-shirt: “We get up early to beat the crowd…<\/a> – Okay, actually kind of cleverly funny. And, if I had my way, an actionable offense if any cop is caught wearing one.<\/li>\n
  2. Truth Not Tolerance frame<\/a> – So. Wrong. In some ways, worse than the previous item.<\/li>\n
  3. Wachovia nixes Citi deal, pairs with Wells – Oct….<\/a> – Time to cross Wells Fargo off my list of institutions to consider housing my money.<\/li>\n
  4. Hugh Hefner to sack Playboy bunnies amid financial crisis …<\/a> – NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!<\/li>\n
  5. Bailout Bill #2<\/a> – As much as earmarks are a trivial issue in overall federal spending, there is in fact something to McCain’s contention that they are a moral failing, and they lower the opinion of the populace about the government. Case in point …<\/li>\n
  6. Media Matters – Claiming “I’m not making any comparison…<\/a> – Bill O’Reilly compares Nancy Pelosi’s hypothetical speech practicing style to that of Adolph Hitler, then disclaims that he’s making a comparison between the two people.<\/li>\n
  7. Whooping cough kills person in Illinois<\/a> – Guess I’m glad I just got a vaccination for this … to visit India.<\/li>\n
  8. BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Melamine found in Cadbury…<\/a> – So at least the Americans aren’t being singled out.<\/li>\n
  9. Painful? You want Painful?!?!?<\/a> – So what exactly do <\/em>doctors do when the warning label on those “little blue pills” comes true and that erection doesn’t go away in four hours? Not for the faint of heart.<\/li>\n
  10. Muslim Children Gassed At Dayton Mosque<\/a> – “Christianity – the Religion of Love.” Right.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    THINGS THAT MAKE ME NOD<\/p>\n

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    1. Robertson Makes More Dire Predictions<\/a> – If these are the End Times foretold in the Bible and presaging the Second Coming — isn’t praying that it doesn’t happen as prophesied actually a bad <\/em>thing?<\/li>\n
    2. Scientists discover why we overbid for old junk on eBay…<\/a> – It’s not because we want to win — it’s because we fear losing.<\/li>\n
    3. Last Supper Menu Clarified<\/a> – And, no, there wasn’t a basket of chips and salsa on the table.<\/li>\n
    4. 9 Fail-proof Tips for Eating Healthy at Social Gatherings<\/a> – These are all excellent strategies.<\/li>\n
    5. PC World – What Processes are Safe to Close?<\/a> – I tend to be overly cautious on this, but I rarely crash my machine, either.<\/li>\n
    6. Turning on your inner savant<\/a> -Sure, let’s boost brain abilities with vaguely-targeted electro-magnetic pulses. What could possibly go wrong?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      THINGS THAT MAKE ME SMILE<\/p>\n

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      1. Frank Demolishes O’Reilly: “Your Stupidity Gets In…<\/a> – Barney Frank, who I’m not the biggest fan of, is my hero for today for standing up to, shouting at, and not getting browbeaten by Bill O’Reilly. O’Reilly only won (despite having a louder microphone) by cutting the interview short.<\/li>\n
      2. Fiction Rule of Thumb<\/a> – Oh, yes, very much so.<\/li>\n
      3. I\u2019ll never understand modern art.<\/a> – Ah, the Tate Modern. It’s the ridiculous that keeps being ridiculable.<\/li>\n
      4. “Peasant Revolt”<\/a> – Things to remember in the deepening economic crisis.<\/li>\n
      5. google empire collapses<\/a> – Oh, no! A preacher, angered by Google’s opposition to California’s Prop 8, is protesting by not using Google! <\/em> Whatever shall they do?<\/li>\n
      6. Nothing like this view has ever been seen<\/a> – Weather on Mars. On video. Too freaking cool.<\/li>\n
      7. Neil Gaiman’s “Graveyard Book,” chapter-a-day reading…<\/a> – Go, Neil, go!<\/li>\n
      8. Olympics reach a new low: trademarking the Canadian national anthem and threatening lawsuits over competing uses – Boing Boing<\/a> – The IOC is a bunch of jerks.<\/li>\n
      9. Top 11 Things Geeks Would Do with $700 Billion<\/a> -I like this plan. I’d be happy to be a part of it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Orangina: The Official Drink\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Potpourri"","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22236,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/19\/unblogged-bits-fri-19-aug-11-1730.html","url_meta":{"origin":12755,"position":4},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Fri. 19-Aug-11 1730)","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 19-Aug-11 5:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... Censorship On The Rise: U.S. Schools Have Banned More Than 20 Books This Year - Yes, it's much better if, instead of reading, those kids sit at home playing Nintendo and watching football. 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