{"id":13113,"date":"2008-07-18T11:46:54","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T18:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/07\/18\/they-blinded-me-with-science.html"},"modified":"2008-07-18T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2008-07-18T18:46:54","slug":"they_blinded_me_with_scie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/18\/they_blinded_me_with_scie.html","title":{"rendered":"They blinded me with science!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I was discussing the various closures of this and that in Denver for the Democratic National Convention, Mary noted this story: <a href=\"http:\/\/kstp.com\/article\/stories\/S291225.shtml?cat=17#\">kstp.com &#8211; Science Museum will close during convention<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"2\">ST. PAUL (AP) &#8211; The Science Museum of Minnesota plans to close to the public during the Republican National Convention next year so it can host convention events. [&#8230;] The GOP convention will be conducted at Xcel Energy Center, across from the museum, from September 1st through September 4th. <\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Now, I&#8217;m <em>sure <\/em>it&#8217;s <em>just <\/em>because of <em>security <\/em>reasons &#8230; but the idea of the GOP closing down a science museum when they come to town is pretty amusing (in a dark, head-shaking kind of way).<\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I was discussing the various closures of this and that in Denver for the Democratic National Convention, Mary noted this story: kstp.com &#8211; Science Museum will close during convention&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-2008"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13114,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/18\/convention_closures.html","url_meta":{"origin":13113,"position":0},"title":"Convention closures","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 18-Jul-08 7:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"So\u00a0the Denver government has been doing its darnedest to stay on message that \"Downtown is Open for Business\" during the Democratic National Convention. Which, mostly, is true, but the big...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Elections 2008&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2008","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2008"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12443,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/01\/visitations_6.html","url_meta":{"origin":13113,"position":1},"title":"Visitations","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 1-May-08 10:37am","format":false,"excerpt":"Mary, our dear friend from college, is in town. She was at the big museum convention downtown, so with that wrapping up yesterday we drove up and picked her up...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Personal&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Personal","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/personal"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12302,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/04\/downtown_denver_and_the_c.html","url_meta":{"origin":13113,"position":2},"title":"Downtown Denver and the Convention","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 4-Jun-08 5:54pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Info from the City on the expected impact of the Democratic Convention. Which is kind of funny, because on the one hand it's all, \"Hey! Convention! Tons of people spending...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Elections 2008&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2008","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2008"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12996,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/25\/dnc_report_1.html","url_meta":{"origin":13113,"position":3},"title":"DNC Report #1","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 25-Aug-08 6:05am","format":false,"excerpt":"Reporting on business life in Downtown Denver during the days of the Democratic National Convention. Lights were on at the convention center -- which is now surrounded by Jersey Barriers...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Elections 2008&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2008","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2008"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131147,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/gp-erdmmerung.html","url_meta":{"origin":13113,"position":4},"title":"G&Ouml;P-erd&auml;mmerung","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 27-Jul-16 10:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"While the Democratic National Convention is going on, here's Samantha Bee looking back at the core zaniness of the Republican National Convention.(Additional segments from the same program on two other GOP talking points:Political Correctness: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=poNCTQuWC6UBlack Lives Matter: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=81dhho3JuK4) View on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12306,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/03\/on_to_denver.html","url_meta":{"origin":13113,"position":5},"title":"On to Denver","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 3-Jun-08 10:03pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It occurs to me that I will actually be working downtown when the Democratic Convention is in town. 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