{"id":13196,"date":"2008-06-25T22:57:46","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T05:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/06\/25\/this-and-that.html"},"modified":"2008-06-25T22:57:46","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T05:57:46","slug":"this_and_that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/25\/this_and_that.html","title":{"rendered":"This and that"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. What it’s like to fly with no ID under TSA’s new rules<\/a>
    It’s … not pretty. But, remember, if we don’t have badly enforced rules about ID, then the terrorists win!<\/li>\n
  2. Security kooks’ accusations force bus-spotter to give…<\/a>
    Remember, if we don’t accuse people who take pictures of busses for a hobby of being terroristic pedophiles, the terroristic pedophiles win!<\/li>\n
  3. A genetic theory of homosexuality. – By William Saletan…<\/a>
    It’s all the mother’s fault, just like everyone says …<\/li>\n
  4. Harnessing the untapped power of breast motion. -…<\/a>
    There is no good way to subtitle this one …<\/li>\n
  5. Gerald Bracey: Neuman Comes Clean on No Child Left…<\/a>
    Yes, it was all about encouraging voucher programs. Yes, it’s been a disaster not just in implementation (where have we heard that one before) but in concept.<\/li>\n
  6. Folger Seeks to Be a Martyr<\/a>
    Arrest me! Arrest me! You didn’t arrest me! Obviously the power of THE LORD kept you from arresting me!<\/li>\n
  7. Where does petroleum oil come from?<\/a>
    I have it on good authority (old Chevron commercials) that “some dinosaur gave his or her all for your tank of gas.”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    What it’s like to fly with no ID under TSA’s new rules It’s … not pretty. 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TSA is now checking out people well in advance of their arriving at the airport, cross-referencing their reservations with a variety federal databases for all sorts of things. 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Some journalists got a copy of it (authentic, as far...","rel":"","context":"In "Homeland Security"","block_context":{"text":"Homeland Security","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/homeland-security"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":50367,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/05\/the-terroristic-horror-of-the-definite-article.html","url_meta":{"origin":13196,"position":3},"title":"The Terroristic Horror of the Definite Article","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 5-May-15 11:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, just as everything that starts with \"The\" in North America is \"bad news.\" The KKK. The Black Panthers. The Catholic Church. The Sound of Music. The Republican Party. The Cat in the Hat.Yes, please, Lindsey, throw your hat into the GOP Ring for 2016. 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