{"id":13206,"date":"2008-06-24T17:35:27","date_gmt":"2008-06-25T00:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/06\/24\/potpourri-for-the-cocktail-hour.html"},"modified":"2013-06-04T07:51:44","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T13:51:44","slug":"potpourri_for_the_cocktai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/24\/potpourri_for_the_cocktai.html","title":{"rendered":"Potpourri for the cocktail hour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Thompson to Vet Judges for McCain – HUMAN EVENTS<\/a>
    I thought Fred Thompson crawled back into his den and went back to sleep. But evidently now he’s John McCain’s best friend, and the commenters at the site are tickled red.<\/li>\n
  2. Returned To The Battlefield<\/a>
    When Justice Scalia said that the habeas case would mean more Americans would die, and that there were thirty cases at least of released Gitmo detainees who’d made their way back to the battlefield … what’s the truth behind those numbers. Answer: not a whole hell of a lot.<\/li>\n
  3. When The King Travels<\/a>
    I acknowledge that the President needs a certain degree of security, and I certainly want him to be able to travel. But delaying traffic at Heathrow for hours? Dozens of flights cancelled? Jeez, talk about the Ugly American.<\/li>\n
  4. Dodd And Feingold Will Filibuster Telecom Immunity<\/a>
    Go! Go! Go!<\/li>\n
  5. Dork Tower for 16 Jun 2008<\/a>
    Which cartoon is what I thought of when Doyce posted     this<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  6. Do I see a dragon?<\/a>
    Hey, someone else has been reading the     D&D4e comments<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. The Twilight Zone: The Complete Definitive DVD Collection…<\/a>
    Oh … my …<\/li>\n
  8. TSA Gets Badges<\/a>
    And the airport police aren’t very happy about it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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