{"id":14469,"date":"2009-04-07T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/07\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-07-april-2009-2.html"},"modified":"2013-06-04T14:48:54","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T20:48:54","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-07-april-2009-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/07\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-07-april-2009-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 07 April 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2009\/04\/whelan-watch.html\">Whelan Watch: publius<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/tpmelectioncentral\/~3\/qdQmsogJTW8\/republicans-against-obstructing-nominees-before-they-were-for-it.php\">Republicans Against Obstructing Nominees Before They Were For It: Brian Beutler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/tpmelectioncentral\/~3\/Y1x5fAO03rs\/message-to-conservatives-troops-like-obama-just-fine.php\">Message to Conservatives: Troops Like Obama Just Fine: Brian Beutler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/N_sMZanYjMw\/karzai-rape-law-on-hold_b_184159.html\">Taylor Marsh: Karzai Rape Law on &#8216;Hold&#8217;: Taylor Marsh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/PamsHouseBlend\/~3\/yAXYl58j--s\/frcs-tony-perkins-wealthy-homosexual-activists-and-a-liberal-elite-destroying-marriage-democracy\">Fundies gone wild: reaction to Vermont, Iowa, DC: Pam Spaulding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/blogs-and-stories\/2009-04-07\/what-a-killer-was-watching\">What a Killer Was Watching<\/a> &#8211; As Doyce notes, the right wing punditry would be the first to be waving torches and pitchforks if this guy played video games, or worked for ACORN, or read comic books, or liked D&amp;D, or was an atheist, or &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews\/~3\/t5XThnGdaG8\/\">Bill Gates Facebook Page<\/a> &#8211; Heh heh heh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/EnTequilaEsVerdad\/~3\/Exg_aioNBbs\/sore-losers.html\">Sore Losers<\/a> &#8211; Have a vigorous campaign. Engage in a contest of wills, charisma, command of facts. Even pander to your electorate. Whatever. Leave it in <b>their<\/b> hands. Start messing with the electoral system itself to your own slimy ends, and, GOP or Democrat, I&#8217;m ready to start locking folks up.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/EnTequilaEsVerdad\/~3\/CC1HbIoyAR4\/ooo-secret-mooslim-codes.html\">Ooo, Secret Mooslim Codes<\/a> &#8211; Gosh, I remember the good old days when heads of state all bowed to each other and talked about respect. Then someone along the way decided that seemed weak and inappropriate for All-American Presidents. Now it&#8217;s further morphed into being cryto-treasonous. Remarkable.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/PamsHouseBlend\/~3\/ZlancwVLILQ\/get-yer-freeper-vermont-reaction-here\">Get yer Freeper Vermont reaction here&#8230;<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;And they&#8217;ll know we are Christians by our love,&#8221; right? Not so that you could tell by these yokels.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/EZZCAJxZfUo\/segway-and-gms-car.html\">Segway and GM&#8217;s &#8220;car&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; It looks like what I&#8217;d expect to see packing the streets of Mumbai in 2081. Very cool. And, yes, I want one.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sinfest.net\/comikaze\/comics\/2009-04-07.gif\">&#8220;Camping Out 2&#8221; &#8211; Tue, 07 Apr 2009<\/a> &#8211; Ha! Yeah, that looks familiar.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/PamsHouseBlend\/~3\/1hrKWG7tP0o\/what-is-the-fiscal-impact-of-married-heterosexuals-on-the-state-budget\">What is the Fiscal Impact of Married Heterosexuals on the State Budget?<\/a> &#8211; Nicely turned around.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/PamsHouseBlend\/~3\/tTfvNL6-OH0\/live-video-in-vermont\">-LIVE VIDEO in- VERMONT OVERRULES DOUGLAS VETO!!!<\/a> &#8211; Excellent!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/04\/07\/obama-doj-wiretapping-suit\/\">Obama administration invokes \u2018state secrets\u2019 claim to defend Bush\u2019s wiretapping program.<\/a> &#8211; Yes, deeply disappointing. I&#8217;d like to actually hear him talk about this some time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Americablog\/~3\/GI5vRIwphWA\/apparently-you-have-rick-warren-scared.html\">Apparently you have Rick Warren scared. He&#8217;s lying again.<\/a> &#8211; Wow. People really don&#8217;t realize how easily this stuff is fact-checked &#8212; or they figure the folks watching Larry King don&#8217;t have access to the Internet.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/slashfilm\/~3\/zk3AKV7aeGc\/\">Early Buzz: The First Reviews of JJ Abrams\u2019 Star Trek<\/a> &#8211; Very, very promising.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/PvQXXWssaxc\/what-you-should-be-a.html\">What you should be afraid of instead of terrorists<\/a> &#8211; Nice. &#8220;Live out whatever time we have with courage, compassion, service and joy.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/index\/seb\/comments\/russel_t._davies_and_david_tennant_on_leaving_doctor_who\/\">Russel T. Davies and David Tennant on leaving \u201cDoctor Who.\u201d<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Cool to be a fan again.&#8221; Yup.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Jimhillmediacom\/~3\/Hy7IQhqp8lI\/click.phdo\">Still bothered by the changes that were recently made to \u201cit\u2019s a small world\u201d ? \u201cGet a key and open your minds\u201d<\/a> &#8211; This is actually the most positive thing I&#8217;ve read on this change &#8212; and the pictures are rather encouraging.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230; Whelan Watch: publius Republicans Against Obstructing Nominees Before They Were For It: Brian Beutler Message to Conservatives: Troops Like Obama Just Fine: Brian Beutler Taylor Marsh: Karzai Rape Law on &#8216;Hold&#8217;: Taylor Marsh Fundies gone wild: reaction to Vermont, Iowa, DC: Pam &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/07\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-07-april-2009-2.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 07 April 2009&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_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":[5,43,10,298,17,25,358,16,132,110,360,26,347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","category-media-tv-doctor-who","category-geopolitical-brouhaha","category-guns","category-homeland-security","category-gay-stuff","category-poor-citizenship","category-potpourri","category-privacy","category-religious-zanies","category-media-tv-star-trek","category-travel","category-voting-rights"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14468,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/07\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-07-april-2009.html","url_meta":{"origin":14469,"position":0},"title":"Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 07 April 2009","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Apr-09 6:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ... 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First-Class Cornyn Offers Weak Defense Of His Exorbitant Travel Costs: Texas Is A Big State: Ben Armbruster Andy Worthington: Military Commissions: Government Flounders, As Admiral Hutson Nails Problems: Andy Worthington Key Reason Palin Gave\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Potpourri&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37099,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14469\/revisions\/37099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}