{"id":14487,"date":"2009-04-08T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T00:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/08\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-08-april-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-04-08T18:00:37","modified_gmt":"2009-04-09T00:00:37","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-08-april-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/08\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-08-april-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 08 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:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/only-one-vote-talking-point\">The &#8220;Only One Vote&#8221; Talking Point<\/a> &#8211; A nicely demolished point. It&#8217;s not &#8220;just a single vote&#8221; when you&#8217;re talking about a 2\/3 majority overriding a governor&#8217;s veto.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/04\/08\/pew-health-education\/\">Pew: Majority prioritize investing in health care reform and education over deficit reduction.: Matt Corley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/reproductive-choice-need-numbers-and-dawn-johnsen\">Reproductive Choice: Need, Numbers, and Dawn Johnsen: Kyle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/1xDh9QJlHzE\/porno-teaches-maryland-a_b_184896.html\">Greg Lukianoff: Porno Teaches Maryland a Valuable Lesson: Greg Lukianoff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/zse-PDJE2Vo\/inewsweeki-is-wrong-chris_b_184642.html\">Jeff Schweitzer: Newsweek is Wrong:  Christian America is as Strong as Ever: Jeff Schweitzer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/insolence\/2009\/04\/best_anti-homeopathy_poster_ever.php\">Respectful Insolence: Best anti-homeopathy poster ever?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freerangekids.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/08\/would-you-like-some-cyber-candy-little-girl\/\">Would You Like Some Cyber-Candy, Little Girl?<\/a> &#8211; Here&#8217;s hoping for a bit more common sense in the face of media ratings-driven alarmism.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2009\/04\/who-are-your-experts\/\">Who are your experts?<\/a> &#8211; Some good stuff here.  The best test of expertise is, sadly, experience &#8212; which is why, if you don&#8217;t already have positive experience with an expert, getting references is a fine idea (with pretty much all experts).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/2\/hi\/in_depth\/7990566.stm\">Hijacked US crew &#8216;retake vessel&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; Woot!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joeydevilla.com\/2009\/04\/08\/hussein-and-kumar-go-to-white-house\/\">Hussein and Kumar Go to White House: Joey deVilla<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/PamsHouseBlend\/~3\/RpvzkFhTP5s\/national-organization-for-marriages-new-tactic-fearmongering-without-using-the-word-religion\">National Organization for Marriage&#8217;s new tactic: fear-mongering without using the word &#8216;religion&#8217;: Pam Spaulding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/us.rd.yahoo.com\/dailynews\/rss\/oddlyenough\/*http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20090408\/ap_on_en_tv\/tv_fox_layoff_show\">Fox to make reality TV show out of company layoffs      (AP)<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  That&#8217;s &#8230; well, bad, but, let&#8217;s face it, most reality shows are about people in pain and the others willing to shove the knife in.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/videocafe.crooksandliars.com\/heather\/daily-show-wingnuts-gone-wild\">The Daily Show: Wingnuts Gone Wild<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Pace your rage!&#8221;  Delightful.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/typepad\/sethsmainblog\/~3\/qO0q7rc1OEQ\/first-question-every-web-site-designer-must-ask.html\">The first question every web site designer must ask<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m actually going through this thought process with the conversion of my WIST site over from MT to WP.  And as uber-pretty as some templates are, ultimately this is a reference resource, and should be about the textual content, not the prettiness of its surroundings.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chaospet.com\/2009\/04\/07\/126-the-end-of-philosophy\/\">chaospet \u00bb Archive \u00bb #126 The End of Philosophy\u2026?<\/a> &#8211; Heh.  If it were easy, everyone could do it!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyatheist.com\/2009\/04\/08\/army-proclaims-day-of-prayer-and-fasting-on-passover\/\">Army Proclaims Day of Prayer and Fasting\u2026 on Passover<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;What?  You mean we have army chaplains who don&#8217;t believe the same thing I do, or go to a Christian church, or celebrate the same holiday schedule?  How the heck did that happen?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2009\/04\/philosophy-not-dead-yet.html\">Philosophy: Not Dead Yet!<\/a> &#8211; Dave Newman will be glad to hear this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/lifehacker\/full\/~3\/HResNbwD8as\/make-vibrantly-colored-tea-eggs\">Make Vibrantly Colored Tea Eggs [Food]<\/a> &#8211; Sounds like a fun project for Margie and Katherine this weekend.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~r\/arstechnica\/index\/~3\/lk5e6s635kE\/ars-cipher-expert-cracks-tv-fringe-code.ars\">Ars cracks TV Fringe code<\/a> &#8211; Cool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scifiwire.com\/2009\/04\/topper-remakers-slag-the.php\">Topper remakers slag the 1937 original film<\/a> &#8211; Steve Martin is a man of tremendous comedic talent, both in acting and in writing?  Why, for the love of God, does he keep getting involved in these sorts of cinematic disasters?<\/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; The &#8220;Only One Vote&#8221; Talking Point &#8211; A nicely demolished point. It&#8217;s not &#8220;just a single vote&#8221; when you&#8217;re talking about a 2\/3 majority overriding a governor&#8217;s veto. Pew: Majority prioritize investing in health care reform and education over deficit reduction.: Matt &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/08\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-08-april-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 08 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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137335,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/17\/a-vote-for-the-gop-is-a-vote-for-cutting-social-security-medicare-and-medicaid.html","url_meta":{"origin":14487,"position":0},"title":"A vote for the GOP is a vote for cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 17-Oct-18 10:25am","format":false,"excerpt":"Having massively ratcheted up the federal budget deficit by passing a tax cut with $1 trillion in revenue reductions over the next decade, and then jacking up military spending by a significant amount at the same time, Senate Majority Leader McConnell makes it clear that, nope, the real cause of\u2026","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":133150,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/25\/i-would-have-gotten-away-with-it-too-if-not-for-you-rascally-democrats.html","url_meta":{"origin":14487,"position":1},"title":"I would have gotten away with it, too, if not for you Rascally Democrats!","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 25-Mar-17 12:10am","format":false,"excerpt":"Donald Trump gave a formal statement to the press about the failure of the GOP-majority House of Representatives to pass the ACHA. 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