{"id":14507,"date":"2009-04-09T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2009-04-10T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/09\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-09-april-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T13:56:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T20:56:19","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-thursday-09-april-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/09\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-09-april-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 09 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:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/NbgFb1WTh7c\/hr-875-myth-sows-terror-a_n_185230.html\">&#8220;HR 875&#8221; Myth Sows Terror Among Organic Gardeners: The Huffington Post News Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/notre-dame-no-longer-catholic\">Notre Dame No Longer Catholic?: Kyle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/04\/09\/perino-bush-alienated\/\">Perino: \u2018Where Is The Proof\u2019 That Bush \u2018Alienated\u2019 People Around The World?: Matt Corley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/PamsHouseBlend\/~3\/q1tAAT5SgeI\/pastor-declares-marriage-equality-equals-the-worst-disaster-to-strike-the-state-of-iowa\">Pastor: marriage equality &#8216;worst disaster to strike the state of Iowa&#8217;: Pam Spaulding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/simplefeed.consumerreports.org\/rsrc\/link\/_\/fda_orders_medical_device_review_what_took_them__330984401?f=79043330-01de-11de-3025-003048605010\">FDA orders medical device review \u2026what took them so long?: info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/fL59dMtYRfU\/a-simple-question-for-rep_b_185285.html\">Jackson Williams: A Simple Question For Republicans: Is Rush Limbaugh Correct Or Delusional?: Jackson Williams<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scifiwire.com\/2009\/04\/will-fox-air-only-12-of-d.php\">Will Fox air only 12 of Dollhouse&#8217;s 13 episodes?<\/a> &#8211; So has Fox killed another Joss Whedon series?  Or are they pulling that maddening &#8220;Let&#8217;s save the last episiode of Season X for the week before Season X+1 airs,&#8221; the way B5 used to suffer.  Either way, rrg.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.boingboing.net\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/9cgF8KzYfyQ\/the-dark-side-of-dub.html\">The Dark Side of Dubai: Xeni Jardin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyatheist.com\/2009\/04\/08\/what-do-non-religious-people-call-themselves\/\">What Do Non-Religious People Call Themselves?<\/a> &#8211; Two thoughts.  (1) Some of these folks misread the believe\/disbelieve question.  (2) Some of these folks see their religious affiliation more as a social grouping than a personal belief system, and so they continue to identify with a denomination or parish even if they don&#8217;t actually believe.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/sns-ap-sci-obama-science-adviser,0,4609864.story\">Obama science adviser: Global warming so dire, we may need to tinker with Earth&#8217;s atmosphere &#8212; chicagotribune.com<\/a> &#8211; I can&#8217;t wait for the folks who claim it&#8217;s highly implausible that humans can affect the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere to go ballistic over the idea of the DEMOCRAT humans trying to affect the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/RK7QmUZx4MA\/associated-press-thr.html\">Associated Press threatens AP affiliate over YouTube channel: Cory Doctorow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~3\/1XaLNWtQbGU\/a-wearable-robot-chariot\">A Wearable Robot Chariot [Robots]<\/a> &#8211; I welcome our new cyborg overlords!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/whitecoatunderground\/2009\/04\/the_end_times_or_why_electing.php\">The End Times, or &#8220;Why electing a Negro president will bring Armeggedon&#8221; : White Coat Underground<\/a> &#8211; Money graf: &#8220;If our central government wanted to take away your rights, they wouldn&#8217;t knock on your door looking for cash. They would abrogate your right of habeus corpus, or monitor your private communications. They would use the media to gin up excuses to wage wars of choice. They would manufacture enemies, or &#8220;axes of evil&#8221; so that the State could have a bogeyman to both pump up and deflect your fears. In other words, we would continue the last eight years unchanged.&#8221;  Amen, brother.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scitech.blogs.cnn.com\/2009\/04\/08\/meat-for-monkey-sex\/\">Meat for sex? &#8211; SciTechBlog &#8211; CNN.com Blogs<\/a> &#8211; Ah &#8230; and Margie cooked me a lovely steak dinner tonight &#8230; hmmmmm &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/archives\/individual\/2009_04\/017650.php\">The End of the World As We Know It &#8211; The Washington Monthly<\/a> &#8211; An excellent question &#8212; why would civilization end if gays get to marry?  Why would heterosexuals &#8212; a large majority of the population &#8212; stop getting married if homosexuals do, too?  It makes no sense.  Which makes it an ideal Right Wing talking point.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/vermont-right-wing-reactions\">Vermont: Right Wing Reactions<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  I especially like the comparison between Vermont&#8217;s override and Original Sin.<\/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; &#8220;HR 875&#8221; Myth Sows Terror Among Organic Gardeners: The Huffington Post News Team Notre Dame No Longer Catholic?: Kyle Perino: \u2018Where Is The Proof\u2019 That Bush \u2018Alienated\u2019 People Around The World?: Matt Corley Pastor: marriage equality &#8216;worst disaster to strike the state &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/09\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-09-april-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 09 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_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":[718,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marriage-equality","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24019,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/24\/the-marriage-equality-conspiracy-revealed.html","url_meta":{"origin":14507,"position":0},"title":"The Marriage Equality Conspiracy Revealed!","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 24-Nov-11 10:20pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, marriage equality is all a great conspiracy ... but not by all those gay men you see marching around out there in their leather and rainbow flags, but by the National Organization of Women who will establish \"feminist marriages\" where women will marry each other for tax breaks while\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":51633,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/28\/another-positive-christian-response-to-the-marriage-equality-ruling.html","url_meta":{"origin":14507,"position":1},"title":"Another positive Christian response to the marriage equality ruling","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 28-Jun-15 10:18am","format":false,"excerpt":"Drawing the distinction between civil rights and personal religious beliefs. One of the more disquieting aspects of the discussion around marriage equality has been people (on both sides) framing it as \"gays\" vs \"Christians\". Quite a few gay people are Christian. Quite a few Christians support marriage equality. While it's\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":43418,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/09\/marriage-equality-comes-another-big-step-closer-in-colorado.html","url_meta":{"origin":14507,"position":2},"title":"Marriage equality comes another big step closer in Colorado","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 9-Jul-14 8:05pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Ironically, \"civil unions,\" intended to get around Colorado's constitutional ban on gay marriage, were cited as evidence of unequal protection of the law in the ruling. The judge immediately stayed the decision, as the whole issue wends its way through federal courts and up to SCOTUS.(h\/t +Scott M. Baron)\ufeff Colorado's\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":47155,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/06\/marriage-equality-looks-likely-to-head-to-the-supreme-court.html","url_meta":{"origin":14507,"position":3},"title":"Marriage Equality looks likely to head to the Supreme Court","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 6-Nov-14 4:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The 6th Circuit has ruled, 2-1, against a challenge to marriage discrmination laws within its area, the first circuit to have done so. It seems most likely that the expected appeal will not be for the circuit to reconsider en banc but to take it directly to SCOTUS -- which\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":51634,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/28\/looking-at-the-marriage-equality-dissents.html","url_meta":{"origin":14507,"position":4},"title":"Looking at the marriage equality dissents","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 28-Jun-15 12:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Judge Poster's take down of Justice Roberts and Scalia's dissents strikes me as pretty much spot on, except for confusing (with some historic precedent) polygamy and polygyny. The Chief Justice\u2019s Gay Marriage Dissent Is Heartless It was no surprise that the Supreme Court held Friday that there is a constitutional\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":51514,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/19\/on-the-choosing-of-appropriate-terms-around-marriage-equality.html","url_meta":{"origin":14507,"position":5},"title":"On the choosing of appropriate terms around &quot;marriage equality&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 19-Jun-15 10:41am","format":false,"excerpt":"It's not just a matter of so-called political correctness, but of conveying, accurately, what one means. As a cause, I prefer the term \"marriage equality,\" as that captures what is at the heart of the matter. 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