{"id":14538,"date":"2009-04-14T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/14\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-14-april-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T15:13:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T22:13:20","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-14-april-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/14\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-14-april-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 14 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\/fjXI7yiRSxg\/conspiracy-theory-conserv_b_186798.html\">Jeffrey Feldman: Conspiracy Theory Conservatism<\/a> &#8211; Excellent article, and the best analysis of what&#8217;s going horribly wrong with the GOP I&#8217;ve read of late.  The main problem is that his conclusion comes at the very end &#8212; the only folks profiting from this are neither the populace nor the pols, but the pundits \/ media personalities that get high ratings.  They don&#8217;t have to care whether their lunacy wins elections or helps the country &#8212; just whether they are getting big radio, TV, and book contracts from it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/7992482.stm\">BBC NEWS | UK | Archbishop condemns pregnancy ads<\/a> &#8211; Because Ignorance is Power!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/7998688.stm\">BBC NEWS | Europe | Vatican &#8216;vetoes&#8217; US envoy names<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m sure that it&#8217;s untoward to appoint an ambassador who is actively hostile toward the country in question, but it&#8217;s a bit polite of the country in question to demand some sort of ideological litmus test of potential ambassadors.  Of course, I&#8217;m not quite sure why we have an ambassador to the Vatican, anyway.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/W4M08l8bRa4\/simulated-crime-scen.html\">Simulated crime-scene bathroom accessories<\/a> &#8211; Oh, my.  These are great.  Gruesome, but great.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theplumline.whorunsgov.com\/senate-republicans\/kenneth-starr-obama-legal-nominee-under-assault-from-right-should-be-confirmed\/\">Kenneth Starr: Obama Legal Nominee Under Assault From Right Should Be Confirmed | The Plum Line<\/a> &#8211; Well, we all know Kenneth Starr is a dupe for the socialist sharia Left.  I mean, just look at how much time he spent with the Clintons a few years back &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theplumline.whorunsgov.com\/president-obama\/photo-challenges-conservative-bloggers-claim-of-staged-obama-troop-visit\/\">Photo Challenges Conservative Bloggers\u2019 Claim Of \u201cStaged\u201d Obama Troop Visit | The Plum Line<\/a> &#8211; But remember &#8212; it was an anonymous report that&#8217;s been repeated a lot of times, Operator-style, so it must be true!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\">Iowa Same-Sex Marriage: Mike Peters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/04\/14\/veterans-tea-baggers\/\">Veterans Upset That Tea Baggers Plan To Hold Their Anti-Obama Protest At A Veterans Memorial In Kansas: Amanda Terkel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/sXEwAj9bwf8\/cia-black-sites-no-longer_n_185278.html\">CIA Black Sites No Longer Being Used, Panetta Says<\/a> &#8211; Elections matter.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.underconsideration.com\/brandnew\/archives\/creepy_eyes_be_gone.php\">Creepy Eyes Be Gone<\/a> &#8211; The new one is pretty lame, but the old one was, yeah, quite creepy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freerangekids.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/14\/are-most-of-us-bad-parents\/\">Are Most of Us \u201cBad Parents?\u201d \u00ab FreeRangeKids<\/a> &#8211; Huzzah for Admitted Imperfect Parents!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/w5_irxo2mqQ\/justice-clarence-thomas-m_n_186319.html\">Justice Clarence Thomas: Too Much Focus On Rights<\/a> &#8211; Right, Clarence.  That is absolutely why the Founding Fathers (you ol&#8217; Original Intentist, you)  fought tooth and nail to avoid having a &#8220;Bill of Rights.&#8221;  &#8220;Whining frippery,&#8221; John Adams called it.  &#8220;Gimme some of ye olde tyme Tyanny,&#8221; suggested Jefferson.  &#8220;Obligations for all,&#8221; maintained Madison, &#8220;Begone, ye rights-obsessed lunaticks!&#8221;  Yeesh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cbs4denver.com\/local\/rocky.mountain.national.2.982152.html\">Nat&#8217;l Park Designated As Wilderness Area<\/a> &#8211; Yay!  Love RMNP.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.sciencedaily.com\/~r\/sciencedaily\/~3\/weCsRtLutBs\/090414084627.htm\">Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse?<\/a> &#8211; This is good news.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/actionskeptics.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/obama-conspiracy.html\">The Obama Conspiracy<\/a> &#8211; These peple are just nucking futs.  I&#8217;d rather that the Obama&#8217;s, in general, rescued a dog from the shelter, but between the hypo-allergenic aspect and the fact that it&#8217;s a DOG IN THE WHITE HOUSE, I will let them make their decision and move onto, y&#8217;now, IMPORTANT things.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/fqFBobs1iVE\/amazon-explains-why.html\">Amazon explains cataloging error that banished queer books to &#8220;adult&#8221; purgatory: Cory Doctorow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/NotAlwaysRight\/~3\/aoIKTSMuiSE\/1808\">Some-Bunny Was Cranky Today\u2026: admin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/NotAlwaysRight\/~3\/GWVaeVjwQcQ\/1812\">The Fine Art Of Firing A Customer: admin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wired.com\/~r\/wiredgeekdad\/~3\/NjZTNyT3Wgw\/how-nerds-quite.html\">Quit Smoking with the D&amp;D Method: Z.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/wU3M2fvFW7A\/gay-marriage-the-rights-s_b_186535.html\">David Sirota: Gay Marriage &amp; the Right&#8217;s Selective Attacks on Democratic Institutions: David Sirota<\/a><\/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; Jeffrey Feldman: Conspiracy Theory Conservatism &#8211; Excellent article, and the best analysis of what&#8217;s going horribly wrong with the GOP I&#8217;ve read of late. The main problem is that his conclusion comes at the very end &#8212; the only folks profiting from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/14\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-14-april-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 14 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":[718,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14538","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":11124,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/04\/04\/torchwood_squee.html","url_meta":{"origin":14538,"position":0},"title":"Torchwood!  Squee!","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 4-Apr-07 12:29am","format":false,"excerpt":"Coming, not to SciFi, but to BBC America! \u00a0Bravo! Exciting news from BBC AMERICA\u2019s press department hit the wires this morning: the entire channel is undergoing a \u201cradical makeover\u201d...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-tv"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/tardis.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":45005,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/07\/looks-like-good-omens-on-bbc-radio.html","url_meta":{"origin":14538,"position":1},"title":"Looks like &quot;Good Omens&quot; on BBC Radio","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 7-Sep-14 4:33pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I dearly love this book. It's absurd, it's profound, it's sacrilegious, it's deeply moral ... and it's a damned good read. 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Republican Corporate Chairman On Whether Tax Cuts For The Rich Create Jobs: \u2018That\u2019s So Baloney\u2019 | ThinkProgress Obama administration takes tough stance on banks - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com - Unfortunately, it's a tough\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":[]},{"id":51465,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/of-jonathan-strange-mr-norrell.html","url_meta":{"origin":14538,"position":4},"title":"Of &quot;Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 15-Jun-15 9:29am","format":false,"excerpt":"I have no idea how they will fit the rest of the book into only seven more episodes, but I certainly enjoyed what I watched this weekend. 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