{"id":14651,"date":"2009-04-28T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/28\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-28-april-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T16:00:29","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T23:00:29","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-28-april-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/28\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-28-april-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 28 April 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2009\/04\/youre-plan-for-the-probably-not-coming-apocalypse\/\">Your plan for the (probably not) coming apocalypse<\/a> &#8211; Yeah, I am going to have to do one of these posts.  Though I suspect I will not be nearly as survivable as Doyce &amp; Co.  Maybe we can tag along.  We&#39;ll bring the canned goods (and can opener).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2009\/04\/nekkid\/\">Nekkid<\/a> &#8211; A classic tale in our social circle.  Though evidently not everyone had heard it yet.  That&#8217;s amusing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogoscoped.com\/archive\/2009-04-21-n16.html\">Browser-Based Multiplayer Sierra Adventures<\/a> &#8211; Ah.  Very cool.  I need to check some of these blasts from the past out.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogoscoped.com\/archive\/2009-04-27-n32.html\">Swine Flu Map<\/a> &#8211; Cool!  Scary, but cool!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/OfficialGoogleMobileBlog\/~3\/LpQJ54p7U0E\/my-location-now-in-google-toolbar.html\">My Location now in Google Toolbar<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;d like to see this better integrated with other Google tools, not just with the Google Toolbar (which I don&#8217;t use, and don&#8217;t need, in FF).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/OfficialGmailBlog\/~3\/GcdjRgP3bco\/powerpoint-and-tiff-file-viewing.html\">PowerPoint and TIFF file viewing<\/a> &#8211; Small but cool QoL additions to GMail.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/logodesignlove\/~3\/SO0351WHC24\/wtc-logo-preservation-project\">WTC Logo Preservation Project<\/a> &#8211; An interesting commercial art preservation effort.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.dailykos.com\/~r\/dailykos\/index\/~3\/tZooyXgfdic\/-Specters-play-for-political-survival\">Specter&#8217;s play for political survival: kos <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/_TDiWHN-zRE\/swine_flu_cultural_sensitivity.php\">Swine Flu, Cultural Sensitivity, and a slight lack thereof: [The  Questionable Authority]<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m sorry &#8212; I&#8217;m really trying to figure out how the whole dietary restriction thing makes a bit of difference in how we name the disease.  Are people going to feel more sick if they think it&#8217;s from an unclean animal?  Will doctors refuse to treat them?  Yeesh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/04\/27\/santorum-reconciliation\/\">Santorum: Reconciliation \u2018Has Never Been Done Before\u2019 \u2014 Except For When I Used It: Ali Frick<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/04\/28\/bush-torture-flashback\/\">Bush Flashback: \u201cWar Crimes Will Be Prosecuted\u2026It Will Be No Defense To Say,  \u2018I Was Just Following Orders\u2019\u201d<\/a> &#8211; Well, that&#8217;;s because the Order Givers were evil, scum-sucking war criminals themselves, not virtuous upholders of democracy and goodness and puppies, right?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/04\/28\/kilmeade-mccain-torture\/\">Kilmeade: McCain \u2018Should Not Be Allowed To Talk On Torture\u2019 Because \u2018He Was  Tortured\u2019<\/a> &#8211; What. A. Jerk.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/index\/seb\/comments\/rachel_maddow_on_what_we_know_now_about_bushs_torture_program\/\">Rachel Maddow on what we know now about Bush\u2019s torture program.<\/a> &#8211; Yeah, it keeps looking uglier and uglier &#8212; not in what was done (which was already ugly), but in its timing and direction.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shadow.foreignpolicy.com\/posts\/2009\/04\/21\/the_olc_torture_memos_thoughts_from_a_dissenter\">The OLC &#8220;Torture Memos&#8221;: Thoughts from a dissenter By Philip Zelikow | Shadow Government<\/a> &#8211; Money graf: &#8216;We live in a policy world too inclined to turn lawyers into surrogate priests granting a form of absolution. &#8220;The lawyers say it&#8217;s OK.&#8221;  Well, not really. They say it might be legal. They don&#8217;t know about OK.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/dispatches\/2009\/04\/reagans_convention_against_tor.php\">Reagan&#8217;s Convention Against Torture &#8211; Dispatches from the Culture Wars<\/a> &#8211; Of course, that was in the Old Days, when we were focused on the Godless Commies torturing folks.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/sns-ap-us-low-flying-plane,0,7635967.story\">Recriminations after lower Manhattan jet flyover sets off panic, memories of 9\/11 &#8212; chicagotribune.com<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  This was pretty darned &#8216;tone-deaf.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/yjAvbkMtb5I\/neuroscience-of-junk.html\">Neuroscience of junk-food cravings, researched in a Chili&#8217;s dumpster<\/a> &#8211; Interesting.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/9dqWY9XufXc\/michael-jacksons-wei.html\">Michael Jackson&#8217;s weirdest detritus, a photoset<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  Just &#8230; freaky.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/x2hg_nMtzto\/home-office-official.html\">Home Office official offered advice and &#8220;comfort&#8221; to Phorm spyware vendor: Cory Doctorow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metamagician3000.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/harvards-islamic-chaplain-great-wisdom.html\">Harvard&#8217;s Islamic chaplain: &#8220;great wisdom&#8221; in death penalty for apostates &#8211; Metamagician and the Hellfire Club:<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  This isn&#8217;t some yokel in Iran or terrorist in Gaza.  This is the Islamic chaplain at Harvard.  Who does indeed tout the subject line, despite disagreement from &#8220;hegemonic modern human rights discourse.&#8221;  Yeesh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. Your plan for the (probably not) coming apocalypse &#8211; Yeah, I am going to have to do one of these posts. Though I suspect I will not be nearly as survivable as Doyce &amp; Co. Maybe we can tag &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/28\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-28-april-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 28 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":[715,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-punishment","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":206,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/05\/29\/so_uncool.html","url_meta":{"origin":14651,"position":0},"title":"So uncool","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 29-May-03 6:31pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Katherine insists that she is not cool. 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