{"id":14725,"date":"2009-05-06T18:00:59","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/06\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-06-may-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T08:23:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T15:23:46","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-06-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/06\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-06-may-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 06 May 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:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/Ciq7tHWg1ec\/church-going-and-torture_b_197246.html\">Valerie Tarico: Church-Going and Torture Approval &#8212; What&#8217;s the Connection?: Valerie Tarico<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/R-Gml-g5cUI\/majority-of-americans-wan_n_198196.html\">Majority Of Americans Want Pot Legalized: Zogby Poll: The Huffington Post News Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boulderdude.com\/2009\/05\/two_series_review.html\">Two Series Review<\/a> &#8211; Since we twisted BD&#8217;s arm into watching &#8220;Avatar,&#8221; it&#8217;s only fair I share his review of the first two series. As soon as he can get over to the house, we&#8217;ll get him S.3.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/9eLLB40wuh8\/cantor-tries-fails-to-off_n_197728.html\">Cantor Tries, Fails To Offer GOP Health Care Plan On Morning Joe (VIDEO)<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;We have top men on it.&#8221; &#8220;Who?&#8221; &#8220;Top. Men.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/fOKVTlFoQmk\/fed-inspector-general-kno_n_197934.html\">Fed Inspector General Knows Roughly Nothing About The Fed (VIDEO)<\/a> &#8211; Wow. That&#8217;s &#8230; um &#8230; disturbing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/McE8rk89CqM\/top-republican-sessions-i_n_198046.html\">Sessions: SCOTUS Filibuster Should Be Rare<\/a> &#8211; We will see.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.straightdope.com\/columns\/read\/77\/am-i-imagining-or-are-womens-breasts-getting-bigger\">The Straight Dope: Am I imagining or are women&#8217;s breasts getting bigger?<\/a> &#8211; Inquiring minds want to know!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eff.org\/press\/archives\/2009\/05\/06\">Government Still Blocking Information on Secret IP Enforcement Treaty: rebecca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2009\/05\/ags-v-craigslist-put\">AGs v. Craigslist: Putting the Bully Back Into Bully Pulpit: mattz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pamshouseblend.com\/diary\/10828\/breaking-maine-gov-baldacci-will-announce-decision-on-signing-marriage-equality-bill\">Pam&#8217;s House Blend:: BREAKING: Maine Gov. Baldacci signs marriage equality bill<\/a> &#8211; Go, Maine, go!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/james-dobsons-hate-crimes-freak-out\">James Dobson&#8217;s Hate Crimes Freak-Out<\/a> &#8211; Look! Resusable (legal) code! It&#8217;s not a bug, James, it&#8217;s a feature!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/businesstechnology\/090506-tw-warp-drive.html\">SPACE.com &#8212; Star Trek&#8217;s Warp Drive: Not Impossible<\/a> &#8211; Don&#8217;t book your flights quite yet. It&#8217;s still in the &#8220;hey, it might not be impossible&#8221; stage.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/TftAyFNPDbo\/your-blog-is-a-weapo.html\">Your Blog is a Weapon?<\/a> &#8211; See, this is the sort of thing that the Hate Crimes folks are actually (and, in this case, correctly) worried about.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/b7m_kBAgw9I\/rampant-boobies-to-r.html\">Rampant boobies to reign at Disneyland!<\/a> &#8211; Huh. Never thought of someone doing this (duh), nor that Disney would have folks watching out for it. I give this a month before rampant boobie-flashing forces a change back in policy. Hmmmm. Have they changed this at Walt Disney World, too?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/notalwaysright.com\/over-the-gray-bland-rainbow\/1913\">Over The Gray, Bland Rainbow: admin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyatheist.com\/2009\/05\/06\/update-to-the-military-proselytizing-story\/\">Update to the Military Proselytizing Story<\/a> &#8211; Well, at least they did something. But, yes, they need do something more.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Americablog\/~3\/DTAbxvGpRuE\/mormon-gop-congressman-from-utah.html\">Mormon GOP Congressman from Utah threatens to prevent D.C.&#8217;s new marriage provision from becoming law<\/a> &#8211; Nice support for representative government there, Rep. Chaffetz.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/DR1rVCixChg\/top-10-reasons-your-chargeback-will-be-denied\">Top 10 Reasons Your Chargeback Will Be Denied [Insiders]: Ben Popken<\/a><\/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;. Valerie Tarico: Church-Going and Torture Approval &#8212; What&#8217;s the Connection?: Valerie Tarico Majority Of Americans Want Pot Legalized: Zogby Poll: The Huffington Post News Team Two Series Review &#8211; Since we twisted BD&#8217;s arm into watching &#8220;Avatar,&#8221; it&#8217;s only &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/06\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-06-may-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 06 May 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":"","_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":[45,3,133,109,350,263,77,134,17,79,25,718,9,358,16,27,110,82,348],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-cartoons","category-blogging","category-censorship","category-church-state","category-civil-liberties","category-disney","category-economy","category-health-care","category-homeland-security","category-media-intellectual-property","category-gay-stuff","category-marriage-equality","category-politics-law","category-poor-citizenship","category-potpourri","category-religion","category-religious-zanies","category-space","category-women"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":136653,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/30\/trump-is-ticked-off-about-the-roseanne-cancellation-kind-of.html","url_meta":{"origin":14725,"position":0},"title":"Trump is ticked off about the &#8220;Roseanne&#8221; cancellation. 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