{"id":14789,"date":"2009-05-13T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T00:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/13\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-13-may-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T13:56:11","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T20:56:11","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-13-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/13\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-13-may-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 13 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\/i_MQ5C-NjUQ\/feingold-whacks-obama-for_n_203158.html\">Feingold Rebukes Obama For Detainee Photo Reversal: The Huffington Post News Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2009\/05\/ags-bogus-threats-hi\">AGs&#8217; Bogus Threats Hit Their Mark:  Craigslist Gives In: mattz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/blogspot\/MKuf\/~3\/tM1SeYOYJrY\/understanding-health-related-searches.html\">Understanding health-related searches: A Googler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/05\/13\/leahy-bybee-hearing\/\">Leahy: Bybee refused to appear before Judiciary subcommittee hearing on torture memos.: Ben Armbruster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/bauer-jesus-approves-torture\">Bauer: Jesus Approves of Torture<\/a> &#8211; Hence that whole &#8220;Inquisition&#8221; thing, right?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/lesson-senate-procedure-frc\">A Lesson In Senate Procedure for FRC<\/a> &#8211; Money quote: &#8220;Is it too much to ask that the Vice President for Government Affairs at the Family Research Council not hypocritically and purposely mischaracterize what is going on regarding Johnsen&#8217;s nomination and the GOP&#8217;s obstruction efforts? Apparently it is.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/david-neiwert\/maddow-deconstructs-limbaughs-latest\">Maddow deconstructs Limbaugh: &#8216;There is a black man in the White House! Be  very afraid!&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; Maybe I need to subtitle all my Limbaugh posts with this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/paul-begala\/mr-cheney-you-did-not-kee_b_203013.html\">Paul Begala: Mr. Cheney, You Did Not Keep Us Safe: Paul Begala<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hERp-USEQQsYvRT9m7JnPIf5MsngD9853CJG0\">The Associated Press: Rotten office fridge cleanup sends 7 to hospital<\/a> &#8211; Another reason to not store stuff in the office fridge.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogoscoped.com\/archive\/2009-05-13-n70.html\">Google Calendar Tasks Live<\/a> &#8211; Okay, need to play with this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5251335\/meet-torchwoods-children-in-july\">Meet Torchwood&#8217;s Children In July [Torchwood]<\/a> &#8211; W00t!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babynamewizard.com\/archives\/2009\/5\/in-memoriam-the-departed-names-of-2008\">In Memoriam: the departed names of 2008<\/a> &#8211; Some fascinating drops, though I&#8217;ll confess that seeing &#8220;Brandy&#8221; leave the top 1,000 does not cause me any heartburn.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.underconsideration.com\/brandnew\/archives\/the_xe_marks_the_spot.php\">The Xe Marks the Spot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/well.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/05\/12\/how-hospitals-treat-same-sex-couples\/\">How Hospitals Treat Same-Sex Couples &#8211; Well Blog &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a> &#8211; Remember these cases when people claim that marriage equality is unnecessary because folks can just write up &#8220;contracts&#8221; and the like.  I have no doubt that I would have full spousal rights to be with Margie and make medical decisions on her behalf just on my say-so as her husband.  It&#8217;s not right that another spouse has carry around a bunch of paperwork and plead their case to hospital administrators during such a distressing time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/05\/13\/health\/13patent.html\">Cancer Patients Challenge the Patenting of a Gene &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a> &#8211; I believe I understand the basis for the company&#8217;s claim, but it remains both burdensome and ultimately absurd.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/-QNVnOVtd2k\/blind-man-dragged-of.html\">Blind man dragged off plane in Philadelphia, accused of faking: Cory Doctorow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/oneutah\/Gkug\/~3\/gprlhCSig0s\/\">BREAKING: AG Shurtleff Inadvertently Announces Candidacy on Twitter<\/a> &#8211; Heh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~3\/1gqFjb0kExk\/cineplexes-getting-imax-but-is-it-really-imax\">Cineplexes Getting IMAX, But Is It *Really* IMAX? [Imax]<\/a> &#8211; Still not sure it&#8217;s worth the extra $5.<\/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;. Feingold Rebukes Obama For Detainee Photo Reversal: The Huffington Post News Team AGs&#8217; Bogus Threats Hit Their Mark: Craigslist Gives In: mattz Understanding health-related searches: A Googler Leahy: Bybee refused to appear before Judiciary subcommittee hearing on torture memos.: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/13\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-13-may-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 13 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_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-14789","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":33308,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/21\/who-wouldnt-use-torture-on-this-punk.html","url_meta":{"origin":14789,"position":0},"title":"&quot;Who Wouldn&#39;t Use Torture On This Punk?&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 21-Apr-13 12:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Um ... me?I mean, this isn't anywhere close to the \"ticking time bomb\" \"Twenty-Four Hours\" type of scenario that torture fetishists love\u00a0to use to justifiy legal protection for twisting arms and applying thumbscrews. \"What if Hasim was the only one who knew where the atomic bomb was that was going\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":24131,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/29\/i-dont-think-its-technically-torture-so-it-must-be-okay.html","url_meta":{"origin":14789,"position":1},"title":"I don&#39;t think it&#39;s technically torture, so it must be okay!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 29-Nov-11 11:01pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, let's be sure to defend a moral disaster and pragmatic waste of time on the basis of (a poor reading of) \"technical rules.\" Just the president we want. #ddtb Embedded Link Gingrich Changes His Position: \u2018Waterboarding Is, By Every Technical Rule, Not Torture\u2019 Back in 2009, when the public\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":131873,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/24\/the-president-cant-declare-torture-legal.html","url_meta":{"origin":14789,"position":2},"title":"The President can&#039;t declare torture legal","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 24-Oct-16 9:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"That should actually be a relief to everyone, even if they're really scared of Evil Muslim Terrorists. 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Well, apparently it is for one GOP Senator. #ddtb Embedded Link Republican Senator Proposes Torture Amendment To Defense Bill","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":136408,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/11\/since-we-seem-to-be-having-the-torture-debate-again.html","url_meta":{"origin":14789,"position":4},"title":"Since we seem to be having the torture debate AGAIN","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 11-May-18 11:25am","format":false,"excerpt":"Guess I need to post this AGAIN. \u00a0 View on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/torture%2Bworks.PNGimgmax%3D660.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/torture%2Bworks.PNGimgmax%3D660.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/torture%2Bworks.PNGimgmax%3D660.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43310,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/30\/because-torture-is-necessary-for-national-security.html","url_meta":{"origin":14789,"position":5},"title":"Because torture is necessary for national security!","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 30-Jun-14 10:36pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Except, y'know, where folk are actually concerned about the truth. \"Torture has corrupted everything in the military commissions. 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