{"id":15037,"date":"2009-06-16T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/16\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-16-june-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T06:41:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T13:41:16","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-16-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/16\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-16-june-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 16 June 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:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/thefix\/eye-on-2012\/ensign-to-acknowledge-extramar.html\">The Fix &#8211; Ensign Acknowledges Extramarital Affair<\/a> &#8211; Ah, family values &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/16\/nyregion\/16bigcity.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=print\">Big City &#8211; A Manhattan Mother\u2019s Battle Against Junk Food Puts a School on Edge &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a> &#8211; Um, concern about the healthy eating of your children, and even the kids around them, is laudable.  But, in the words of William Shatner, &#8220;Get a life!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/examiner\/x-6121-Oklahoma-Crime-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Oklahoma-Highway-Patrol-finally-releases-video-of-trooper-attack-on-paramedic\">Oklahoma Highway Patrol finally releases video of trooper attack on paramedic<\/a> &#8211; Crikey.  With great power comes great responsibility &#8230; and this is precisely why the great power that the police have requires an <b>enforcement<\/b> of that responsibility.  Reed and Malloy would be appalled.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/simplefeed.consumerreports.org\/rsrc\/link\/auto\/new_voice_for_tomtom_gps_homer_simpson__966027054?f=79043330-01de-11de-3025-003048605010\">New voice for TomTom GPS: Homer Simpson<\/a> &#8211; I like personalizing my GPS &#8212; but I&#8217;m not sure I want a &#8220;recognizeable&#8221; voice.  Seems like the jokes would get very stale, very quickly.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2009\/06\/video-game-pundits.html\">Video Game Pundits<\/a> &#8211; This quote should be cut out and taped onto every fridge in the nation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/politics\/~3\/fRNnqP6eLvo\/jon-voight-bring-an-end-t_b_216405.html\">Jim Watkins: Jon Voight: &#8220;Bring An End&#8221; To This Dangerous Rhetoric: Jim Watkins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2009\/06\/near-universal-agreement.html\">Americans Unite Across Party And Ideology: Andrew Sullivan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/politics\/~3\/EGdHFxjjsho\/state-dept-spoke-to-twitt_n_216414.html\">State Dept. Spoke To Twitter About Keeping Iran Online: The Huffington Post News Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/politics\/~3\/a6bWTOpKAGE\/cnbcs-burnett-compares-ef_n_216434.html\">CNBC&#8217;s Erin Burnett Compares EFCA to Ahmadinejad: The Huffington Post News Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fivethirtyeight.com\/2009\/06\/if-he-did-it.html\">If He Did It: noreply@blogger.com (Nate Silver)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/jezebel\/full\/~3\/6r0hjkqrAJc\/fairy-tale-heroines-return-to-dark-roots-in-modern-setting\">Fairy Tale Heroines Return To Dark Roots In Modern Setting [Disneyland]<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ll note that comic books have been hot and heavy on this theme over the last 5-7 years. &#8220;Legends&#8221; comes to mind, among others.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.touringplans.com\/2009\/06\/16\/disney-world-online-adr-system-live-for-public\/\">Disney World Online ADR System Live For Public<\/a> &#8211; Man, I wish this had been rolled out just a few months earlier &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/sHhbJS9TVMY\/fda-stop-using-zicam-nasal-gel-its-associated-with-loss-of-sense-of-smell\">FDA: Stop Using Zicam Nasal Gel, It&#8217;s Associated With Loss Of Sense Of Smell [Recalls]: Meg Marco<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/what-will-focus-family-look-future\">What Will Focus on the Family Look Like in the Future?: Kyle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/oneutah\/Gkug\/~3\/mK2yyTYhOIs\/\">Why Does the Party of NO Hate America?<\/a> &#8211; Well, always nice to see proof that It&#8217;s All About Politics, not principle.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2009\/06\/090616122106.htm\">Same-sex Behavior Seen In Nearly All Animals, Review Finds<\/a> &#8211; Nature!  It&#8217;s so Unnatural!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.sciencedaily.com\/~r\/sciencedaily\/~3\/vD8SkiQic0o\/090616122108.htm\">Providing Health Insurance For US Children Would Be Cheaper Than Expected,  Study Says<\/a> &#8211; But &#8230; but &#8230; SOCIALISM! !! !!!!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/thisisnthappiness\/~3\/4OZEsDevKD8\/124648385\">NewsToday<\/a> &#8211; Heh.<\/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;. The Fix &#8211; Ensign Acknowledges Extramarital Affair &#8211; Ah, family values &#8230; Big City &#8211; A Manhattan Mother\u2019s Battle Against Junk Food Puts a School on Edge &#8211; NYTimes.com &#8211; Um, concern about the healthy eating of your children, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/16\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-16-june-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 16 June 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":[263,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disney","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30313,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/23\/with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":15037,"position":0},"title":"With great power comes great responsibility","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 23-Sep-12 12:54am","format":false,"excerpt":"Sorry, while I have great appreciation for the difficulty of the work that we ask our police to do, I find it exceedingly difficult to believe that a competent police officer faced with a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheel chair, no matter what he was waving around (a pen,\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":27270,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/28\/with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility.html","url_meta":{"origin":15037,"position":1},"title":"With great power comes great responsibility","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 28-Mar-12 11:20pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Too many police departments keep pressing for laws (or retentions of laws) that make it illegal to photograph, videotape, or audio record their activities. 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