{"id":15043,"date":"2009-06-17T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/17\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-17-june-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-06-17T18:00:53","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T00:00:53","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-17-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/17\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-17-june-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 17 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:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/06\/17\/hoekstra-twitter-iran\/\">House Republicans: Iranian Bloggers Are Just Like Us, We\u2019re Both An \u2018Oppressed Minority\u2019 &#8211; Think Progress \u00bb<\/a> &#8211; Ye Gods, talk about nerve.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/look-whos-joining-tancredo-and-buchanan-build-new-majority\">Look Who&#8217;s Joining Tancredo and Buchanan to Build A New Majority: Kyle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/david-neiwert\/why-did-they-kill-my-family-victim-m\">&#8216;Oh my God, I can&#8217;t believe they killed my family&#8217;: Victim of Minuteman  gang, on 911 call, pleads for help amid gunfire<\/a> &#8211; This is just plain chilling to listen to.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/flickrtwitterbeta\/\">Flickr: Flickr Twitter Beta<\/a> &#8211; Hmmmm &#8230; trying to decide if this is superfluous to what I already have, or an extremely cool thing that I will make too much use of.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/rights-incoherent-opposition-hate-crimes-laws\">The Right&#8217;s Incoherent Opposition To Hate Crimes Laws: Kyle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jeremy-j-stone\/how-the-iranian-election_b_216882.html\">Jeremy J. Stone: How the Iranian Election Was Stolen<\/a> &#8211; What do you do when your told that God says it&#8217;s okay to rig the election? Yeesh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/3IXcygDpc8s\/the-poor-misunderstood-wendys-frosty\">The Poor, Misunderstood Wendy&#8217;s Frosty [Identity Crisis]<\/a> &#8211; I am reminded of Californa tax laws, whereby boxed donuts at the Safeway are considered (and taxed) as a &#8220;snack,&#8221; but donuts in the bakery section are considered (and not taxed) as baked items.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/FFmvkpVRb40\/no-more-amazon-referrals-for-north-carolina-residents\">No More Amazon Referrals For North Carolina Residents [Amazon]: Laura Northrup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/gadgets\/~3\/fyl-wQhrqRE\/photo-wind-harvester.html\">Photo: Wind Harvester props are huge: Joel Johnson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/politics\/~3\/lzyIxw07pUo\/is-congress-driving-drunk_b_216012.html\">Ashley Rindsberg: Is Congress Driving Drunk?: Ashley Rindsberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/politics\/~3\/l0LPjXVM_KQ\/obama-and-the-gays-part-i_b_216768.html\">Leah McElrath Renna: Obama and the Gays: The Ruthless 6 Part Strategy?: Leah McElrath Renna<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/ibag\/~3\/VdPTvbmT1mA\/ahmadinijad-sucks-at.html\">Ahmadinejad sucks at Photoshop: Cory Doctorow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/09\/06\/apollo-11-mission-on-twitter\">Apollo 11 mission on Twitter: jason@kottke.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2009\/06\/the-smearing-of-health-care-reform.html\">The Smearing of Health Care Reform<\/a> &#8211; We already <b>have<\/b> rationed care via an unfeeling bureaucracy.  It&#8217;s called the insurance industry.  And don&#8217;t tell me that the average insurance company is more beneficent a medical care master than the government would be, even if the proposals being made were forcing people into a government medical insurance setup (which they are not).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2009\/06\/what-have-we-learned.html\">What Have We Learned?<\/a> &#8211; Some folks seem eager to go to war with Iran regardless of the reason.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pearlsofunwisdom.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/17\/turbines-vs-blizzards-approach-to-older-content\/\">Turbine\u2019s Vs. Blizzard\u2019s Approach To Older Content<\/a> &#8211; I have to say, I prefer the LotRO approach here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/movies\/270024\/a_look_back_at_planes_trains_and_automobiles.html\">A look back at Planes, Trains And Automobiles<\/a> &#8211; I loved this movie &#8212; if only because the Martin character reminds me so much of myself.  I need to watch it again.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/Xbg533g4Nbg\/kids-loose-their-sum.html\">Kids lose their summer break due to impenetrable bureaucratic mess<\/a> &#8211; Wow &#8212; another reason why living in Chino sucks.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/NotAlwaysRight\/~3\/uP8HpABrhFk\/2098\">Fifi Feels The Sting Of Government Bailouts: admin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/politics\/~3\/sxgskNzWEWg\/did-health-insurance-exes_b_216613.html\">Jamie Court: Did Health Insurance Execs Have Their Seven Dwarfs&#8217; Moment?: Jamie Court<\/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;. House Republicans: Iranian Bloggers Are Just Like Us, We\u2019re Both An \u2018Oppressed Minority\u2019 &#8211; Think Progress \u00bb &#8211; Ye Gods, talk about nerve. Look Who&#8217;s Joining Tancredo and Buchanan to Build A New Majority: Kyle &#8216;Oh my God, I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/17\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-17-june-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 17 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":"","_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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33942,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/20\/flickr-finally-gets-some-love.html","url_meta":{"origin":15043,"position":0},"title":"Flickr (finally) gets some love","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 20-May-13 6:57pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Yahoo has practiced benign neglect with Flickr for ... well, a loooooong time. 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