{"id":15451,"date":"2009-07-28T18:01:23","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T00:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/28\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-28-july-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-06-17T16:21:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T22:21:04","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-28-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/28\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-28-july-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 28 July 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:\/\/xplanes.tumblr.com\/post\/151063035\">The Williams X-JET (WASP II) flying platform in action. (thanks&#8230;<\/a> &#8211; Dagnabbit &#8212; I  want my Flying Pulpit!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/whitecoatunderground\/2009\/07\/is_rush_dumber_than_my_shoe_or.php?utm_source=combinedfeed&amp;utm_medium=rss\">Is Rush dumber than my shoe, or just evil? : White Coat Underground<\/a> &#8211; Maybe he&#8217;s an Evil Shoe!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/storyonly\/2009\/7\/26\/757458\/-The-System-At-Work\">Daily Kos: State of the Nation<\/a> &#8211; It does, apparently, seem to be all about the &#8220;winning.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wonkette.com\/410150\/wingnut-national-review-enrages-wingnuts-by-calling-birther-conspiracy-a-bunch-of-nonsense\">Wingnut National Review Enrages Wingnuts By Calling Birther Conspiracy a Bunch of Nonsense<\/a> &#8211; With side snipes at such sell-outs as Ann Coulter and the LGF gang, too.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/ZmPF6vFUcFc\/the-least-trusted-flack-o_b_246531.html\">Frank Dwyer: The Least-Trusted Flack on CNN: Frank Dwyer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/07\/28\/giuliani-bipartisan-tort-reform\/\">Giuliani Falsely Claims Obama Rejected \u2018Bipartisan\u2019 Health Care By Taking \u2018Tort Reform\u2019 \u2018Off The Table\u2019: Matt Corley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogula-rasa.com\/2009\/07\/28\/limbic-randometer\/\">Limbic Randometer: ginny<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theplumline.whorunsgov.com\/health-care\/house-gop-spending-taxpayer-funds-to-mail-out-shiny-health-care-chart\/\">House GOP Spending Taxpayer Funds To Mail Out Shiny Health Care Chart?<\/a> &#8211; Ah &#8212; that explains the &#8220;The Chart The Democrats Forbade Us To Show You&#8221; meme I&#8217;ve seen lately.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/07\/28\/hawaii-health-director\/\">Hawaii health director insists Obama natural-born.: Ben Armbruster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/consequences-failing-manny-miranda-nothing\">The Consequences For Failing Manny Miranda? Nothing<\/a> &#8211; Because it&#8217;s all about scoring points these days.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wired.com\/~r\/wiredgeekdad\/~3\/SW_BtXBNNcc\/\">Touch-A-Truck &#8211; Best Idea Ever?<\/a> &#8211; This idea is full of WIN.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grammatically.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/misspelled-tattoos.html\">Misspelled Tattoos<\/a> &#8211; Yet another reason not to get a tattoo &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/Mw3mGXTDLYk\/dont-try-to-use-your-blog-to-extort-a-pair-of-crocs\">Don&#8217;t Try To Use Your Blog To Extort A Pair Of Crocs [Shoes For Your Soul]<\/a> &#8211; Yes, there are jerks out there in the Blogosphere.  And not every cry of &#8220;Company X sucks!&#8221; is necessarily a real one.  Caveat lector.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wired.com\/~r\/wiredscience\/~3\/4zkAD56BgcE\/\">Gulf Dead Zone Looks Smaller, but Appearances Deceive<\/a> &#8211; Pish-tosh.  Clearly the ability of Man to have a significant negative effect on his environment is liberal tree-hugging socialist twaddle.  I know, because Con-Agra tells me so!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/fAdYJGGTs0Q\/birther-congresspeop.html\">Birther congresspeople run from Huffington Post video reporter: Mark Frauenfelder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/news\/2009\/07\/there-is-no-wifi-allergy-newspapers-misreport-pr-as-science.ars?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss\">There is no WiFi allergy: newspapers misreport PR as science &#8211; Ars Technica<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;But &#8230; but &#8230; it&#8217;s such a good story!  Who cares it&#8217;s true!  I mean, the alternative is that we report on the decline of journalism in the Internet age, and we are so tired of that meme &#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/8173308.stm\">BBC NEWS | Europe | Swedes miss Capri after GPS gaffe<\/a> &#8211; Which reminds me of the time that my in-laws almost booked a trip to Crete for a wedding being held there &#8212; only discovering at the last moment on rereading that the nuptuals were being held on Cyprus&gt;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/liveThe20Life\/~3\/Yayr9eRlq-c\/\">5 Cool and Simple URL Hacks<\/a> &#8211; Some very cool ideas here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/galleycat\/adaptation\/jrr_tolkien_estate_sues_to_block_the_hobbit_adaptation__122817.asp?c=rss\">J.R.R Tolkien Estate Sues to Block &#8220;The Hobbit&#8221; Adaptation &#8211; mediabistro.com: GalleyCat<\/a> &#8211; <b>HEAVY SIGH<\/b>  On the other hand, given the hoops Jackson had to jump through get is cut, I&#8217;m not at all shocked that New Line hasn&#8217;t ponied up to the Tolkien estate.   Here&#8217;s hoping this gets settled quickly.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Neatorama\/~3\/bteB1Uxg3O0\/\">ZeroEdge Aquarium<\/a> &#8211; Ooooh &#8230; pretty &#8230;<\/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 Williams X-JET (WASP II) flying platform in action. (thanks&#8230; &#8211; Dagnabbit &#8212; I want my Flying Pulpit! Is Rush dumber than my shoe, or just evil? : White Coat Underground &#8211; Maybe he&#8217;s an Evil Shoe! Daily Kos: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/28\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-28-july-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 28 July 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":[100,20,382,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dolts","category-hi-tech","category-lord-of-the-rings","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32959,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/30\/what-no-shoe-removal-at-airpo.html","url_meta":{"origin":15451,"position":0},"title":"What? 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