{"id":15513,"date":"2009-08-05T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/05\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-05-august-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-08-05T18:00:43","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T00:00:43","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-05-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/05\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-05-august-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 05 August 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\/08\/05\/art-laffer-medicare\/\">Reagan Admin. Economist: \u2018Just Wait Until You See Medicare and Medicaid Done\u2026By the Government\u2019: Zaid Jilani<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theplumline.whorunsgov.com\/democratic-national-committee\/obamas-political-operation-directly-confronting-tea-party-mobs\/\">Obama\u2019s Political Operation Directly Confronting Tea Party \u201cMobs\u201d: Greg Sargent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.lungfish.com\/~r\/badgods\/~3\/QQHRE6zVAlE\/mm-peryton.html\">Monster Manual Comix: Peryton<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m not sure if the strip is funnier or the suggestion of a Greyhawk DSM IV.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Pvponline\/~3\/jHpO1CqWtxY\/\">Imaginary Friends<\/a> &#8211; Yeah, I remember having this &#8220;problem&#8221; once upon a time &#8230; alas.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=blog&amp;id=49615\">Capability, Credibility, and the Problem of Mistakes<\/a> &#8211; Some interesting thoughts here.  &#8220;To know all is to forgive all&#8221; makes it difficult sometimes to judge a character&#8217;s actions objectively.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/scienceblogs\/pharyngula\/~3\/YGix5zxf1aI\/another_mass_murder.php\">Another mass murder<\/a> &#8211; Faith without works is dead.  In this case, unfortunately, not dead soon enough.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyatheist.com\/2009\/08\/05\/the-faith-of-the-atheist\/\">The Faith of the Atheist: Hemant Mehta<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/PamsHouseBlend\/~3\/esjpRKeXLUc\/it-just-wont-stop-grandfather-pregnant-woman-tased-at-baptism-in-virginia\">It just won&#8217;t stop: grandfather, pregnant woman tased at baptism in Virginia<\/a> &#8211; Remember the good old days when tasers were touted solely as a non-lethal alternative for the most intransigent PCP users?  Not surprisingly, if a tool can be abused, it will be.  We never do seem to learn that lesson.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fstdt.net\/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=64672\">Von Davidicus, RHJunior Forums<\/a> &#8211; Disturbingly, there are plenty of folks who think this is perfectly fine, even desirable.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Techcrunch\/~3\/JlzaFhFx-t8\/\">Apple Censors iPhone Dictionary App<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  More and more reasons not to go with an iPhone.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/08\/the_7_greatest_butlers_in_nerd-dom.php\">The 7 Greatest Butlers in Nerd-Dom<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;YOU RANG?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/08\/twilight_author_sued_for_plagiarism_by_15-year-old.php\">Twilight&#8217;s Stephanie Meyer Sued for Plagiarism by 15-Year-Old Girl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/08\/adam_west_puts_the_cowl_back_on.php\">Adam West Puts the Cowl Back On<\/a> &#8211; Fun!  (And, I&#8217;ll note, with some canonical validity.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2009\/08\/oh-afganistan-went-too-far-again-crashed-our-car-in-the-rain.html\">Oh Afghanistan, Went Too Far Again, Crashed Our Car in the Rain: Eric Martin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.washingtonpost.com\/click.phdo?i=3af9b759c33b6901cc17d55b2aa9f6d8\">D.C. to Offer STD Tests to All High School Students<\/a> &#8211; See!  If you test for it you legitimate and spread it!  Abstinance! No Socialist Big Government Atheist Undocumented meddling with our STDs!  Eek!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/friends-of-jake.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/small-steps-that-reverberate.html\">Small steps that reverberate<\/a> &#8211; Some good (and hopeful) overview of the (eek!) Gay Issue and the Episcopal Church and the Church of England.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/lNKhBEsumUU\/note-to-seniors-proposed-medicare-reform-does-not-include-plans-to-kill-you\">Note To Seniors: Proposed Medicare Reform Does Not Include Plans To Kill You  [Stop Scaring My Grandma]<\/a> &#8211; Money quote: &#8220;Betsy McCaughey is either stupid like a farm chicken or a very mean person &#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/08\/05\/liasson-mini-katrina\/\">Liasson: \u2018Cash for Clunkers\u2019 program \u2018is like a mini-Katrina.\u2019<\/a> &#8211; The hell &#8230;?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/tennants-hamlet-comes-to-pbs.html\">Tennant&#8217;s Hamlet comes to PBS<\/a> &#8211; Okay, I&#8217;m looking forward to this indeed.<\/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;. Reagan Admin. Economist: \u2018Just Wait Until You See Medicare and Medicaid Done\u2026By the Government\u2019: Zaid Jilani Obama\u2019s Political Operation Directly Confronting Tea Party \u201cMobs\u201d: Greg Sargent Monster Manual Comix: Peryton &#8211; I&#8217;m not sure if the strip is funnier &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/05\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-05-august-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 05 August 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-15513","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":13816,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/01\/31\/the-biggest-problem-with-group.html","url_meta":{"origin":15513,"position":0},"title":"The biggest problem with group&#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 31-Jan-09 12:19pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The biggest problem with group singing contemporary Christian music is that too much is not written for groups but for soloists.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51710,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/09\/problem-solving-and-confirmation-bias.html","url_meta":{"origin":15513,"position":1},"title":"Problem Solving (and confirmation bias)","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 9-Jul-15 11:14am","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a fun little problem solving test (and a good follow-up article). 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