{"id":15528,"date":"2009-08-06T18:01:29","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T00:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/06\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-06-august-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-06-17T16:20:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T22:20:41","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-thursday-06-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/06\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-06-august-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 06 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:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/moaa-debunks-its-own-dadt-survey\">MOAA Debunks Its Own DADT Survey: Kyle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whatwouldjackdo.net\/2009\/08\/taking-care-of-the-really-impo.html\">Taking care of the REALLY important things&#8230;.<\/a> &#8211; Yeah, that seems about the size of it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.underconsideration.com\/brandnew\/archives\/coca-cola_vs_pepsi_revised_edition.php\">Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi, Revised Edition<\/a> &#8211; Much, much better (even I knew that the original was ignoring some major Coke logo work).  I like this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/gadgets\/~3\/bsjAezkCqck\/anti-theft-laptop-ap.html\">Anti-theft laptop app snags nabbed iMac<\/a> &#8211; Of course, Big Brother could, I suppose, be watching you, too.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/NathanBransford\/~3\/wMm0xveX3mo\/guest-blog-week-re-your-query-for.html\">Guest Blog Week: Re: Your Query for THE HOBBIT<\/a> &#8211; Ha!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Americablog\/~3\/kfa_Y114CPA\/gang-of-six-legislation-has-no-public.html\">&#8220;Gang of Six&#8221; legislation has no public option and doesn&#8217;t even have insurance industry reforms: Joe Sudbay (DC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unscrewingtheinscrutable.com\/blogs\/jim-downey\/its-christian-crusader\">It&#8217;s the Christian Crusader!<\/a> &#8211; Your unaccountable tax dollars at work.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/08\/06\/akin-lynch\/\">Crowd laughs and applauds at Rep. Akin\u2019s comment about lawmakers almost  being \u2018lynched\u2019 at town halls.<\/a> &#8211; The Dems need to tread lightly in not letting complaints about these protests play into the GOP&#8217;s pseudo-populist hand. That said, this sort of encouragement of not just protest and complaint but shouting-down and threatening is dangerous and, dare I say it, un-American.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/08\/the_mario_and_princess_sex_tape_finally_surfaces.php\">The Mario and Princess Sex Tape Finally Surfaces<\/a> &#8211; NSFW, obviously.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/06\/us\/06adams.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss\">John Quincy Adams, Twitterer? &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a> &#8211; Following &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/philosecurity.org\/2009\/07\/29\/dhs-collects-hotel-records\">DHS Collects Hotel Records<\/a> &#8211; I feel so much safer!  Obviously the next time I travel, I don&#8217;t have to forward my itinerary to anyone, I can just tell them to call the DHS if I go missing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~3\/ZPG8R1wOVS4\/windows-7-review-you-can-quit-complaining-now\">Windows 7 Review: You Can Quit Complaining Now [Windows 7]<\/a> &#8211; I honestly haven&#8217;t had any major issues with Vista on my new laptop.  Nor, honestly, with XP.  If MS is focusing on dealing with areas that folks have bitched most mightily, though, then good on them.  I have a free Win7 upgrade with the laptop and will be making use of it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fstdt.net\/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=64610\">Mohammed Yusuf, BBC<\/a> &#8211; Nice to see it&#8217;s not just Christian Fundamentalists posing a risk to the education and intellect of a nation&#8217;s children.  Well, no, not nice to see.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyatheist.com\/2009\/08\/06\/why-were-the-atheist-bus-ads-in-iowa-taken-down\/\">Why Were the Atheist Bus Ads in Iowa Taken Down?<\/a> &#8211; Wow &#8212; the &#8220;board&#8221; can willy-nilly allow or disallow ads based on no guidelines other than what they like?  That sounds like a law suit in the making.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/HU26z9WT5Vc\/giving-birth-and-covered-by-health-insurance-22000-please\">Giving Birth And Covered By Health Insurance? $22,000, Please [Health Care]<\/a> &#8211; But remember &#8212; that&#8217;s far better than the sort of Euroweenie socialist baby-birthing she would have gotten for free in Canada or some other euthanophiliac place like that.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/mG8n09krTw8\/honda-toyota-ford-top-cash-for-clunkers-sellers\">Honda, Toyota, Ford Top Cash For Clunkers Sellers [Cars]<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  Sounds like it&#8217;s working as intended.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~r\/arstechnica\/index\/~3\/jHg9fqaVUes\/comcasts-dns-redirect-service-goes-nationwide.ars\">Comcast adopts DNS hijacking, imposes irritating opt-out<\/a> &#8211; Making note to Opt Out on all home machines.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/sWTZqawH3MM\/is-the-us-military-a-soci_b_252526.html\">Cenk Uygur: Is the US Military a Socialist Institution?: Cenk Uygur<\/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;. MOAA Debunks Its Own DADT Survey: Kyle Taking care of the REALLY important things&#8230;. &#8211; Yeah, that seems about the size of it. Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi, Revised Edition &#8211; Much, much better (even I knew that the original was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/06\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-06-august-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 06 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_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":[38,25,382,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-drink","category-gay-stuff","category-lord-of-the-rings","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137488,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/23\/in-a-hole-in-the-ground-there-lived-a-hobbit-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":15528,"position":0},"title":"&quot;In a hole in the ground, there lived &#8230; a Hobbit.&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 23-Dec-18 10:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I love the Rankin\/Bass production of The Hobbit, and can still sing most of the songs from it. 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