{"id":15557,"date":"2009-08-10T18:01:34","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T00:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/10\/unblogged-bits-for-monday-10-august-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-01-08T15:23:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T22:23:45","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-monday-10-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/10\/unblogged-bits-for-monday-10-august-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Monday, 10 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.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/08\/aaaand_heres_the_iron_man_2_sdcc_footage.php\">&#8230;Aaaand Here&#8217;s the Iron Man 2 SDCC Footage<\/a> &#8211; Ooooooh &#8230;. aaaaaah &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/p0y1vZq-eC8\/the_creation_museum_1.php\">The Creation \u201cMuseum\u201d [Pharyngula]<\/a> &#8211; Sounds like a &#8220;museum&#8221; only insofar as the muses covered all areas of entertainment.  This is basically an amusement park for Creationism, not a place to explore and learn.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/08\/the_ballad_of_gi_joe_will_break_your_heart.php\">The Ballad of G.I. Joe Will Break Your Heart<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ve never been a huge Joe fan &#8212; but this is brilliant.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/08\/robs_gi_joe_rise_of_cobra_faq.php\">Rob&#8217;s G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra F.A.Q.<\/a> &#8211; Well, now I don&#8217;t need to see that movie.  Not that it was likely in the first place.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=blog&amp;id=50266\">Populating a Brave New World<\/a> &#8211; I never thought of Mustapha Mond as quite that &#8230; white.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wonkroom.thinkprogress.org\/2009\/08\/10\/flu-leave-back\/\">Potential Swine Flu Redux Underscores The Need For Paid Sick Leave: Pat G.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/08\/10\/gates-mchugh-brownback-roberts\/\">Gates \u2018Furious\u2019 That Brownback And Roberts Placed A Hold On McHugh\u2019s Army  Secretary Nomination<\/a> &#8211; I realize it can cut both ways for the political parties, but I&#8217;ve found (from either party) these sorts of nomination holds to be really irksome.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/liberaland\/~3\/tYbqrRjuJjQ\/\">Mark Sanford Used State Plane For Personal Use: Alan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/Nx5KMhZW6hI\/charles-atlas-profil.html\">Charles Atlas profiled<\/a> &#8211; Fascinating story.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/h2bkXpiCqsY\/holiday-inn-signs--.html\">Holiday Inn signs &#8211; now and then<\/a> &#8211; Blogged about it before, but, yeah, the New &amp; Improved is pretty Dull &amp; Corporate.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/xplanes.tumblr.com\/post\/159692880\">1\/48-scale model of an F-18 aircraft in Flow Visualization&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/4EAs0pt-4M4\/continental-imprsion.html\">Continental imprisons 50 passengers overnight in grounded plane with no  food, overflowing toilets<\/a> &#8211; But, of course, heaven forfend any sort of &#8220;Passenger Bill of Rights&#8221; style socialism be considered.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/08\/09\/demint-unacceptable\/\">DeMint: Town hall disruptions are \u2018unacceptable.\u2019<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;I just don&#8217;t understand why the sharks can&#8217;t be respectful and orderly when I toss chum into the water.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/badwolfone.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/bbc-america-to-air-who-uncut-and.html\">BBC America to air Who uncut, and quicker<\/a> &#8211; Nice.  In a world of DVRs, scheduling odd-length shows really isn&#8217;t that much of an issue.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2009\/08\/why-size-matters.html\">Why Size Matters<\/a> &#8211; Some good reasons why the &#8220;go slow&#8221; and incremental approach doesn&#8217;t fit the health care access debate right now.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2009\/08\/waxmanmarkey-as-national-security.html\">Waxman-Markey as National Security: publius<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=blog&amp;id=50266\">Populating a Brave New World<\/a> &#8211; Um &#8230; why are we talking about a series of white blondes for Mustapha Mond?  Who, at a minimum, is Turkish, if not Arab or African.<\/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;. &#8230;Aaaand Here&#8217;s the Iron Man 2 SDCC Footage &#8211; Ooooooh &#8230;. aaaaaah &#8230; The Creation \u201cMuseum\u201d [Pharyngula] &#8211; Sounds like a &#8220;museum&#8221; only insofar as the muses covered all areas of entertainment. 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