{"id":15640,"date":"2009-08-25T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/25\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-25-august-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-08-25T18:00:28","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T00:00:28","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-25-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/25\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-25-august-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 25 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:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/dispatches\/2009\/08\/the_cheney_torture_memos.php\">The Cheney Torture Memos : Dispatches from the Culture Wars<\/a> &#8211; But remember &#8212; we should just move on, forget about it, give Cheney a Bye, and be simply turn our eyes to 2012 &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~3\/Sa1iWFcyNS0\/alton-brown-safe-and-scary-kitchen-hacks\">Alton Brown: Safe and Scary Kitchen Hacks [Food]<\/a> &#8211; There are some brilliant ideas here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/business\/1733410,chicago-tool-workers-strike-082509.article\">Chicago tool workers strike after healthcare dropped<\/a> &#8211; But, of course, having a guaranteed Public Option wouldn&#8217;t help here, right?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/jezebel\/full\/~3\/cmtsSRPnpdE\/hiding-vogue-how-dads-can-build-girls-self+esteem\">Hiding Vogue : How Dads Can Build Girls&#8217; Self-Esteem [Feminist Fatherhood]<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Men can be women&#8217;s allies in a difficult world, especially if dads lead by example.&#8221;  Hoping I can be that for Kitten.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kottke.org\/09\/08\/a-history-of-modern-art-in-three-paragraphs\">A history of modern art in three paragraphs<\/a> &#8211; And a fine explanation of why it does so little for me.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/tQJ9WZO3eT0\/new-doityourself-meth-for_n_267570.html\">New Do-It-Yourself Meth Formula Flys Under The Radar Of Anti-Drug Laws<\/a> &#8211; Well, that&#8217;s all she wrote there, it sounds like, aside from steady attrition amongst meth-heads who blow themselves up.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/sign-changing-times\">A Sign of Changing Times?<\/a> &#8211; Well, that is a bit encouraging.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Americablog\/~3\/yo4C6H0r3wM\/debunking-more-fox-fed-lies-about.html\">Debunking more FOX-fed lies about health care<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;These liars are shameless.&#8221; If anyone ends up bringing back the &#8220;Fairness Doctrine,&#8221; it will be Fox News and its bald-faced, rabid partisanship.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-10080-DC-Technology-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Social-media-banned-in-college-stadiums\">Social media banned in college stadiums<\/a> &#8211; Right.  I can&#8217;t wait for some fans to be booted because they are Tweeting about the game &#8230; or maybe on the cell phone telling someone about &#8230; just so that ESPN can protect its precious billions of dollars in exclusivity.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/08\/25\/denver-democratic-hq\/\">Colorado Democratic headquarters vandalized.: Amanda Terkel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/xplanes.tumblr.com\/post\/170640098\">1941<\/a> &#8211; It was a different time &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/i-wonder-what-chris-buttars-thinks-his-sexual-orientation\">I Wonder What Chris Buttars Thinks His &#8220;Sexual Orientation&#8221; Is<\/a> &#8211; Yeah &#8230; just keep digging that hole deeper, Sen. Buttars.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/terry-vows-disrupt-moran-dean-town-hall\">Terry Vows to Disrupt Moran-Dean Town Hall<\/a> &#8211; And, of course, Terry will take no blame for the &#8220;random acts of violence against people in power&#8221; &#8230; though he might take credit for them.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/PamsHouseBlend\/~3\/xeHoUop7e9M\/iowa-is-getting-nommed\">Iowa is getting NOMmed: Lurleen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/holy-cuteness.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/great-reasons-why-we-should-always.html\">Great reasons why we should always carry a camera<\/a> &#8211; I always carry a camera, on my cell phone.  Alas, the security they&#8217;ve now put on it means it&#8217;s a minimum of 30 seconds before I can start snapping anything.  Rrg.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2009\/08\/23\/foreigners-attending-us-grad-schools-way-down-wake-up-xenophobes\/\">Foreigners Attending US Grad Schools Way Down: Wake Up, Xenophobes<\/a> &#8211; Unfortunately, I&#8217;m sure the Xenophobes will continue crowing that this is a good thing all the way to the grave.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2009\/08\/the-ig-report.html\">The IG Report: publius<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/zombieresearch.net\/2009\/08\/24\/mayans-destroyed-by-zombies\/\">MAYANS DESTROYED BY ZOMBIES?<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ve heard goofier theories &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unscrewingtheinscrutable.com\/blogs\/jim-downey\/it-begins-i-suspect-religion\">&#8220;It begins, I suspect, with religion.&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;O wad some Pow&#8217;r the giftie gie us. To see oursels as others see us. It wad frae monie a blunder free us. An&#8217; foolish notion.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/news\/2009\/08\/singing-the-praises-of-weird-science-badly-off-tune.ars?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss\">Singing the praises of Weird Science, badly off tune &#8211; Ars Technica<\/a> &#8211; Science is endlessly fascinating.<\/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 Cheney Torture Memos : Dispatches from the Culture Wars &#8211; But remember &#8212; we should just move on, forget about it, give Cheney a Bye, and be simply turn our eyes to 2012 &#8230; Alton Brown: Safe and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/25\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-25-august-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 25 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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15640","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":26500,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/in-the-interest-of-fairness-i-applaud-dick-cheney-for-this.html","url_meta":{"origin":15640,"position":0},"title":"In the interest of fairness, I applaud Dick Cheney for this","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 17-Feb-12 11:09pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Cheney has said in the past that he favors states recognizing marriage equality (though not federal action to force it), and has a lesbian daughter. On that basis, it's not surprising, but quite gratifying, that, as a landowner on Maryland, he's been pushing behind the scenes for the Maryland marriage\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11507,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/12\/the_dangers_pitfalls_and.html","url_meta":{"origin":15640,"position":1},"title":"The dangers, pitfalls, and general unadvisedness of invading Iraq and overthrowing Saddam","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 12-Aug-07 10:33pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Per Dick Cheney himself.\u00a0 Heck, he even uses the \"quagmire\" reference.\u00a0 Albeit in 1994. Even if -- even if -- one grants the necessity of doing in 2003 what Cheney...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Geopolitical Brouhaha&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Geopolitical Brouhaha","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/geopolitical-brouhaha"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5934,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/06\/25\/word_2.html","url_meta":{"origin":15640,"position":2},"title":"Word","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 25-Jun-04 12:04pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Big kerfluffle today over Dick Cheney using a naughty word in the Senate chambers. Vice President Dick Cheney blurted out the \"F word\" at Democratic Sen. 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Remarkable.And I confess that when I saw another headline\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5797,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/07\/16\/cheney_cheney_c.html","url_meta":{"origin":15640,"position":5},"title":"Cheney, Cheney, Cheney","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 16-Jul-04 6:39am","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm not sure why so many fringe folk, Left and Right, are spending time right now on the dire question, \"Will Dick Cheney be the veep contender this year?\" But,...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Elections 2004&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2004","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2004"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}