{"id":15784,"date":"2009-09-11T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T00:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/11\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-11-september-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-09-11T18:00:32","modified_gmt":"2009-09-12T00:00:32","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-friday-11-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/11\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-11-september-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Friday, 11 September 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:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/bestofwikipedia\/~3\/_pfNyPIJv-c\/185218393\">Streisand Effect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wist.info\/luther-martin\/8493\/\">Luther, Martin &#8212; (Attributed)<\/a> &#8211; Salud!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/09\/breaking_robots_are_having_babies.php\">BREAKING: ROBOTS ARE HAVING BABIES<\/a> &#8211; I think I need to drink a <b>lot<\/b> tonight.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/reports-anti-abortion-activist-shot-michigan\">Reports: Anti-Abortion Activist Shot In Michigan<\/a> &#8211; Details are still very sketchy, so the reasons for the killing aren&#8217;t known.  But there are no justifiable reasons for doing this, regardless of politics or religion.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.underconsideration.com\/brandnew\/archives\/memorial_period.php\">Memorial. Period.: Armin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2009\/sep\/07\/discovery-species-papua-new-guinea\">Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New Guinea | Environment | The Guardian<\/a> &#8211; That is many kinds of awesome.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/readwriteweb\/~3\/k24HeoxX-nw\/skype_shuts_down_extras.php\">Skype Shuts Down Extras and Its Developer Program<\/a> &#8211; I realize that with a new acquisition there&#8217;s usually some belt-tightening.  Cutting off the external development ecosystem, though, is rarely a good sign nor a wise idea.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdealdigger.com\/deals\/299-com-domain-registrations-at-godaddy\/10811\">$2.99 .com Domain Registrations at GoDaddy<\/a> &#8211; I don&#8217;t really need any more domains, but if I did, this would be a good opportunity to grab one.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/geomet\/pics\/geo200\/religion\/episcopal.gif\">Where are the Episcopalians?<\/a> &#8211; There are some interesting distributions here.  I wouldn&#8217;t have expected such relative density in Wyoming and SoDak.  Or Alaska.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/flowingdata.com\/2009\/08\/17\/religious-geography-of-the-united-states\/\">Religious Geography of the United States<\/a> &#8211; Some very cool maps here.  Distorted a bit, due to different-sized counties, but still interesting to see some of the clusters of different faiths in the population.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2009\/09\/11\/ten-innovative-designs-to-help-the-sight-impaired\/\">Ten Innovative Designs To Help The Sight Impaired<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  Some of these are excellently cool.  The color reader is brilliant (so to speak).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DumbLittleMan\/~3\/thzwQavdi28\/6-smart-gmail-tricks-to-help-you-get.html\">6 Smart Gmail Tricks To Help You Get The Most Out Of It<\/a> &#8211; Nothing terribly new here, but good advice anyway.  Just recently made use of #3.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/click.phdo?i=372a1072ca5b179f718020e557151f89\">Trigger, No Bullets?<\/a> &#8211; Exactly.  If there&#8217;s a &#8220;trigger,&#8221; it&#8217;s effectively off the table until someone explicitly legislates it in the future.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/simplefeed.consumerreports.org\/l?s=100003s276ogrevuim4&amp;r=googlereader&amp;he=68747470253341253246253246626c6f67732e636f6e73756d65727265706f7274732e6f72672532466865616c7468253246323030392532463039253246612d74616c652d6f662d74776f2d6c756d70732d75732d6865616c74682d636172652d73797374656d2d7665727375732d756b2d6865616c74682d636172652d73797374656d2d6865616c74682d7265666f726d2d73746f726965732d2e68746d6c&amp;i=727373696e3a687474703a2f2f626c6f67732e636f6e73756d65727265706f7274732e6f72672f6865616c74682f323030392f30392f612d74616c652d6f662d74776f2d6c756d70732d75732d6865616c74682d636172652d73797374656d2d7665727375732d756b2d6865616c74682d636172652d73797374656d2d6865616c74682d7265666f726d2d73746f726965732d2e68746d6c\">A tale of two lumps: U.K. vs. U.S.<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ll note that even in the plans under consideration, the inefficiencies and delays of the US experience are less a matter of how things are paid for and more a matter of how the practices are affiliated.  If the patient belonged to a group medical provider (such as Kaiser), for example, the integration of primary care, testing facilities, and record-keeping would have been similar to the NHS experience.  Unfortunately, most insurance and PPO and even HMO for-profit setups in the US simply aren&#8217;t organized that way &#8212; but also wouldn&#8217;t be under the plans being discussed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/index\/seb\/comments\/airport_chaplain_helps_folks_find_more_than_just_god\/\">Airport chaplain helps folks find more than just God.<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Someone may well say, &#8220;You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.&#8221; &#8212; James 2:18<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/comics\/tomo\/2009\/09\/08\/tomo\/index.html#\">Then and Now with Goofus and Gallant &#8211; This Modern World | Salon Comics<\/a> &#8211; Yup.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2009\/09\/ive-been-adrift-for-seven-months\/\">I\u2019ve been Adrift for seven months<\/a> &#8211; Grats to Doyce for the milestone, and for an intriguingly enjoyable (or enjoyably intriguing) tale.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wonkroom.thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/10\/banks-payday\/\">Bailed Out Banks Get Into The Payday Lending Business<\/a> &#8211; As if big banks needed any further stains on their reputations.<\/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;. Streisand Effect Luther, Martin &#8212; (Attributed) &#8211; Salud! BREAKING: ROBOTS ARE HAVING BABIES &#8211; I think I need to drink a lot tonight. Reports: Anti-Abortion Activist Shot In Michigan &#8211; Details are still very sketchy, so the reasons for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/11\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-11-september-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Friday, 11 September 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-15784","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":50109,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/16\/dick-morris-and-the-mitt-romneying-of-hillary-clinton.html","url_meta":{"origin":15784,"position":0},"title":"Dick Morris and the Mitt Romneying of Hillary Clinton","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 16-Apr-15 7:13pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Which headline makes no sense until you actually read the article: http:\/\/www.stonekettle.com\/2015\/04\/the-romney-strategy.htmlIs Dick Morris (or the GOP) actually that fiendishly clever? 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Real reasons, not the ridiculous nonsense listed above, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/111212_romney_hillary8_ap_35B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/111212_romney_hillary8_ap_35B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/111212_romney_hillary8_ap_35B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50125,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/16\/at-this-point-of-the-campaign-this-sums-it-up-pretty-well-my-reasons-for-supporting-hillaryclinton.html","url_meta":{"origin":15784,"position":1},"title":"At this point of the campaign, this sums it up pretty well my reasons for supporting @HillaryClinton","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 16-Apr-15 12:46pm","format":false,"excerpt":"At this point of the campaign, this sums it up pretty well my reasons for supporting @HillaryClinton Sad but true. https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stonekettle\/status\/588737255017095169 View on Twitter","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":23697,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/13\/a-thousand-reasons-no-justifications.html","url_meta":{"origin":15784,"position":2},"title":"A thousand reasons, no justifications","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 13-Nov-11 11:02pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, there are a thousand reasons not to do the right thing. The thing you know is the right thing, the think you know you'll feel guilty about if you don't.A thousand reasons to go along. To pass the buck. To look the other way. 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