{"id":15813,"date":"2009-09-15T18:01:16","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T00:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/15\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-15-september-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-11-06T08:22:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T15:22:10","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-15-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/15\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-15-september-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 15 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\/mmorpg\/news\/~3\/kZdvDnTJNSQ\/14970\">General: Five Possible MMO Movies<\/a> &#8211; Some interesting ideas, even if some are firmly tongue in cheek (or cautionary DO NOT DO THIS tales).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/mmorpg\/news\/~3\/bhX3UxTKe_c\/14967\">Star Wars Galaxies: Twelve Servers to Close in October<\/a> &#8211; As the galaxies start to collapse into a black hole &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.televisionwithoutpity.com\/show\/vampire_diaries\/the_vampire_diaries_we_read_ot.php\">Vampire Diaries: The Diaries of Other Vampires Revealed &#8211; TWoP<\/a> &#8211; Mwah-ha-ha!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/liberaland\/~3\/-_DtUCpZAMM\/\">Operation Rescue Broke And On Brink Of Shutting Down: Alan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theplumline.whorunsgov.com\/health-care\/poll-majority-of-republicans-opposes-wilsons-you-lie-outburst\/\">Poll: Majority Of Republicans Opposes Wilson\u2019s \u201cYou Lie\u201d Outburst<\/a> &#8211; One can but hope for a quiet backlash from the rank-and-file.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theplumline.whorunsgov.com\/president-obama\/house-dems-we-will-censure-wilson-for-breach-of-decorum-not-for-speech\/\">House Dems: We Will Condemn Wilson For \u201cBreach Of Decorum,\u201d Not For \u201cSpeech\u201d<\/a> &#8211; It&#8217;s actually perfectly appropriate.  If I&#8217;m at a dinner party and shout at someone that they&#8217;re a liar, I should apologize to them for the personal affront and to the host\/hostess for being a poor guest.  Wilson&#8217;s offense to the House was not that he expressed his beliefs, but that his expression was situationally inappropriate for the whole House.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/15\/baucus-rockefeller\/\">Rockefeller Announces He Will Not Support Baucus\u2019 Health Care Bill<\/a> &#8211; So most of the Dems aren&#8217;t supporting it &#8230; the Republicans aren&#8217;t supporting it &#8230; who the hell is Baucus actually getting to vote the damned thing out of committee?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/15\/meet-your-insurance-company-executive-rescission\/\">Former Health Insurance Executive Explains How Companies Pocket Billions Through \u2018Rescission\u2019: Victor Zapanta<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/cwa-repealing-doma-will-result-reverse-discrimination\">CWA: Repealing DOMA &#8220;Will Result in Reverse Discrimination&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; Um, not being allowed to tell others how to live their lives is not actually discrimination against you.  Really.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/09\/harry_potter_and_the_theme_park_of_financial_ruin.php\">Harry Potter and the Theme Park of Financial Ruin<\/a> &#8211; Ooookay, yeah, it sound fun.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/newspaper\/frontpage\/2009\/0914\/1224254476530.html\">How did 2,000-year-old feet find their way to a Dublin attic? &#8211; The Irish Times &#8211; Mon, Sep 14, 2009<\/a> &#8211; Um &#8230; I&#8217;m sure the real story is less interesting than all the other stories I could come up with.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/what-right-buying-all-its-maine-money\">Is This What The Right Is Buying With All Its Maine Money?<\/a> &#8211; And yet, despite nearly every penny coming from outside the state, the ad is full of &#8220;us&#8221; and &#8220;we Mainers&#8221;.  Wonder why that is &#8230;?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/blogspot\/MKuf\/~3\/lTnAI0kTHn8\/google-chrome-after-year-sporting-new.html\">Google Chrome after a year: Sporting a new stable release<\/a> &#8211; Cool.  I&#8217;ve been using Chrome in parallel with Firefox during our corporate GMail experiment, and I&#8217;m pleased to see a new, faster version coming out.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/rifqa-bary-and-plot-destroy-our-constituion\">Rifqa Bary and the Plot To Destroy Our Constituion<\/a> &#8211; All you have to do is read &#8220;America is succumbing to the stealth jihad that is inexorably insinuating that seditious Islamic program into our society&#8221; and realizing you&#8217;re dealing with incendiary style masquerading as substance.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheMudflats\/~3\/501aAbPTCGg\/\">Alaska\u2019s Lone Congressman Don Young Makes \u201cMost Corrupt\u201d List.  Again.: akmuckraker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/15\/pelosi-potter\/\">Pelosi Stands By Public Option: We Won\u2019t Pass The \u2018Private Insurance Profit Perpetuation Act\u2019: Igor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/blogs\/shortsharpscience\/2009\/09\/the-evolution-of-on-the-origin.html\">The evolution of the Origin of Species &#8211; Short Sharp Science &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; That&#8217;s pretty darned cool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/MediaMattersForAmerica-CountyFair\/~3\/JSv2kGw8iAg\/200909150013\">Ben Dimiero: My friend&#8217;s cousin said there were 4 million people there<\/a> &#8211; My Lord, when even Little Green Footballs is pointing out your claims are absurdly based, it might give you pause.  On the other hand, the Big Lie &#8230; does seem to work.  For those who want it to be the Big Truth.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/09\/stormtroopers_never_forget.php\">Stormtroopers Never Forget<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/09\/the_10_best_and_6_worst_tsr_games_that_werent_dd.php\">The 10 Best (and 6 Worst) TSR Games that Weren&#8217;t D&amp;D<\/a> &#8211; This not only brings back memories, it discovers for me an amazing Secret (If Superficial) Connection Between TSR And My MOTHER!  Which you won&#8217;t know until you get to the final entry, mwah-ha-ha.<\/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;. General: Five Possible MMO Movies &#8211; Some interesting ideas, even if some are firmly tongue in cheek (or cautionary DO NOT DO THIS tales). Star Wars Galaxies: Twelve Servers to Close in October &#8211; As the galaxies start to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/15\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-15-september-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 15 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":[527,16,372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-harry-potter","category-potpourri","category-star-wars-media-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10621,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/12\/08\/city_of_browncoats.html","url_meta":{"origin":15813,"position":0},"title":"City of Browncoats?","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 8-Dec-06 8:56am","format":false,"excerpt":"Firefly to be reborn as an MMORPG? 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