{"id":15828,"date":"2009-09-17T18:01:39","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T00:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/17\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-17-september-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-09-17T18:01:39","modified_gmt":"2009-09-18T00:01:39","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-thursday-17-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/17\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-17-september-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 17 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:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~3\/iBpR0x3V9Vc\/buzz-lightyear-back-from-468-days-in-spaaace\">Buzz Lightyear Back From 468 Days In Spaaace [Space]<\/a> &#8211; Nice.  A modern update of &#8220;Flat Stanley.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~3\/4lXZSPHUoOk\/music-industry-wants-royalties-from-itunes-30-second-samples\">Music Industry Wants Royalties From iTunes 30 Second Samples [Bad Ideas]<\/a> &#8211; These guys are &#8230; reality challenged.  Unfortunately, we&#8217;re the ones who end up paying for it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/1979semifinalist.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/save-wonder-womans-reputation-with-a-postcard\/\">Save Wonder Woman\u2019s Reputation With A Postcard<\/a> &#8211; Hate renumberings.  Vote for #600.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/friends-of-jake.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/religious-activists-left-and-right.html\">Religious activists, left and right: IT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/17\/boehner-cantor-bachmann\/\">Boehner and Cantor \u2018wary of the possible damage inflicted on the party\u2019s  reputation\u2019 by Bachmann.<\/a> &#8211; Too late.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/17\/insurance-10-million\/\">Insurance company ordered to pay $10 million for revoking policy of teen with HIV.: Zaid Jilani<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/17\/csection-preexisting\/\">Health Insurers Consider A Caesarean-Section Pregnancy A Pre-Existing  Condition<\/a> &#8211; Gee &#8212; think the &#8220;Pro-Family&#8221; forces of the Right will rally to this cause?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/17\/oreilly-public-option\/\">O\u2019Reilly endorses the public option, which he previously called \u2018socialism.\u2019<\/a> &#8211; WHERE IS BILL O&#8217;REILLY AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM?!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/17\/limbaugh-segregated-busing\/\">Limbaugh says we need to return to \u2018segregated buses.\u2019<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  I really IS all about race in Rush&#8217;s world.  Jeez.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/forgetting-judeo-part-their-juedo-christian-values\">Forgetting the &#8220;Judeo&#8221; Part of their &#8220;Juedo-Christian&#8221; Values: Kyle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/readwriteweb\/~3\/TvsT34Oy2D0\/the_dirty_little_secret_about_the_wisdom_of_the_crowds.php\">The Dirty Little Secret About the &#8220;Wisdom of the Crowds&#8221; &#8211; There is No Crowd: Sarah Perez<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubergizmo.com\/15\/archives\/2009\/09\/cabledrop_helps_keep_things_neat_and_tidy.html\">CableDrop helps keep things neat and tidy<\/a> &#8211; Ooh &#8230; I could use some of these &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.mattcutts.com\/~r\/mattcutts\/uJBW\/~3\/eCoWFe11yzg\/\">How to Unlock the Amazing Secret of Unlimited Productivity<\/a> &#8211; NO! NOT THAT! ANYTHING BUT THAT!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/susie-madrak\/why-wont-media-address-real-issue-aco\">Why Won&#8217;t The Media Address the Real Issue? &#8216;ACORN&#8217; Is Wingnut Code for The  &#8216;N&#8217; Word.<\/a> &#8211; The more this gets dug into, the more paltry the &#8220;indictment&#8221; of ACORN, and the more nutty (and\/or hateful) the claims of its detractors.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/margaretandhelen.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/17\/i-remember-when-they-were-hooded\/\">We is America<\/a> &#8211; Harsh &#8212; but, yes, the idea that we&#8217;ve lavishing this much time and attention on a small but shrill portion of the populace is both disheartening and stupid.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/news\/government\/cloud-saas\/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220000732&amp;cid=nl_IW_daily_html\">Google Plans Private Government Cloud &#8212; InformationWeek<\/a> &#8211; Not sure I approve, conceptually, of Google running a &#8220;secure&#8221; government cloud &#8212; with concerns for both Google and the government here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ChristopherSPenn\/~3\/nkOy46NVixk\/\">Samurai swords for home defense<\/a> &#8211; Yeah &#8212; close quarters for these weapons is dodgy (so to speak) at best.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/dday\/colbert-goes-there-only-media-figure-america\">Colbert Goes There &#8211; The Only Media Figure In America To Call Out Corporate  Control Of Government<\/a> &#8211; It is, indeed, very sad.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn17793-nasa-faces-kennedy-or-nixon-moment-former-chief-says.html\">NASA faces &#8216;Kennedy or Nixon&#8217; moment, former chief says &#8211; space &#8211; 16 September 2009 &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; NASA&#8217;s biggest problem is that it is a long-lead-time agency that is funded on an annual basis by short-lead-time politicians.  Which is a good reason to push for further privatization of the space effort; companies may have to focus on a quarterly or annual financial prospectus, but they also know how to invest for the long term, too.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20327266.100-too-much-radiation-for-astronauts-to-make-it-to-mars.html\">Too much radiation for astronauts to make it to Mars &#8211; space &#8211; 16 September 2009 &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; Hrm.  Well, that&#8217;s a problem.<\/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;. Buzz Lightyear Back From 468 Days In Spaaace [Space] &#8211; Nice. A modern update of &#8220;Flat Stanley.&#8221; Music Industry Wants Royalties From iTunes 30 Second Samples [Bad Ideas] &#8211; These guys are &#8230; reality challenged. Unfortunately, we&#8217;re the ones &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/17\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-17-september-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 17 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_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_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-15828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15828","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=15828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}