{"id":15895,"date":"2009-10-01T18:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/01\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-01-october-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-10-01T18:00:47","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T00:00:47","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-thursday-01-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/01\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-01-october-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 01 October 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\/becomingminimalistcom\/~3\/6I6XJSNDZH8\/\">what the world eats<\/a> &#8211; Interesting &#8212; though my family&#8217;s food probably looks more like the Chinese one than the American one chosen (yeesh).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/bestofwikipedia\/~3\/AbswLgRJTHY\/201655566\">Project Pigeon<\/a> &#8211; Cue &#8220;Stop That Pigeon!&#8221; music.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/10\/01\/castellanos-cnn-grayson\/\">After Authoring Memo On How To Kill Health Reform, CNN\u2019s Alex Castellanos  Feigns Interest In Bipartisanship<\/a> &#8211; What? A paid flack for the insurance industry and the GOP is treated by CNN as a profound pundit and journalistic comrade?  Only in the &#8220;left-wing media,&#8221; ladies and gentlemen.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving\/~3\/6wOs7NK2hhM\/\">The Two Paths: Good Mothers and Outcast Sluts<\/a> &#8211; Woot!  Let&#8217;s hear it for dissipation!  (It&#8217;s worth noting that the achievements and flaws on the women&#8217;s side are mostly social; the men get societal successes but physical costs.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/IntoMobile\/~3\/7PQS_CEbPFQ\/official-blackberry-twitter-client-coming-november-16-with-push.html\">Official BlackBerry Twitter Client Coming November 16 with Push?: Simon Sage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009\/10\/01\/wifi-enabled-bathroom-scale-slides-into-usa-overweight-yanks-sl\/\">WiFi-enabled bathroom scale slides into USA, overweight Yanks sluggishly  back away<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;d buy one. Or accept one as a gift, I suppose.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/treehuggersite\/~3\/hZlvRpdmy9U\/cars-make-you-fat.php\">Cars Make You Fat<\/a> &#8211; Cars don&#8217;t make you fat per se, of course (unless you&#8217;re hitting the drive-through more often) &#8212; but the circumstances that make us drive more rather than biking or walking also make us fat.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/10Steps\/~3\/AMR3PfUM0-o\/\">50 Extraordinary and Attractive Billboards<\/a> &#8211; It sounds like an oxymoronic phrase, but these are actually wonderful.  I wouldn&#8217;t want all billboards to be this way, but these are very nicely done.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/30\/insurers-welcome-defeat\/\">Health Insurance Stocks Rise After Defeat Of Public Option Amendments<\/a> &#8211; A Health Care Plan that has private, for-profit insurance conglomerates doing high-fives in the hallways is probably not a Health Care Plan that serves the American people very well.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/30\/mchenry-price-health\/\">VIDEO FLASHBACK: GOP Lawmakers Repeatedly Said Americans Would \u2018Die\u2019 Under  Democratic Health Plans<\/a> &#8211; Look! Naked, bald, bare-faced political hypocrisy by House Republicans! Who&#8217;d have imagined it!?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/30\/derbyshire-female-suffrage\/\">National Review\u2019s John Derbyshire: Women Should Not Have The Right To Vote<\/a> &#8211; You mean people are still listening to what John Derbyshire has to say? Amazing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/29\/gibbs-steele-olympics\/\">Gibbs reacts to Steele\u2019s Olympics criticism: \u2018Who\u2019s he rooting for?\u2019<\/a> &#8211; The benefits of the Olympics may be debatable, but imagine the GOP furor if Obama had <s>declined<\/s> to support the Chicago effort.  &#8220;Once again, America-hating Obama refuses to support the United States&#8217; image overseas.&#8221;  You know they would.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/29\/chamber-gw-denying\/\">Chamber Of Commerce Rewrites History: \u2018We\u2019ve Never Questioned The Science  Behind Global Warming\u2019<\/a> &#8211; Hmmm &#8230; sounds like a sign that the CoC is realizing they&#8217;re in trouble with this one.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.underconsideration.com\/brandnew\/archives\/rand_rolls_off_the_press.php\">Rand Rolls Off the Press<\/a> &#8211; I understand wanting to increase the brand identity for the university &#8212; but I do love that old logo.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/251\/story\/76351.html\">S.C. Gov. Sanford doesn&#8217;t want ethics report released<\/a> &#8211; Well, gosh, it sounds like it has some pretty damaging information in there &#8212; which sounds like an excellent reason to release it to the public (let alone just lawmakers).  Transparency in a democratic government is, y&#8217;know, a <b>good<\/b> thing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2009\/10\/01\/goodness-of-laser-lights-on-a-watch\/\">Goodness Of Laser Lights On A Watch<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  This makes the original LED originals look &#8230; trendy again.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/afarensis99.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/30\/an-open-letter-to-rep-alan-grayson\/\">An Open Letter to Rep. Alan Grayson in Defense of Neanderthals \u00ab Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution, and Science<\/a> &#8211; I can&#8217;t wait for some GOPer to suggest that Neanderthals were socialists, and that&#8217;s why they died out &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/michiganmessenger.com\/27068\/cox-supports-absolute-immunity-for-prosecutors-who-break-the-law\">Cox supports absolute immunity for prosecutors who break the law<\/a> &#8211; Rrrrrg. Teeth &#8230; grinding &#8230;<\/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;. what the world eats &#8211; Interesting &#8212; though my family&#8217;s food probably looks more like the Chinese one than the American one chosen (yeesh). Project Pigeon &#8211; Cue &#8220;Stop That Pigeon!&#8221; music. After Authoring Memo On How To Kill &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/01\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-01-october-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 01 October 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-15895","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":819,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/11\/11\/on_the_list_the.html","url_meta":{"origin":15895,"position":0},"title":"On the List the Bloggers come and go &#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 11-Nov-01 7:55pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I took advantage of my Nice New Host Working to update the Link List o' Horrors to the right, which continues to slowly grow. Sooner or later it will reach...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging &amp; Internet&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging &amp; Internet","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12220,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/20\/potpourri_on_a_friday_nig.html","url_meta":{"origin":15895,"position":1},"title":"Potpourri on a Friday night","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 20-Jun-08 11:38pm","format":false,"excerpt":"From Google Reader shared items ... David Donnelly: Bad News for McCain: Government Re-opens...\u00a0from The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Evidently there are a lot of Airbus\/Northrup lobbyists in the McCain...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Elections 2008&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2008","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2008"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13310,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/01\/26\/first_ladies.html","url_meta":{"origin":15895,"position":2},"title":"First Ladies","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 26-Jan-09 5:52am","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting (and lengthy) article here on First Ladies and how quickly they move into media narrative-driven caricatures. The author -- Carl Sferrazza Anthony -- specializes in studying the First...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fourth Estate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fourth Estate","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/fourth-estate"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18774,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/01\/unblogged-bits-fri-1-oct-10-1130.html","url_meta":{"origin":15895,"position":3},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Fri.  1-Oct-10 1130)","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 1-Oct-10 11:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... O\u2019Donnell Suggests That God Wants Her To Be Elected So That She Can Filibuster In Lame Duck Session - Only if the nation is being cast in the role of Job ... The 14\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;DC Media (DCEU, DCU)&quot;","block_context":{"text":"DC Media (DCEU, DCU)","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/franchises\/dc-cinematic-univese"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41759,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/18\/b5-rewatch-s2e13-hunter-prey.html","url_meta":{"origin":15895,"position":4},"title":"B5 Rewatch: 2&#215;13 &quot;Hunter, Prey&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 18-Apr-14 3:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A middlin' episode, but now that the train is moving, even middlin' episodes are pretty good. The key here is exploring off in two directons: what's the scoop with Ambassador Kosh, and what really happened when President Santiago was killed. Neither plot leads to anything huge, but together they give\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":10617,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/12\/09\/words_meant_things_2.html","url_meta":{"origin":15895,"position":5},"title":"Words Meant Things","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 9-Dec-06 10:03am","format":false,"excerpt":"Got this interesting bit of linguistic nostalgia (on e-mail, but it's reprinted here) that bore some comment (and a few links to Wikipedia and other sources). I came across this...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cars&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cars","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/cars"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15895","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=15895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}