{"id":15914,"date":"2009-10-03T18:01:01","date_gmt":"2009-10-04T00:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/03\/unblogged-bits-for-saturday-03-october-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-10-03T18:01:01","modified_gmt":"2009-10-04T00:01:01","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-saturday-03-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/03\/unblogged-bits-for-saturday-03-october-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Saturday, 03 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\/EnTequilaEsVerdad\/~3\/WfbZAXTxS2Q\/happy-hour-discurso_03.html\">Happy Hour Discurso: noreply@blogger.com (Dana Hunter)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheThrillingWonderStory\/~3\/UsymjTh6gj8\/hilarious-and-crazy-signage-part-13.html\">Hilarious and Crazy Signage, Part 13<\/a> &#8211; Some are (I&#8217;m pretty sure) PhotoShopped, but there are a few chuckles here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/86ykLU74_tA\/brooks_is_wrong_on_beck---very.php\">Brooks is wrong on Beck&#8212;very wrong [White Coat Underground]<\/a> &#8211; Very good summary, and the far right might best be known as the party of denial.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/dispatches\/2009\/10\/general_who_set_up_gitmo_slams.php?utm_source=combinedfeed&amp;utm_medium=rss\">General Who Set Up Gitmo Slams What It Became : Dispatches from the Culture Wars<\/a> &#8211; Money graf: &#8220;&#8216;If we treat them that way [as they might treat U.S. prisoners], then we become them.'&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2009\/10\/02\/ie6-market-share\/\">In Case You Forgot: IE6 Still Holds 25% of the Browser Market<\/a> &#8211; Thank God it&#8217;s only that high.  Yeesh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/PamsHouseBlend\/~3\/sZfCVKXDCOQ\/press-release-from-fred-karger-maine-marriage-campaign-probe-gets-ok\">Press Release from Fred Karger: &#8216;Maine Marriage Campaign Probe Gets Ok&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; Some folks don&#8217;t have the courage of their convictions.  Given that the death toll of gays-by-gay-bashers vs. gay-marriage-opponents-by-gays is wildly lopsided, I can only consider this moral cowardice.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openforum.com\/idea-hub\/topics\/managing\/article\/apologies-are-a-sign-of-strength-scott-belsky\">Apologies Are a Sign of Strength : Managing : Idea Hub :: American Express OPEN Forum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Americablog\/~3\/CTKrRZXrhe4\/six-health-care-lobbyists-for-every.html\">Six health care lobbyists for every member of Congress: Chris in Paris<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/XoctzZ3BOXg\/new_images_of_mercury_released.php\">New images of Mercury released today! [Starts With A Bang]<\/a> &#8211; WOW!  Pictures from freakin&#8217; MERCURY!!!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/scienceblogs\/pharyngula\/~3\/S51Nb0VZGXc\/it_must_be_hard_to_be_an_athei.php\">It must be hard to be an atheist in Alabama<\/a> &#8211; If your morals cannot stand to be tempted by a simple statement, they aren&#8217;t very well grounded to begin with.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/notalwaysright.com\/night-of-the-loving-dead\/2533\">Night Of The Loving Dead<\/a> &#8211; Calling to mind Twain&#8217;s comment about the &#8220;lightning&#8221; and &#8220;lightning bug&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/huUAgCh6rNc\/amazon-clarifies-when-it-will-remove-kindle-books\">Amazon Clarifies When It Will Remove Kindle Books [Trust Amazon]<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;So the real problem here, which this clarification doesn&#8217;t resolve, is that Amazon doesn&#8217;t sell ebooks on the Kindle store. It sells licenses to ebooks.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/WcejcRLShJo\/excreted-tamiflu-found-in-rivers-flu+resistant-superbirds-coming-soon\">Excreted Tamiflu Found In Rivers; Flu-Resistant Superbirds Coming Soon  [Drugs]<\/a> &#8211; Kaiser and the CDE have been recommending against casual use of Tamiflu unless the recipient is in identifiable danger.  But, of course, the same  &#8220;I want it! I want it!&#8221; &#8220;Sure, you can have it&#8221; mentality that has led to prescription of antibiotics for viral infections is screwing things up with Tamiflu, too.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dvice.com\/archives\/2009\/10\/electric-cars-w.php\">Electric car batteries with 500-mile range on the way?<\/a> &#8211; This could definitely be a game-changer.  If they can do it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/jacketcopy\/2009\/10\/amazon150000-kindleorwell.html\">Amazon Settles Suit With Teen Over Disappeared Orwell Book for $150,000<\/a> &#8211; Huzzah! Trivial to Amazon&#8217;s bottom line, but an important principle.<\/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;. Happy Hour Discurso: noreply@blogger.com (Dana Hunter) Hilarious and Crazy Signage, Part 13 &#8211; Some are (I&#8217;m pretty sure) PhotoShopped, but there are a few chuckles here. Brooks is wrong on Beck&#8212;very wrong [White Coat Underground] &#8211; Very good summary, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/03\/unblogged-bits-for-saturday-03-october-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Saturday, 03 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-15914","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":37673,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/07\/mascots-alumni-and-correctness-oh-my.html","url_meta":{"origin":15914,"position":0},"title":"Mascots, Alumni, and Correctness, Oh My!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 7-Jun-13 5:35pm","format":false,"excerpt":"While acknowledging that I'm of the privileged class when it comes to matters of diversity, I find the brouhaha about school mascots (from all directions) to be by turns highly amusing and intensely annoying.I don't see anything particularly wrong or \"un-diverse\" about Denver Boone (caveat stated above), so getting into\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":16116,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/01\/trick-or-treat-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":15914,"position":1},"title":"Trick or treat!","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 1-Nov-09 2:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"Kaylee, Katherine, and Buster the Pumpkin.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Holidays&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Holidays","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/holidays"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128163,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/26\/the-problem-yes-it-is-a-problem-of-stuttering.html","url_meta":{"origin":15914,"position":2},"title":"The Problem (yes, it is a problem) of Stuttering","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 26-Sep-15 4:11am","format":false,"excerpt":"As someone who know folk with speech disfluencies, I can appreciate the desire to not feel like there's something wrong with a speaking impediment. 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