{"id":15995,"date":"2009-10-12T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/12\/unblogged-bits-for-monday-12-october-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-11-07T13:18:52","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T20:18:52","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-monday-12-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/12\/unblogged-bits-for-monday-12-october-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Monday, 12 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:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/QfyYlfSVdEE\/lgbt-activists-criticize_b_317893.html\">Adele Stan: LGBT Activists Criticize Obama&#8217;s Speech for What Wasn&#8217;t There, But Miss a Very Big Thing That Was: Adele Stan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/click.phdo?i=4f4760ad8c3b67d4326e14b44a9e1c11\">The Movement Splits &#8211; Again: Andrew Sullivan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicaltranscriptionschool.net\/blog\/swine-flu-vs-bird-flu-vs-zombie-flu#\">Swine Flu vs. Bird Flu vs. Zombie Flu &#8211; Medical Transcription Schools<\/a> &#8211; Ha!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/bensmith\/1009\/Fox_attacks_back_as_usual.html\">Fox attacks back, as usual &#8211; Ben Smith &#8211; POLITICO.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/archives\/36855\">The Quick 10: 10 Abandoned Disney Projects<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ve heard of most of these before, but it&#8217;s still always kind of cool to get a &#8220;what if&#8221; vibe.  There are some great Alternative History possibilities here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap091012.html\">Stars Over Easter Island<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/09\/opinion\/09krugman.html?hpw=&amp;pagewanted=print\">Op-Ed Columnist &#8211; The Uneducated American &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2009\/10\/its-.html\">It&#8217;s not easy not being Bush<\/a> &#8211; An interesting and thoughtful analysis of why, in the context of so many other potential nominees in principle and fact, Obama was actually a reasonable choice.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/10\/11\/richard-myers-dadt\/\">Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Richard Myers: \u2018Gays Can Serve\u2026They Just Can\u2019t  Serve Openly\u2019<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;And, of course, we most value honor and honesty amongst our troops.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phdcomics.com\/comics.php?f=1231\">09\/28\/09 PHD comic: &#8216;Vacation v. Stress&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; This makes me very, very tense.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.lungfish.com\/~r\/badgods\/~3\/7sR04G0QdfA\/oneword-desiccant.html\">One Word: Desiccant<\/a> &#8211; Tragic &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/tomtoles\/2009\/09\/27\/\">Tom Toles, September 27, 2009 \u2014 UCLICK GoComics.com<\/a> &#8211; <b>SIGH<\/b> (Part 3)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/tomtoles\/2009\/10\/07\/\">Tom Toles, October 07, 2009 \u2014 UCLICK GoComics.com<\/a> &#8211; <b>SIGH<\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/tomtoles\/2009\/10\/08\/\">Tom Toles, October 08, 2009 \u2014 UCLICK GoComics.com<\/a> &#8211; <b>SIGH<\/b><\/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;. Adele Stan: LGBT Activists Criticize Obama&#8217;s Speech for What Wasn&#8217;t There, But Miss a Very Big Thing That Was: Adele Stan The Movement Splits &#8211; Again: Andrew Sullivan Swine Flu vs. Bird Flu vs. Zombie Flu &#8211; Medical Transcription &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/12\/unblogged-bits-for-monday-12-october-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Monday, 12 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_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_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":[263,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disney","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15990,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/12\/flu-vs-flu-whats-the-diff-between-seasonal-and-swine-flus.html","url_meta":{"origin":15995,"position":0},"title":"Flu vs. Flu &#8211; what&#8217;s the diff between Seasonal and Swine Flus?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 12-Oct-09 1:18pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The following info is from Kaiser (slightly abridged), and provides a nice highlight between \"normal\" flu (which kills people) and N1N1 (which also kills people). The latter is not that different from the former; we're not talking about one of the horsemen of the apocalypse here, but it should still\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/health"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13573,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/12\/searching_for_the_flu.html","url_meta":{"origin":15995,"position":1},"title":"Searching for the flu","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 12-Nov-08 6:10am","format":false,"excerpt":"What if you could see people wandering around the streets saying, \"Can you tell me about the flu? I might have the flu? Do you think I have the flu?\"...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health Science&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health Science","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/health\/health-science"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39419,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/31\/get-your-flu-shot.html","url_meta":{"origin":15995,"position":2},"title":"Get your flu shot","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 31-Oct-13 7:02am","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, laziness and procrastination and forgetfulness I can appreciate (cough), if not approve of. \u00a0But if you're making a conscious decision to avoid a flu shot for quasi-scientific reasons ... don't.Reshared post from +George WimanRichly documented article on flu shot myths. Never mind if YOU get sick, please don't be\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":16125,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/02\/a-note-on-post-flu-coughing.html","url_meta":{"origin":15995,"position":3},"title":"A note on post-flu coughing","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 2-Nov-09 10:38pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's freaking exhausting. Good night.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/health"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33407,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/30\/who-can-catch-which-flu.html","url_meta":{"origin":15995,"position":4},"title":"Who can catch which flu?","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 30-Apr-13 8:51am","format":false,"excerpt":"Very cool infographic \/ Venn diagram on different flu strains\u00a0and the critters affected by them (go to the source site for actual visible details).Reshared post from +Les JenkinsA useful flu infographic from the folks at\u00a0http:\/\/www.informationisbeautiful.net\/visualizations\/which-flu-virus\/ View this post on Google+","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":15666,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/31\/disney-buys-marvel-what-the.html","url_meta":{"origin":15995,"position":5},"title":"Disney buys &#8230; Marvel?!  What the &#8211;?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 31-Aug-09 8:39am","format":false,"excerpt":"Blinks ... stares ...\u00a0 I had to check my calendar to make sure it wasn\u2019t April Fools when the news of The Walt Disney Company\u2019s latest acquisition rolled across my screen. Disney is now the proud owner of Marvel Entertainment at a cost of a cool $4 billion. 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