{"id":16029,"date":"2009-10-16T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T00:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/16\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-16-october-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-10-16T18:00:39","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T00:00:39","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-friday-16-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/16\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-16-october-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Friday, 16 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:\/\/gamepolitics.com\/2009\/10\/16\/war-game-imagines-obama-run\">War Game Imagines Obama on the Run<\/a> &#8211; Huh.  Think I&#8217;ll give this one a pass.  I mean, there&#8217;s willing suspension of disbelief and then there&#8217;s just lunatic fantasy &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyatheist.com\/2009\/10\/16\/cherrypicking-illustrated\/\">Cherrypicking Illustrated<\/a> &#8211; HA! Simplistic Use of Scripture FAIL.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/index.php?db=comics&amp;id=1668#\">Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal &#8211; The Invasion<\/a> &#8211; Humanity for the win!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/15\/AR2009101500684.html\">Twitter Will Sell No Wine Before Its Time (But They Will Sell Wine) &#8211; washingtonpost.com<\/a> &#8211; How do you end up with a small fortune in the wine business? Start with a large fortune.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/nFnOS77IzFg\/telcos-and-hollywood.html\">Telcos and Hollywood ask Canadian govt for right to secretly install spyware, listen in on your network connection &#8212; ACT NOW!: Cory Doctorow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theplumline.whorunsgov.com\/climate-change\/alex-castellanos-firm-also-has-contract-with-u-s-chamber-of-commerce\/\">Castellanos\u2019 Firm Also Has Contract With U.S. Chamber Of Commerce<\/a> &#8211; Money graf: &#8220;The reason we\u2019re digging into Castellanos is not because of Castellanos per se, but because his case tells a larger story about how Washington works. You hear a lot about the revolving door between government and lobbying. But there\u2019s another, less-remarked-on revolving door: One between consulting and commentary.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/politics.theatlantic.com\/2009\/10\/obama_dont_tell_me_im_holding_the_mop_wrong.php\">Obama: Don&#8217;t Tell Me I&#8217;m Holding The Mop Wrong &#8211; The Atlantic Politics Channel<\/a> &#8211; The problem isn&#8217;t that the GOP isn&#8217;t willing to grab a mop.  It&#8217;s that they claim the floor is actually already squeaky-clean and Obama is secretly smearing Atheist Kenyan Socialist Bio-Toxins to Pollute Our Precious Bodily Fluids on it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/10\/16\/authors-stole-document-cair\/\">Did The Authors Of New Muslim Conspiracy Book Steal Documents From A Muslim  Organization?<\/a> &#8211; Of course, if it&#8217;s a noble and virtuous effort, I&#8217;m sure those involved will not hesitate to accept legal punishment for their crimes on behalf of a greater cause.  Right?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/10\/16\/dawn-smith-cigna\/\">Patient Denied Care For Her Brain Tumor Says Insurers Want You To \u2018Die Now,  So We Can Save Money Later\u2019<\/a> &#8211; Because, of course, for-profit insurers aren&#8217;t in the business of HEALING THE SICK &#8230; they are in the business of MAKING MONEY. You cannot serve both God and Mammon, to put it in a religious framework.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/10\/16\/becks-mao-dunn\/\">Beck\u2019s Attack On Obama Adviser Ignores Right-Wing Interest In Mao<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Mao for me, but not for thee.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/10\/16\/boehner-garlic-publicoption\/\">Boehner Admits That He\u2019s Now Heard From Supporters Of The Public Option<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;&#8230; but they were all Socialists, and had a Kenyan accent.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/what-do-you-expect-donohue-and-robertson\">What Do You Expect From Donohue and Robertson?<\/a> &#8211; OH NOEZ! IT&#8217;S THE TERMITE IN THE MOON! EEK!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/land-apologizes-nazi-and-mengele-comparisons\">Land Apologizes for Nazi and Mengele Comparisons<\/a> &#8211; In other words, &#8220;I regret that my words, if you look at them, say what they say.  I now declare I meant to say something else, not what I actually did say.  Even though what I said was what I meant, it&#8217;s just not what I want people to hear me say.&#8221;  Right.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/dobson-kevin-jennings-my-greatest-nightmare\">Dobson: Kevin Jennings Is My Greatest Nightmare<\/a> &#8211; How fragile and flimsy his works must be that a man like Kevin Jennings can signal the destruction of 25 years effort.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tbogg.firedoglake.com\/2009\/10\/15\/we-are-all-rush-limbaugh-now-devoid-of-joy-inconsolable-flaccid\/\">We are all Rush Limbaugh now. Devoid of joy. Inconsolable. Flaccid.<\/a> &#8211; I find it hysterical that a man who makes his career pillorying his opponents, heaping derisive and hateful and obnoxious coals upon those he disdains or hopes to get a rise from, is such a fracking baby when someone causes him any discomfort or loss.  Suck it up, Limbaugh &#8212; some people don&#8217;t like you, and not only is it not a federal crime, it&#8217;s you&#8217;re own damned fault.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ThePositivityblog-PutSomePersonalDevelopmentAndPositivityIntoYourLife\/~3\/zqq005uG0wQ\/\">Heraclitus\u2019 Top 3 Tips for Living a Richer and Happier Life<\/a> &#8211; Makes a note to read more Heraclitus.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/lzxrYR0xbR8\/tsa-takes-baby-away-from-mother\">TSA Takes Baby Away From Mother [Security Theater Of The Absurd]<\/a> &#8211; Um &#8230; that&#8217;s the point where I probably do something Really Stupid that does <b>not<\/b> involve standing there and waiting for them to bring my baby back.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seesarawrite.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/on-serious-note-take-two.html\">On a Serious Note, Take Two<\/a> &#8211; Hrm.  Makes me think I need to pay more attention to Kitten&#8217;s books in the future.  This sort of thing is more insidious than all the sex, violence, blasphemy, or anything else that the young&#8217;uns are likely to get dosed with by the media.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/dispatches\/2009\/10\/my_new_10-year_old_hero.php?utm_source=combinedfeed&amp;utm_medium=rss\">My New 10-Year Old Hero : Dispatches from the Culture Wars<\/a> &#8211; Bravo, young man.  And a cautionary note for everyone who says that sitting out of &#8220;ceremonial theism&#8221; is trivial enough that such exercises shouldn&#8217;t be scrutinized.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/hEzC6Rt1rBc\/tonight_were_gonna_party_like.php\">Tonight We&#8217;re Gonna Party Like It&#8217;s 1959 [Dispatches from the Culture Wars]<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;As long as everyone knows their place, it&#8217;ll all be perfectly fine, sho&#8217;nuff!&#8221;<\/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;. War Game Imagines Obama on the Run &#8211; Huh. Think I&#8217;ll give this one a pass. I mean, there&#8217;s willing suspension of disbelief and then there&#8217;s just lunatic fantasy &#8230; Cherrypicking Illustrated &#8211; HA! Simplistic Use of Scripture FAIL. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/16\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-16-october-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Friday, 16 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-16029","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":10192,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/08\/14\/bonny_doon_no_l.html","url_meta":{"origin":16029,"position":0},"title":"Bonny Doon no longer for laughs","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 14-Aug-06 6:56pm","format":false,"excerpt":"First the Paso Robles tasting room burned down, prompting Bonny Doon to pull back to its Santa Cruz roots. 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