{"id":16172,"date":"2009-11-10T17:00:29","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T00:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/10\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-10-november-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T15:26:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T22:26:20","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-10-november-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/10\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-10-november-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 10 November 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:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/afas-fischer-demands-religious-test-military-service\">AFA&#8217;s Fischer Demands Religious Test for Military Service<\/a> &#8211; I wonder how Fischer would react to the suggestion that Christian military members should offer a guarantee &#8220;that they will never, ever take their religion seriously&#8221;?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/robertson-muslims-should-be-treated-some-fascist-group\">Robertson: Muslims Should Be Treated Like &#8220;Some Fascist Group&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; So Pat thinks another religion is really just a &#8220;political system.&#8221; And political groups we don&#8217;t like, like &#8220;fascists&#8221; and &#8220;Communists&#8221; should be &#8220;dealt with.&#8221; Got it. Thanks for playing, Pat.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/carrie-prejean-standing-conservative-women\">Carrie Prejean: Standing Up For Conservative Women<\/a> &#8211; You know, for folks that scream about political correctness (toward people they don&#8217;t like), Conservatives sure seem to play the &#8220;victim&#8221; card a lot.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/right-wing-phrase-day-political-correctness\">The Right Wing Phrase of the Day Is &#8220;Political Correctness&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; So let&#8217;s whip that pendulum back from &#8220;political correctness&#8221; (toward folks we don&#8217;t like) back to &#8220;out and out prejudice,&#8221; shall we? That&#8217;ll help loads. Oh, and, Martha? Try &#8220;Radical Christian chaplains? Still on duty. Christian psychiatrist (of all things) praises a holy crusade in the Middle East and tries to convert his patients to Christianity? Hush-hush.&#8221; Think that sounds unrealistic? Think again.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/3fnmfsTALfM\/death_state_update.php\">Death state update [Pharyngula]<\/a> &#8211; Yet more reason to never visit Texas.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/medievalnews.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/ancient-lance-pierces-hole-in-king.html\">Medieval News: Ancient Lance Pierces Hole in King Arthur Legend<\/a> &#8211; Long on interpretation and short on details. I&#8217;ll have to do a bit more research on this one.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chez-oswell.org\/MEO\/Blog\/Entries\/2009\/11\/10_No_Monster,_but_they_couldve_used_a_Big_Bertha_....html\">No Monster, but they could\u2019ve used a Big Bertha &#8230;<\/a> &#8211; So you&#8217;re saying I should keep my golf ball <b>on<\/b> the fairway? YOU MEAN I&#8217;VE BEEN DOING IT WRONG ALL THESE YEARS?!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/friends-of-jake.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/women-in-texas.html\">Women in Texas<\/a> &#8211; Some happy news about women in Texas, for a change.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dealnews.com\/328587.html\">DVD Game Show Collection for $9 + free shipping<\/a> &#8211; I imagine if there is enough air time there, it could be economical as buy-watch-toss entertainment. For less than the price of a movie, one could get several hours of entertainment. Mind you, this particular collection would have me paying money to NOT watch it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.consumerreports.org\/home\/2009\/11\/holiday-christmas-lights-led-lights-incandescents-home-depot-exchange-program.html\">Save money by replacing incandescent holiday lights with LED versions<\/a> &#8211; The only lights we use at present are built into the tree &#8212; but any time we move to somthing different, we will definitely be going with LEDs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/dispatches\/2009\/11\/a_muslim_soldier_on_the_ft_hoo.php?utm_source=combinedfeed&amp;utm_medium=rss\">A Muslim Soldier on the Ft. Hood Shootings : Dispatches from the Culture Wars<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;We need to stop thinking of major religions as a single monolithic group. They simply don&#8217;t fit that narrative.&#8221; Amen.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/djG7lHwGSLU\/people_who_think_they_are_more_restrained_are_more_likely_to.php\">People who think they are more restrained are more likely to succumb to temptation [Not Exactly Rocket Science]<\/a> &#8211; No surprise &#8212; pride goeth before a fall, as they say. And folks who think they&#8217;ve been magically immunized from temptation &#8212; through vows or whatever &#8212; would seem most likely to get themselves into tempting situations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/straightnotnarrow.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/same-sex-marriage-could-protect.html\">Same-Sex Marriage Could PROTECT The Institution of Traditional Marriage: Jim and Brenda Johnson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2009\/11\/091110071535.htm\">Star Trek-like Replicator? Electron Beam Device Makes Metal Parts, One Layer At A Time<\/a> &#8211; Brilliant. This will change things in a lot more subtle ways than we initially realize.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheBoyGeniusReport\/~3\/XoTZjgYPRM4\/\">Google\u2019s Christmas gift to America is free Wi-Fi at airports starting today<\/a> &#8211; Mostly smaller airports, but still very cool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/news\/2009\/11\/the-web-may-have-won-but-gopher-tunnels-on.ars\">The Web may have won, but Gopher tunnels on &#8211; Ars Technica<\/a> &#8211; Ah. I remember Gopher and the heady days of discovering just how much geeky goodness was out there on the Internet. Good times.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/news\/2009\/11\/report-men-need-to-read-the-manual-plug-stuff-in.ars\">Surprise! More men should read the freaking manual &#8211; Ars Technica<\/a> &#8211; In other news, dog bites man, conflict erupts in the Middle East, and [insert hackneyed but still valid cliche here]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.graphicdesignblog.org\/strange-funny-photoshop-manipulations\/\">45 Strange and Funny Photoshop Manipulations \u2013 A weird combination!!<\/a> &#8211; Okay, not sure if these are what I needed to see before going to bed but &#8230; g&#8217;night!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/tomtoles\/2009\/11\/08\/\">Tom Toles, November 08, 2009<\/a> &#8211; As long as our priorities are in order.<\/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;. AFA&#8217;s Fischer Demands Religious Test for Military Service &#8211; I wonder how Fischer would react to the suggestion that Christian military members should offer a guarantee &#8220;that they will never, ever take their religion seriously&#8221;? Robertson: Muslims Should Be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/10\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-10-november-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 10 November 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":[109,10,37,20,108,68,718,9,358,16,27,110,40,348,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-state","category-geopolitical-brouhaha","category-golf","category-hi-tech","category-history","category-holidays","category-marriage-equality","category-politics-law","category-poor-citizenship","category-potpourri","category-religion","category-religious-zanies","category-media-tv","category-women","category-zt-pc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23047,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/11\/unblogged-bits-tue-11-oct-11-1730.html","url_meta":{"origin":16172,"position":0},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Tue. 11-Oct-11 1730)","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 11-Oct-11 5:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... Fischer Plays The Victim, Decries Romney's Rude and Insulting Attack On Him - Amusing -- because when Bryan Fischer talks about tacky, impolite and rude language that completely and utterly lacks class, he speaks\u2026","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":49408,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/the-afa-has-belatedly-fired-bryan-fischer-dolt.html","url_meta":{"origin":16172,"position":1},"title":"The AFA has (belatedly) fired Bryan Fischer, Dolt","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 28-Jan-15 9:35pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Apparently some folk in Israel -- to which the American Family Association was paying for a trip by Reince Priebus and a large number of Republican National Committee members -- got a bit out of sorts when they discovered that the AFA's public face and \"Director of Issue Analysis\" was\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":21648,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/18\/herman-cain-along-with-his-bff-bryan-fischer-is-a-dolt.html","url_meta":{"origin":16172,"position":2},"title":"Herman Cain (along with his BFF Bryan Fischer) is a dolt","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 18-Jul-11 9:07pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Herman Cain, one the GOP contenders for President, has decided to distinguish himself by being the most anti-Muslim candidate on the ticket. 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