{"id":16334,"date":"2009-12-02T17:01:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T00:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/02\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-02-december-2009.html"},"modified":"2013-06-04T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T17:51:24","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-02-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/02\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-02-december-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 02 December 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\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/ib3XeegbuwA\/time-in-nature-makes.html\">Time in nature makes us more caring<\/a> &#8211; Interesting. I wonder if &#8220;nature&#8221; (not necessarily &#8220;outdoors&#8221;) expands our sense of connection with the rest of the world. Or perhaps it makes us feel less pressured, therefore less defensively insular.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wonkroom.thinkprogress.org\/2009\/12\/02\/task-force-rhetoric\/\">Preventive Task Force Chairman Undermines Republican \u2018Rationing\u2019 Rhetoric On Mammograms: Igor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/QGgb8rmlWPQ\/the-failure-of-the-federa_b_375269.html\">Shahid Buttar: The Failure of the Federalist, No. 10: Shahid Buttar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/3NhPR7lGY4g\/obama-spock-comparison-a-_n_377405.html\">Obama Spock Comparison &#8216;A Compliment To Him And To The Character&#8217;: Leonard Nimoy: The Huffington Post News Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/12\/02\/eric-burns-fox\/\">Former Fox News Host Calls Fox A \u2018Right-Wing Partial-News-But-Mostly-Opinion Network\u2019: Matt Corley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wolframalpha.com\/2009\/12\/01\/step-by-step-math\/\">Step-by-Step Math<\/a> &#8211; Cool. Wonder if this will be useful for teaching, or a problem for homework cheating.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/2009\/12\/study-suggests-people-attribute-their-own-views-to-god\/\">Study suggests people attribute their own views to God.<\/a> &#8211; Voltaire said it: &#8220;If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20427373.400-lowcarbon-future-we-can-afford-to-go-green.html?full=true\">Low-carbon future: We can afford to go green &#8211; science-in-society &#8211; 02 December 2009 &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; If it inconveniences me at all, it&#8217;s evil and socialistic and un-American. So there.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/2009\/11\/the-problem-with-no-problem\/\">The problem with \u2018No Problem.\u2019<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m a &#8220;No Problem&#8221; guy myself, and always mean it sincerely, as in, &#8220;[For you, it&#8217;s] no problem [for me to have done that thing you just thanked me for].&#8221; Really, it&#8217;s no more meaningless than &#8220;You&#8217;re welcome [to impose on me any time you like.]&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/click.phdo?i=75621e2c59c0401e069c623ac2e5c516\">For The Record<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;I was for an exit strategy before I was against one.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theagitator.com\/2009\/12\/01\/federal-judge-says-nypd-plagued-by-widespread-falsification-by-arresting-officers\/\">Federal Judge Says NYPD Plagued by \u201cWidespread Falsification by Arresting Officers\u201d<\/a> &#8211; With great power has to come great responsibility. Remember this next time you hear about some slam-dunk criminal case (not to mention the next time someone blames the problems with the criminal justice system on lawyers and &#8220;liberal judges&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/11\/30\/ethics-of-e-mail-misfires-and-facebook-complications\/\">Ethics of E-Mail Misfires and Facebook Complications &#8211; Gadgetwise Blog &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;d say this is a good &#8220;Golden Rule&#8221; moment &#8212; how would you want your email of the same nature handled if you inadvertently sent it to the wrong address? Then do likewise. (Also note that a reply now may forestall similar erroneous sends in the future.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/expresident\/the-cia-manual-of-trickery-and-deception\/\">The CIA Manual Of Trickery And Deception: Pics, Videos, Links, News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/12\/01\/enzi-transparency-objection\/\">After ripping Democrats for hiding \u2018behind closed doors,\u2019 GOP objects to more transparency in health care debate.<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Transparency for thee, but not for me.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009\/12\/01\/comcast-deal-to-buy-nbc-is-done-will-be-announced-thursday\/\">Comcast deal to buy NBC is done, will be announced Thursday<\/a> &#8211; Nothing much good can come from this, save for investor profit at the cost of Comcast (and NBC) customers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Americablog\/~3\/Em8B5M4Jon8\/major-conservative-blog-little-green.html\">Major conservative blog, Little Green Footballs, takes on the hate in the Republican party<\/a> &#8211; Remarkable. I am no great fan of LGF, but that Johnson can see the difference between classical conservatism and what&#8217;s spouted by the GOP and the Right these days is telling. And should have the Republican leadership really wondering what the hell they&#8217;re doing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/12\/harlan_ellison_wants_to_return_to_star_trek.php\">Harlan Ellison Wants to Return to Star Trek<\/a> &#8211; Ellison is a genius, and anything original he came up with would be startling and stunning &#8212; and I wouldn&#8217;t let him get within spitting distance of my commercial franchise.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/11\/30\/medicare-cuts-mccain\/\">Despite Proposing $1.3 Trillion In Medicare Cuts Last Year, McCain Condemns Much Smaller Cuts In Senate Bill<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Medicare cuts for me, but not for thee.&#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;. Time in nature makes us more caring &#8211; Interesting. I wonder if &#8220;nature&#8221; (not necessarily &#8220;outdoors&#8221;) expands our sense of connection with the rest of the world. Or perhaps it makes us feel less pressured, therefore less defensively insular. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/02\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-02-december-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 02 December 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":[63,12,10,134,28,9,358,16,27,46,360],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-fourth-estate","category-geopolitical-brouhaha","category-health-care","category-media-moguls","category-politics-law","category-poor-citizenship","category-potpourri","category-religion","category-school-daze","category-media-tv-star-trek"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48460,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/22\/doing-write-the-manic-depressive-nature-of-my-nanowrimo.html","url_meta":{"origin":16334,"position":0},"title":"Doing Write:  The Manic-Depressive Nature of my NaNoWriMo","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 22-Nov-14 6:51pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Doing Write: The Manic-Depressive Nature of my NaNoWriMo http:\/\/bit.ly\/1zbcQLo #NaNoWriMo View on Twitter","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29083,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/04\/someone-from-across-the-atlantic-on-the-odd-religious-nature-of-american-politic.html","url_meta":{"origin":16334,"position":1},"title":"Someone from across the Atlantic on the odd religious nature of American politic&#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 4-Aug-12 9:10pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Someone from across the Atlantic on the odd religious nature of American politicsNot that there's a religious nature, but that its pursuits and focus\u00a0seem so out of keeping with what it claims to follow. 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Or, pretty much, anywhere.(h\/t +Yonatan Zunger)Reshared post from +Efstratios Filippidis - TheUndogmatic ThinkerA TERRIFYING SQUID With Human-Like TEETH !!!Meet Promachoteuthis sulcus, a bizarre creature straight out of your nightmares.As you can see, this creature looks like\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":130709,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/19\/the-real-world-and-nature-is-messy.html","url_meta":{"origin":16334,"position":4},"title":"The Real World &#8212; and Nature &#8212; is messy","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 19-May-16 11:12pm","format":false,"excerpt":"By which I mean things are rarely cut and dried, simply and straightforward, binary yes-or-no. 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