{"id":16346,"date":"2009-12-05T17:01:10","date_gmt":"2009-12-06T00:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/05\/unblogged-bits-for-saturday-05-december-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-11-07T13:18:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T20:18:48","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-saturday-05-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/05\/unblogged-bits-for-saturday-05-december-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Saturday, 05 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:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/12\/04\/aetna-forcing-600000-plus_n_380130.html\">Aetna Forcing 600,000-Plus To Lose Coverage In Effort To Raise Profits<\/a> &#8211; Nice.  Bottom line: &#8220;We made a bunch of money, including for our millionaire executives, but not as much money as we wanted. So this year we&#8217;re going to increase rates, even if that means that 600,000 people won&#8217;t be able to afford our insurance any more.&#8221;  And people keep thinking that for-profit insurance is the &#8220;best system in the world.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwidewords.org\/nl\/ktje.htm#N5\">668-5: Questions and Answers: Amn&#8217;t<\/a> &#8211; Amn&#8217;t, ain&#8217;t, and aren&#8217;t I &#8212; some cool English history here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/canadianpress\/article\/ALeqM5i_hq8SeLicxALX1eBk4qPnY1qRRQ\">The Canadian Press: N.S. man angry hospital wouldn&#8217;t help father having heart attack in parking lot<\/a> &#8211; Wow. This sounds more like an American story &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.photobasement.com\/bambi\/\">Bambi: admin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfx.co.uk\/page\/sfx?entry=13_episodes_for_torchwood_series\">SFX: 13 Episodes For Torchwood Series Four, Confirms Barrowman<\/a> &#8211; Yay!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatvisionblog.com\/2009\/11\/black-hole-remake-by-tron-team.html\">The Hollywood Reporter | Heat Vision: &#8216;Tron: Legacy&#8217; team mount a &#8216;Black Hole&#8217; remake<\/a> &#8211; With the notable exception of Teh Cute Robotz, and a rather odd ending, this was actually a very cool movie at the time.  With a John Barry score.  And godawful science, but that wasn&#8217;t the point; it was, ultimately, a horror film, and a nicely done one at that.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.amctv.com\/scifi-scanner\/2009\/12\/worst-scifi-movies-of-the-00s.php\">John Scalzi &#8211; The Ten Worst SciFi Blockbusters of the &#8217;00s<\/a> &#8211; I have seen an appalling number of these.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nickholmes.tumblr.com\/post\/267947062\">ATTN<\/a> &#8211; I cannot support or encourage graffiti or defacing signs.  But since someone already did it &#8230; this is funny.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Jimhillmediacom\/~3\/IMwLgv4euuU\/phineas-and-ferb-christmas-vacation-review.aspx\">Disney&#8217;s &#8220;Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation&#8221; is one special holiday  special<\/a> &#8211; Immediately got this set up on DVR when Margie mentioned it.  P&amp;F is the best cartoon on ostensibly-kids TV these days.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.westword.com\/latestword\/2009\/12\/cu_bans_nerf_guns_heres_our_to.php\">CU bans Nerf guns: Here&#8217;s our top five list of other dangers it should nix next &#8211; Denver News &#8211; The Latest Word<\/a> &#8211; Making the world safer by making it less fun.  <b>sigh<\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.westword.com\/latestword\/2009\/12\/_the_elephants_are_coming.php\">Denver Zoo gets ready for &#8220;green weenies&#8221; by breaking ground on an exhibit of elephantine proportions &#8211; Denver News &#8211; The Latest Word<\/a> &#8211; I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s quite the press release the Denver Zoo had in mind &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/frjakestopstheworld.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/more-condemnations-of-ugandas-death-to.html\">More Condemnations of Uganda&#8217;s &#8220;Death to All Gays&#8221; Bill<\/a> &#8211; I can understand the diplomatic aspect of Lambeth&#8217;s statement &#8212; &#8220;It has been made clear to us, as indeed to others, that attempts to publicly influence either the local church or political opinion in Uganda would be divisive and counter productive. Our contacts, at both national and diocesan level, with the local church will therefore remain intensive but private.&#8221; &#8212; but silence (even if there&#8217;s furious activity below the surface) also sends a message.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvshowsondvd.com\/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=13043\">Ellery Queen: Industry Sources Tell Us to Expect a Long-Awaited DVD Release  of the &#8217;75 Series<\/a> &#8211; I loved this show.  Glee!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/12\/slingers_the_sci-fi_show_too_good_to_exist.php\">Slingers, the Sci-Fi Show Too Good to Exist<\/a> &#8211; Oh, I do like.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/12\/8_reasons_why_robotech_is_better_than_macross.php\">8 Reasons Why Robotech Is Better Than Macross<\/a> &#8211; I loved me some Robotech when I was &#8230; well, post-college, I admit.  But it was my big intro to anime (as it was for so many Americans), and with the exception of Minmei (who I wish the Zentraedi had nuked in the first episode of the show), I had a lot of fun with it.  I had no idea it was still so fan-geek-controversial.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/faith\/ci_13919087?source=rss\">Think you don&#8217;t know Yiddish? Oy vey &#8211; Salt Lake Tribune<\/a> &#8211; Interesting to see how language spreads, changes, is adopted, etc.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Americablog\/~3\/IXgUkzuH-QE\/internet-and-phone-companies-arent-just.html\">Internet and phone companies aren&#8217;t just spying on us, they&#8217;re making money doing it<\/a> &#8211; The hell?  I, the taxpayer, am <b>paying<\/b> the telcos to invade my privacy on behalf of the government?  Yeesh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/science\/nature\/8394324.stm\">BBC News &#8211; Glacier threat to Bolivia capital<\/a> &#8211; See! Global warming is a hoax! A glacier is advancing on La Paz, threatening everyone! Run! Ice Age! Killer glacier! Run &#8212; wait, what?  Oh, the glacier is receding at a breakneck pace and rainfall has also decreased?  Oh, that&#8217;s just seasonal variation, no need to worry about fictitious global warming. Plus, ACORN!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/lifehacker\/full\/~3\/Yl_Dz7IThqs\/rescue-carpet-from-a-permanent-stain-with-shaving-cream\">Rescue Carpet from a Permanent Stain with Shaving Cream [MacGyver Tip]<\/a> &#8211; Making a note for the grocery store &#8230;<\/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;. Aetna Forcing 600,000-Plus To Lose Coverage In Effort To Raise Profits &#8211; Nice. Bottom line: &#8220;We made a bunch of money, including for our millionaire executives, but not as much money as we wanted. So this year we&#8217;re going &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/05\/unblogged-bits-for-saturday-05-december-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Saturday, 05 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_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-16346","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":22663,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/12\/unblogged-bits-mon-12-sep-11-2330.html","url_meta":{"origin":16346,"position":0},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Mon. 12-Sep-11 2330)","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 12-Sep-11 11:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... 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