{"id":16509,"date":"2010-01-07T17:00:30","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/07\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-07-january-2010.html"},"modified":"2010-01-07T17:00:30","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T00:00:30","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-thursday-07-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/07\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-07-january-2010.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 07 January 2010"},"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:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2010\/01\/how-not-to-spy-by-your-friends-in-al-qaeda.html\">How not to spy, by your friends in Al Qaeda<\/a> &#8211; Well, I guess that&#8217;s a nicely optimistic analysis.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2010\/01\/the-revolution-will-not-berealized.html\">The Revolution Will Not Be&#8230;Realized?<\/a> &#8211; An interesting analysis of the situation in Iran.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/07\/beck-african-american-bogus\/\">Beck: \u2018African-American is a bogus, PC, made-up term. I mean, that\u2019s not a  race.\u2019<\/a> &#8211; And in breaking news, Glenn Beck is still an idiot.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/07\/douglass-colbert\/\">On Colbert, Douglass calls Erickson\u2019s false \u2018brownshirts\u2019 claim \u2018crazy, made-up stuff.\u2019: Matt Corley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/07\/ridge-defends-napolitano\/\">Ridge Defends Napolitano From Right-Wing Attacks: The Criticisms Are \u2018Misplaced\u2019: Alex Seitz-Wald<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/07\/giuliani-shoe-bomber\/\">To Justify Hypocritical Attacks, Rudy Giuliani Claims The Shoe Bomber\u2019s  Attempted Attack Happened Before 9\/11<\/a> &#8211; Pish-tosh &#8212; never let the facts get in the way of your rhetoric!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/07\/coffman-health-care\/\">GOP congressman praises government health care system that paid for his treatement.: Zaid Jilani<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/texas-monthly-examines-anti-choice-activists-conversion\">Texas Monthly Examines Anti-Choice Activist&#8217;s &#8220;Conversion&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; Interetsting &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/another-day-more-bigoted-attacks-amanda-simpson\">Another Day, More Bigoted Attacks On Amanda Simpson<\/a> &#8211; It&#8217;s easy to be mean to other people when you think everyone else is going to jeer along with you.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/tea-parties-have-message-and-song\">Tea Parties Have a Message &#8230; And a Song<\/a> &#8211; &#8230; and they&#8217;re both pretty darn goofy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/1fgqX7VEtks\/a_tale_of_two_terrorists.php\">A tale of two terrorists [Thoughts from Kansas]<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;But &#8230; but &#8230; but &#8230; he wasn&#8217;t a Muslim!  Yeah, that&#8217;s the difference!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~r\/arstechnica\/index\/~3\/7aJKO3eLtaM\/antitrust-us-to-review-comcastnbc-deal.ars\">Antitrust? US to review Comcast\/NBC deal<\/a> &#8211; I think this is not only appropriate, but vital.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/hUrbo7gsndI\/britain-minus-the-gu.html\">Britain without the gulfstream<\/a> &#8211; Yikes!  A call-out to all my British friends &#8212; stay warm!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/angryastronomer.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/even-when-scientists-are-wrong.html\">Even When Scientists are Wrong, Creationists Still Aren&#8217;t Right<\/a> &#8211; Science is self-correcting.  That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s a Good Thing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/readwriteweb\/~3\/ALd_JUpKN1g\/5_reasons_why_rss_readers_still_rock.php\">5 Reasons Why RSS Readers Still Rock<\/a> &#8211; For anyone who follow my GReader share, I&#8217;m clearly in the &#8220;RSS Readers rock&#8221; camp.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.makezine.com\/archive\/2010\/01\/atomic-bond_resolution_microscopy.html\">Atomic-bond resolution microscopy<\/a> &#8211; Voyage into Inner Space!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/jan\/06\/2010-bug-millions-germans\">2010 bug hits millions of Germans | World news | The Guardian<\/a> &#8211; Yeah, I can imagine there&#8217;d be a bit of publicity blow-out over this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2010\/01\/07\/jay-leno-nbc-conan-obrien-tonight-show\/\">NBC Shakeup &#8212; Jay Leno Comes Out on Top | TMZ.com<\/a> &#8211; For those interested in such things.  I find it amusing that if &#8220;Jay Leno is one of the most compelling entertainers in the world today,&#8221; they are having to backtrack giving him his big show. Heh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheListUniverse\/~3\/JYkmroacnb4\/\">Top 10 Common Faults In Human Thought<\/a> &#8211; Yup.  I&#8217;m as guilty of them as anyone else.  But I daresay that a lot of the more annoying headlines about woes in the world and at home can be attributed to these.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2010\/01\/100-quotes-every-geek-should-know\/\">100 Quotes Every Geek Should Know<\/a> &#8211; I know most of these, though some are from movies that I haven&#8217;t seen.<\/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;. How not to spy, by your friends in Al Qaeda &#8211; Well, I guess that&#8217;s a nicely optimistic analysis. The Revolution Will Not Be&#8230;Realized? &#8211; An interesting analysis of the situation in Iran. Beck: \u2018African-American is a bogus, PC, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/07\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-07-january-2010.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 07 January 2010&#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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16509","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":24472,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/not-that-i-ever-listen-to-anything-glenn-beck-says.html","url_meta":{"origin":16509,"position":0},"title":"Not that I ever listen to anything Glenn Beck says","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 12-Dec-11 2:22pm","format":false,"excerpt":"But it's sometimes kind of interesting, as Beck claims (inexplicably) that Gingrich and Obama are both \"big government progressives\" (um, definitely not and sadly not) and therefore if the Tea Partiers are supporting Gingrich, it must be a racist thing on their part.Yeah, it's more than a bit goofy, but\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":33525,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/03\/glenn-beck-is-a-dolt-but-i-repeat-myself.html","url_meta":{"origin":16509,"position":1},"title":"Glenn Beck is a dolt (but I repeat myself)","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 3-May-13 9:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"I would dearly love to ignore Beck, but since one of the nation's most powerful lobbying organization his having him speak at their annual convention, I guess he's still newsworthy.In this case, Beck is all up in arms (so to speak)\u00a0about his conviction that the \"uber-Left\" ran\u00a0a phony\u00a0gun incident, just\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":129552,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/23\/in-a-sane-world-glenn-becks-endorsement-would-be-an-automatic-disqualification-for-president.html","url_meta":{"origin":16509,"position":2},"title":"Why is this not the political touch of death?","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 23-Jan-16 10:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"In a sane world, Glenn Beck's endorsement would be an automatic disqualification for president.\"I have prayed for the next George Washington,\" Beck said of Cruz. \"I believe I have found him.\"Yes, that would be George Washington, the hyper-religious, hyper-partisan, pro-foreign-intervention, deep-seated supporter of militia movements. Just like Ted Cruz.Yeesh. As\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":16737,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/16\/unblogged-bits-for-tue-16-feb-2010-700pm.html","url_meta":{"origin":16509,"position":3},"title":"Unblogged Bits for Tue, 16 Feb 2010,  7:00PM","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 16-Feb-10 5:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... How to Raise Racist Kids - Interesting, and counter-intuitive. I have to wonder what the reason is (shame? natural instincts about the Other?), but it's some interesting reading I need to ponder seriously. 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This isn't just a jocular aside, a \"joke\" that can be laughed off, under criticism, as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Geopolitical Brouhaha&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Geopolitical Brouhaha","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/geopolitical-brouhaha"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}