{"id":16564,"date":"2010-01-22T17:01:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T00:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/22\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-22-january-2010.html"},"modified":"2010-01-22T17:01:06","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T00:01:06","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-friday-22-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/22\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-22-january-2010.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Friday, 22 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:\/\/www.picfindr.com\/\">PicFindr: Free stock photo and image search<\/a> &#8211; Noting for future use &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.springhole.net\/quizzes\/marysue.htm\">The Universal Mary-Sue Litmus Test<\/a> &#8211; For your writing pleasure &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/22\/saudi-murdoch\/\">Right-wing Saudi dynasty endorses right-wing Fox News dynasty.: Alex Seitz-Wald<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article\/18368_7-books-we-lost-to-history-that-would-have-changed-world\/\">7 Books We Lost to History That Would Have Changed the World | Cracked.com<\/a> &#8211; A typical Cracked treatment &#8212; but, yeah, it&#8217;s maddening how many books from the past we know only by some guy whose book did survive saying, &#8220;Oh, yeah, you just gotta read <b>that<\/b> book, it&#8217;s totally awesome!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_18394_6-slang-terms-with-surprisingly-badass-origins.html\">6 Slang Terms With Surprisingly Badass Origins | Cracked.com<\/a> &#8211; Some great word origins here (some of which I knew, but they&#8217;re still great).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kottke.org\/10\/01\/pokemon-for-the-real-world\">Pokemon for the real world<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Reticulated Giraffe! I pick YOU!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americablog.com\/2010\/01\/banks-now-checking-your-twitter-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Americablog+%28AMERICAblog%29\">AMERICAblog News: Banks now checking your Twitter and Facebook activity to see if you&#8217;re worthy of getting a loan<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m trying to decide whether this is (a) a very interesting and clever way for creditor to figure out good credit risks, (b) a horrific invasion of privacy, (c) the wave of the future for the financial and other industries that are interested in you as a customer or a risk, or (d) all fo the above.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/opinion\/oped\/bal-op.women22jan22,0,5813385.story\">Doing a disservice to women who serve &#8211; baltimoresun.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/dont-get-too-comfortable-scott-brown\">Don&#8217;t Get Too Comfortable, Scott Brown<\/a> &#8211; His biggest opponent in two years may not come from the Left &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=blog&amp;id=58658\">Pilot Season Attacks!: Revenge of the Genre TV: Genevieve Valentine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/21\/firefox-3-6-release\/\">Mozilla Delivers Firefox 3.6 to Millions of Users<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ll probably hold off a few days until extension publishers have had a chance to update.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.mediamatters.org\/~r\/MediaMattersForAmerica-CountyFair\/~3\/uFSfQljXd2Y\/201001220008\">Media Matters staff: Fox on company&#8217;s decison to stop inscribing Bible  verses on military rifle scopes: &#8220;The Bible Loses&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; That isn&#8217;t the &#8220;the Bible losing,&#8221; idjits.  It&#8217;s the Constitution winning.  Hell, arguably it&#8217;s the Bible winning, too, since I&#8217;m pretty darned certain Jesus wouldn&#8217;t approve of quotations about himself being on weapons.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.mediamatters.org\/~r\/MediaMattersForAmerica-CountyFair\/~3\/h_QcjdHsg1o\/201001220015\">Media Matters staff: Fox Nation claims &#8220;Left Pushing Racy&#8221; Brown wife video  &#8211; by &#8220;pushing&#8221; video on its site<\/a> &#8211; Ever notice how the Right&#8217;s accusations about the Left&#8217;s tactics always seem to resemble more what the Right does?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/22\/nyt-headlines-gw\/\">After hottest decade in history, senators attempt to outlaw science of  global warming.<\/a> &#8211; Well, let&#8217;s be fair, they&#8217;re not trying to outlaw the science &#8212; just doing anything about it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/archives\/individual\/2010_01\/022045.php\">Don&#8217;t Let a Poll Feed the Panic &#8211; The Washington Monthly<\/a> &#8211; Money graf: &#8220;In what universe do the polls improve after politicians <b>fail<\/b> to deliver on their promises?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/ci_14243394#ixzz0dKNocnB6\">Colorado GOP to sue to lift campaign money limits &#8211; The Denver Post<\/a> &#8211; But &#8230; but &#8230; I thought the will of the legislature should always trump the shenanigans of unelected activist jurists!  Those Republicans are so confusing &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2010\/01\/artificial-life-in-the-marketplace.html\">Artificial Life in the Marketplace<\/a> &#8211; Nice!  But, remember, that&#8217;s just the way the Founders intended it! Protecting the freedoms of the &#8220;Little Guy&#8221; (by which I guess they mean Kim Jong Il).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2010\/01\/chill-out-pelosi-hasnt-given-up-on-health-reform.html\">Chill Out: Pelosi Hasn&#8217;t Given Up on Health Reform: Lindsay Beyerstein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/citizens-united-win-regular-guy\">Citizens United: A Win For The &#8220;Regular Guy&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; Money graf: &#8220;You know, I wonder what these groups will be saying if the makers of Plan B were to now start pumping their $11 Billion into taking out conservative candidates who oppose their product.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/meme.zenfs.com\/u\/6272051bbe6b737bc749bbb73ce8ee2babb0cd1e.gifa\">Pwned by Mentos<\/a> &#8211; Heh.<\/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;. PicFindr: Free stock photo and image search &#8211; Noting for future use &#8230; The Universal Mary-Sue Litmus Test &#8211; For your writing pleasure &#8230; Right-wing Saudi dynasty endorses right-wing Fox News dynasty.: Alex Seitz-Wald 7 Books We Lost to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/22\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-22-january-2010.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Friday, 22 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_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-16564","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":40128,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/19\/regarding-the-phil-robertson-duck-dynasty-kerfuffle.html","url_meta":{"origin":16564,"position":0},"title":"Regarding the Phil Robertson &quot;Duck Dynasty&quot; kerfuffle","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 19-Dec-13 11:29pm","format":false,"excerpt":"1. 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