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Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. <\/p>\n
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  1. Confederate History Month, The Conclusion (?)<\/a> – What the lessons of the Civil War actually are, and why it’s worth remembering it — not as some quasi-patriotic self-justification of “states right” (to keep slavery), but for all that the issues around it still resonate today.<\/li>\n
  2. Quote of the Day<\/a> – Okay, I hate hackers as much as the next guy — but, no, I don’t think we should freaking NUKE THEM AND THEIR COUNTRY. Yeesh.<\/li>\n
  3. ‘Purposeful idiocy’<\/a> – Criminitely — “purposeful idiocy” from Fox (Hannity and Gingrich, in this instance) indeed. Money graf: “It’s worth emphasizing the fact that Fox News personalities got just about every aspect of this story wrong. And by ‘wrong,’ I’m not just referring to areas of judgment and consistency; I mean they told viewers things that aren’t true, making claims with no foundation in reality.”<\/li>\n
  4. Introducing the Twettle: The Tea Kettle That Tweets | Discoblog | Discover Magazine<\/a> – Wow, that’s … really lame.<\/li>\n
  5. Analysis: Strong Carbon Cap Would Cut Iran\u2019s Petrodollars By Over $100 Million A Day<\/a> – An intriguing idea … but, no, it’s just easier to bomb them.<\/li>\n
  6. Gingrich Pledges Government Shutdown If GOP Wins Back House And Senate<\/a> – Because that worked so well for Gingrich back in ’95. This is the party of new ideas?<\/li>\n
  7. ephemera assemblyman: Vintage Computer Brochures<\/a> – Ooooh … these will be bear some looking through.<\/li>\n
  8. Two more glaciers gone from Glacier National Park – USATODAY.com<\/a> – But remember, global warming is all a conspiracy by left-wing autocrats, green crazies, and evil mad scientists. Nothing (left) to see here — move along.<\/li>\n
  9. Saying Hello: doghouse<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Wrong question, right answer<\/a> – Cue the outraged hordes on the Right saying Obama hates women and has a personal vendetta against Ms Palin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. Confederate History Month, The Conclusion (?) – What the lessons of the Civil War actually are, and why it’s worth remembering it — not as some quasi-patriotic self-justification of “states right” (to keep slavery), but for all that the … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits for Fri, 9 Apr 2010, 2:00PM”<\/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-17078","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":4134,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/02\/01\/the_blame_game.html","url_meta":{"origin":17078,"position":0},"title":"The Blame Game","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 1-Feb-03 3:45pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been considering, most of my on-line day, what to say about folks who take a disaster and attribute it to the Wrath of God, such as Mr. Mohammed Jaber...","rel":"","context":"In "Religion"","block_context":{"text":"Religion","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/religion"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2718,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/10\/01\/and_now_a_guest.html","url_meta":{"origin":17078,"position":1},"title":"And now, a guest editorial","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 1-Oct-02 10:16am","format":false,"excerpt":"I'd comment at length about the idiocy in this story about a Danish researcher who's concluded that scolding kids is as harmful and reprehensible as beating them ... ... but...","rel":"","context":"In "Parenting"","block_context":{"text":"Parenting","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/personal\/parenting"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2996,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/08\/23\/give_it_to_pila.html","url_meta":{"origin":17078,"position":2},"title":"“Give it to Pilar — and only to Pilar”","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 23-Aug-02 2:50pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Wonder of wonder and miracle of miracles, the TSA may actually issue a common-sense amendment to the idiocy that passes for airport security these days. 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