{"id":17201,"date":"2010-04-24T18:01:04","date_gmt":"2010-04-25T00:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/24\/unblogged-bits-for-sat-24-apr-2010-801pm-2.html"},"modified":"2010-04-24T18:01:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-25T00:01:04","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-sat-24-apr-2010-801pm-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/24\/unblogged-bits-for-sat-24-apr-2010-801pm-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Sat, 24 Apr 2010, 8:01PM"},"content":{"rendered":"
Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. <\/p>\n
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  1. Complaint to the BBC re: Doctor Who \u00bb Richy’s Random Ramblings<\/a> – I’m not a big fan of network “ghosts” in the corner, but I freaking hate promotional animation that takes up the bottom third of the screen. Rrg. When I’m King of the World and wear a shiny hat, that will earn some network exec 20-40 of hard labor.<\/li>\n
  2. Did CMS say the health care bill will increase the cost of health care?<\/a> – Despite being a distortion of what the report actually concludes, I have no doubt that we will hear Boehner’s spin on it for the next five years.<\/li>\n
  3. Rep. Steve King frustrated that GOP leadership is not fully embracing ObamaCare repeal.<\/a> – The Republicans: “The Party of NO NUANCE.” Because why make intelligent and subtle distinctions in policy when your goal is to WIN AT ALL COSTS, WHICH MEANS EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO LOSE! (Note all the nice battlefield metaphors.)<\/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 …. Complaint to the BBC re: Doctor Who \u00bb Richy’s Random Ramblings – I’m not a big fan of network “ghosts” in the corner, but I freaking hate promotional animation that takes up the bottom third of the screen. Rrg. … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits for Sat, 24 Apr 2010, 8:01PM”<\/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":"","_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-17201","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":133128,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/23\/agreeing-with-the-koch-brothers-kinda-sorta.html","url_meta":{"origin":17201,"position":0},"title":"Agreeing with the Koch Brothers (kinda sorta)","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 23-Mar-17 4:00am","format":false,"excerpt":"The Koch Bros. want the AHCA to not pass the House, and are willing to (with a bunch of fellow arch-conservatives) give a lot of money to GOP pols who vote against it.Of course, their problem with the AHCA is that it doesn't go far enough in making it clear\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131357,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/25\/the-chilling-effect-of-religion-restricted-medicine.html","url_meta":{"origin":17201,"position":1},"title":"The "chilling effect" of religion-restricted medicine","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 25-Aug-16 11:52pm","format":false,"excerpt":"When people are worried about their jobs, and don't understand the rules (or are fearful of being seen as trying to work around them), bad things can happen. 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