{"id":17348,"date":"2010-05-11T00:01:26","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T06:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/11\/unblogged-bits-tue-11-may-10-0201.html"},"modified":"2010-05-11T00:01:26","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T06:01:26","slug":"unblogged-bits-tue-11-may-10-0201","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/11\/unblogged-bits-tue-11-may-10-0201.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Tue. 11-May-10 0201)"},"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. Atlantis Lift Off<\/a> – Heading towards its final scheduled launch …<\/li>\n
  2. A Strike Against Oil Spill Lawsuits | Mother Jones<\/a> – Classy. Let’s make sure that ordinary people can’t sue about corporate damages (like, say, a massive oil spill) so that corporations will keep doing business (including damages) in the state. Nice.<\/li>\n
  3. Shooting Under 100 – FoxTrot Comic Strip, April 25, 2010 on GoComics.com<\/a> – Well, that calls to mind a particular round …<\/li>\n
  4. Cory Doctorow: Persistence Pays Parasites<\/a> – Money graf: “Falling victim to a scam isn\u2019t just a matter of not being wise to the ways of the world: it\u2019s a matter of being caught out in a moment of distraction and of unlikely circumstance.”<\/li>\n
  5. 1800 Larimer \u2013 A Street Point-of-View<\/a> – I’m actually pleased by the building (less so by my utility dollars paying for it, mind you) … and, yes, I’ve walked past at ground level, and it’s quite nice and attractive.<\/li>\n
  6. Survey: Denver Gas Prices Cheapest In Nation<\/a> – Wow. Time to fill up.<\/li>\n
  7. The Greatest George Perez Stories Ever Told!<\/a> – Perez is one of my favorite artists. Some triffic stuff here.<\/li>\n
  8. Frank Frazetta: Gregory Manchess<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Michael Tomasky: The limits of liberalism in the Senate<\/a> – Money graf: “This vote should demonstrate to liberals that the conditions for rapid change just don’t exist in this country and that part of the task is to create those conditions.”<\/li>\n
  10. Forecasters split on severity of midweek snowstorm – The Denver Post<\/a> – Hmmmm … may be pulling the unplanted plants into the house Tuesday night.<\/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 …. Atlantis Lift Off – Heading towards its final scheduled launch … A Strike Against Oil Spill Lawsuits | Mother Jones – Classy. Let’s make sure that ordinary people can’t sue about corporate damages (like, say, a massive oil spill) … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Tue. 11-May-10 0201)”<\/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-17348","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":33037,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/03\/exxon-enjoys-the-fine-print.html","url_meta":{"origin":17348,"position":0},"title":"Exxon enjoys the fine print","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 3-Apr-13 10:56am","format":false,"excerpt":"That pipeline spill in Arkansas? \u00a0It's being cleaned up by a federal fund specifically designed for the such spills, the imaginatively-named Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. 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