{"id":17368,"date":"2010-05-12T18:00:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/12\/unblogged-bits-wed-12-may-10-2000.html"},"modified":"2010-05-12T18:00:50","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T00:00:50","slug":"unblogged-bits-wed-12-may-10-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/12\/unblogged-bits-wed-12-may-10-2000.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Wed. 12-May-10 2000)"},"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. Catrina Dulay: “In A Perfect World”<\/a> – I don’t know about “perfect” but certainly “less aggravating” …<\/li>\n
  2. Confident dumb people<\/a> – Bertrand Russell had it pegged back before Dunning and Kruger: “The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” [\u201cThe Triumph of Stupidity\u201d (10 May 1933)]<\/li>\n
  3. It\u2019s not my fault! [White Coat Underground]<\/a> – I, personally, blame evil spirits. Or Teh Gayz. Maybe ACORN.<\/li>\n
  4. Home Depot Called “Arrogant,” Must Actually Pay Inventor For Invention<\/a> – HA!<\/li>\n
  5. Something for the media to note about Cantor’s “YouCut” program | Media Matters for America<\/a> – There may well be something to be said for referenda on individual spending programs. This exercise is little more than grandstanding (on a very small grandstand).<\/li>\n
  6. A case study in context<\/a> – Evidently, condemning speech that perpetuates inequality, and hoping that it eventually, uncoerced<\/b>, fades away, represents a conspiracy against Free Speech on the Right. I wonder what they’d have to say about blasphemy?<\/li>\n
  7. GOP reconsiders the importance of empathy<\/a> – So … we’re supposed to be expecting consistency in how the Right attacks (or supports) judicial candidates? Really?<\/li>\n
  8. Arizona’s continued downward spiral: now Brewer signs bill banning ethnic studies<\/a> – I guess I’ll add Arizona to Alabama as “states I will do my darnedest not to visit any time soon.” Crikey.<\/li>\n
  9. Arizona Immigration Law Makes Shops’ Customers Disappear<\/a> – I’m sure the Arizona GOP will simply decry how Arizona is struggling under the Obama Administration’s economic policies …<\/li>\n
  10. When It Comes To Supreme Court Nominees And Elena Kagan, Cornyn Can\u2019t Keep His Story Straight<\/a> – Let’s face it — it’s all bluster and grandstanding, not substantive or honest discussion of the merits.<\/li>\n
  11. California GOP Candidate Wants To \u2018Issue Hunting Permits\u2019 For Conservatives To \u2018Thin\u2019 The Liberal \u2018Herd\u2019<\/a> – WTF is it with the GOP always using war and hunting and killing metaphors. I mean, really …<\/li>\n
  12. Safer alternative to laser eye surgery?<\/a> – I’ve never been comfortable with the idea of people CARVING UP MY EYES WITH FRICKIN’ LASERS. Sticking lenses into them is not a huge improvement … and, to be honest, I’m not that wildly unhappy with glasses, having lived with them since 2nd grade.<\/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 …. Catrina Dulay: “In A Perfect World” – I don’t know about “perfect” but certainly “less aggravating” … Confident dumb people – Bertrand Russell had it pegged back before Dunning and Kruger: “The fundamental cause of the trouble is that … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Wed. 12-May-10 2000)”<\/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-17368","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":13809,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/02\/05\/and-its-a-perfect-day-to-have.html","url_meta":{"origin":17368,"position":0},"title":"And it’s a perfect day to have…","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 5-Feb-09 6:19am","format":false,"excerpt":"And it's a perfect day to have left my office card key at home or in the car at the train station. 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