{"id":17441,"date":"2010-05-22T12:01:09","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T18:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/22\/unblogged-bits-sat-22-may-10-1401.html"},"modified":"2010-05-22T12:01:09","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T18:01:09","slug":"unblogged-bits-sat-22-may-10-1401","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/22\/unblogged-bits-sat-22-may-10-1401.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Sat. 22-May-10 1401)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/008sYoY9UgE\/10138918.stm\">BBC News &#8211; Toyota investing $50m in electric car firm Tesla Motors<\/a> &#8211; A shame it was an overseas auto firm that made this investment, rather than an American one.  I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll find some way to blame the Japanese for taking advantage of the technology.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/JxHEpzwk1CY\/eu_vatican_s_defense\">AP: Vatican details US sex abuse defense &#8211; Yahoo! News<\/a> &#8211; US Bishops don&#8217;t work for the Vatican? Interesting approach, though I suspect any bishop who were to assert anything different regarding any other matter would be informed otherwise by, um, the Vatican.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/S4oTDHrIjFI\/\">Army surplus flamethrowers<\/a> &#8211; But do keep it away from children &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/tWewi0W045A\/\">Focaccia Bread with Rosemary<\/a> &#8211; Om-nom-nom-nom!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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;. BBC News &#8211; Toyota investing $50m in electric car firm Tesla Motors &#8211; A shame it was an overseas auto firm that made this investment, rather than an American one. 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