{"id":17977,"date":"2010-07-28T18:01:13","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T00:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/28\/unblogged-bits-wed-28-jul-10-2001.html"},"modified":"2010-07-28T18:01:13","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T00:01:13","slug":"unblogged-bits-wed-28-jul-10-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/28\/unblogged-bits-wed-28-jul-10-2001.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Wed. 28-Jul-10 2001)"},"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. Quite possibly the best Robots.txt file ever.<\/a> – Heh.<\/li>\n
  2. Personal Info For 100 Million Facebook Users Harvested Into One File<\/a> – Of course they could imagine it — it’s their BUSINESS MODEL.<\/li>\n
  3. I shall be looking forward to my massive pay raise [Pharyngula]<\/a> – That’s right! All those college professors are MILLIONAIRES I tell you! MILLIONAIRES! And how do they get away with hiding that from us? BECAUSE THEY’RE POINTY-HEADED INTELLECTUALS WHO ARE SMART!<\/li>\n
  4. Does Language Influence Culture? – WSJ.com<\/a> – Some fascinating linguistic info here.<\/li>\n
  5. Modest Maos<\/a> – “This is, apparently, what socialism under the reign of ObaMao looks like.”<\/li>\n
  6. Lay of the land<\/a> – Living in Cloud-Cuckoo Land …<\/li>\n
  7. Debating disclosure: Steve Benen<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Kyl-Approved Judge Susan Bolton Blocks Key Provisions Of Arizona Immigration Law<\/a> – I’m sure she’ll still be lambasted by the Right (who will simply call her a Clinton appointee).<\/li>\n
  9. Taking Advantage Of Citizens United, Dirty Coal Groups Form 527 To Elect Industry-Friendly Republicans<\/a> – But remember — corporations desperately deserve all the Free Speech rights of real-life American citizens!<\/li>\n
  10. Deficit Fraud Shadegg Can\u2019t Name A Single Program He Would Cut To Reduce The Deficit<\/a> – But, but, if I give too straightforward of an answer, people will be able to criticize me! If I remain vague, I get all the good press and no frowny-faces!<\/li>\n
  11. BP Chairman: Tony Hayward Did A \u2018Great Job,\u2019 Ouster Was Simply To Help \u2018Rebuild\u2019 The BP \u2018Brand\u2019<\/a> – Nice — a big pension and a nod-and-a-wink that it’s all about PR.<\/li>\n
  12. Senator: Internet gatekeepers biggest threat to free speech<\/a> – It’s not a First Amendment issue — but it is, arguably, a Free Speech issue, which makes it critical to our democracy and our society.<\/li>\n
  13. PHD Comics: Tales from the Road – Comic-Con Pt. 2<\/a> – Interestingly, the discussion (this year) on Superheroes as Mythology took a different tack.<\/li>\n
  14. BREAKING: Federal judges ‘blocked the most controversial parts’ of Arizona’s SB 1070<\/a> – Good. Though I’m sure this will be considered more “liberal judicial activism” by some folks.<\/li>\n
  15. He Submitted His Paper to a Journal\u2026 Are You Happy?: Hemant Mehta<\/a><\/li>\n
  16. Chevy Volt: Why Don\u2019t People Understand Two for the Price of One?<\/a> – An interesting perspective on what seems like prohibitively expensive pricing.<\/li>\n
  17. Dems bending over backwards to assure Republicans they won’t pass legislation during lame duck session<\/a> – And people wonder how the GOP has managed to hold power, even in the minority.<\/li>\n
  18. Amusing Ourselves to Death<\/a> – Wow. That’s depressing. And, I worry, true.<\/li>\n
  19. Topless Robot – The 7 Biggest SDCC Announcements<\/a> – Yes, these are all pretty darned big. And cool.<\/li>\n
  20. Early Morning Swim: Chris Hayes on Republican Filibusters of DISCLOSE Act, Unemployment Insurance<\/a> – Mitch McConnell is a dolt.<\/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 …. Quite possibly the best Robots.txt file ever. – Heh. Personal Info For 100 Million Facebook Users Harvested Into One File – Of course they could imagine it — it’s their BUSINESS MODEL. I shall be looking forward to my … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Wed. 28-Jul-10 2001)”<\/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-17977","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":4366,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/09\/16\/makes_the_world.html","url_meta":{"origin":17977,"position":0},"title":"Makes the world go round","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 16-Sep-03 2:48pm","format":false,"excerpt":"There may be a few more GOP millionaires in the Senate than Democratic ones (22-18), but if you total up their wealth, it's a bit more disproportionate ... the other...","rel":"","context":"In "Personality Tests"","block_context":{"text":"Personality Tests","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/personal\/personality-tests"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40687,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/09\/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-congressmen.html","url_meta":{"origin":17977,"position":1},"title":"Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? 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