{"id":18085,"date":"2010-08-06T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/06\/unblogged-bits-fri-6-aug-10-1400.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T14:50:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T21:50:57","slug":"unblogged-bits-fri-6-aug-10-1400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/06\/unblogged-bits-fri-6-aug-10-1400.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Fri. 6-Aug-10 1400)"},"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. Like banging one’s head against a wall<\/a> – “The result, though, is the same either way — the GOP got us into this mess; the GOP fought efforts that made things better; and the GOP continues to stand in the way of efforts that would get us out of the hole they dug.” And, yet, the GOP will most likely reap the benefits in November. Mere coincidence?<\/li>\n
  2. A party without grown-ups<\/a> – And, honestly, what the hell business is it of US Senators, esp. ones that aren’t from New York?<\/li>\n
  3. Ignoring an alarm<\/a> – “This really is crazy. With the economy sputtering, here’s a bill that will help prevent tens of thousands of layoffs, including school teachers and firefighters. It’s paid for, and won’t add a dime to the deficit. It enjoyed bipartisan support in the Senate, and even Ben Nelson voted for it. But for some panicky House Dems, saving jobs means spending money, and ‘spending = bad.’ Why? Because Republicans say so.”<\/li>\n
  4. Cantor chooses not to celebrate good news: Steve Benen<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. The Right’s Plan For Stopping Gay Marriage: Intimidate The Supreme Court<\/a> – Yeah … because SCOTUS Justices just looooove being told “do it our way, or else.” Let me know how that works for you, Chuck.<\/li>\n
  6. How The ACLJ Rationalizes Its Hypocrisy<\/a> – Ultimately, they rationalize it by deciding that the only True Religion is Christianity, so religious freedom applies only to it. And, if they’re feeling generous on a given day, the Jews.<\/li>\n
  7. Going to Extremes as the Downturn Wears On – NYTimes.com<\/a> – But smaller government is good! The Republicans keep saying so!<\/li>\n
  8. Another Foxconn Worker Dies Despite New Safety Nets In Place [Foxconn Suicides]<\/a> – Let’s solve problems with suicides amongst our workforce by … installing SAFETY NETS! (rolls eyes)<\/li>\n
  9. Announcement: The Mysterious Book!<\/a> – Congrats, De! Looking forward to picking up a copy!<\/li>\n
  10. Memorializing Pregnancy<\/a> – As a pack rat, I appreciate the sentiment behind a lot of this. But, like so many things, it seems way too easy to go way too, um, far in what you hold onto. (Though that, too, is in the eye (or other biological bit) of the beholder.)<\/li>\n
  11. Indiana Jones? Archaeologist kills rampaging polar bear<\/a> – Ah, but not just any polar bear, but a polar bear that attacked them while they were investigating NAZIS!<\/li>\n
  12. DORK TOWER, Friday, August 6, 2010<\/a> – One thing that going to the Comic-Con reminded me is how much I hate standing in front of someone who I admire for their creativity and being utterly tongue-tied for fear of sound like every other brain-dead fanboy they’ve encountered that day. I suppose it could be worse …<\/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 …. Like banging one’s head against a wall – “The result, though, is the same either way — the GOP got us into this mess; the GOP fought efforts that made things better; and the GOP continues to stand in … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Fri. 6-Aug-10 1400)”<\/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":[718,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marriage-equality","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43312,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/01\/gops-faith-czar-only-good-christians-are-gop-christians.html","url_meta":{"origin":18085,"position":0},"title":"GOP's Faith Czar: only good Christians are GOP Christians","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 1-Jul-14 11:01am","format":false,"excerpt":"And the only people of faith worth the party's outreach efforts are, apparently, the folk most likely voting GOP already.\ufeff GOP Faith Outreach Director Offended By Christians Who Vote Democratic The Republican National Committee recently launched a new outreach arm called GOP Faith to build \u201can army of activists to\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":51416,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/10\/john-thune-obamacare-and-blaming-the-victim.html","url_meta":{"origin":18085,"position":1},"title":"John Thune, Obamacare, and Blaming the Victim","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 10-Jun-15 9:43am","format":false,"excerpt":"After the GOP and conservatives have done everything within their power short of armed revolt to destroy the Affordable Care Act, culminating in the ludicrous King v Burwell case before SCOTUS, Sen. 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