{"id":18232,"date":"2010-08-24T02:00:43","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/24\/unblogged-bits-tue-24-aug-10-0800.html"},"modified":"2010-08-24T02:00:43","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T08:00:43","slug":"unblogged-bits-tue-24-aug-10-0800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/24\/unblogged-bits-tue-24-aug-10-0800.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Tue. 24-Aug-10 0800)"},"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. GOP receives bailout from AIG: Chris in Paris<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Can this be right? Am I missing something?<\/a> – Wow. I (barely) missed the Hollerith Card era. But they make great note cards.<\/li>\n
  3. It’ll Cost You $300 To Blog In Philadelphia<\/a> – Sounds like a great reason not to run ads on your site. If you’re only earning $50\/year, it’s probably not worth the hasslee.<\/li>\n
  4. The Era Of “Investing” In Your House Is Over<\/a> – These are the same analysts who were hyping housing when housing was hot. My gut feeling: housing is a good long-term investment, but, like any other long-term investment, is subject to periodic peaks and valleys. Timing is everything.<\/li>\n
  5. Moving Away From Cable TV To Internet-delivered Content \u2018Overhyped & Overanticipated\u2019<\/a> – I have to agree — while I know it’s possible to configure stuff that way (with sufficient pain and tweaking), I don’t feel any compeling reason to do so.<\/li>\n
  6. Ducks and Dogs<\/a> – Okay, there’s an image I’ll never be able to shake.<\/li>\n
  7. Over 2500 left-handed people a year are killed from using equipment made for right-handed people.<\/a> – Though I am decidedly left-handed, I was trained in using some equipment right-handed, including scissors and, apparently, SkilSaws. Thank heavens.<\/li>\n
  8. China’s Nine-Day Traffic Jam Tops 62 Miles<\/a> – As the comments note, hey, isn’t that a Doctor Who episode?<\/li>\n
  9. GOP National Comitteewoman To President Obama: \u201cAre You A Christian? Do You Believe That Jesus Christ Is The Only Way To Heaven?\u201d<\/a> – (1) For some folks, religion is a zero-sum game. Either they win or they lose. Thus if you’re not a Christianist (let alone a Christian), then you are the enemy. (2) There is a lengthy and respect strain with in Christianity that does not see it as the exclusive path to heaven, or that it has a perfect and solely correct insight into God’s will. That would be a minority position, to be sure, but Christianity has a long experience with minority viewpoints. (3) To Ms. Lehman, my personal impolitic response would be, “What’s it to you? That’s between me and God.”<\/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 …. GOP receives bailout from AIG: Chris in Paris Can this be right? Am I missing something? – Wow. I (barely) missed the Hollerith Card era. But they make great note cards. It’ll Cost You $300 To Blog In Philadelphia … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Tue. 24-Aug-10 0800)”<\/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-18232","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":27001,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/08\/hey-look-another-progressive-era-reform-that-the-gop-wants-to-get-rid-of.html","url_meta":{"origin":18232,"position":0},"title":"Hey, look – another Progressive Era reform that the GOP wants to get rid of","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 8-Mar-12 11:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey, look - another Progressive Era reform that the GOP wants to get rid ofEspecially when it's being used against them. #ddtb Embedded Link After Wisconsin Voters Revolt Against GOP Lawmakers, GOP Lawmakers Approve Amendment Preventing Recall Elections The Wisconsin GOP has not worn well with that state\u2019s voters. 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