{"id":18302,"date":"2010-08-27T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T20:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/27\/unblogged-bits-fri-27-aug-10-2001.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T13:52:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T20:52:02","slug":"unblogged-bits-fri-27-aug-10-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/27\/unblogged-bits-fri-27-aug-10-2001.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Fri. 27-Aug-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. Hoping for a cumulative effect<\/a> – “The point is, this is no longer some kind of radical, scandalous position. When Democrats announce their support for marriage equality — and here’s hoping more of them do — they have far less to fear in terms of a political backlash. They can characterize their perspective as being entirely mainstream, because it is.” Which is just what the remaining folks opposed to it are getting even frothier-at-the-mouth about.<\/li>\n
  2. GOP plans wave of White House probes – POLITICO.com<\/a> – Remind me again why it is that the GOP is so rabid to harass via subpoena and investigation … and the Dems have been so unwilling to do so? It seems to me there should be some happy medium where we get at the truth without going on fishing expeditions or trying to simply overburden the administration with requests for information.<\/li>\n
  3. Inside the secret world of Trader Joe’s – Aug. 23, 2010<\/a> – I miss Trader Joe’s here in Denver. Unfortunately, it’s not a good city for the supply chain, being relatively isolated from other sizable locations.<\/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 …. Hoping for a cumulative effect – “The point is, this is no longer some kind of radical, scandalous position. When Democrats announce their support for marriage equality — and here’s hoping more of them do — they have far … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Fri. 27-Aug-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":[718,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18302","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":41537,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/26\/the-gop-and-gay-marriage.html","url_meta":{"origin":18302,"position":0},"title":"The GOP and Gay Marriage","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 26-Mar-14 10:11am","format":false,"excerpt":"Though I sort of like the idea of the GOP riding this issue (among others) down in flames, I even more like the idea that the tide is rapidly shifting on this issue, even among the party that's exploited it most.\ufeff Republicans Are Driving the Momentum for Gay Marriage From\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":26500,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/in-the-interest-of-fairness-i-applaud-dick-cheney-for-this.html","url_meta":{"origin":18302,"position":1},"title":"In the interest of fairness, I applaud Dick Cheney for this","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 17-Feb-12 11:09pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Cheney has said in the past that he favors states recognizing marriage equality (though not federal action to force it), and has a lesbian daughter. 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