{"id":18338,"date":"2010-08-31T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/31\/unblogged-bits-tue-31-aug-10-0800.html"},"modified":"2010-08-31T02:00:48","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T08:00:48","slug":"unblogged-bits-tue-31-aug-10-0800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/31\/unblogged-bits-tue-31-aug-10-0800.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Tue. 31-Aug-10 0800)"},"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\/88FwxwNJq0I\/\">PvPonline \u00bb Archive \u00bb Mark Waid is Right<\/a> &#8211; In case you thought the Comic Book Biz was all skittles and beer and Bullpen Hijinx &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/wUYTSTP_IQE\/\">A Message From Glenn | The Blaze<\/a> &#8211; He has a blog now. And a &#8220;news&#8221; website.  Civilization is now officially doomed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/6zwdAGljpNY\/new-colorado-ikea-taps-earth-for-climate-control.html\">New Colorado Ikea Taps Earth for Climate Control : Discovery News<\/a> &#8211; IKEA, my town, and GEO-THERMAL HEATING\/COOLING!  It&#8217;s like a geeky trifecta!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/6hTvxUyzL70\/winger-sen-tom-coburn-on-gingrich-he-doesnt-know-anything-about-commitment-to-marriage\">Winger Sen. Tom Coburn on Gingrich: &#8216;he doesn&#8217;t know anything about commitment to marriage&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; Not that I&#8217;m a big Tom Coburn fan, but I&#8217;m pleased to see someone from the Right calling out Gingrich for his serial monogamy.  Now, when does he dare tackle Rush?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/LPs-SVNd17U\/gallup_unprecedented_gop_lead.html\">Gallup: &#8216;Unprecedented&#8217; GOP lead<\/a> &#8211; Misery index + populist rabble-rousing = disappointing demonstration of the citizenry&#8217;s intelligence and informed self-interest.<\/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;. PvPonline \u00bb Archive \u00bb Mark Waid is Right &#8211; In case you thought the Comic Book Biz was all skittles and beer and Bullpen Hijinx &#8230; A Message From Glenn | The Blaze &#8211; He has a blog now. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/31\/unblogged-bits-tue-31-aug-10-0800.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits (Tue. 31-Aug-10 0800)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_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-18338","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":26851,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/05\/ikea-or-cheese.html","url_meta":{"origin":18338,"position":0},"title":"IKEA or Cheese?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 5-Mar-12 3:38pm","format":false,"excerpt":"This one's for Margie. 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