{"id":18973,"date":"2010-10-20T23:30:32","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T05:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/20\/unblogged-bits-wed-20-oct-10-2330.html"},"modified":"2014-06-17T09:33:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T15:33:20","slug":"unblogged-bits-wed-20-oct-10-2330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/20\/unblogged-bits-wed-20-oct-10-2330.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Wed. 20-Oct-10 2330)"},"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. Tim Lynch: Pot Shots at Prop 19 Fall Flat<\/a> – The War on Marijuana has done little to reduce drug use, has cost tremendous amount of time and money in the law enforcement arena, and has crammed our jails with folks accused of possession or sale. It’s also been a huge money-maker for drug cartels. Will decriminalizing marijuana solve drug problems in the state of California? I doubt it — but it will certainly not make them worse.<\/li>\n
  2. The problem we’re not supposed to talk about: Steve Benen<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. What populism isn’t<\/a> – “The Chamber didn’t even have to lift a finger — a deranged media personality told his audience, many of whom are middle-class and having a tough time in a struggling economy, to start throwing money at one of the nation’s wealthiest lobbying groups. And these folks did as they were told, voluntarily handing over donations to some of the country’s richest corporations. Why? So these corporations could elect candidates who will, in turn, favor policies that hurt the middle class, undermine workers and consumers, and boost these businesses’ profits.”<\/li>\n
  4. Quote of the Day<\/a> – And in thirty years, Americans will be asking themselves, “How did we stop being the most important country on the planet?”<\/li>\n
  5. Limbaugh plays constitutional scholar<\/a> – The “Left” has not been excluding religious people from government. It has been arguing, successfully, that using religion as the rule of law is unconstitutional. Ironically, the folks screaming the loudest about this (because it’s denying them the “right” to impose Christianity as the law of the land) also scream the loudest about how awful the prospect of Islamic “sharia” law becoming the law of the land is … even as they try to dismantle the constitutional provisions that would prevent that from happening.<\/li>\n
  6. SBA: It Is Unconstitutional To Not Let Us Lie About Democratic Candidates<\/a> – Don’t you dare stop us from speaking stuff that’s demonstrably wrong! Especially if you can’t demonstrate that we’re doing it maliciously!<\/li>\n
  7. \u2018This Isn\u2019t The Lotto\u2019: Sheriff Halting All Foreclosures Until Banks Prove Evictions Are Legal And Legitimate<\/a> – “Cook County, Illinois Sheriff Tom Dart recently assembled a team to investigate the foreclosures in his area. His team found that out of 350 cases reviewed, ‘only 17 of them had the proper paperwork.’ Following the investigation, Dart announced Monday that he would be halting all evictions of homeowners \u2014 a step he took two years ago at the height of the financial crisis \u2014 and would not take part in any foreclosures unless the banks could provide the documentation to prove that the evictions were legitimate and legal.” Good for him. The sheriff should not be enforcing illegitimate and illegal requests.<\/li>\n
  8. The Long Road to Not Making The Hobbit Continues<\/a> – Yeah, that sure doesn’t sound good …<\/li>\n
  9. Harry Potter and the Naked Cash-Grab<\/a> – Not at all surprising … but I hope Warners’ earlier decision indicates they will make an effort to take the time to do it right. (For the record, I have no intention of picking up any HP3D flicks, but more power to those who do.)<\/li>\n
  10. Why Do Americans Have Yards? \u00ab Gambler’s House<\/a> – I enjoy having a yard, to at least some degree — I could probably live easily with one half the size we have, but I do enjoy growing green things and adding some sparks of color to the neighborhood.<\/li>\n
  11. Virginia textbook claims blacks fought for Confederacy – Education – Salon.com<\/a> – “Writers: Verify, verify, verify. Then verify some more. The Internet is not the ultimate source of human knowledge. \u2028\u2028Parents: Read through your kid’s textbooks and give them the old smell test. If something seems to stink, follow it like a bloodhound back to its source. And if it’s foul, raise hell.”<\/li>\n
  12. Did Sarah Palin desecrate the American flag? – Sarah Palin – Salon.com<\/a> – Noted only because y’gotta know that if it were a Dem who’d done this, certain factions on the Right would be having conniptions.<\/li>\n
  13. Fuzzy Critters’ Crystallized Pee Changes Climate Record?<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. Pictures: Dead Sea Scrolls Being Digitized for Web<\/a> – It’s about damn time.<\/li>\n
  15. George Soros’ “foreign” money – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com<\/a> – He’s been a US citizen for almost as long as I have been — wonder if that makes my donations somehow “foreign” to their perception of the body politic?<\/li>\n
  16. What Role Have Scalia And Thomas Played In The Koch Money Machine?: Ian Millhiser<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. MEMO: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck To Plot 2010 Election<\/a> – There’s nothing wrong per se with people opposing governmental policies they feel hurt them, and pursuing that opposition through the ballot box. But it’s very worth-while for all of those “Hey, it’s us grass-roots Tea Party folk who are tired of Washington business as usual who are leading the charge against Obama and his crowd” crowd to consider whose deep pockets are helping fund all of this … and how … and why.<\/li>\n
  18. YouTube – Otter Pups Swim Lesson<\/a> – TEH CUTE!!!!<\/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 …. Tim Lynch: Pot Shots at Prop 19 Fall Flat – The War on Marijuana has done little to reduce drug use, has cost tremendous amount of time and money in the law enforcement arena, and has crammed our jails … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Wed. 20-Oct-10 2330)”<\/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":"","_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":[35,133,109,77,81,527,108,19,382,374,41,9,358,16,46,371],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-business","category-censorship","category-church-state","category-economy","category-elections-2010","category-harry-potter","category-history","category-home-improvement","category-lord-of-the-rings","category-money-politics","category-media-movies","category-politics-law","category-poor-citizenship","category-potpourri","category-school-daze","category-war-on-drugs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33351,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/26\/marijuana-the-gateway-drug-of-terrorism.html","url_meta":{"origin":18973,"position":0},"title":"Marijuana — The GATEWAY DRUG of TERRORISM!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 26-Apr-13 10:25am","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, didn't you know that pot is \"a mind-altering substance that can play a role in creating communist or Islamic terrorists\"? \u00a0AIM has the story, which probably played out something like this.\"Dude, what you wanna do tonight?\"\"I dunno.. What you wanna do tonight?\"\"I dunno.\"\"Um ... wanna go plant some bombs\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":24162,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/02\/what-we-have-out-here-on-the-ground-is-chaos.html","url_meta":{"origin":18973,"position":1},"title":""What we have out here on the ground is chaos"","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 2-Dec-11 2:57pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I would criticize GOP congresscritters and federal executives for ignoring their long-stated dedication to states rights in the case of state legalization of medical marijuana ... except that the Dems have been no better about it.The problem being, of course, that nobody ever lost a federal vote based on being\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":31361,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/14\/the-statefederal-divide-on-marijuana.html","url_meta":{"origin":18973,"position":2},"title":"The State\/Federal Divide on Marijuana","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 14-Nov-12 1:45pm","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a conflict that is only growing bigger as states -- my own included -- move forward with medical marijuana laws (now 18) and recreational marijuana laws (2). \u00a0But it's not just a matter of arguing jurisdictions and the concept of federalism and the pros-and-cons of marijuana usage ...'Consider\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":24910,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/29\/colorado-asks-for-a-pot-break.html","url_meta":{"origin":18973,"position":3},"title":"Colorado asks for a pot break","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 29-Dec-11 3:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't have any personal stake in this -- I've never used pot and have no particular urge to. 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It's the folks making money from the War on Drugs, from locking up pot users, and from not having pot available as a recreational drug alternative. #ddtbReshared post from +Pascal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&gadget=a&resize_h=100&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.republicreport.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F04%2FGoogle-ChromeScreenSnapz018-150x150.png","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5699,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/01\/21\/dirty_pool_2.html","url_meta":{"origin":18973,"position":5},"title":"Dirty pool","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 21-Jan-04 4:07pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Regardless of how one feels about the War on Drugs, this kind of crap doesn't do much to promote respect for the law or the legal system. 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