{"id":19151,"date":"2010-11-08T22:30:32","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T05:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/11\/08\/unblogged-bits-mon-8-nov-10-2230.html"},"modified":"2010-11-08T22:30:32","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T05:30:32","slug":"unblogged-bits-mon-8-nov-10-2230","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/11\/08\/unblogged-bits-mon-8-nov-10-2230.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Mon. 8-Nov-10 2230)"},"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. The rich are different from you and me<\/a> – W … T … F?!<\/li>\n
  2. Why the MPAA Should Be Ashamed of Itself<\/a> – Movie ratings are not quite arbitrary, but they reveal an oddly distorted view of What Kids Should Have Access to, and What They Shouldn’t. Except the rating system is effectively less about what kids get to see, and what theaters are willing to show.<\/li>\n
  3. Customs Officials Protect America from Wealthy Canadian Who Wanted to Spend Money Here<\/a> – Well, I certainly feel much safer from Evil Canadian Gamblers! (Yeesh.)<\/li>\n
  4. Report: Drowsy Driving Causes 17% Of Crashes<\/a> – Something worth remembering as a safety moment.<\/li>\n
  5. TSA Bans Toner and Ink Cartridges On Planes<\/a> – Next up, the Terrorists impregnate underwear with explosive chemicals, meaning the TSA bans …<\/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 …. The rich are different from you and me – W … T … F?! Why the MPAA Should Be Ashamed of Itself – Movie ratings are not quite arbitrary, but they reveal an oddly distorted view of What Kids … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Mon. 8-Nov-10 2230)”<\/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-19151","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":133910,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/20\/on-the-barrier-to-universal-health-coverage-in-the-united-states.html","url_meta":{"origin":19151,"position":0},"title":"On the barrier to universal health coverage in the United States","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 20-Jul-17 7:36am","format":false,"excerpt":"The author notes that the Canadian model demonstrates that the US could ensure essential health care for all, but goes back to the bitter early days of political argument around the single-player plan (which originated in the province of Saskatchewan. 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