{"id":19213,"date":"2010-11-15T16:30:55","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T23:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/11\/15\/unblogged-bits-mon-15-nov-10-1630.html"},"modified":"2014-06-13T15:51:23","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T21:51:23","slug":"unblogged-bits-mon-15-nov-10-1630","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/11\/15\/unblogged-bits-mon-15-nov-10-1630.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Mon. 15-Nov-10 1630)"},"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 “pro-Constitution=pro-terrorist” canard – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com<\/a> – You can defend someone’s Constitutional rights without supporting or believing in what they do. In fact, you almost always have to.<\/li>\n
  2. 5 Ways Stores Use Science to Trick You Into Buying Crap | Cracked.com<\/a> – “Dopamine. Sweet, sweet dopamine.”<\/li>\n
  3. Amidst National Islamophobic Upheaval, Arizonans Protest Mosque That\u2019s Actually A Church<\/a> – OMG! MUSLIMS ARE TAKING OVER OUR CHURCH ARCHITECTURE, TOO! EEK!<\/li>\n
  4. Random Book Blogging: Harry Potter, Pok\u00e9mon, And The Danger of Psychics<\/a> – Apparently anything that isn’t stamped with JESUS on it in bright shiny letters is, to Ms Jacobs’ lights, Satanic. That includes Pok\u00e9mon, throwing a penny in a wishing well, Harry Potter (of course) and, probably comic books.<\/li>\n
  5. A Futuristic Nightmare Ideology of Computerized Greed and Unchecked Financial Violence<\/a> – Scary. Disgusting. Appalling. The problem, as described, is not solely about people being unjustly hurt, and hurt maliciously for gain, but with the disassembling of a whole system of trust — trust that property deeds and loan papers and the entire financial system can, in fact, be relied upon, accounted for, proven to be real. That destruction of trust will, in the long run, do the banks more harm than the toxic loans they were so eager to buy and flip.<\/li>\n
  6. Facebook\u2019s Social Inbox Wants to Take Over Your Email<\/a> – That’s all very nice, but why would I want to tie all of my communication and social interaction into a single company’s offering? Even if it’s free?<\/li>\n
  7. It’s all about priorities: Steve Benen<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Cantor’s unpersuasive walk-back: Steve Benen<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Latino Republicans Warn House GOP That Anti-Immigrant Members As Committee Chairs Will Hurt GOP<\/a> – Don’t hold your breaths, Somos Republicans.<\/li>\n
  10. Schools ban bracelets promoting cancer awareness – USATODAY.com<\/a> – Because breasts can only be consider sexual objects, even just by reference, and even if in the context of breast cancer awareness. Right? Therefore it is lascivious and\/or shameful to refer to them as “boobies.” (Would it be okay if the bracelets said “breasts” instead? How about “bosoms”? Or “mammary organs”?)<\/li>\n
  11. Napolitano: Scanners are safe, pat-downs discreet – USATODAY.com<\/a> – Short version: “Trust us. Bend over and be quiet, or else the terrorists win.”<\/li>\n
  12. Napolitano asks fliers for ‘patience’ on body scanners – USATODAY.com<\/a> – What is “patience” going to get us, ma’am?<\/li>\n
  13. Ancient ice, wet and dry, from deep inside a comet<\/a> – Very cool.<\/li>\n
  14. Anti-Union O\u2019Keefe Video Smears Teacher Who Jumped In Front Of Van To Save Students, Gets Her Suspended<\/a> – It’s very hard sometimes not to wish violence upon people who do this sort of thing.<\/li>\n
  15. Antisemitism still thrives<\/a> – “I’m not a fan of Israel’s policies \u2014 they’re becoming what they oppose \u2014 but there’s clearly no possibility that they could simply stop fighting for their existence and live in peace and tolerance with neighbors who promote the kind of hate shown above.”<\/li>\n
  16. An ethical dilemma!<\/a> – Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.<\/li>\n
  17. The End of In-Flight Wi-Fi?<\/a> – Apparently, any security threat you can imagine has to Dealt With Immediately and Promptly and Definitively.<\/li>\n
  18. Iconic obelisk presents a monumental security issue<\/a> – An interesting article on security and the Washington Monument.<\/li>\n
  19. Airport security reaches new levels of absurdity – Ask the Pilot – Salon.com<\/a> – This time, it’s taking off belts. With some extra silly twists in this particular instance.<\/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 “pro-Constitution=pro-terrorist” canard – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com – You can defend someone’s Constitutional rights without supporting or believing in what they do. In fact, you almost always have to. 5 Ways Stores Use Science to Trick You Into … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Mon. 15-Nov-10 1630)”<\/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":[35,3,109,350,12,10,527,20,17,9,358,16,378,6,82,71,26,24,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-business","category-blogging","category-church-state","category-civil-liberties","category-fourth-estate","category-geopolitical-brouhaha","category-harry-potter","category-hi-tech","category-homeland-security","category-politics-law","category-poor-citizenship","category-potpourri","category-intolerance-persecution","category-science","category-space","category-religion-me","category-travel","category-writing-and-language","category-zt-pc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5033,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/11\/13\/obsession.html","url_meta":{"origin":19213,"position":0},"title":"Obsession","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 13-Nov-03 11:21am","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, heck, here's a news flash: the first rush of love is an obsession, not an emotion. 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