{"id":19620,"date":"2010-12-20T16:30:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T23:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/20\/unblogged-bits-mon-20-dec-10-1630.html"},"modified":"2010-12-20T16:30:36","modified_gmt":"2010-12-20T23:30:36","slug":"unblogged-bits-mon-20-dec-10-1630","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/20\/unblogged-bits-mon-20-dec-10-1630.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Mon. 20-Dec-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. CADC on DADT: God About to Unleash “The Mighty Sickle of His Wrath” Upon America<\/a> – Wait … is it that God willed it should happen, or that sinful Senators let it happen, or that God willed that sinful Senators should let it happen …? I’m so confused!<\/li>\n
  2. Barton and Scarborough Lament DeLay’s Conviction<\/a> – Poor Tom DeLay … he didn’t get to pick his own jury. How far our judicial system has fallen …<\/li>\n
  3. Newly Elected Rep. Flores: \u2018Republicans In The House As A Whole Want To Get Rid Of The EPA\u2019<\/a> – The best government money can buy!<\/li>\n
  4. The Dance Of The Sugarplum Patriots<\/a> – Yeesh.<\/li>\n
  5. Peter King: \u2018I\u2019m Willing To\u2019 Be Called A Bigot If That\u2019s What It Takes To Target Muslim Community<\/a> – Okay, you’re a bigot.<\/li>\n
  6. Kerry Rips McConnell On START: \u2018Just Because You Say It Doesn\u2019t Make It True\u2019<\/a> – It’s worked well for the GOP so far …<\/li>\n
  7. Diners Ask Restaurant For 47 Separate Checks… And That’s Before They Pulled Out Their Groupons<\/a> – When you are intentionally gaming the system, don’t be surprised if the folks getting gamed aren’t happy about it.<\/li>\n
  8. No intention of repealing the repeal: Steve Benen<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. End Invasive Religious Questioning at the Border<\/a> – Imagine, if you will, the outcry from the Religious Right if folks were being grilled about what Christian denomination they belonged to, what church they attend and how often, whether they watch Fox News or MSNBC …<\/li>\n
  10. Lighthouse frozen in ice<\/a> – Cool. (Ha!)<\/li>\n
  11. Kyl On 9\/11 First Responders Bill: \u2018Why Would They Need $6 Billion?\u2019: Alex Seitz-Wald<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. 5 Ridiculous Things You Probably Believe About Islam | Cracked.com<\/a> – Why is it that Cracked (like The Daily Show) is more educational as a humor site than 90% of the ostensibly serious folks out there?<\/li>\n
  13. Your Guide to the Darkest Day in 372 Years [Astronomy]<\/a> – Cool.<\/li>\n
  14. Full Moon [POTD for December 20 from commons.wikimedia.org]<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. Food Safety Bill passes Senate<\/a> – Excellent.<\/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 …. CADC on DADT: God About to Unleash “The Mighty Sickle of His Wrath” Upon America – Wait … is it that God willed it should happen, or that sinful Senators let it happen, or that God willed that sinful … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Mon. 20-Dec-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_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-19620","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":133973,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/27\/nice-state-be-a-shame-if-something-were-to-happen-to-it.html","url_meta":{"origin":19620,"position":0},"title":""Nice state. 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