{"id":19949,"date":"2011-01-27T22:30:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T05:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/27\/unblogged-bits-thu-27-jan-11-2230.html"},"modified":"2011-01-27T22:30:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T05:30:33","slug":"unblogged-bits-thu-27-jan-11-2230","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/27\/unblogged-bits-thu-27-jan-11-2230.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Thu. 27-Jan-11 2230)"},"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\/GJzsBtwKtqg\/\">California Lawmaker Receives Racist Death Threat Warning \u2018Rush Limbaugh Will  Kick Your Ch-nk Ass\u2019<\/a> &#8211; But, of course, Rush has no responsibility for how lunatics (or folks who seem to be lunatics) respond to his incitement.  Of course.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/BytGCLtPkxM\/right-wing-blogger-trouble-insulting-native-american-prayer-tucson-memorial\">Right Wing Blogger In Trouble for Insulting Native American Prayer at Tucson Memorial<\/a> &#8211; Hard to see how he could NOT have &#8220;intended the slight.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/4TN6P3FwRJw\/where-are-they-now-what-happened-to-the-people-in-microsofts-iconic-1978-company-photo\">What Happened to the People in Microsoft&#8217;s Iconic 1978 Company Photo  [Microsoft]<\/a> &#8211; An interesting tale.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/pVZDkOPy_uA\/desktop-notifications-for-emails-and.html\">Desktop notifications for emails and chat messages<\/a> &#8211; Making a note to play with this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/5VOHpHLaxIw\/\">PSA: 3D Matrix Sequels Rumor Was A Hoax<\/a> &#8211; That&#8217;s comforting.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/ifFSazd8CHA\/\">Today, A Ban On Headphones While Crossing The Street; Tomorrow, A Ban On  Chewing Gum While Walking<\/a> &#8211; The problem seems to be turning &#8220;What Mommy taught you to do at age 5&#8221; into law.  Talk about a nanny state &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/04dNchsCLuM\/no-opting-out-from-facebook-turning-your-check-ins-likes-into-ads.ars\">No opting out of Facebook turning your check-ins, likes into ads<\/a> &#8211; Facebook = Advertising Profits. Social fun is merely a path to that end.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/fM5MKoQCV4k\/gops-anti-gay-trifecta-insures-marriage.html\">GOP&#8217;s anti-gay trifecta ensures marriage will be an issue in 2012<\/a> &#8211; I would feel better about this as a vote-loser for the GOP &#8212; if I wasn&#8217;t concerned about Obama and the Democratic leadership going all soft on the issue.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/9EMgAviUBbY\/\">Meet the American Family Association<\/a> &#8211; Bryan Fischer &#8212; as the avatar for the AFA &#8212; is, as has been frequently mentioned here, a dolt.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/uymKyKDdVtA\/how-a-country-tried-to-steal-its-citizens-facebook-passwords\">How a Country Tried to Steal Its Citizens&#8217; Facebook Passwords [Facebook]<\/a> &#8211; Interesting. And kudos to FB security.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/2fNNvOeE8l4\/the-best-ways-to-tweak-your-search-when-google-doesnt-give-you-what-you-want\">The Best Ways to Tweak Your Search When Google Doesn&#8217;t Give You What You  Want [Google]<\/a> &#8211; Some cool tips here. If you can remember them.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/zXf7kR1R_zg\/\">Inspiration is for amateurs<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/06YIfVB65iQ\/\">Border Patrol Agent Fired For Supporting Drug Legalization Files Lawsuit<\/a> &#8211; Dissent is patriotic, dolts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/nXY8-b-AAb4\/index.html\">Newt Gingrich wants to get rid of the EPA<\/a> &#8211; Yes, because an agency whose mission is to PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT should be repurposed to WORK CLOSELY WITH BUSINESSES TO CREATE JOBS. Dolt.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/ij42c9CgVME\/\">Murder Of Judge John Roll Triggers \u2018Judicial Emergency\u2019 In Arizona<\/a> &#8211; Thank you, Senate GOP, for actually INHIBITING the forces of law &amp; order.  Dolts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/w5xxWq4iDio\/paul-krugman-is-depressed-by-how-very-little-republican-politicians-know.html\">Paul Krugman Is Depressed by How Very Little Republican Politicians Know<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;How can he be unaware of these things? The only explanation I have is intellectual laziness \u2014 why check the facts when you already believe that you have The Truth?&#8230;&#8221;  Depressing indeed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/_m7pvNmscaQ\/\">Atheists of Florida Kicked Out of Cape Coral City Council Meeting<\/a> &#8211; The Cape Coral City Council: dolts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/2YphZ_JE8Ns\/alien-hand-syndrome-3.html\">Alien hand syndrome sufferer<\/a> &#8211; That would be very disturbing.  Also, it would get one burned as a witch or as possessed, once upon a time.<\/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;. California Lawmaker Receives Racist Death Threat Warning \u2018Rush Limbaugh Will Kick Your Ch-nk Ass\u2019 &#8211; But, of course, Rush has no responsibility for how lunatics (or folks who seem to be lunatics) respond to his incitement. Of course. Right &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/27\/unblogged-bits-thu-27-jan-11-2230.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits (Thu. 27-Jan-11 2230)&#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":"","_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-19949","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":130935,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/21\/dear-random-lunatics-wanting-to-kill-donald-trump.html","url_meta":{"origin":19949,"position":0},"title":"Dear Random Lunatics Wanting To Kill Donald Trump","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 21-Jun-16 8:22pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Please don't. Unless you are a verified card-carrying Desperate Time Traveler from the Dystopian Future of the Apocalyptic States of Trump, a cycle of political killing in the US is almost certainly a worse option than even the Donald.(Ditto, please, for non-killing political violence, of any ilk. 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Yesterday we went to Disneyland Park (the Magic Kingdom) and spent 11 hours racing around like lunatics.I took a lot of pix with our regular camera, but here are the stray ones I took with my mobile.\u00a0In album Disneyland 2013\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29861,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/16\/unhinged-lunatics-for-me-but-not-for-thee.html","url_meta":{"origin":19949,"position":5},"title":"Unhinged lunatics\u00a0for me, but not for thee","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 16-Aug-12 4:58pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Whenever someone commits violence for what appear to be Right Wing ideological causes (shooting abortion doctors, flying a plane into an IRS office, going on a shooting rampage at a Democratic representative's appearance, etc.), even in cases where the target has been vilified and demonized in the Right Wing media\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}