{"id":19971,"date":"2011-01-29T16:30:37","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T23:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/29\/unblogged-bits-sat-29-jan-11-1630.html"},"modified":"2013-06-04T10:11:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T16:11:32","slug":"unblogged-bits-sat-29-jan-11-1630","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/29\/unblogged-bits-sat-29-jan-11-1630.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Sat. 29-Jan-11 1630)"},"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\/RgDFNMT6Jpw\/\">GOP Conference Chair Thaddeus McCotter Says \u2018America Must Stand\u2019 With Mubarak Dictatorship<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;An imperfect government capable of reform&#8221;? Really? Yeesh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/7bPA38stLZc\/\">The Truth About Facebook<\/a> &#8211; Um &#8230; yeah.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/9y-hHfjk1AM\/\">Job Interview<\/a> &#8211; Man, I wish it were that easy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/jr0FNxkgeIo\/index.php\">MAD &#8211; SMBC January 29, 2011<\/a> &#8211; Heh. Fortunately, for some, after the Apocalypse can come an unexpected Golden Age &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/d7Wvc_1aD4g\/s-828512-689348\">Give &#8217;em the Axe &#8211; Zits for 1\/29\/2011<\/a> &#8211; While there is many the fashion faux pas in my own teen past, I have to believe (and, indeed, hope) that the current trend for heavy cologne (excuse me, &#8220;body spray&#8221;) is a short-lived one, and that the purveyors of fashion\/cosmetics have not implemented a permanent change in male society.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/dAnUZPdhBk4\/027754.php\">The pressing need for a &#8216;spudnut moment&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; Sarah Palin is, of course, a dolt.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/O9NW6ce_96A\/027756.php\">Still waiting for that &#8216;zero tolerance&#8217; policy to kick in: Steve Benen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/jFXI8bYAsKE\/027758.php\">Paul Ryan and his media base: Steve Benen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/26mlIQ91EB4\/027759.php\">The anti-science party<\/a> &#8211; Sad, but true. I have to wonder, though, how much of the anti-science (evolution, climate change, basic research, etc.) bent of many prominent GOP leaders is because it&#8217;s to their political benefit (anti-science = anti-regulatory = pro-business = contributions!) and how much of it is the other way around (business contributions go to those who are anti-science = anti-regulatory). In either case, too many people are fiddling while Rome burns, either for profit, power, or just intentional ignorance.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/W4I6Lvnq6cw\/read-the-first-draft-of-gene-roddenberrys-star-trek-pitch-starring-captain-april-and-the-ss-yorktown\">Read the first draft of Gene Roddenberry&#8217;s Star Trek pitch, starring &#8220;Captain April&#8221; and the &#8220;S.S. Yorktown&#8221; [Television]<\/a> &#8211; Interesting seeing which pitched plots eventually saw light of day, which didn&#8217;t.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/r6fyd7rWVE4\/revolver-that-fires.html\">Revolver that fires shotgun shells<\/a> &#8211; Have to wonder what the kick on that would be. Btw, the BATFE had Taurus pull it after deeming it not a pistol but a short-barreled shotgun, which are illegal. (And which points out how firearm definitions, for legal purposes, can be very slippery things.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/Ln4OSDrnffQ\/\">No Longer Caring About Democracy, Bolton Disparages Egypt Protests And Defends Mubarak<\/a> &#8211; While Bolton&#8217;s expressed concern about Islamicist radicals taking the reins of the revolt and possible follow-on government are legit, the idea that we should reflexively back Mubarak because of that is as shortsighted as our backing of every other strongman we&#8217;ve done for the last sixty years &#8212; little of which as ever ended well for the countries in question or US security.<\/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;. GOP Conference Chair Thaddeus McCotter Says \u2018America Must Stand\u2019 With Mubarak Dictatorship &#8211; &#8220;An imperfect government capable of reform&#8221;? Really? Yeesh. The Truth About Facebook &#8211; Um &#8230; yeah. Job Interview &#8211; Man, I wish it were that easy. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/29\/unblogged-bits-sat-29-jan-11-1630.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits (Sat. 29-Jan-11 1630)&#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_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":[100,10,298,21,358,16,6,360],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dolts","category-geopolitical-brouhaha","category-guns","category-job-jollies","category-poor-citizenship","category-potpourri","category-science","category-media-tv-star-trek"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43895,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/27\/philosophical-job-decisions.html","url_meta":{"origin":19971,"position":0},"title":"Philosophical Job Decisions","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 27-Jul-14 7:50pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Perhaps this was the problem, +David Newman\u00a0...(Original via\u00a0http:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/?id=3433)\ufeff View this post on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/201407275B15D.png.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":48426,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/20\/man-sometimes-my-job-sucks.html","url_meta":{"origin":19971,"position":1},"title":"Man, sometimes my job sucks","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 20-Nov-14 9:15am","format":false,"excerpt":"Man, sometimes my job sucks #suckitysucksucksuck View on Twitter","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":45161,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/13\/rt-margiekleerup-great-job-k.html","url_meta":{"origin":19971,"position":2},"title":"RT @MargieKleerup: Great job k&#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 13-Sep-14 12:01pm","format":false,"excerpt":"RT @MargieKleerup: Great job kitten and the Arapahoe high-school marching band http:\/\/t.co\/IUcVyvnBxG","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23577,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/09\/great-four-for-one-deal.html","url_meta":{"origin":19971,"position":3},"title":"Great Four for One Deal!","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 9-Nov-11 10:11am","format":false,"excerpt":"So for three years there have been three job seekers for every available job. 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