{"id":20449,"date":"2011-03-15T05:30:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T11:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/15\/unblogged-bits-tue-15-mar-11-0530.html"},"modified":"2011-03-15T05:30:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T11:30:47","slug":"unblogged-bits-tue-15-mar-11-0530","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/15\/unblogged-bits-tue-15-mar-11-0530.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Tue. 15-Mar-11 0530)"},"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\/omIb8TEZSkg\/missouri_gop_hates_puppies_no.php\">Missouri GOP Hates Puppies (And Schoolchildren. And the Elderly). No, Really, They Do : Mike the Mad Biologist<\/a> &#8211; Stunningly awful.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/fFWSbnmvH5E\/most_stunning_case_of_police_m.php\">Most Stunning Case of Police Misconduct Ever? : Dispatches from the Culture Wars<\/a> &#8211; When you betray faith in the justice system, even for possible short-term gains, EVERYONE loses &#8212; including DAs and cops.  Disgusting.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/HeeTlQmw-WU\/a_defense_of_nuclear_power_as.php\">A Defense of Nuclear Power As a Second Best Option [Mike the Mad Biologist]<\/a> &#8211; Nuclear power plants aren&#8217;t a panacea, by any means.  In addition to risks of radiation release, there&#8217;s still the unsolved (at least partially due to politics) waste disposal problem. But simply burning more coal \/ oil \/ natural gas is not an alternative (nor is they safe, just more familiar in their significant risks).  If we &#8212; let alone our children and grandchildren &#8212; are going to live in a world nearly as well off as our own, we are going to have to take future-pointing calculated gambles (and investments).<\/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;. Missouri GOP Hates Puppies (And Schoolchildren. And the Elderly). No, Really, They Do : Mike the Mad Biologist &#8211; Stunningly awful. Most Stunning Case of Police Misconduct Ever? : Dispatches from the Culture Wars &#8211; When you betray faith &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/15\/unblogged-bits-tue-15-mar-11-0530.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits (Tue. 15-Mar-11 0530)&#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":"","_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-20449","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":20992,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/08\/unblogged-bits-sun-8-may-11-1731.html","url_meta":{"origin":20449,"position":0},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Sun.  8-May-11 1731)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 8-May-11 5:31pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... What your teachers are doing [Pharyngula] Why Do GOP Presidential Candidates Love A Discredited Christian Historian Who Advocates Theocracy in America? - He's a dolt, plain and simple. That he enjoys such popularity amongst\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Potpourri&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21777,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/31\/unblogged-bits-sun-31-jul-11-1130.html","url_meta":{"origin":20449,"position":1},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Sun. 31-Jul-11 1130)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 31-Jul-11 11:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... How the Tea Party Monster Was Created : Mike the Mad Biologist - \"They are finally reaping what they have sown. Unfortunately, they're taking the rest of us down with them.\" Yes.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Potpourri&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19198,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/11\/14\/unblogged-bits-sun-14-nov-10-2230.html","url_meta":{"origin":20449,"position":2},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Sun. 14-Nov-10 2230)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 14-Nov-10 10:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... A Word For Every State - I'd love to see something like this done for a large group. 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