{"id":20538,"date":"2011-03-23T17:30:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T23:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/unblogged-bits-wed-23-mar-11-1730.html"},"modified":"2014-11-06T07:28:41","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T14:28:41","slug":"unblogged-bits-wed-23-mar-11-1730","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/unblogged-bits-wed-23-mar-11-1730.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Wed. 23-Mar-11 1730)"},"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. How to Fix Annoyances with Firefox 4’s New Look [Firefox 4]<\/a> – Most of the “annoyances” are along the lines of “it’s not like it used to be!” Which is kind of unfair (it’s fair to not like it; it’s not fair to treat your not liking it as more than an aesthetic judgment). And re the search box — I make heavy use of that with customized search engines; not everything is best searched for through Google, folks.<\/li>\n
  2. Four Blondes<\/a> – Always one of my favorite jokes. Though as a kid, it was about an [European nationality characterized as stupid] rather than blondes.<\/li>\n
  3. AT&T Users Already Complaining About Inaccurate Meters – Measuring From DSLAM Inflating Usage Numbers?<\/a> – “While many ISPs say they want to be able to bill like a utility, you’d be hard pressed to find any that want to be regulated like one. In particular, no ISP wants government regulators confirming their meters are accurate, and no regulators in North America have the courage to demand it, leaving consumers alone to fend for themselves and try and keep their carriers honest.”<\/li>\n
  4. Rick Snyder says ban against ergonomics rules will stimulate job growth in Michigan – AnnArbor.com<\/a> – And safety harnesses! Do you realize how many mroe construction jobs will be created if we don’t compel employers to provide safety harnesses for workers at heights? And fire escapes! We can stimulate dozens of jobs if we don’t force employers to put “enough” fire escapes in their plants, or keep the ones they have unlocked (which just promotes theft and smoking out back, right?)!<\/li>\n
  5. Scott Walker scares away more business from Wisconsin<\/a> – I promise jobs! For the people who bankrolled my campaign!<\/li>\n
  6. Rand Paul\u2019s confession: Constipated for years, he can\u2019t see the light \u00ab Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub<\/a> – Rand Paul apparently demands the right to eat tainted meat, sell toys to kids with lead paint, drive cars powered by puppy blood and dioxins, and, oh yeah, buy incandescent bulbs and high-flow toilets. Because that’s the American way, dagnabbit!<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cI Have Sex\u201d \u2014 students speak out against ideological attack on Planned Parenthood<\/a> – Strong and important words. But I doubt the House GOP is much concerned about what students at Wesleyan do. Or how they vote. Which is a shame.<\/li>\n
  8. Firefall in Yosemite: Horsetail Fall\u2019s spectacular February show \u00ab Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub<\/a> – Gorgeous.<\/li>\n
  9. The taste of cat, donkey, dog, and rat meat – Boing Boing<\/a> – And, no, they don’t taste like chicken.<\/li>\n
  10. Badass wedding invitation – Holy Kaw!<\/a> – Hmmmmm …<\/li>\n
  11. Anniversary of OK – Boing Boing<\/a> – Well, if you follow that particular etymology.<\/li>\n
  12. LePage just can’t help himself<\/a> – “Celebrating working people is now, apparently, the kind of thing that might bother business interests. We’re approaching an odd sort of political correctness that restricts messages that might somehow bother the wealthy and powerful.”<\/li>\n
  13. Ron Johnson’s wrong — and offensive — health care attack<\/a> – “Does he point to any provisions in the law — literally, anything at all — that might have prevented treatment for his ailing daughter? No, of course not. Because if he tried to address the law with some shred of intellectual seriousness, Johnson would know (a) death panels that deny care to ailing children don’t exist; (b) the law offers strong protections that protect children with pre-existing conditions; and (c) he’d have much more to worry about when it came to penny-pinching private insurers turning down procedures they don’t want to pay for.”<\/li>\n
  14. Americans’ appetite for deep cuts: still nonexistent<\/a> – “And yet, one-sided results like these still won’t change the debate. Policymakers and the very-serious media voices will continue a foolish debate — whether to cut a little or cut a lot — while the public clamors for a jobs policy that isn’t even on the table.”<\/li>\n
  15. Colorado Senate gives initial OK to civil unions | The Spot \u2014 Denver, Colorado, politics and government news \u2014 The Denver Post<\/a> – Unfortunately, it will likely be killed in the House, but still hopeful.<\/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 …. How to Fix Annoyances with Firefox 4’s New Look [Firefox 4] – Most of the “annoyances” are along the lines of “it’s not like it used to be!” Which is kind of unfair (it’s fair to not like it; … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Wed. 23-Mar-11 1730)”<\/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":[718,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marriage-equality","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8052,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/06\/07\/the_ultimate_bl.html","url_meta":{"origin":20538,"position":0},"title":"The Ultimate Blonde Joke","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Jun-05 1:56am","format":false,"excerpt":"Did you hear about the blonde who was so stupid, she went extinct? 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