{"id":20569,"date":"2011-03-26T17:30:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T23:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/26\/unblogged-bits-sat-26-mar-11-1730.html"},"modified":"2011-03-26T17:30:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T23:30:34","slug":"unblogged-bits-sat-26-mar-11-1730","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/26\/unblogged-bits-sat-26-mar-11-1730.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Sat. 26-Mar-11 1730)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. <\/p>\n
    \n
  1. Gingrich\u2019s Twenty Years Of Global Warming Flip-Flops<\/a> – Let’s face it — when you pontificate as much as a guy like Gingrich, and for political purposes, sooner or later you’re going to flatly contradict yourself.<\/li>\n
  2. Five shows I’d like to see on DC Nation<\/a> – I’d watch any of these.<\/li>\n
  3. Lawless Wisconsin GOPers Defy Court Order Against Anti-Union Law<\/a> – Why would Good, Honest, God-Fearing, Flag-Waving, Fearless Leaders let something like a court injunction get in their way?<\/li>\n
  4. The Vermont House Passes Bill Calling For A Single Payer Health Care System In The State<\/a> – “This week, 200 doctors from 39 states including the District of Columbia signed an open letter saying they would seriously consider moving to the state to practice medicine if it enacted a single payer system. ‘The idea of having one set of rules, one form for billing, and knowing that all patients are covered \u2013 that would be wonderful,’ said Scott Graham, a Kentucky family physician who signed the letter. “<\/li>\n
  5. It’s like shouting down the well<\/a> – “They will report on people who scream about ‘death panels’ and ‘government takeover of healthcare’ — both rated ‘lies of the year’ by PolitiFact for 2009 and 2010, respectively — but they don’t report on the very real benefits of the legislation.” If it screeds, it leads?\n

    No wonder the law isn’t more popular.”<\/li>\n

  6. Boston Public Library To Be Closed Sundays : Mike the Mad Biologist<\/a> – “But what’s really shameful is that in a wealthy city, in a wealthy state, in a wealthy country, we can’t seem to find the money to keep libraries open, but we can start wars of choice*. Assuming the U.S. hasn’t collapsed, thirty years from now, people are going to look back and ask how we could have been so stupid and short-sighted.” No worries — in 30 years time, the only literate sector will be our wealthy overlords who have their own private libraries.<\/li>\n
  7. Eschaton: Clarity<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Hi, Joe! [Pharyngula]<\/a> – “It’s a great essay, even-handed and informed, and reminded me that yes, once upon a time, Republicans weren’t the party of insane corporate tools who got their instructions direct from god, and that there are common principles of good government that liberals and conservatives could agree on.” So, of course, the local GOP is attacking the author and seeking grounds to get him fired. Stay classy, Wisconsin Republicans!<\/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 …. Gingrich\u2019s Twenty Years Of Global Warming Flip-Flops – Let’s face it — when you pontificate as much as a guy like Gingrich, and for political purposes, sooner or later you’re going to flatly contradict yourself. Five shows I’d like … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Sat. 26-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_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-20569","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":32321,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/25\/a-twist-in-the-doma-case.html","url_meta":{"origin":20569,"position":0},"title":"A twist in the DOMA case","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 25-Jan-13 8:49am","format":false,"excerpt":"The Obama Administration announced in 2011 that it agreed with lower court rulings that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional and declined to defend it. \u00a0The GOP-led House chose to defend the law on appeal to the Supreme Court. \u00a0Now a lawyer appointed by the Supreme Court itself\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11762,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/02\/06\/no_religious_exemption_to.html","url_meta":{"origin":20569,"position":1},"title":"No religious exemption to school curriculum","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 6-Feb-08 11:28am","format":false,"excerpt":"Being the parent of a school-aged kid, I tend to be sensitive to court rulings and the schools. But while I see possible negative issues arising from this, I also...","rel":"","context":"In "Marriage Equality"","block_context":{"text":"Marriage Equality","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/marriage-equality"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4381,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/09\/12\/the_next_logica.html","url_meta":{"origin":20569,"position":2},"title":"The next logical step …","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 12-Sep-03 8:41pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Of course, this one I'd have a hard time disagreeing with. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) continued its legal campaign today as it filed suit against Share Bear...","rel":"","context":"In "Media Moguls"","block_context":{"text":"Media Moguls","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-moguls"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24281,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/06\/bloggers-arent-journalists.html","url_meta":{"origin":20569,"position":3},"title":"Bloggers aren't journalists?","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 6-Dec-11 5:38pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Actually, from an etymological standpoint, they are absolutely journalists. And from a legal standpoint, it's hard to understand the Oregon judge's restriction that, if you aren't part of the Officially Recognized Media, you're not really a journalist. How he squares that with the law's protection of any \"person connected with,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14723,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/06\/hunting-for-justices-in-some-of-the-wrong-places.html","url_meta":{"origin":20569,"position":4},"title":"Hunting for Justices in some of the wrong places","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 6-May-09 10:49am","format":false,"excerpt":"I've love to see another female justice on the Supreme Court. A gay justice would be cool, too. And those pasty white guys could probably use a Hispanic, Black, or Asian person to liven up those group pictures. Heck, why not a Muslim or a Buddhist or an Atheist? But\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "LGBTQ &c"","block_context":{"text":"LGBTQ &c","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/gay-stuff"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":204,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/05\/30\/memes.html","url_meta":{"origin":20569,"position":5},"title":"Memes","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 30-May-03 7:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey, yesterday was Thursday, wasn't it?...","rel":"","context":"In "Job Jollies"","block_context":{"text":"Job Jollies","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/job-jollies"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20569","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=20569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}