{"id":20597,"date":"2011-03-29T23:30:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T05:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/29\/unblogged-bits-tue-29-mar-11-2330.html"},"modified":"2011-03-29T23:30:36","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T05:30:36","slug":"unblogged-bits-tue-29-mar-11-2330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/29\/unblogged-bits-tue-29-mar-11-2330.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Tue. 29-Mar-11 2330)"},"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. What McCain doesn’t understand<\/a> – When the annals of late 20th and early 21st Century American politics are written, the fall by John McCain from widely-admired independent firebrand to hypocritical hack will sure rate its own chapter.<\/li>\n
  2. Rick Scott’s support collapses in Florida<\/a> – “Will this prove relevant in 2012? Time will tell, of course, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it does. Republicans scored big wins in 2010, not because the GOP was popular, but because much of the public was dissatisfied with the status quo, and Dems happened to be the dominant majority. But now those same voters have been reminded exactly why they didn’t like Republicans in the first place.” Boy, I sure hope the antics of the new GOP governors hurts the party in 2012 — but I can’t forget all the damage they are doing already.<\/li>\n
  3. Rep. Sean Duffy Complains About His $174,000 Salary: \u2018I Drive A Used Minivan\u2019<\/a> – I complained because I had no shoes, until I met a man with no feet. Then I complained to him about my having no shoes.<\/li>\n
  4. After Congressional Progressives Ask \u2018Where Are The Jobs?,\u2019 GOP Rep. Biggert Says \u2018Stop Talking About Jobs\u2019<\/a> – NO JOBS TO SEE HERE! THESE AREN’T THE JOB BILLS YOU’RE LOOKING FOR! MOVE ALONG!<\/li>\n
  5. Hey, That Looks Familiar<\/a> – HA!<\/li>\n
  6. Fischer Again Calls For Ban on Muslim Immigration and Mosques<\/a> – Dolt.<\/li>\n
  7. Libya and our budget<\/a> – In the words of Vyacheslav von Plehve in 1904, “What this country needs is a short, victorious war to stem the tide of revolution.”<\/li>\n
  8. Let’s go serfin’ now, everybody’s learnin’ how<\/a> – Well, how else can the rich afford to create jobs when people expect to be paid for them?<\/li>\n
  9. Michigan Gives Itself Stingiest Jobless Benefits<\/a> – Yes, clearly, there are just a bunch of lazy bums in Michigan who are sucking at the public teat when there are literally dozens of jobs wanting for people to work in them.<\/li>\n
  10. Thou shalt not suffer a witch to inspect your junk in the airport scanner<\/a> – (rolls eyes)<\/li>\n
  11. Ellis Washington: Vegetarians are Nazis! : Dispatches from the Culture Wars<\/a> – It’s zany! Now, I know some radical vegitarian types that are as intolerant of dissent or disagreement with their beliefs — but they’re not much different from any deep-seated belief-holder, especially a convert.<\/li>\n
  12. Amazon Beats Apple And Google To Cloud-Based Music Storage\/Streaming<\/a> – Ooooooh. This has the prospect of being a serious game-changer for music … or a breeding ground for the next obnoxious DRM or music industry law suit. I really hope for the former.<\/li>\n
  13. Another One Joins The Race<\/a> – Good heavens, isn’t this guy’s 15 minutes up yet?<\/li>\n
  14. Firefox 4 leads IE9 in downloads and usage<\/a> – The fact that FF4 runs on XP gives it a huge leg up (numbers-wise) on IE9. The fact that IE is generally despised (rightly or wrongly) doesn’t hurt Firefox, either.<\/li>\n
  15. BP execs may face manslaughter charges for oil rig explosion<\/a> – It’ll never happen — but it would be very interesting if it did.<\/li>\n
  16. Every river system mapped in World of Rivers<\/a> – Always fascinated by maps … as well as fine graphics.<\/li>\n
  17. Mary of Many Colors: Founding Fathers and Freedom of Religion<\/a> – Another nice link to my latest Fischer screed.<\/li>\n
  18. Fischer, Interrupted : Dispatches from the Culture Wars<\/a> – Hokey smokes, I got linked to by Ed Brayton (Dispatches from the Culture Wars) about my “brilliant and thorough takedown” of Bryan Fischer’s claim the First Amendment only protects Christians. Wow.<\/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 …. What McCain doesn’t understand – When the annals of late 20th and early 21st Century American politics are written, the fall by John McCain from widely-admired independent firebrand to hypocritical hack will sure rate its own chapter. Rick Scott’s … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Tue. 29-Mar-11 2330)”<\/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-20597","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":9739,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/11\/08\/jaccuse_3.html","url_meta":{"origin":20597,"position":0},"title":"J’accuse!","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 8-Nov-06 10:46am","format":false,"excerpt":"Aha! 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