{"id":20788,"date":"2011-04-18T23:30:37","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T05:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/18\/unblogged-bits-mon-18-apr-11-2330.html"},"modified":"2014-06-13T18:07:34","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T00:07:34","slug":"unblogged-bits-mon-18-apr-11-2330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/18\/unblogged-bits-mon-18-apr-11-2330.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Mon. 18-Apr-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. Obama Is Now and Will Be a Great President<\/a> – There’s a lot here I do very much want to believe in — and, to be sure, there’s a lot that Obama has managed to accomplish (esp. of one contemplates, shudder, a McCain\/Palin administratino). I still think there’s a lot (in health care and budget matters) that he’s negotiated very poorly on, and other areas (in homeland security \/ civil rights) where I don’t see much difference between him and Bush.<\/li>\n
  2. Brewer vetoes birther, campus gun bills<\/a> – Good Lord — sanity from Arizona?<\/li>\n
  3. Speechless On The House Floor | MoveOn.Org<\/a> – There are election priorities, and then there are governing priorities. Sometimes they differ because folks have a different perspective once in office. Sometimes they differ because the election priorities were lies.<\/li>\n
  4. DIA, developers want more stations on RTD east rail line – The Denver Post<\/a> – I’m sure they do — but nobody wants to pay for it. Honestly, I think this is a case where it’s more important to get the line built, then get added stations and tracks lain. (I’m obliged to note my employer is involved in this project.)<\/li>\n
  5. Watch the first clip from Harry Potter’s final movie, The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 [Video]<\/a> – Oooooooh. (And, let me say, it’s so cool seeing more of John Hurt as Olivander …)<\/li>\n
  6. “Hello Megan” drives him crazy, too<\/a> – Actually, I don’t mind the “Hello, Megan!” bit, but this was still funny. In that “Hitler movie re-subtitled” way.<\/li>\n
  7. If Aqualad could get be with the team on the right, I\u2019d…<\/a> – Fun. I’m enjoying the current YJ cartoon a lot — but the David\/Nauck YJ comic rocked. Even if Superboy looked super-lame in those days.<\/li>\n
  8. Organizational Levels<\/a> – Hmmmm, wonder what you get at 221?<\/li>\n
  9. When members of Congress forget who was president in 2008<\/a> – I’m a Congressman, dagnabbit! Don’t let the facts get in the way of my talking points!<\/li>\n
  10. Pam’s House Blend:: The Bizarre Behavior Of An Apparently Hate Filled Man – Of Course It’s Peter LaBarbera<\/a> – And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, right? I mean, isn’t that how the song goes?<\/li>\n
  11. Box Turtle Bulletin \u00bb Leader of Maine\u2019s Yes on 1 Campaign Admits to Lying<\/a> – But of course, when the cause is great enough, the ends justify the means, right? Even when you’re doing it for Jesus?<\/li>\n
  12. Christian protesters destroy controversial Andres Serrano art “Piss Christ”<\/a> – But … but … but … I thought it was only Muslims who were intolerant and violent!<\/li>\n
  13. Good Husbands Choose Marijuana<\/a> – Heh. Though there are at least a couple of these I don’t need to be high for …<\/li>\n
  14. 7 Basic Things You Won’t Believe You’re All Doing Wrong | Cracked.com<\/a> – Some more interesting (and good) pieces of advice.<\/li>\n
  15. 8 Movie Special Effects You Won’t Believe Aren’t CGI | Cracked.com<\/a> – I already knew most of these (T2 and LotR especially) — but it’s still pretty cool.<\/li>\n
  16. Michele Bachmann Tax Day rally draws sparse crowd – Andy Barr – POLITICO.com<\/a> – Aw, man, if all the lunatic GOPers get abandoned by the voters too early, how will we have any fun in 2012?<\/li>\n
  17. ThinkProgress \u00bb Boehner Hires $5 Million Lawyer To Defend Unconstitutional Law<\/a> – “Of course, it wasn\u2019t so long ago that Boehner brought the nation within inches of a government shutdown because of his alleged fears that the United States is spending too much money. Apparently, Boehner\u2019s commitment to fiscal responsibility isn\u2019t nearly as strong as his need to ensure that no gay American receives their constitutional right to ‘equal protection of the laws.'”<\/li>\n
  18. The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science | Mother Jones<\/a> – On the surface, this indictment of human reason is pretty depressing. But what it really means is that humans integrate facts with feelings, and that we need to engage where people are coming from emotionally and “values”-wise in order to get them to listen to what the facts are. Which, really, isn’t that unusual a piece of advice when communicating to (and trying to persuade) an audience.<\/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 …. Obama Is Now and Will Be a Great President – There’s a lot here I do very much want to believe in — and, to be sure, there’s a lot that Obama has managed to accomplish (esp. of one … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Mon. 18-Apr-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":[45,81,66,527,108,25,382,41,358,16,110,6,376,26,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-cartoons","category-elections-2010","category-media-art","category-harry-potter","category-history","category-gay-stuff","category-lord-of-the-rings","category-media-movies","category-poor-citizenship","category-potpourri","category-religious-zanies","category-science","category-taxing-spending","category-travel","category-zt-pc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129878,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/19\/how-dare-obama-not-do-something-that-usually-isnt-done.html","url_meta":{"origin":20788,"position":0},"title":"How dare Obama not do something that usually isn't done?!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 19-Feb-16 11:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Because there's little Obama can do (or not do) that won't draw fire from the Outraged Right -- in this case, not attending the funeral Mass for Antonin Scalia. 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