{"id":21371,"date":"2011-06-29T17:30:42","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T23:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/29\/unblogged-bits-wed-29-jun-11-1730.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T14:42:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T21:42:50","slug":"unblogged-bits-wed-29-jun-11-1730","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/29\/unblogged-bits-wed-29-jun-11-1730.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Wed. 29-Jun-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. Pro-union coalition delivers 1.3 million signatures for SB 5 referendum | The Columbus Dispatch<\/a> – Which is four times the number needed.<\/li>\n
  2. Govs. Rick Perry And Rick Scott Go AWOL During State Emergencies To Attend Secret Koch Event | ThinkProgress<\/a> – Best government money can buy.<\/li>\n
  3. Save yourself, mammal!<\/a> – I have the book. SMBC rocks (even if it’s not for the faint of heart).<\/li>\n
  4. Google+<\/a> – Heh.<\/li>\n
  5. Protect yourself from scams by knowing who really emailed you<\/a> – Excellent.<\/li>\n
  6. This Is Google Changing All of Information Sharing [Video]<\/a> – The fact that the Google+ system is built from the get-go to be open is highly encouraging.<\/li>\n
  7. Should Restaurants Charge Extra For Not Putting Ice In Your Soda?<\/a> – Given that both ice and soda cost mere pennies, the answer is no.<\/li>\n
  8. If You Don’t Want An ‘Optimized’ Laptop, Best Buy Won’t Sell You Any Laptops<\/a> – We ordered Kay a new laptop at Best Buy last month. And I was ready to walk if it had a jacked-up “Geek Squad” price. It didn’t, and I bought it.<\/li>\n
  9. The Lego Barad-d\u00fbr: 50,000 pieces, 2 months to build, pure awesome<\/a> – Sweet!<\/li>\n
  10. Krugman: If Obama concedes to Republican blackmail now, it\u2019s “the end of the presidency”<\/a> – And what makes it particularly insane is that the GOP only has a majority on one house. But people who are willing to up the takes to wildly dangerous levels if they don’t get their way will always have an advantage over the moderately sane.<\/li>\n
  11. Hey Boo Boo, Rick Scott Wants To Privatize State Parks!<\/a> – Follow the money.<\/li>\n
  12. New research suggests artificial sweeteners no help in battle against obesity.<\/a> – Ugh.<\/li>\n
  13. US appeals court upholds Obama health care law – The Denver Post<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. Joe. My. God.: Bill Donahue Melts Down<\/a> – Plus: Gay Marriage Activism = “The White Man’s Burden!” Crikey.<\/li>\n
  15. TOM THE DANCING BUG: Judge Scalia Rescues His Faithful Sidekick From a Nefarious Attack! – Boing Boing<\/a> – snort<\/b><\/li>\n
  16. Probably Bad News: I Feel Like I\u2019m Forgetting Something Important\u2026<\/a> – Oops.<\/li>\n
  17. American Medical Association Denounces Photoshop<\/a> – Photoshop is a tool. Using it this way, yes, is wrong.<\/li>\n
  18. Cook-off Cop Fired for Tossing Tear Gas at Rivals [Wtf]<\/a> – Some good news from Texas.<\/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 …. Pro-union coalition delivers 1.3 million signatures for SB 5 referendum | The Columbus Dispatch – Which is four times the number needed. Govs. Rick Perry And Rick Scott Go AWOL During State Emergencies To Attend Secret Koch Event | … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Wed. 29-Jun-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":"","_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":[718,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21371","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":136086,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/09\/rick-scott-florida-and-the-trump-effect.html","url_meta":{"origin":21371,"position":0},"title":"Rick Scott, Florida, and the Trump Effect","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 9-Apr-18 3:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"To be honest, Scott is enough of a boil on the body politic that I'd love for him to lose badly for any number of reasons. 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Also, it was not used because revolutionary France was godless. 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