{"id":21595,"date":"2011-07-15T17:30:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T23:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/15\/unblogged-bits-fri-15-jul-11-1730-2.html"},"modified":"2011-07-15T17:30:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T23:30:38","slug":"unblogged-bits-fri-15-jul-11-1730-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/15\/unblogged-bits-fri-15-jul-11-1730-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Fri. 15-Jul-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. Medicare Shortfall Over Next 75 Years Is Only One-Fourth Cost Of Wars In Afghanistan And Iraq<\/a> – Sigh<\/b><\/li>\n
  2. More Photos From \u2018The Amazing Spider-Man\u2019<\/a> – Have to admit, the photos look pretty good.<\/li>\n
  3. Krugman: The GOP took decades “getting to crazy” – and pundits are responsible: Gaius Publius<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Arguments – SMBC July 15, 2011<\/a> – Look! It’s the Internet!<\/li>\n
  5. Don’t Crash Your Jetpack into the Ocean on Live TV [Video]<\/a> – Ha!<\/li>\n
  6. Palin Film Premiers To Empty Theater In Orange County<\/a> – Heh.<\/li>\n
  7. Town Drops Charges Against Woman For Front-Yard Veggie Garden<\/a> – Unfortunately, it looks more like the city is doing the right thing for the wrong reasons (to duck bad publicity), and instead looking to punish someone who made them look bad.<\/li>\n
  8. American Express Amazes Family After Cardholder’s Death Abroad<\/a> – Too many vendors focus on the immediate transaction, and the bottom line for this month or quarter. Too few remember that a memorably good turn can ensure repeat or continued business (and evangelization) for years to come … or a memorably bad experience can lead to a long-term or permanent poisoning of the well for future business.<\/li>\n
  9. Buh Bye Bigoted New York Clerk : Dispatches from the Culture Wars<\/a> – “Can you begin to imagine the outrage if a Muslim DMV clerk refused to process drivers licenses for women because his ‘sincerely held religious beliefs’ told him that women should not be allowed to drive? I bet McGuire would fall silent quickly in such a situation. ‘Constitutional freedoms’ apply only to Christians, you see.”<\/li>\n
  10. That\u2019s Bullshit!<\/a> – I think sometimes my bullshit tolerance is lower than it should be (see: various long screeds at “dolts” typed up way too late at night).<\/li>\n
  11. July 15, 2011 – Belief in Evolution Versus National Wealth<\/a> – Yeah, we’re “exceptional” all right …<\/li>\n
  12. SarahPAC Paid Thousands Of Dollars For \u201cBus Tour\u201d That Palin Claimed Was \u201cFamily Vacation\u201d<\/a> – Hey, can I start a PAC and get people to pay for my family vacations, too?<\/li>\n
  13. EXCLUSIVE: As Ralph Reed Steers \u2018GOP Israel Primary,\u2019 Documents Reveal Right-Wing Israeli Group Is Paying Him<\/a> – The bizarre thing about all of this is, between the neocons and the apocalyptians, the “pro-Israel” stance that the GOP (et al.) are arm-twisted into isn’t necessarily even in Israel’s best interests.<\/li>\n
  14. Is Google replacing our memory? | ZDNet<\/a> – When writing, then printing books, became common, people decried that memorization skills were in decline. I think that’s worked out okay.<\/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 …. Medicare Shortfall Over Next 75 Years Is Only One-Fourth Cost Of Wars In Afghanistan And Iraq – Sigh More Photos From \u2018The Amazing Spider-Man\u2019 – Have to admit, the photos look pretty good. Krugman: The GOP took decades “getting … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Fri. 15-Jul-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-21595","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":51284,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/29\/google-photos-and-plus.html","url_meta":{"origin":21595,"position":0},"title":"Google, Photos, and Plus","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 29-May-15 1:24am","format":false,"excerpt":"Good and reassuring (for Google+ users) interview here regarding the future of Google's social media product. (TL;DR: Don't Panic.)Oh, yeah, and some stuff on the new Photos app, which ... well, I will continue to make use of (as I did with Google+ Photos) to back up everything I take\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":133496,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/17\/some-more-useful-features-added-to-google-photos.html","url_meta":{"origin":21595,"position":1},"title":"Some more useful features added to Google Photos","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 17-May-17 1:57pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I love the idea of being able to share libraries with family members -- in particular, it would be great to be able to see my wife's photos (and vice-versa) without cross-signing into accounts.Suggestions about people to share photos with is also a neat idea.I'm glad Google Photos is turning\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":129559,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/27\/cleaning-project-day-2stacks-of-photos-reviewed-sifted-sorted-manyphotos-discarded-quite-a-fewglasses-of-wine-shared-multiple.html","url_meta":{"origin":21595,"position":2},"title":"Cleaning Project Day 2:\nStacks of photos reviewed, sifted, sorted: many\nPhotos discarded: quite a few\nGlasses of wine shared: multiple","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 27-Jan-16 1:26am","format":false,"excerpt":"Cleaning Project Day 2: Stacks of photos reviewed, sifted, sorted: many Photos discarded: quite a few Glasses of wine shared: multiple View on Twitter","rel":"","context":"In "~Tweets"","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40994,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/04\/photos-from-anzio.html","url_meta":{"origin":21595,"position":3},"title":"Photos from Anzio","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 4-Feb-14 6:08pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Some photos taken by George Silk at the Battle of Anzio, seventy years ago. These were pics that were rejected by censors or editors at the time. Odd slices of military life in a war zone.\ufeff Anzio: Rare and Classic World War II Photos From Italy | LIFE | TIME.com\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":9113,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/02\/15\/boom_6.html","url_meta":{"origin":21595,"position":4},"title":"Boom","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 15-Feb-06 6:47pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Amazing ... photos? Well, they claim to be photos ... of an A-bomb microseconds after detonation. Atomic Bomb detonation Photos by Harold Edgerton. Automatic Camera situated 7 miles from blast...","rel":"","context":"In "Science & Nature"","block_context":{"text":"Science & Nature","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/science"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/h-bomb.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16540,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/16\/photos-from-hawaii.html","url_meta":{"origin":21595,"position":5},"title":"Photos from Hawaii","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 16-Jan-10 4:55pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, it's about darned time.\u00a0 Our Kaua'i photos are uploaded here. 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