{"id":21663,"date":"2011-07-19T17:31:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T23:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/19\/unblogged-bits-tue-19-jul-11-1731.html"},"modified":"2014-01-10T14:43:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T21:43:39","slug":"unblogged-bits-tue-19-jul-11-1731","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/19\/unblogged-bits-tue-19-jul-11-1731.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Tue. 19-Jul-11 1731)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/81457zb392E\/how-to-get-naked-vic.html\">How to get naked, Victorian style<\/a> &#8211; Man, there are days when I thank the Lord I live in the time I do.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/MI-KAbHjtaQ\/\">The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation Call For The Reinvention Of The Toilet, Offers $42 Million In Potty Grants<\/a> &#8211; Which offers up all sorts of jokes and puns, but is really serious business in a world where billions lack proper sanitation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/eWnpB68_Ga4\/more-than-50-legal-academics-blast-obstruction-7th-circuit-nomination\">More Than 50 Legal Academics Blast Obstruction of 7th Circuit Nomination | People For the American Way Blog<\/a> &#8211; The system is broken.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/hH63QQQZHOE\/report-mortgage-companies-continue-to-use-robo-signers.html\">Report: Mortgage Companies Continue To Use Robo-Signers<\/a> &#8211; The foreclosures must flow!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/NgwiRPDqoGM\/poll-overwhelming-majority-of-voters-want-a-strong-undiluted-cfpb.html\">Poll: Overwhelming Majority Of Voters Want A Strong, Undiluted CFPB<\/a> &#8211; What the voters vaguely want about this sort of thing is meaningless &#8212; the GOP are more interested in who&#8217;s making sizable donations to their campaigns (hint: financial institutions).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/rrOWq99Jvl0\/tom-the-dancing-bug-58.html\">TOM THE DANCING BUG: Harry Potter and the Deathly Deficit!<\/a> &#8211; Heh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/QJUnA3LALIY\/barber-gays-dont-want-white-picket-fence-they-want-burn-it-down\">Barber: Gays Don&#8217;t Want The White Picket Fence, They Want To Burn It Down<\/a> &#8211; Matt Barber&#8217;s a dolt. 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