{"id":22680,"date":"2011-09-15T23:30:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T05:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/15\/unblogged-bits-thu-15-sep-11-2330.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T16:11:05","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T23:11:05","slug":"unblogged-bits-thu-15-sep-11-2330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/15\/unblogged-bits-thu-15-sep-11-2330.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Thu. 15-Sep-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. Mugshots of Amish who won\u2019t put orange triangles on their buggies<\/a> – “We’ve been spending most our lives \/ Living in an Amish paradise.” — “Weird” Al Yankovic<\/li>\n
  2. Barton Suggests Thomas Jefferson’s Affair With Sally Hemings Was A Liberal Conspiracy<\/a> – David Barton is a dolt.<\/li>\n
  3. Fischer Wants Departments of Education, Transportion, Agriculture, and HHS Eliminated<\/a> – What’s fundamentally telling here is that Fischer is couching it in “moral” terms — that being constitutional or unconstitutional is a “moral” question. It most emphatically is not.<\/li>\n
  4. Endorsing Candidates From The Pulpit Does Not Make You Dietrich Bonhoeffer<\/a> – You are free to support specific candidates from the pulpit … at which point you are free to be treated as a political organization, not a tax-exempt charitable one.<\/li>\n
  5. Iconic Dogs in the Media<\/a> – Vaguely appalling that “Scooby-Doo” the Movie has outgrossed “101 Dalmations” (which is also a very entertaining book).<\/li>\n
  6. 1937: AP claims blondes are \u201cmuch more dangerous\u201d drivers \u2013 Boing Boing<\/a> – That’s it! Kay doesn’t get to drive until she’s 30.<\/li>\n
  7. Republicans Push New $1 Trillion Tax Cut Windfall for the Wealthy<\/a> – There’s little to no evidence that tax cuts to “job creators” (the wealthy) actually get substantially invested in jobs. Unless one counts the yacht industry, the executive jet industry, the catering industry, the landscaping industry …<\/li>\n
  8. BBC News – Sri Lanka Buddhist monks destroy Muslim shrine<\/a> – Sigh.<\/b><\/li>\n
  9. Feds wrongly raid home of CBS correspondent<\/a> – Lovely.<\/li>\n
  10. Rice Fields of Japan<\/a> – Very cool.<\/li>\n
  11. Get a closer look<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Comment: The Palestinians\u2019 illegitima… JPost – Opinion – Op-Eds<\/a> – Rick Perry writes an op-ed in the Jerusalem Post about how Israel and Texas are so much alike, esp. since they are beset by “enemies.” Crikey.<\/li>\n
  13. Could \u2018Obamacare\u2019 Have Saved Ron Paul Staffer\u2019s Life? | ThinkProgress<\/a> – Excluding pre-existing conditions is understandable if insurance was solely the “shared risk” system that it originally was. Now it’s the only way to pay for adequate health care, which means the for-profit anything-goes model is (societally) obsolete.<\/li>\n
  14. FBI says training lecture critical of Islam ended<\/a> – I’m glad it’s “ended.” It’s remarkable how much of this kind of material turns up, all of which it turns out is “no longer used.” Which makes one wonder what it’s then replaced with.<\/li>\n
  15. MOST POPULAR INFOGRAPHICS | Flickr<\/a> – Heh.<\/li>\n
  16. BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Grants Stay of Execution To Duane Edward Buck | ThinkProgress<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. Texas Man To Be Executed Today Despite Trial Testimony That Blacks More Likely To Be Violent | ThinkProgress<\/a> – It seems (there is some conflicting word) that SCOTUS has granted a stay of execution, after Perry (of course) did not. Which Perry will, of course, tout as proof of the success of the “Texas system” …<\/li>\n
  18. Amanda Waller: A unique presence in comics<\/a> – DC is doing some good stuff with the rebooted New Universe … but they’re doing it in the context of fanboyz-turned-publishers, of which the “new look” for Amanda “the Wall” Waller is the latest (but not least) example. Dolts.<\/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 …. Mugshots of Amish who won\u2019t put orange triangles on their buggies – “We’ve been spending most our lives \/ Living in an Amish paradise.” — “Weird” Al Yankovic Barton Suggests Thomas Jefferson’s Affair With Sally Hemings Was A Liberal … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Thu. 15-Sep-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":[715,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-punishment","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23735,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/14\/speaking-of-dolts.html","url_meta":{"origin":22680,"position":0},"title":"Speaking of Dolts","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 14-Nov-11 6:18pm","format":false,"excerpt":"While I'm sure there will be plenty of grist for the dolt-blogging mill when Barton cranks out his next pseudo-historical epic, net-net I'd rather he didn't, because a chunk of the population (including, but sadly not limited to, Bryan Fischer, but most especially folks who aren't Right-Wing spokes-zanies) will end\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":21173,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/10\/why-do-i-spend-so-much-time-on-dolts.html","url_meta":{"origin":22680,"position":1},"title":"Why do I spend so much time on dolts?","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 10-Jun-11 6:31am","format":false,"excerpt":"Les commented in Google Reader that my calling Bryan Fischer a \"dolt\" over his zany comments on the source of national borders was \"far too kind of a word. But Dave is a very kind man.\" For which I thank him, but it got me thinking about why I chose\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogging & Internet"","block_context":{"text":"Blogging & Internet","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/simpsons-homer-xray.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20796,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/19\/david-barton-is-a-dolt-let-me-tell-you-a-story-edition.html","url_meta":{"origin":22680,"position":2},"title":"David Barton is a Dolt (Let Me Tell You a Story Edition)","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 19-Apr-11 1:19pm","format":false,"excerpt":"David Barton continues to promote the idea -- hand in hand with Bryan Fischer -- that the Constitution's protection of religion was meant by the Founders (and, thus, magically, means today) to apply only to Christians. To that end, he's bringing out Joseph Story in this 11 April Wallbuilder's tale.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dolts"","block_context":{"text":"Dolts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/dolts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/david-barton.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23006,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/08\/romney-offers-weak-tea-objection-to-fischer-fischer-calls-it-leftist-insult.html","url_meta":{"origin":22680,"position":3},"title":"Romney offers weak tea objection to Fischer; Fischer calls it leftist insult","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 8-Oct-11 1:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"There's been a fair amount of discussion and expectation about how Mitt Romney, a speaker at the \"Values Voters Summit\" (cough), would react to being the person on stage immediately before Bryan Fischer (my pet dolt). \u00a0Fischer has, of course, been a regular critic of the Mormon Church, declaring it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dolts"","block_context":{"text":"Dolts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/dolts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/romney-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":21610,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/16\/unblogged-bits-sat-16-jul-11-0530.html","url_meta":{"origin":22680,"position":4},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Sat. 16-Jul-11 0530)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 16-Jul-11 5:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... 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NBC: \u201cThe Dust Storm that Swallowed Up an American City\u201d - The problem being, our kids will in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Potpourri"","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47876,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22680\/revisions\/47876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}