{"id":22721,"date":"2011-09-18T23:30:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T05:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/18\/unblogged-bits-sun-18-sep-11-2330.html"},"modified":"2011-09-18T23:30:42","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T05:30:42","slug":"unblogged-bits-sun-18-sep-11-2330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/18\/unblogged-bits-sun-18-sep-11-2330.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Sun. 18-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. Abandoned Academy, Maryland: Chris<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. When Is Two Plus Two Greater Than Four?<\/a> – The reason is pretty straightforward. The GOP leadership and punditry keep condemning the AJA as a whole, so the public, esp. the GOP rank and file, think the AJA is awful. But the GOP leadership and punditry can’t get folks to sign onto condemning the individual components, like aiding states to avoid public-sector layoffs, or making infrastructure investments … so they don’t try. And they’ll run on opposing the AJA and they’ll draw cheers from GOP rank and file who think that opposition is a good thing, even if they approve of all its components.<\/li>\n
  3. Mitch McConnell Won\u2019t Condemn Republican Audience Cheering People Dying: Alan<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Public vs. private health spending in OECD countries<\/a> – We’re Number One! We’re Number One!<\/li>\n
  5. Fact checker: Boehner on federal regulations – The Washington Post<\/a> – The Speaker (or his office) admits he should have “tweaked his language.” Or just not lied, perhaps.<\/li>\n
  6. Paul Ryan Calls For Increasing Taxes On Middle Class But Dismisses Millionaires Tax As \u2018Class Warfare\u2019 | ThinkProgress<\/a><\/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 …. Abandoned Academy, Maryland: Chris When Is Two Plus Two Greater Than Four? – The reason is pretty straightforward. The GOP leadership and punditry keep condemning the AJA as a whole, so the public, esp. the GOP rank and file, … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Sun. 18-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_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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22721","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":136938,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/05\/remember-when-republicans-hated-the-fairness-doctrine.html","url_meta":{"origin":22721,"position":0},"title":"Remember when Republicans hated the “Fairness Doctrine”?","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 5-Sep-18 5:33pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the FCC between 1949-1987, mandating broadcast license holders to present controversial issues of public importance in a manner that was \"honest, equitable, and balanced.\" It didn't mandate but often resulted in an \"equal time\" presentation of stances on such issues (if you had\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/jeff-sessions2-.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":135511,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/04\/not-surprisingly-gop-leaders-backed-off-condemning-roy-moore.html","url_meta":{"origin":22721,"position":1},"title":"Not surprisingly, GOP leaders have backed off condemning Roy Moore","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 4-Dec-17 2:33pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The votes must flow. 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