{"id":23073,"date":"2011-10-13T17:30:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T23:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/13\/unblogged-bits-thu-13-oct-11-1730.html"},"modified":"2011-10-13T17:30:36","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T23:30:36","slug":"unblogged-bits-thu-13-oct-11-1730","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/13\/unblogged-bits-thu-13-oct-11-1730.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Thu. 13-Oct-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. The Windows 8 Task Manager<\/a> – Some very good stuff added to the mix here. It looks much more useful (high and low level) than it used to be.<\/li>\n
  2. All States Now Receive More In Highway Funding Than They Pay In Federal Gasoline Taxes<\/a> – TP\/GOP\/Randian answer: “Convert all highways and freeways into privately owned toll roads. Cut taxes. Let them eat cake.”<\/li>\n
  3. If You’re Going To Rob 85 Storage Units, Don’t Leave Behind A Pizza Box With Your Address On It<\/a> – It’s the little things that trip you up …<\/li>\n
  4. Your pet\u2019s diaries\u2026<\/a> – HA!<\/li>\n
  5. Bachmann: \u2018I Want To Adopt The Reagan Tax Plan\u2019 (Psst\u2026Those Taxes Were Higher!) | Election 2012<\/a> – HA!<\/li>\n
  6. Judge Blocks Colorado GOPer\u2019s Attack on Military Voters<\/a> – “It is irreparable to disenfranchise a voter. It is a fundamental right to be able to vote.” So says the judge. And rightly so.<\/li>\n
  7. Top North Carolina Republican: We Must \u2018Divide And Conquer\u2019 Welfare Recipients, Deny Assistance To Single Moms<\/a> – Dolt.<\/li>\n
  8. The world’s a complicated place, it is<\/a> – Heh.<\/li>\n
  9. Fischer: Muslims To Blame For American Slavery<\/a> – Dolt.<\/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 …. The Windows 8 Task Manager – Some very good stuff added to the mix here. It looks much more useful (high and low level) than it used to be. All States Now Receive More In Highway Funding Than They … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Thu. 13-Oct-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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23073","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":133675,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/14\/the-poor-pay-a-lot-of-taxes-too.html","url_meta":{"origin":23073,"position":0},"title":"The poor pay a lot of taxes, too","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 14-Jun-17 9:40am","format":false,"excerpt":"The \"makers vs takers\" mind-set imagines poor people as proverbial \"Welfare Queens,\" living high off the hog, taking from the wealth of Good, Honest, Hard-Working Americans and giving nothing in return.But that picture only takes into account income taxes, where the poorest often fall below the threshold. Low-income people still\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":27136,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/16\/do-half-of-americans-really-pay-no-taxes.html","url_meta":{"origin":23073,"position":1},"title":"Do half of Americans really pay no taxes?","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 16-Mar-12 6:41pm","format":false,"excerpt":"No, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY AMERICANS!Wait. Got my political ranting mixed up.But the answer is still no, unless for \"taxes\" you mean \"federal income taxes.\" Of course, there are various payroll taxes that pretty much everyone who works pays (though people who earn a lot end up not paying into\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":50079,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/15\/taxes-completed-and-filed.html","url_meta":{"origin":23073,"position":2},"title":"Taxes completed and filed","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 15-Apr-15 9:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"Taxes completed and filed I'd say \"Mischief Managed,\" but the IRS might take it the wrong way. 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