{"id":23102,"date":"2011-10-15T17:31:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T23:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/15\/unblogged-bits-sat-15-oct-11-1731.html"},"modified":"2011-10-15T17:31:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-15T23:31:12","slug":"unblogged-bits-sat-15-oct-11-1731","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/15\/unblogged-bits-sat-15-oct-11-1731.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Sat. 15-Oct-11 1731)"},"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. Ideological Bullies and a Young Woman Standing Up To Them<\/a> – Jesus wept.<\/li>\n
  2. The Negative Externality of Voting<\/a> – There is, in fact, a value in voting, insofar as it represents a buying into the system and a vested interest in the outcome (whether they “win” or not). I’m not sure that matches the drawbacks of people voting stupidly, but it needs to be considered.<\/li>\n
  3. Capitalism\u2019s golden age vs. a lost 30 years \u2013 great infographic<\/a> – Hmmmm … 1980 … I’m pretty sure something significant happened around then …<\/li>\n
  4. Geek Chic’s insane and beautiful gaming tables<\/a> – Ooooooooh …<\/li>\n
  5. Shakespeare gives the latest strategy in anti-bullying in schools – The Denver Post<\/a> – Cool.<\/li>\n
  6. Denver ties record high for date – The Denver Post<\/a> – Orlando will be in the 80s while I’m there.<\/li>\n
  7. ‘Liberal Extremist’ Court Says Alabama Can’t Track Students’ Immigration Info<\/a> – Good.<\/li>\n
  8. Zebras Escape from Zoo Enclosure to Terrify Boston<\/a> – Eek! Round up the kids, Ma!<\/li>\n
  9. Copenhagen Railway Station flash mob … er, orchestra. Lovely.: Three-Star Dave<\/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 …. Ideological Bullies and a Young Woman Standing Up To Them – Jesus wept. The Negative Externality of Voting – There is, in fact, a value in voting, insofar as it represents a buying into the system and a vested … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Sat. 15-Oct-11 1731)”<\/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-23102","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":28930,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/10\/early-voting-for-me-but-not-for-thee.html","url_meta":{"origin":23102,"position":0},"title":"Early Voting for Me, but Not for Thee","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 10-Aug-12 6:22am","format":false,"excerpt":"Hmm. I'll bet you there's an Equal Protection suit lurking there. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be resolved by November.So ... were the Dems in GOP counties foolish to support Early Voting on principle?\u00a0 Embedded Link Ohio headed toward extra voting time for Republicans only Video on msnbc.com: Rachel Maddow describes a\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":32440,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/05\/voting-delayed-is-voting-denied.html","url_meta":{"origin":23102,"position":1},"title":"Voting delayed is voting denied?","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 5-Feb-13 11:29am","format":false,"excerpt":"Longer voting lines and wait times discourage voters, especially ones who may be working around inflexible work and child care time frames. I can't think of a single legitimate reason or explanation for Blacks and Hispanics to have had to wait 60% longer (over 20 minutes vs over 13 minutes)\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":18865,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/08\/whos-voting.html","url_meta":{"origin":23102,"position":2},"title":"Who’s voting?","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 8-Oct-10 1:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Who's voting? They're voting. Actually, I only suspect they're voting. But I have no desire for their opinions to count, and not mine, at the ballot box. 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