{"id":23122,"date":"2011-10-18T23:30:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T05:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/18\/unblogged-bits-tue-18-oct-11-2330.html"},"modified":"2011-10-18T23:30:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T05:30:32","slug":"unblogged-bits-tue-18-oct-11-2330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/18\/unblogged-bits-tue-18-oct-11-2330.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Tue. 18-Oct-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. Oh, even better!<\/a> – Actually, I think he should be taking more …<\/li>\n
  2. Romney\u2019s housing plan: ‘Allow investors to buy up homes’ by accelerating foreclosure process<\/a> – Stay classy, Mitt.<\/li>\n
  3. After Forcing The FAA To Shut Down, Rep. Mica Touts FAA Grant To His District<\/a> – Just because every other Republican does it doesn’t make him any less of a hypocrite or a dolt.<\/li>\n
  4. Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Result of GPS Movement<\/a> – Ah. Some fine problem-solving here.<\/li>\n
  5. Amazing video: Planets viewed from Earth as if they were at the distance of our moon<\/a> – Very cool.<\/li>\n
  6. Fischer\u2019s Latest Constitutional Nonsense<\/a> – Fischer is, of course, a dolt. Though his point in the rest of the article is, astonishingly, correct: it’s legitimate for voters<\/b> to consider a candidate’s religious beliefs and philosophy and so forth when voting, as it’s something that would (one would think) influence their actions in office. Of course, I strongly suspect that Fischer would blow a gasket over people rejecting conservative Christians based on their faith, even thought that’s certainly included in what he’s arguing for.<\/li>\n
  7. Just in case y’all were wondering how we got to where we are….<\/a> – Nice graphic. Except it isn’t about capitalism — in a capitalistic setting, the 1% and the 9% would be reinvesting much (not all, but much) of their wealth as capital to build new stuff, make new jobs, etc. — the fantasy of all the GOP propaganda. The reason they’ve accumulated so much of the wealth is that they are NOT capitalists, but plutocrats.<\/li>\n
  8. Hey, a bit of good news<\/a> – The stated concern is that if the courts rule against the cops, it will cause them to second-guess what level of force the courts will then deem appropriate and so endanger both the cops and the public in a hypothetical where force is necessary but not used out of fear. Fair enough. But, sooner or later, someone has to put some limits on taser-happy cops. The benefit of the doubt can only be stretched so far — as can the idea that cops are all responsible and professional and never do stupid or abusive things.<\/li>\n
  9. It’s official: to protect baby’s brain, turn off the TV<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Suffer, Earthlings!<\/a> – (Facepalm)<\/li>\n
  11. 2012 Fiat 500 earns IIHS “Top Safety Pick” rating [Fiat 500]<\/a> – Hmmmm …<\/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 …. Oh, even better! – Actually, I think he should be taking more … Romney\u2019s housing plan: ‘Allow investors to buy up homes’ by accelerating foreclosure process – Stay classy, Mitt. After Forcing The FAA To Shut Down, Rep. Mica … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Tue. 18-Oct-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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23122","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":135922,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/26\/keep-friends-close-trump-edition.html","url_meta":{"origin":23122,"position":0},"title":"Keep Your Friends Close (Trump Edition)","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 26-Feb-18 7:13am","format":false,"excerpt":"In personal businesses (leaving aside crime mobs), personal relationship is everything. 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