{"id":23129,"date":"2011-10-19T23:30:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T05:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/19\/unblogged-bits-wed-19-oct-11-2330-2.html"},"modified":"2011-10-19T23:30:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T05:30:48","slug":"unblogged-bits-wed-19-oct-11-2330-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/19\/unblogged-bits-wed-19-oct-11-2330-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Wed. 19-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. The Brads – QR Codes<\/a> – I find QR codes annoying, largely because I’m not a huge fan of browsing the Internet with my smartphone, and there’s no easy way to “scan that QR code and email the result to me so I can look at it later on my PC” that I’m aware of.<\/li>\n
  2. Michael B. Keegan: Cafeteria Libertarianism: Where the GOP Goes to Snack<\/a> – Of course I support freedom! For people to donate what they want to me, and to do the stuff that I approve of! What could be more free than that?<\/li>\n
  3. Women Required To Sit At The Back Of A Public Bus In Brooklyn<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Free Speech at the Airport: The Government Can’t Selectively Silence Viewpoints<\/a> – “The First Amendment prohibits the government from favoring some viewpoints over others, which is exactly what Philadelphia did here. Once a government-run airport begins to accept political, issue-oriented ads, it cannot allow some groups to participate in that forum while arbitrarily denying others the same opportunity.” Yup.<\/li>\n
  5. Romney to Gingrich: The Individual Mandate Was Your Idea<\/a> – Heh.<\/li>\n
  6. Louisiana Outlaws Cash For Trading Used Goods More Than Once A Month<\/a> – Interesting to see if this holds up in court.<\/li>\n
  7. The New Yorker Mocks The 1% With Its Occupy Wall Street Cover<\/a> – Heh.<\/li>\n
  8. Which Candidates Mispronounced ‘Nuclear’ at Tonight’s GOP Debate?<\/a> – Though it gives me fits when people do this, I also recall that Jimmy Carter, who was an engineer on a freaking nuclear submarine<\/b> also regularly mispronounced the word. So I cut folks a little slack on this.<\/li>\n
  9. Woman Jailed 53 Days for Having the Name ‘Teresa’<\/a> – Jeez.<\/li>\n
  10. S#*@ scientists say<\/a> – Communication is important. Scientists need to be aware that their works are not being viewed any more just by other scientist and peers, but by the public, and by people who are more than happy to spin (or attack) those results using colloquial interpretations of words that scientists use differently.<\/li>\n
  11. The $125,000 Commute, Not as Uncommon as You\u2019d Think<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Anti-Social Media: “Take This Lollipop” Is Your Facebook Profile Through A Psychopath’s Eyes | Fast Company<\/a> – Okay … yeah, this is pretty creepy …<\/li>\n
  13. Corporate Front Group ALEC Pushing For Repeal Of Paid Sick Day Laws Nationwide | ThinkProgress<\/a> – Ever notice how conservatives are all about local control of stuff — except when it’s stuff they find morally objectionable or corporately unprofitable, at which point they see laws at the highest level to try to stop it?<\/li>\n
  14. CABINET \/\/ Ingestion \/ Planet in a Bottle<\/a> – Some interesting info on the Biosphere 2 project.<\/li>\n
  15. Does Christopher Hitchens Think Mormons are Sinistererer? | Religion Dispatches<\/a> – I think there are three separate areas that criticism of Mormons that crop up: they do strange things (underwear, secret rooms in the church), they believe strange things, and, as a somewhat insular (because long-time persecuted) faith, there tend to be a clannish, cliquish, and occasionally groupthink orthodoxy about them. But the same criticisms can be said for most religions — indeed, most cultures (religious or not). I think there is room to intelligently criticize Mormonism in these areas, but too many attacks on them stem from the position “They’re WEIRD and SPOOKY and DIFFERENT and NOT LIKE US!” — a position that no group should unselfconsciously be working from.<\/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 Brads – QR Codes – I find QR codes annoying, largely because I’m not a huge fan of browsing the Internet with my smartphone, and there’s no easy way to “scan that QR code and email the result … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Wed. 19-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_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_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-23129","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":27062,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/12\/qr-y.html","url_meta":{"origin":23129,"position":0},"title":"QR? 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Bear patrol - \"But I don\u2019t see any tigers around, do you?\" Why Perry is the Frontrunner\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":[]},{"id":21609,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/15\/unblogged-bits-fri-15-jul-11-2330.html","url_meta":{"origin":23129,"position":3},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Fri. 15-Jul-11 2330)","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 15-Jul-11 11:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... Herman Cain\u2019s Bill Of Rights Fail - \/facepalm Victoria Jackson: Obama Just Like Hitler - Dear Ms Jackson: Obama does not have a private army. Obama is not a socialist (nor was Hitler). 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Bryan Fischer + Rick\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":[]},{"id":4288,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/09\/30\/code_green.html","url_meta":{"origin":23129,"position":5},"title":"Code Green","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 30-Sep-03 1:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Huzzah. 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