{"id":28795,"date":"2012-08-06T08:20:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T14:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=28795"},"modified":"2012-08-06T08:20:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T14:20:17","slug":"bits-and-bobs-from-2012-08-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/bits-and-bobs-from-2012-08-06.html","title":{"rendered":"Bits and Bobs from 2012-08-06"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Actually, from Saturday and Sunday both.<\/p>\n

Olympics<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Race and achievement and false similarities<\/a> – Is it meaningful to note that the winners of 100m sprints are nearly always black?<\/li>\n
  2. A happy Olympic ending for Shin A-lam<\/a> – Good for her.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Why betting on the stock market is bad public policy<\/a> – California being a new example of that. Social Security being the next target.<\/li>\n
    2. Censorship through copyright?<\/a> – Why is the US government using DMCA takedown notices?<\/li>\n
    3. Your Tax Dollars at Work (according to Larry Craig)<\/a> – Bathroom expenses included.<\/li>\n
    4. Bad Bar Graph! Bad! No Pie for you!<\/a> – And, not surprisingly, Fox News practices bad graphic design to, coincidentally, make a (false) point.<\/li>\n
    5. Money talks<\/a> – An amazing proportion of SuperPAC money is flowing into our political campaigns from a tiny handful of individuals. They<\/em> certainly think it’s a good investment …<\/li>\n
    6. Someone from across the Atlantic on the odd religious nature of American politics<\/a> – It isn’t so much the religion as how distant it seems to be from what the religion is supposed to be all about.<\/li>\n
    7. Reconsidering pot<\/a> – It seems like it’s only judges that have the guts to do so.<\/li>\n
    8. Retconning the Clinton budget surplus<\/a> – The problems the GOP has with history.<\/li>\n
    9. Honor the dead, not the living<\/a> – I really hate it when places and things get named after living politicians. No matter who they are.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Fun stuff!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Get your ass to Mars … and leave it there<\/a>\u00a0– On the prospects of a one-way manned trip to Mars.<\/li>\n
      2. Because they’re EVIL!<\/a> – Cats.<\/li>\n
      3. Curled Cats<\/a> – Ours, in fact.<\/li>\n
      4. Posted as a proud Humanities (history) major from a Liberal Arts college<\/a> – On recreating dinosaurs.<\/li>\n
      5. Southpaw<\/a> – The origin of this sinister term.<\/li>\n
      6. Up Chucking<\/a> – Chuck E. Cheese gets a new look.<\/li>\n
      7. Congratulations, and welcome to Mars<\/a> – I was a skeptic that the Curiosity<\/em>‘s Rube Goldberg landing device would work. I’m pleased to be proven wrong.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Actually, from Saturday and Sunday both. Olympics Race and achievement and false similarities – Is it meaningful to note that the winners of 100m sprints are nearly always black? A happy Olympic ending for Shin A-lam – Good for her. 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