{"id":1232,"date":"2009-04-01T18:33:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T00:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2009-04-01T18:34:23","modified_gmt":"2009-04-02T00:34:23","slug":"wednesday-linkorama-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=1232","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Linkorama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<li>Joe Biden, <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2009\/03\/29\/biden-to-zapatero-hey-thanks-for-all-that-help-in-iraq\/\">gaffe machine<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Economist, usually a very sober publication, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/opinion\/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13362895\">souring<\/a> on Obama.  I must admit some his recent policies are souring me as well.<\/li>\n<li>Reason noted my hero Norman Borlaug&#8217;s 95th birthday by posting one of the most fascinating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reason.com\/news\/show\/27665.html\">interviews<\/a> they&#8217;ve ever done.  Here&#8217;s hoping we keep Norman around for another 95 years.  He&#8217;s the anti-Ehrlich &#8212; a incurable optimist who was right about everything. And he&#8217;s still working to battle the rust fungal epidemic in Africa.<\/li>\n<li>You know, I want schools to be safe, but banning <a href=\"http:\/\/wcbstv.com\/local\/school.bans.hugs.2.969949.html\">any physical contact<\/a> is absurd.  Kids thrive on physical contact.<\/li>\n<li>GM is talking about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/29960093\">bankruptcy<\/a>. Couldn&#8217;t they have done this <i>before<\/i> we gave them $14 billion?<\/li>\n<li>Oh, <a href=\"http:\/\/thebulletin.us\/articles\/2009\/03\/30\/top_stories\/doc49d0a73c7f98e547489394.txt\">that<\/a> liberal media.  Gotchya.<\/li>\n<li>I have to agree with <a href=\"http:\/\/meganmcardle.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2009\/03\/just_say_no_to_f-bombs.php\">McArdle<\/a>.  Yes, technically, some of the plans being promulgated by the Obama Administration represent the economic side of fascism.  But what&#8217;s the point of making that distinction?  To bring Hitler into the equation.  The socialism moniker will suit the discussion just fine.<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden, gaffe machine. The Economist, usually a very sober publication, is souring on Obama. I must admit some his recent policies are souring me as well. Reason noted my hero Norman Borlaug&#8217;s 95th birthday by posting one of the most fascinating interviews they&#8217;ve ever done. Here&#8217;s hoping we keep Norman around for another 95 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=1232\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wednesday Linkorama<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BzKF-jS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1254,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions\/1254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}