{"id":1738,"date":"2009-08-29T08:26:17","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T14:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2009-08-29T08:26:17","modified_gmt":"2009-08-29T14:26:17","slug":"thursday-linkorama-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=1738","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Linkorama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, more linkos.  I&#8217;m in one of my more bloggy phases today.<\/p>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmajority.com\/senator-ted-kennedy\">good and bad<\/a> of Ted Kennedy.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theagitator.com\/2009\/08\/27\/ted-kennedy\/\">Balko as well<\/a>.  He could be a great man or he could be a petty power-hungry idealogue.  And I have a known distaste for the entire Kennedy aristocracy.  But I&#8217;m sorry for his family and friends.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m with <a href=\"http:\/\/meganmcardle.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2009\/08\/fascism_and_freedom.php\">Megan<\/a>.  Comparing just about any political philosophy that doesn&#8217;t involve killing people to fascism is just stupid.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ&#038;feature=player_embedded\">Ha ha<\/a>.  The weird thing is that I remember these sort of &#8220;thing called the internet&#8221; piecs.    But to today&#8217;s kids, they probably see like a joke.<\/li>\n<li>I heavily blogged Richard Dawkins <i>God Delusion<\/i> as I read it (click the Religion tab on your right).  I&#8217;m glad to see he has <a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/arts_and_entertainment\/books\/book_extracts\/article6805656.ece\">another book<\/a> coming out.  I think his take on religion is clumsy and needlessly aggressive.  But his defense of evolutionary theory and science is outstanding.  Granted, I may have a soft spot for anyone married to Romana.<\/li>\n<li>What a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reason.com\/blog\/show\/135733.html\">great idea<\/a>.  While we&#8217;re at it, let&#8217;s burn down people&#8217;s houses so they can learn about the danger of arson (and stimulate the economy, if Cash for Clunkers is our guide).<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, more linkos. I&#8217;m in one of my more bloggy phases today. The good and bad of Ted Kennedy. Balko as well. He could be a great man or he could be a petty power-hungry idealogue. And I have a known distaste for the entire Kennedy aristocracy. But I&#8217;m sorry for his family and friends. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=1738\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thursday 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":[22,15,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-law-and-order","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BzKF-s2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738","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=1738"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1755,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions\/1755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}