{"id":2740,"date":"2010-04-18T20:17:08","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T02:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=2740"},"modified":"2010-04-18T20:17:08","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T02:17:08","slug":"weekend-linkorama-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=2740","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Linkorama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<li>Stunning pictures of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2010\/04\/icelands_disruptive_volcano.html\">Icelandic eruption<\/a>.  Hat tip to <a href=\"http:\/\/amandabauer.blogspot.com\/\">Astropixie<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Part <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XjhTrCgVb5U&#038;feature=player_embedded\">Two<\/a> of the debunking of Lord Monckton.  Again, notice how fundamentally dishonest he in the debate.  He is one of the principle sources for much of conservative opposition to AGW.  And he&#8217;s a complete crackpot.<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes, I&#8217;m so <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.macleans.ca\/2010\/04\/08\/true-north-strong-not-free\/\">happy<\/a> I live in a country that takes the First Amendment so seriously.<\/li>\n<li>Irony.  The EPA has dangerous levels of <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2010\/04\/16\/epa-headquarters-contaminated-with-lead-likely-from-secret-service-shooting-range\/\">lead<\/a> in their building.<\/li>\n<li>Color my unimpressed that NYC is planning to close their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/p\/news\/local\/nyc_to_close_rubber_rooms_for_teachers_4d4KeeM6b2PrKkUdd3cvTK\">rubber rooms<\/a>. They are not firing anyone or expediting the hearing process.  They&#8217;re just giving them make-work jobs.  Typical of the &#8220;conservative&#8221; Bloomberg.<\/li>\n<li>A small <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/insolence\/2010\/04\/the_british_chiropractic_association_thr.php\">triumph<\/a> over the absurdly generous British libel laws.  And pseudo-science.<\/li>\n<li>Some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bostonglobe\/ideas\/articles\/2010\/04\/11\/please_do_not_change_your_password\/?page=full\">sensible talk<\/a> on IT security.<\/li>\n<li>Coolness.  Saving lives at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1616025\/mit-student-develops-cutting-edge-low-cost-healing-for-the-developing-world\">$3 a pop<\/a>.  I love innovation.<\/li>\n<li>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/newspaper\/opinion\/2010\/0416\/1224268443283.html?via=rel\">open letter<\/a> to the Catholic bishops that reads more like the Declaration of Independence than anything else.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vqu9NuINKbc&#038;feature=player_embedded\">Cool windows<\/a>.<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stunning pictures of the Icelandic eruption. Hat tip to Astropixie. Part Two of the debunking of Lord Monckton. Again, notice how fundamentally dishonest he in the debate. He is one of the principle sources for much of conservative opposition to AGW. And he&#8217;s a complete crackpot. Sometimes, I&#8217;m so happy I live in a country &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=2740\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekend 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":[14,24,21,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-liberties","category-cool-stuff","category-religion","category-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BzKF-Ic","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740","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=2740"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2756,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740\/revisions\/2756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}