{"id":8209,"date":"2014-01-09T12:46:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T12:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/01\/09\/links-and-shorts\/"},"modified":"2014-01-09T12:46:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T12:46:54","slug":"links-and-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/01\/09\/links-and-shorts\/","title":{"rendered":"Links and Shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">What fools these mortals be! Death by <a href=\"http:\/\/usnews.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2014\/01\/09\/22242494-okla-man-accused-of-killing-stepfather-with-atomic-wedgie?lite\" target=\"_self\">atomic wedgie<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunthorp.com\/Why%20Carry%20a%20Gun.htm\" target=\"_self\">carry<\/a>?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">George Will on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/george-will-liberalism-by-gesture\/2014\/01\/08\/14884208-77d0-11e3-b1c5-739e63e9c9a7_story.html\" target=\"_self\">Gesture Liberalism<\/a>: &quot;liberalism\u2019s belief that any institution of civil society can be properly broken to the saddle of the state.&quot; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2014\/01\/09\/chicago_fights_gun_rights_and_loses_121165.html\" target=\"_self\">Leftists lose<\/a> in Chicagoland gun rights fight.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Rule by fools.&#0160; Their names say it all: Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Feinstein, Holder . . . .<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Memo to Bill O&#39;Reilly: the proprietor of a website is not the purveyor thereof.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Obama the Stupid: he thinks everyone should go to college.&#0160; So everyone is college material?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">How the college bubble will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolicy.com\/2014\/01\/09\/how_the_college_bubble_will_pop_16820.html\" target=\"_self\">burst<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolicy.com\/articles\/2014\/01\/08\/tell_us_the_truth_about_social_security_790.html\" target=\"_self\">straight talk<\/a> about Social Security.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">David Gelernter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/article\/the-closing-of-the-scientific-mind\/\" target=\"_self\">The Closing of the Scientific Mind<\/a>.&#0160; This is by far the most important of today&#39;s&#0160; links. I should devote a separate post to it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Second most significant link of the day:&#0160; D. G. Myers, <a href=\"http:\/\/dgmyers.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/academe-quits-me.html\" target=\"_self\">Academe Quits Me<\/a>.&#0160; <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<fieldset class=\"zemanta-related\">\n<legend class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/legend>\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2012\/11\/bill-oreilly-christianity-not-a-religion-but-a-philosophy.html\" style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/128922901_80_80.jpg\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2012\/11\/bill-oreilly-christianity-not-a-religion-but-a-philosophy.html\" style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" target=\"_blank\">Bill O&#39;Reilly: Christianity not a Religion, but a Philosophy<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2013\/06\/the-unmediated-man.html\" style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/176808607_80_80.jpg\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2013\/06\/the-unmediated-man.html\" style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" target=\"_blank\">The Unmediated Man<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB10001424052702303281504579222280324072554\" style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/225755673_80_80.jpg\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB10001424052702303281504579222280324072554\" style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" target=\"_blank\">David Gelernter<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/eddriscoll\/2014\/01\/02\/the-closing-of-the-scientific-mind\/\" style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/235624276_80_80.jpg\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/eddriscoll\/2014\/01\/02\/the-closing-of-the-scientific-mind\/\" style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" target=\"_blank\">&#39;The Closing of the Scientific Mind&#39;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/fieldset>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What fools these mortals be! Death by atomic wedgie. Why carry? George Will on Gesture Liberalism: &quot;liberalism\u2019s belief that any institution of civil society can be properly broken to the saddle of the state.&quot; Leftists lose in Chicagoland gun rights fight. Rule by fools.&#0160; Their names say it all: Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Feinstein, Holder &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/01\/09\/links-and-shorts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Links and Shorts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-varia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}