{"id":20029,"date":"2015-02-24T10:47:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T18:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=20029"},"modified":"2015-02-24T10:47:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T18:47:37","slug":"midweek-links-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/24\/midweek-links-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Midweek links"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Oh, those witty Canadians. The <i>Syrup Trap<\/i> sends up someone&#8217;s (not naming any names) notion of a proper <a href=\"http:\/\/syruptrap.ca\/2015\/02\/the-syrup-traps-tips-for-earthquake-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\">earthquake survival kit<\/a>. (H\/T MJR)\n<li>Seems Mr. Gottlieb may be <a href=\"http:\/\/sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/having-heard-it-now-from-half-dozen.html\" target=\"_blank\">forbidding anyone to post<\/a> Mike Vanderboegh&#8217;s views on KABA.\n<li>Snoozing hound <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/family\/pets\/blogs\/snoozing-hound-dreams-big-in-magical-nap-scenes\" target=\"_blank\">dreams big dreams<\/a> in magical scenes.\n<li>Though I continue to watch the Elio with anticipation, I&#8217;ve long been suspicious of their seemingly ironclad claims: $6,800 price, 84-mpg highway, and engineered for a 5-star crash rating. They keep making these claims despite production delays, despite not even having an engine yet, and despite the fact that 5-stars is a <a href=\"http:\/\/wallstcheatsheet.com\/automobiles\/8-new-cars-with-5-star-crash-ratings-for-2014-and-2015.html\/?a=viewall\" target=\"_blank\">very difficult achievement<\/a>. So call me eager but skeptical. I tend to agree with <a href=\"http:\/\/carbuying.jalopnik.com\/six-things-that-could-kill-elio-motors-before-it-even-l-1646776191\" target=\"_blank\">this Jalopnik article<\/a> from last fall. And I was wildly disappointed to learn this week that Elio Motors is seeking <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elio_Motors\" target=\"_blank\">government money<\/a>. Sigh.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/armsandthelaw.com\/archives\/2015\/02\/rip_mike_mcnult.php\" target=\"_blank\">RIP Mike McNulty<\/a>. He should be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1999\/09\/02\/us\/tenacity-of-2-played-a-role-in-reviving-inquiry-on-waco.html\" target=\"_blank\">better remembered<\/a> and more honored than he is. I had the privilege of privately screening <i>Waco: The Rules of Engagement<\/i> at his home before it was released. I was not ashamed to weep with rage over its revelations.\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, those witty Canadians. The Syrup Trap sends up someone&#8217;s (not naming any names) notion of a proper earthquake survival kit. (H\/T MJR) Seems Mr. Gottlieb may be forbidding anyone to post Mike Vanderboegh&#8217;s views on KABA. Snoozing hound dreams big dreams in magical scenes. Though I continue to watch the Elio with anticipation, I&#8217;ve long been suspicious of their seemingly ironclad claims: $6,800 price, 84-mpg highway, and engineered for a 5-star crash rating. They keep making these claims despite production delays, despite not even having an engine yet, and despite the fact that 5-stars is a very difficult achievement.&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/24\/midweek-links-12\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Midweek links<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,12,16,19,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dogs-and-cats","category-guns-and-gun-rights","category-humor","category-miscellaneous","category-thuggery-and-bad-law","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}