{"id":5442,"date":"2011-05-02T03:17:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T10:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=5442"},"modified":"2011-05-02T03:17:06","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T10:17:06","slug":"monday-miscellany-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/02\/monday-miscellany-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday miscellany"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>A couple of good (if belated) think-pieces following the iSpy (and everybody else&#8217;s phone spies, too) flap: <a href=\"http:\/\/redtape.msnbc.msn.com\/_news\/2011\/04\/28\/6552124-we-are-all-being-tracked-now-what-should-we-do-about-that\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;We are all being tracked now. What should we do about that?&#8221;<\/a> And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/s\/article\/9216304\/Who_owns_your_location_?taxonomyId=77\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Who owns your location?&#8221;<\/a>\n<li>Bradley Manning <a href=\"http:\/\/slatest.slate.com\/posts\/2011\/04\/29\/bradley_manning_wikileaks_suspect_no_longer_in_solitary_army_say.html?from=rss\/&#038;wpisrc=newsletter_slatest\" target=\"_blank\">is no longer in solitary.<\/a>\n<li>Sheesh. If this is what passes for &#8220;intelligent&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/imagining-a-world-without-the-dollar\/2011\/04\/26\/AFjawKEF_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">economic commentary<\/a> in the <i>WashPost<\/i>, no wonder the MSM is going down the tubes. This dude can&#8217;t even effectively knock down his own straw man.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/100-things-you-should-know-about-people-part-2#if-you-never-frown-you-wont-feel-sad-19\" target=\"_blank\">If you don&#8217;t frown, you don&#8217;t feel sad.<\/a> Dunno if I believe that, but Botox studies point that way. From the same compilation of psychological insights and oddities: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/100-things-you-should-know-about-people-part-2#there-are-4-types-of-creativity-10\" target=\"_blank\">four different types of creativity.<\/a>\n<li>In general, believers and non-believers are equally likely to cheat on tests. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-beliefs-morals-20110430,0,4211564.story\" target=\"_blank\">But &#8230;<\/a> (Methinks there&#8217;s more to this study than meets the eye.)\n<li>The best comment on the importance of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/working\/110429\/beeler.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">the royal wedding.<\/a>. Well, except for <a href=\"http:\/\/theultimateanswertokings.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/in-this-spot.html\" target=\"_blank\">Joel&#8217;s, that is.<\/a><br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of good (if belated) think-pieces following the iSpy (and everybody else&#8217;s phone spies, too) flap: &#8220;We are all being tracked now. What should we do about that?&#8221; And &#8220;Who owns your location?&#8221; Bradley Manning is no longer in solitary. Sheesh. If this is what passes for &#8220;intelligent&#8221; economic commentary in the WashPost, no wonder the MSM is going down the tubes. This dude can&#8217;t even effectively knock down his own straw man. If you don&#8217;t frown, you don&#8217;t feel sad. Dunno if I believe that, but Botox studies point that way. From the same compilation of psychological insights&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/02\/monday-miscellany-34\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday miscellany<\/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":[16,18,19,20,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-mind-and-spirit","category-miscellaneous","category-money","category-privacy-and-self-ownership","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5442","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=5442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}