{"id":2225,"date":"2009-08-31T08:47:24","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T12:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=2225"},"modified":"2009-08-31T08:47:24","modified_gmt":"2009-08-31T12:47:24","slug":"things-heard-e83v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=2225","title":{"rendered":"Things Heard: e83v1"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>Sugar <a href=\"http:\/\/globalvoicesonline.org\/2009\/08\/28\/pakistan-sugar-crisis-turns-ramadan-bitter\/\" target=\"_blank\">and Ramada<\/a>n, two things, which I wouldn&#8217;t have thought had anything to do with each other.\\<\/li>\n<li>Poverty and <a href=\"http:\/\/globalvoicesonline.org\/2009\/08\/29\/blogging-about-poverty-and-development-in-the-arab-world\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Arab world<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Should one be wary of (faint?) praise of religion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.one-eternal-day.com\/2009\/08\/it-not-about-making-adjustments.html\" target=\"_blank\">from the atheist crowd<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Climate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/weblogs\/TWSFP\/2009\/08\/exclusive_weekly_standard_clim.asp\" target=\"_blank\">humor<\/a>, heh.<\/li>\n<li>Cash for Clunkers &#8230; another <a href=\"http:\/\/planetgore.nationalreview.com\/post\/?q=NDEwNjQwMDhiMGJhZjJmNjFmNGNmMDA2ZGQ1MTBjMTI=\" target=\"_blank\">whack at Detroit<\/a>. So &#8230; did the Dems sell it that way?<\/li>\n<li>Some of the political healthcare problems <a href=\"http:\/\/corner.nationalreview.com\/post\/?q=MmRhN2Y5MGNhMjA4MWViNmMzMzgzMmEyNTY3MWNhZWI=\" target=\"_blank\">for the left<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Healthcare <a href=\"http:\/\/www.one-eternal-day.com\/2009\/08\/deciding-who-gets-care-and-who-doesn.html\" target=\"_blank\">rationing<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"http:\/\/transcaucasian.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/shrine-of-st-marina-in-mtiuleti.html\" target=\"_blank\">Georgian shine<\/a> (that&#8217;s be the other Georgia for the US readers).<\/li>\n<li>A Randian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hornes.org\/mark\/2009\/08\/30\/ayn-rand-speaks\/\" target=\"_blank\">quote<\/a> &#8230; and a not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.verumserum.com\/?p=8078\" target=\"_blank\">unrelated news item<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Terror, torture, <a href=\"http:\/\/pajamasmedia.com\/richardfernandez\/2009\/08\/30\/the-last-brother\/\" target=\"_blank\">and George Smiley<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If this comes to pass, who <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagoboyz.net\/archives\/8973.html\" target=\"_blank\">will ever vote for the left<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Look at their clever choice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gormogons.com\/2009\/08\/barney-frank-curriculum-vitae.html\" target=\"_blank\">for financial services<\/a>, based of course not on any sordid political deals.<\/li>\n<li>Can <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/crunchycon\/2009\/08\/did-ted-kennedy-start-the-fire.html\" target=\"_blank\">we blame Kennedy<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Evil. Here <a href=\"http:\/\/pajamasmedia.com\/phyllischesler\/2009\/08\/28\/sex-slave-in-california\/\" target=\"_blank\">at home<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Unfortunate side note for the hypothesis I tentatively rejected in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatswrongwiththeworld.net\/2009\/08\/brief_report_on_bad_news_for_h.html\" target=\"_blank\">last night&#8217;s essay<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>As the President and &#8220;his minions&#8221; decry deceitful arguments from the right &#8230; they <a href=\"http:\/\/meganmcardle.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2009\/08\/lies_damned_lies_and_health_ca.php\" target=\"_blank\">practice the same<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Evangelicals <a href=\"http:\/\/freedompastor.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/coffee-shop-witnessing.html\" target=\"_blank\">dating<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sugar and Ramadan, two things, which I wouldn&#8217;t have thought had anything to do with each other.\\ Poverty and the Arab world. 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