{"id":12069,"date":"2013-06-06T19:47:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T02:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=12069"},"modified":"2013-06-06T19:47:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T02:47:41","slug":"links-294","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2013\/06\/06\/links-294\/","title":{"rendered":"links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/06\/05\/us\/as-vandals-take-to-national-parks-some-point-to-social-media.html?_r=1&amp;\">s social media to blame for rise of vandalism<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The Bible: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.improbable.com\/2013\/06\/06\/sex-sex-sex-in-the-bible-or-maybe-not-study\/\">Less sex in it than you think<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just to rebuff any and all &#8220;Republicans making hay on the Obama hypocrisy in civil liberties&#8221; line: \u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2013\/06\/lindsey-graham-nsa-tracking-phones-92330.html\">Lindsey Graham is a&#8217;okay with it<\/a>.<br \/>\nSorry, fellow Democrats and Obama supporters of whatever vintage: Republican hypocrisy cover can&#8217;t be a standby.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/06\/07\/obamas_unparalleled_spy_state\/\">And here&#8217;s a trio of links on it<\/a>, starting with Glen Greenwald and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2013\/06\/bombshell-report-nsa-and-fbi-tapping-directly-into-tech-companies-servers\/276633\/\"> going on from there<\/a>.<br \/>\nO<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/obama-administration-releases-nations-phone-record,32712\/\">bama proves his transparenc<\/a>y, releases nation&#8217;s phone records to public.<\/p>\n<p>S<a href=\"http:\/\/reason.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/06\/the-war-on-summer-vacation\">ummer Vacation: debating the merit<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2336616\/Valedictorian-rips-approved-speech-recites-Lords-Prayer-school-bans-prayer.html\">Dickwad Valedictorian gives Lords Prayer instead of valedictorian speech at his South Carolina high school. \u00c2\u00a0<\/a>I suppose it&#8217;s more entertaining than the dronelike quality of these speeches. \u00c2\u00a0Mostly I&#8217;d just be happy at graduation that I can now leave such a place.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia&#8217;s Lieutenant Governor candidate\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/political-animal-a\/2013_06\/thank_god_for_his_good_bishop045131.php\">EW Jackson gets the National Review treatment, which can&#8217;t help but point out that he&#8217;s insane<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2013\/06\/why-iraq-is-on-the-precipice-of-civil-war\/276562\/\">Iraq: \u00c2\u00a0Civil War a&#8217;happening<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2013-06-03\/news\/39692975_1_steve-lonegan-seth-grossman-christie\">The New Jersey Gubernatorial Primary is Tuesday, and here&#8217;s Chris Christie&#8217;s primary challenger<\/a>.<br \/>\nChris Christie, predictably enough, <a href=\"http:\/\/videocafe.crooksandliars.com\/heather\/jon-stewart-blasts-christie-wasting-taxpay\">was once against the special elections he has now gone forth with<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/the-rise-of-nullification\/\">Vermont&#8217;s Secession Movement gets a book about it, reviewed by (who else) The American Conservative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/openchannel.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/06\/06\/18787450-former-drone-operator-says-hes-haunted-by-his-part-in-more-than-1600-deaths?lite\">Former Drone Operator says he&#8217;s haunted by his drone work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reason.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/03\/matthew-feeney-discusses-the-decline-of\">At the beginning of the 20th century, 20 percent of the Mid East were Christians. \u00c2\u00a0Now it&#8217;s five percent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/largegreenbird.blogspot.ca\/2013\/06\/the-look-of-lunacy.html\">Looking at the design of various conspiratorial nutcase sites<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0It is a distinctive look.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/06\/06\/the_tea_party_hates_jan_brewer_now\/\">\u00c2\u00a0Arizona Governor Jan Brewer moves left<\/a>, accepts Obama&#8217;s healthcare measures, opposes religious right bullying of gays.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is social media to blame for rise of vandalism? 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