TheTurkish parliament passed a law that would allow women to wear a heascarf in universities by a vote of 404 to 92. This is the first round of voting and the final passage will take place in a week. Prime Minister Erdogan of the ruling Justice and Development Party, emphasized the importance of the law [...]
Recently, I have been having an exchange in my other Wordpress blog concerning my post on Josephus (which you can find here and here). So far the exchange has been pretty friendly, despite the disagreements. I thought it would benefit everyone to read the exchange. I'll also add some additional comments on at the end.
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The Writers Guild of America plans to brief its members this weekend on a deal taking shape to end their 3-month-old strike, using the meetings to gauge rank-and-file support for the labor plan, union leaders said on Tuesday.If members react favorably to the proposed deal at meetings set for Saturday in New York and Los Angeles, WGA leaders could act to lift or suspend the strike while a formal ratification process gets under way, two sources told Reuters.Those sources, who are familiar with the circumstances but are barred from speaking publicly about them under a media blackout for the talks, cautioned, however, that no formal deal with the studios was yet in place. They said negotiators were still working out fine points in the contract language.Hard-liners among the guild's leadership are expected to recommend a cautious approach on what steps to take next."There's lots of members urging the strike lasts until the contract is signed and ratified by the guild," one source said.The l
The Smoking Gun is reporting that Mississippi lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban restaurants from serving obese people. This is just the next logical step in the government’s intrusion into personal behavior, and private businesses’ practices. It started with smoking and now it has moved on to who can eat what and where they [...]
Here’s a non-scientific curiosity poll, getting the sense of readers of Irregular Times and to stoke discussion and debate on the Democratic Debate of January 31, 2008:
Who do you think won the Democratic presidential debate of January 31, 2008?
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
Neither won
Both won
Unsure
I didn't watch the debate
Add an Answer
View Results
Answer the poll, then justify [...]
John McCain was exposed as being a liar last night in the Republican debate. He was called on his excuse for opposing the Bush tax cuts by Anderson Cooper. he has been stating during this campaign he opposed the Bush tax cuts because they didn’t reign in government spending. I call bullshit. We know, as [...]
There’s nothing snazzy for me to say about the Democratic debate going on right now, because there is no snazzy Jerry Springer moment. Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have spent their time so far engaged in policy talk that is low in heat and high in light, drawing the largest distinction between the [...]
"Para ti soy ateo...Para Dios la Leal Oposición"NietzscheHoy traemos el enlace a la puesta en marcha de la Zona de Debate del CITA, un espacio de debate sobre las TICS. Algun@s de l@s que han confirmado su participación (algun@s parecen tener el don de la ubicuidad):José Luis Molinuevo. Cambios en la cultura de las nuevas tecnologías. 1 de febrero. * Tíscar Lara. Los blogs: identidad, educación, comunicación. 16 de febrero. * Antonio Fumero. Análisis crítico de la Web social 2.0. 3 de marzo. * Andoni Alonso. El debate en torno al software libre. 17 de marzo. * Javier Bustamente. La sociedad del conocimiento libre. 2 de abril * Rafael Casado. El diseño ciudadano de las nuevas tecnologías. 17 de abril. * Joaquín Pinto. Educación y redes sociales. 5 de mayo.
I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to the next Democrat Party debate. I figure here’s how it might shake out:
Wolf: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the 97th Democratic Party Primary Candidates’ Debates, hosted this evening by CNN. I’m Wolf Blitzer, and with us this evening are Senators Hillary Clinton and [...]
According to C-Span’s TV schedule, you can watch the Senate consideration of the FISA Amendments Act live on CSPAN2. Follow the link to watch it online if you’re like me and you don’t have cable TV. Sellout Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller is speaking now.
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Sometimes you witness an event and then when accounts of it appear in the news, it’s impossible to tell that they’re about the same thing you saw with your lyin’ eyes. Having watched the Democratic CNN/Black Congressional Caucus debate last...
Hey, John Edwards just mentioned that his dad worked in a mill! I don’t know about you, but I’ve never heard that before.
But I’d rather hear about John Edwards’s daddy’s choice in underwear for twenty minutes than listen to twenty minutes of disappointing “neener, neener, you tie your shoes wrong” exchanges between Hillary Clinton [...]
I’m watching the latest CNN debate, and I’m wondering whether Wolf Blitzer is going to try, as he did in his last encounter with the Democratic candidates, to start a fight between the contenders. I certainly hope not — that served nobody but the Jerry Springer fans in the last audience.
Thankfully, the first question [...]
A heads up: Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama (but not continuing candidates Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel) have been invited to participate in a presidential debate tonight in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at 8 pm Eastern Time. The debate is cosponsored by CNN (and will be broadcast on cable at CNN and [...]
In an honour to slain former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto, the prestigious Oxford Union Debating Society organised a debate in her memory. Incidentally, Benazir was Society’s ex-president in 1977 while she studied at the Oxford. The debate was attended by Benair’s former colleagues, students and friends, besides her 19-year-old son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is a first year student at Christ Church College, reported the Dawn. According to the traditions, such functions do not go the whole length and are adjourned to honour dead alumni who died an unnatural death, after a speech by a keynote speaker. But Benazir was honoured by organising a full-day debate. The last such instance when the debate was adjourned was in 1979 when Benazir’s father Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged, said journalist and Bhutto’s family friend Victoria Schofield. Benazir, who studied at the St. Margaret College was President of the Oxford Union in 1977, and was the first Asian woma
New Hampshire lawmakers will be debating HB 503. This is a bill that will implement a sales tax on bottled water, soft drinks, energy drinks, and baby formula. Naturally the cowards won’t call it a tax, they prefer the term “fee”, but it is a tax.
They are using a cute little ploy to try and [...]
I have to say I’ve been getting pretty impatient with the barrage of fervid communications from campaign underlings to the effect that so-and-so doesn’t like Martin Luther King or that such-and-such third hand aide was mean for saying that such-and-such wasn’t as big a back-and-forth as the other team’s fourth-string-press-flack said on Thursday. I [...]
Anyone else watching the NBC debate? Go to NBC News and click through to the link to launch an external media player to get it done. I think it is a shame that Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich have been excluded from the debate based on the votes of 2% of the population [...]
What is NBC afraid of by including my man for President, Dennis Kucinich in the debate? By acting in this disgusting manner, they are only degrading themselves while lifting Dennis' stellar personality traits.
NBC should hang their collective heads in shame.
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Among camera pros, the “Canon vs. Nikon” debate is as eternal and as heated any Mac vs. PC smackdown. And, with Nikon’s release of the D3 and D300 D-SLRs, the war of words has picked up with renewed frenzy.If you’re passionate about this, it’s easy to be drawn into the discussion at an emotional level and lose perspective, but there are some rational voices adding to the mix. One of them is Michael Reichmann, a professional photojournalist who also runs the excellent Luminous Landscape site. He has just posted a lengthy and very well-written review of the Nikon D-SLRs. Subtitled “a Biased Evaluation of The Differences Between the Nikon and Canon Brands,” Reichmann talks more about usability, functionality and flexibility than he does about image quality, because, for many photographers, those are the important things when you’re shooting every day under vastly different conditions. He clearly notes that he's not “switching,” but he does give some serious props to Ni
The possibility that the race for the Democratic presidential nomination will actually remain in question long enough to force a discussion of candidates’ visions and policies is generating great excitement in the progressive community— and should be doing so among...
I have a feeling some niche marketers found success in a way that is not publicized on the Net.
What is typically publicized is the way of the “niche blitz”: Cover as many niches as possible en masse and monetize related information. This aims for quantity. Under the duress of time, strategization is sacrificed, and the [...]
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Minus idiot Ron Paul. What a pleasant surprise...Is halve of the U.S.A. considered idiots because of their Ron Paul support?Tags: Ron Paul, Ron Paul Spammers, Politics, Giuliani, rudy did good
Here’s a non-scientific curiosity poll, getting the sense of readers of Irregular Times and to stoke discussion and debate on the Democratic Debate of January 5, 2008:
Who do you think won the Democratic presidential debate of January 5, 2008?
Hillary Clinton
John Edwards
Barack Obama
Bill Richardson
Unsure
I don't think anybody won
I didn't watch the debate
2007 was last year
Add [...]
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ABC and Fox will shut out six Democratic and Republican candidates from debates this weekend in New Hampshire. Democrats Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel will be excluded from ABC’s undemocratic debate on Saturday. Republicans Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter will be excluded from a debate hosted by Fox on Sunday. But do these self appointed gatekeepers have any business interfering with our democratic process?
I'm not sure who won the debate today but I know who lost: Carolyn Washburn, editor of the Des Moines Register and today's moderator.Candidate Fred Thompson refuses to play along with her childish games...Trackbacks:Who’s your daddy?Excerpt: See, that’s what I’m talking about. Someone with the nutsack to call stupid “stupid.”Hat tip to Butch at 123beta....Weblog: DragonLady's WorldTags: GOP Debate, Iowa Caucus, Carolyn Washburn
After debating this issue for a few years, and having spoken to many investors some of whom are very successful investors, I conclude the following findings:
1. Investors who embrace the concept of interest only loan have an exit strategy in mind. They know what they are doing and is fully aware of the risks, and rewards [...]
The controversy over being allowed to wear a headscarf in college began in the 1960s when Hatice Babacan was expelled from Ankara University because she insisted on wearing the veil. The controversy became mor intense in the 1980s when political Islam began to become more prominent in Turkish political life. Several center-right governments like that [...]
You got me...I used to like Alan but today he sounded like a 15th century Cotton Mather.Ian has the videoRelated vids and coverageTags: Alan Keyes, Cotton Mather, GOP Debate, Ian Schwartz
Shutterbug magazine has announced that they will publish an article, entitled "DSLR Sensor Wars: The Foveon/ Bayer Pattern Debate", in their January 2008 issue, addressing the subject of different image sensors used in digital cameras, and their relationship to final image resolution. The article will include comparison images made with three Digital SLRs, including the Sigma SD14 powered by the Foveon direct image sensor, and two pro level digital SLRs from other manufacturers, which use conventional Bayer Mosaic type image sensors. Several subjects were photographed in the experiment. A series of images of each subject were made with each camera, under controlled conditions, using the same type lens, to avoid variations caused by using different types of lens. The raw image files were then converted to high quality TIFF files, using the camera makers’ own processing softwares, to avoid variations caused by possible software issues. The sharpest images from each series were then sel
Google’s widespread dropping to zero of the pagerank of sites that accepted payment for links has kicked off quite a debate on the issue on various sites including their own webmaster blog.
For technical reasons, they would much prefer that all links between sites on the Internet are purely for altruistic reasons with no payment or [...]
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Ghassan Khatib, writing in the Cairo Daily News points out that even those who had limited expectations about the Annapolis conference were disappointed by its failure. The two sides failed to make any political progress toward agreement, to agree on even what they would discuss at future meetings, or what even are the end [...]
The political opposition to President Musharraf has yet to decide on a unified approach to dealing with the upcoming January elections. The All Parties Democratic Movement(APDM) issued a clear statement that it will engage in a boycott unless President Musharraf restores by December 15th the judiciary to its positions of authority. former prime minister Nawaz [...]
According to this report, the question about gays in the military that was asked last night in the Republican debate was asked by a member of a Hillary Clinton steering committee member for gays.
CNN is denying that they knew who this man was or that they knew he worked for Hillary. CNN says that if [...]
“…the way Ronald Reagan did it.”Rudy Giuliani“Ronald Reagan used to talk about that.”Ron Paul“[Ron Paul’s attitudes toward Iraq] That kind of isolation caused WWII.”John McCain, which came with both boos and cheers“I came in with Ronald Reagan.”Duncan Hunter“I was the third ranking official in the Reagan justice department.”Rudy Giuliani“Not to follow Hillary Clinton to the left, but the path Ronald Reagan blazed.”Mitt Romney“There is move towards a North American Union… Our national sovereignty is under threat.”Ron Paul“The first thing I would get rid of is the Internal Revenue Service.”Mike Huckabee“I was wrong.”Mitt Romney“Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office.”Mike Huckabee“None of us believe we should go pluck out our eye.”Mike Huckabee “…after September 11th”Rudy Giuliani“Not bad to have a Republican that can beat Bill Clinton.”Rudy Giuliani“When I was mayor of New York City the Yankees won 4 championships.
Oh, you just know that CNN won’t be putting this YouTube question to the candidates in the Republican debate tonight:
Chris Dodd:
I have a question about the Constitution. Many Americans are concerned that the administration seems to be making a false choice. That is, to be safer we have to give up rights. [...]
Cross posted on Grizzly Groundswell
There is a new bill in Massachusetts that the legislature will start debating tomorrow, a bill that would make it a crime to spank your children.
Parents who spank their kids - even in their own homes - would be slapped by the long arm of the law under an Arlington nurse’s [...]
“Be personal,” CNN told people submitting YouTube video questions for tonight’s debate of Republican Party candidates. “Be original.” “Choose your focus.” What CNN didn’t tell those submitting videos was that “There are quite a few things you might describe as Democratic ‘gotchas,’ and we are weeding those out.”
Wait a second. In [...]
YouTube is soliciting videos of up to 30 seconds to be submitted as questions in the November 28, 2007 Republican Party presidential debate. That’s this Wednesday, and they’re accepting video questions until the end of tomorrow, Sunday the 25th of November. Not too late for you. There are only 4,000 submissions. [...]
The situation in Pakistan regarding the January election for parliament is still unclear as political parties explore their options. Although Secretary of State Rice said the release of 5,000 prisoners was a positive step toward restoring democracy, most political parties have yet to decide if Musharraf will actually allow a free vote. The 53 nation [...]
The Government of Pakistan has banned open debate on media curbs, suspension of judges and emergency in all colleges and universities in the country. According
Después de la última actualización de este índice, el PageRank de Google se ha convertido en una de las cuestiones más polémicas de la blogosfera, debido a las penalizaciones sobre el mismo que han sufrido varios de los blogs más influyentes de la red. La causa de que Google haya decidido rebajar considerablemente el PageRank [...]
From the NY Times:Two teams of scientists reported yesterday that they had turned human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without having to make or destroy an embryo — a feat that could quell the ethical debate troubling the field. All they had to do, the scientists said, was add four genes. The genes reprogrammed the chromosomes of the skin cells, making the cells into blank slates that should be able to turn into any of the 220 cell types of the human body, be it heart, brain, blood or bone. Until now, the only way to get such human universal cells was to pluck them from a human embryo several days after fertilization, destroying the embryo in the process. The need to destroy embryos has made stem cell research one of the most divisive issues in American politics, pitting President Bush against prominent Republicans like Nancy Reagan, and patient advocates who hoped that stem cells could cure diseases like Alzheimer’s. The new studies could defuse the issue
The audio webcast starts at 7:15 PM EST and will run through the debate with special guests providing commentary during the 3 commercial breaks.Consider this your invite.Yeah, I'm a Fred-head...Trackbacks:Another day, another open trackbackExcerpt: Our Churches need to wake up and get back to basics if they expect us to continue attending. There is evil out there, and if they will not address it? Then they would be better off tying a mulberry bush around their necks and jumping into the sea!Weblog: Rosemary's ThoughtsTrackposted to The Virtuous Republic, Rosemary's Thoughts, Allie is Wired, Right Truth, The World According to Carl, Big Dog's Weblog, The Amboy Times, Wolf Pangloss, and Dumb Ox Daily News, thanks to Linkfest Haven DeluxeTags: Fred Thompson For President, Fred-Head, debate-watch, GOP
Congress will soon be debating two bills, Title X Family Planning Act (S.351) and Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (H.R. 4133). These bills would all but end federal funding of abortions by non hospitals with some exceptions. As much as I am opposed to abortion I am equally or maybe even more opposed to paying for [...]
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