Kahl-Katulis Debate: my thoughts

The debate between Colin Kahl and Brian Katulis (here, here, here and outside commentary here and here and here) has been fascinating and important, and a great response to my calls for serious thinking about strategy rather than tactics in Iraq. Now I'd like to offer my own reflections on the issues in play [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 20:30:13
Blog: Abu Aardvark...

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Is lslam Inherently Evil?

This is the first of three planned essays: I. Islam: A Political-Military System II. Islam and the West: A Brief History III. Judaism, Christianity and Islam: A Brief Theological Comparison [Note: Please, if you are new to our discussions, check the Rules of Engagement posted 10/13/07 [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 04:35:30
Blog: Aunty Belle's Back Porc...

The Diocese of Virginia: Big Time Oops

The Diocese of Virginia has put the following up on their website and it’s so blatantly filled with major "OOPS" that it just can’t go without some sort of challenge. The Diocese: "The dispute over property ... and seeking the court’s declaration that the property belonged to the congregations." OOPS! The Episcopal [more...]

Date: 2007-11-08 02:20:37
Blog: BabyBlueOnline...

Response to David Strauss on Originalism-- Round Two

Cross posted on University of Chicago Law Faculty Blog The discussion between David Strauss and myself about whether originalism is a good idea for liberals has by now gone well beyond the narrow question of originalism itself and moved on to far deeper topics-- rhetoric, faith, and legitimacy [more...]

Date: 2007-11-07 11:54:11
Blog: Balkinization...

So ... cough, gak ... there's a provincial government crackdown on organized crime?

. There's a front-page CanWest article in Vancouver Sun today with -- across the top -- a banner ad for Lotto 649 gambling, and the provincial government's motto: "Know your limit, play within it." [more...]

Date: 2007-11-10 18:59:26
Blog: The Legislature Raids...

2007 a big year for dam removal in Oregon

Amy Kober Northwest Outreach & Communications Director  Oregonians will enjoy cleaner water, better fishing and boating, ... is one of the first projects funded under NOAA’s Open Rivers Initiative, providing funding ... in the settlement, is removed next year, the project will open more than 100 miles of high quality [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 15:23:22
Blog: American Rivers Blog...

What is Asia and what are we going to do about it?

What is Asia and what are we going to do about it? Wed, 10/24/2007 - 10:23am. "There is no Asia... Asia is a eurocentric concept ... with the United States: If one day we reach a peaceful settlement on the peninsula, that might be the right time to elaborate this idea of a broader multilateral structure for security in Asia. That's a big [more...]

Date: 2007-10-24 14:23:22
Blog: FP Passport | blogging ...

Bridge To No Where!

Bridge To No Where! I will be writing more about this subject. I have a major problem with those who speak ill of our nation on foreign soil (which includes their written comment against the “Office of the Presidency”). On one of my trips to France, several artists were interviewed by a French reporter. It was an eye-opening experience [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 20:38:49
Blog: Cheryl Davis’ Art Blog...

Structured Settlements Are Like Ants

The powerful biological ants. Powerful legs ants can lift 20 times its weight, and run the equivalent of a man running speed of the race. Structured settlements is a strong agreement, an agreement to pay the plaintiff to enter an ironclad guarantee structured award.ants has powerful armor on their bodies, the so-called exoskeletons [more...]

Date: 2007-11-12 05:45:22
Blog: Chaos Never Dies...

Alvin's structure settlements

When I heard about Alvin's story, I was deeply moved by it ... and left him in a wheelchair since. He received a Structured Settlement after winning a personal injury settlement and has been given a certain amount of cash every month. Lately, he has been talking [more...]

Date: 2007-10-03 15:32:49
Blog: Life, Travel, Passion &...

Grant will fund plan for Dryside water

October 11, 2007 By Dale Rodebaugh | Herald Staff Writer Southwestern Water Conservation District board members have approved a $100, ... and construction of an intake structure, water-treatment plant and a trunk line to carry Animas [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 22:23:11
Blog: Durango, Colorado News,...

How the Net Works

Originally published in CEGSA RAMpage Magazine, and as a summary of my talk given to CEGSA, 'How the Net Works'. The purpose of this paper is to describe how network learning works and to show how an understanding of network learning can inform the design and evaluation of online learning applications. 1 [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 21:58:32
Blog: Half an Hour...

Constantinianism and Ecumenism

Constantinianism and Ecumenism Posted by Halden under Anabaptist Theology, Ecclesiology, Ecumenism, Peace Studies Comments One of the key points of contention between Free Churches and all other Christian communions lies in their posture towards what is commonly (and crudely) called “Constantinianism” [more...]

Date: 2007-11-19 19:36:14
Blog: Inhabitatio Dei...

Modularity, Transactions, and the Boundaries of Firms: A Synthesis.

Carliss Y. Baldwin, Harvard University Published September 2007 Following on the user vision I posted recently, the module specification, and boundary of the firm definitions, we begin a comprehensive review of Professor Baldwin's paper. A synthesis of modularity, transactions and boundaries of the firm is timely for a number of reasons [more...]

Date: 2007-11-12 02:44:51
Blog: Innovation in oil and g...

Spirit Of Australia

I was chatting to a Digger the other night and during the course of this conversation his pending deployment came up ... and settlement over 200 years ago. I recently caught an Aussie comedian talking about the new security [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 22:17:27
Blog: Tanker Brothers - Two S...

NaNo Blogging: The Brave New World

So, I've switched gears from my previous epic novel. One of stunning complexity and intricacies that I had no hope of ever finishing ... to back, back to front, as one complete narrative structure. I know how it starts, how it ends [more...]

Date: 2007-11-20 04:12:12
Blog: The Cult of Evolution...

The US Senate Votes to Partition Iraq. Softly.

Related 'I am a Zionist': Senator Biden --- By Reidar Visser (www.historiae.org) 27 September 2007 [ ... : an amendment to the original text stressed that any political settlement should be “consistent ... the United States needs to do to achieve a state structure that is consonant with the “wishes [more...]

Date: 2007-09-30 20:35:37
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

The Mean Streets of the Homeland Security State-let

posted September 30, 2007 5:42 pm Tomgram: Turse Sometime during the demonstrations against the Republican National Convention, ... . Instead, she pushes for funding and better treatment for people with HIV and AIDS. Better keep an eye [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 16:48:37
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

Palestine Versus the Palestinians? The Iron Laws and Ironies of a People Denied

Journal of Palestine Studies issue 144, published in Summer 2007 by Beshara Doumani Journal of Palestine Studies Vol. XXXVI, No. 4 (Summer 2007), pp. 49–64 ISSN: 0377-919X; electronic ISSN: 1533-8614. C 2007 by the Institute for Palestine Studies. All rights reserved [more...]

Date: 2007-10-31 17:21:25
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

RIAA accused of ‘Failure to Warn’

p2pnet news | Have you ever clapped eyes on a more scurvy looking crew of thieving, file sharing pirates? They are, from left to right, Jack, Nicole, Ryan, Bobby and Michelle. Actually, only two of them are thus accused —- Bobby and Michelle. But, say the members of the Big 4 organised music cartel, they’re both hard-core, [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 14:53:05
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

'Rulers and Ruled in the US Empire'

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Reviewing James Petras' "Rulers and Ruled in the US Empire" - by Stephen Lendman James Petras is Binghamton University, New York Professor Emeritus of Sociology whose credentials and achievements are long and impressive [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 15:11:11
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

UN calls on Israeli f**kers to stop destroying infrastructure, causing environmental damage in occupied Arab lands

Source: United Nations General Assembly Date: 22 Oct 2007 Speakers in Second Committee call on Israel to stop destroying infrastructure, causing environmental damage in occupied Arab lands GA/EF/3185 Sixty-second General Assembly Second Committee 12th Meeting (PM) [more...]

Date: 2007-10-23 17:57:11
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

What Israel Wants, Israel Gets

By Joharah Baker for MIFTAH October 10, 2007 There is a consistent thread, a pattern, ... at Qalandiya went up almost immediately, foreshadowing the ominous structure that was to come [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 14:40:09
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

When PM Blair sat on the Wall

Opinion By Eamonn McCann Speaking to Tony Blair about Palestine is like talking to the Wall. In Hebron last weekend, Blair was "really astonished and angry" at an account given by a UN official of the effects of the Wall on the lives of Palestinians. So the UN official reported anyway [more...]

Date: 2007-10-18 14:34:04
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

Zion-power and War: From Iraq to Iran. The Deadly Embrace

Explanations for the US attack on Iraq range from military-political pretexts to accounts focusing on geopolitical and economic interests. The original official explanation was the now discredited claim that Saddam Hussein possessed chemical, biological and other weapons of mass destructions (WMD) [more...]

Date: 2007-11-07 15:33:59
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

Dwelling in a land that we do not know...

On a previous post, I tried to touch on the issues surrounding New Orleans and the forces of nature that destroyed the city to try and wrestle with ... that is my official training. These seem to focus on directly on the landscape and the settlement ... that the landscape has a language of its own. It has the grammar and sentence structure of the physical [more...]

Date: 2007-11-12 04:17:24
Blog: mumblety-peg...

Two Book Reviews: New Labour and Managerialism in British Politics

Sean Gabb. Cultural Revolution, Culture War: How Conservatives Lost England, and How to Get It Back (London: The Hampden Press, 2007). 105 pp. Chris Dillow. The End of Politics: New Labour and the folly of managerialism (Hampshire, UK: Harriman House, 2007) [more...]

Date: 2007-11-06 07:46:48
Blog: Mutualist Blog: Free Ma...

Russia, China, Consolidate "Strategic Alliance"

From the Communist Party of China website Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged late Monday to further ... decade China and Russia have achieved a thorough settlement of the border issue. Additionally, the two ... of their cooperation. The Chinese premier hoped that China and Russia will further advance [more...]

Date: 2007-11-06 19:00:17
Blog: New Zeal...

Who's Really Paying?

Let's take a moment and talk about the Strike. First, understand that I consider myself to be a "revisionist' when it comes to politics or just matters in general like this. If you tried it and it's not working? Man up, head back to the drawing board and start over. I mean really, if it's a disaster (like healthcare in America) [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 17:02:03
Blog: Novelchick...

Physician Orthopedic Consulting Fees Made Public

Several weeks ago I posted an entry on this blog about a major federal anti-kickback settlement agreement entered into by the five largest ... of that settlement was that the companies are required to disclose the name of each consultant ... in consulting fees and royalties from the five companies subject to the settlement, and many [more...]

Date: 2007-11-06 13:19:10
Blog: Pennsylvania Health Law...

Sudan survivor spreads his message / Sudanese "lost boy" headlines this weekend's human-rights celebration at BSU

Two stories: From Boise NBC affiliate KTVB... (The source page contains embedded video. - EJM) A survivor of civil wars in Sudan is in Boise this weekend to spread a message. He, along with the Sudan , are calling for a stop to what they call the murder of innocent people in the African country [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 02:12:25
Blog: Sudan: The Passion of t...

A Tale of Two Strikes: The Business Perspective

Here are some excerpts from two interesting analyses from two NYT business/media columnists, ... settlement — but the outlook for unions remains grim, whether in pixels or plays. “Both unions [more...]

Date: 2007-11-19 17:47:43
Blog: The Playgoer...

Why Is The Macedonian Stock Exchange Unsuccessful?

Macedonian Stock Exchange (SMEs), is not operating successfully ... . Government to sell obligations (the so-called bonds), to investors through the stock exchange ... -of-payments deficit. However, it is a optical illusion. The economy is in much better condition [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 13:27:21
Blog: Sainza...

Get Money from Structure Settlement

I'm going to write something about my ex. I don't think he knows this blog, and since we broke up many years ago, there was only en email from him ... ! Anyway, if you have a Structured Settlement which is paid in a small amount over a long period ... ? He couldn't walk for a very long time and was using the clutches. He had some Structured Settlements after [more...]

Date: 2007-10-03 15:09:00
Blog: Shopping Mum...

Sirius Discloses More Merger Information

Late last week Sirius agreed to settle two class action lawsuits regarding the merger ... of the settlement, Sirius agreed to disclose additional information, while reserving that the information may not be material, and may not be required under law. The settlement included as filed in an 8K [more...]

Date: 2007-11-05 15:52:19
Blog: Sirius Satellite Radio ...

“Brigadier” Thamilchelvan, The “Smiling” Face of LTTE

by D.B.S. Jeyaraj The mood amidst cadres and supporters of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Tigers was on the ascendant after the successful attack on the Anuradhapura air base. Thursday November 1st saw a special ceremony being held in the Wanni where tiger supremo Velupillai Prabakharan awarded four different types of military honours for those [more...]

Date: 2007-11-03 20:11:00
Blog: http://transcurrents.co...

H2H: Jack Balkin's Last Word

(cross-posted at Balkinization) The discussion between David Strauss and myself about whether originalism is a good idea for liberals has by now gone well beyond the narrow question of originalism itself and moved on to far deeper topics-- rhetoric, faith, and legitimacy [more...]

Date: 2007-11-07 15:41:44
Blog: The University of Chica...

The passing of the old America

Maybe today should be a national day of mourning; it's a day that marked the end of the old America and the beginning of the Tower of Babel version ... bill. It does not affect the lives of millions. It will not reshape the structure of our daily lives [more...]

Date: 2007-10-03 07:49:19
Blog: Vanishing American...

NVLSP Testimony Before the Senate VA Committee

On November 7th, 2007, while most of our Blue Water Navy world was focused on the Haas vs ... TranscriptChristine Cote Litigation Attorney National Veterans Legal Services Program November,6,2007 Statement of Christine Cote Litigation Attorney National Veterans Legal Services Program Before [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 01:23:20
Blog: VNVets...

Structured legal fees, will the Vioxx cases be a boom or bust?

In what is shaping up to be a significant transfer of assets from Merck to the legal community, both defense and plaintiff attorneys I might add, ... case inventories, a flood of articles and solicitations by structured settlement firms ... , you absolutely must get with a qualified structured settlement brokers soon to begin mapping out a plan [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 02:23:04
Blog: Account Not Available -...

In Beer City, Bishop-elect Fits the Bill

Now, that's one happy Timmy. And rightfully so. As a friend and fan of the wonderful crew at the Basilica of St Josaphat, the legend of "Fr Bill" is no secret in these parts. Now, with Fr William Callahan's elevation to the episcopacy, the lore spreads a good bit further... and, in Milwaukee, the gang is celebrating his "homecoming [more...]

Date: 2007-10-30 23:01:05
Blog: Whispers in the Loggia...

Nichols’s Rose Is Starting To Stink

  It is said that politics makes strange bedfellows, but I’m starting to get confused about where people are sleeping ... structure would dwarf both the ginormous Carlisle project, leveled by a citizen’s group known ... project cost the City of Winter Park $3.7 Million in a lawsuit settlement with Broad Street Partners [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 13:18:40
Blog: Winter Park Watchdog...

D’Youville Faculty Marches For Fair Treatment

• On Wednesday November 14th, the D’Youville College faculty, will dress in their academic robes, and conduct a silent march on the college campus ... to an equitable settlement. • AAUP Chapter President Richard Dowds noted that: • D’Youville College ... Redressing this salary disparity should be a top priority for the college. • The salary structu [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 04:17:27
Blog: WNYMedia.net :: Western...

Reasoned Arguments Belong in the 1950s

The Idaho Statesman makes a poor argument for why the Idaho Family Task Force is wrong. They spend several paragraphs comparing issues like water, tax reform, education, etc. to the family and conclude: The family is every bit as essential as a predictable water supply, a good tax structure, strong schools or safe highways [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 18:09:51
Blog: Adam’s Blog...

A consumer’s guide to the divorced real estate commission: We’re just sitting here at the closing table, watching the money flow

Part III: The who-pays-whom of real estate is not as simple as you might have thought… All right, let’s go buy a house ... for the property — the only person who brought any [more...]

Date: 2007-11-09 17:46:23
Blog: BloodhoundBlog: Real e...

Taxes - Are You Paying Too Much?

Taxes - Are You Paying Too Much? » By Steven Ross on Nov 17, 2007 in Personal Finance | 0 Comments Taxes are something you just can’t get around. Or maybe you can? With just a bit of financial know-how and education, there are lots of things you can do to reduce the amount of taxes you pay, so you get more money to spend [more...]

Date: 2007-11-17 01:59:59
Blog: BusinessXtras...

Structured Settlements

Are you looking for quotes for your structure settlement. These come in handy when you for example…win the lottery. Now if you win the lottery of say 1 million dollars you probably are thinking…” [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 22:39:11
Blog: Care Bear Kids...

David Davis - His real views on English Parliament

Scot David Donald Cameron, won't let Shadow Home Secretary David Davis speak on an English Parliament ... one sixth more money than England, Scotland a fifth more, and Northern Ireland a third more. Neither [more...]

Date: 2007-11-07 17:16:19
Blog: English Democrats Party...

links for 2007-11-11

UNHCR - Against All Odds (tags: ib_popn_movement igcse_popn_migration y8_popn_resources games) 51 Top RSS Button For Your Blog (tags: rss icons) YouTube - the masterplan (tags: igcse_settlement igcse_settlement_models y8_settlement y8_settlement_structure) YouTube - U2 and Green Day “The Saints Are Coming” video (tags: y9_hazards [more...]

Date: 2007-11-11 11:06:08
Blog: geographyalltheway.com ...

links for 2007-11-12

Geography pod movies at Digital Geography (tags: y8_settlement igcse_settlement_models) TouchGraph | Products: Google Browser (tags: to_sort) ... , Vancouver, Taipei, Seoul, L.A., and many more…. (tags: igcse_settlement igcse_settlement_models y8_settlement y8_settlement_structure) BBC NEWS | UK | Education | UK pupils ‘least globally aware’ UK [more...]

Date: 2007-11-12 11:06:53
Blog: geographyalltheway.com ...

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