Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs
That is, rely on it to defend its navigational rights in the Strait of Hormuz and, simultaneously, disregard the various limitations on those rights imposed by the UNCLOS – and favoring Iran.
(tags: law military politics Iran maritime)
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Morning people we will all become. Yes. Coffee. Meow?
(tags: school SILS unc)
Syllabus, INLS 718, UNC-CH, Spring 2007
this will be fun.
(tags: SILS unc school class)
INLS 578
huzzah! another peppy prof!
(tags: unc sils class)
TPMmuckraker | Talking Points Memo | Today’s Must Read
The Hill gets a take on the White House’s tap dancing from a Constitutional scholar at the Library of Congress — he gives it a resounding thumbs down.
(tags: Bush PocketVeto badgov constitution abuse)
Vista SP1 RC1 Slows HDD & Network Speeds – TrustedReviews
Across a network transferring a 1.37GB file took three minutes 37 seconds using Windows XP SP2, the known Vista bug caused the same file to take a whopping 12 minutes 58 seconds, while Vista SP1 RC1 took even longer at 15 minutes 41 seconds.
(tags: microsoft vista [...]
Source for “MetaFilter MultiFavorited” – Userscripts.org
adds a colored bar to the left of multi-favorited comments on metafilter
(tags: mefi greasemonkey script)
The Bush administration’s dumbest legal arguments of the year. – By Dahlia Lithwick – Slate Magazine
(tags: bush badgov law lies)
Britain Drops ‘War on Terror’ Label
The words “war on terror” will no longer be used by the British government to describe attacks on the public, the country’s chief prosecutor said Dec. 27.
The Third World Squat | MetaFilter
surprisingly informative
(tags: fitness culture)
Demarcation problem – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The demarcation problem in the philosophy of science is about how and where to draw the lines around science.
(tags: philosophy science)
Daily Kos: Delete My Bleeping Account, Facebook!
still hard to leave facebook, I see
(tags: Facebook)
A Green Light for Common Sense – washingtonpost.com
(tags: traffic politics)
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama’s Closing Argument: Stand With Me, And We Will Change Course Of History
yep. still an Obama supporter.
(tags: tpm obama)
Radio Iowa: John Edwards talked to Musharraf regarding [...]
YouTube – Authors@Google: Randall Munroe
maybe should bring him to Chapel Hill for ibiblio Speakers Series? Wonder if he can make it down…?
(tags: xkcd google video)
Lakota Natives Withdraw Treaties with U.S. – Boing Boing
The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States, leaders [...]
Google Search Operators – Google Guide
(tags: google search reference)
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