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- Virtuoso erhu (two-stringed violin) performance I recorded at Chinese New Year ceremonies in The Hague last weekend: http://t.co/RxuZccTE 01:02:55 PM February 04, 2012 from Twitter for Mac
- My interview with @rogerwendell on @KGNU is available on-line here (beginning at about 35 minutes): http://t.co/tL14g0oB 09:18:55 PM February 01, 2012 from Twitter for Mac
- RT @ap_org: AntiPolygraph.org co-founder @georgemaschke will speak with @rogerwendell on @KGNU at 10:35 EST. Listen here: http://t.co/SL ... 02:58:05 PM February 01, 2012 from web
- I'm looking forward to speaking about polygraphy with @rogerwendell on @KGNU today. 02:47:42 PM February 01, 2012 from Twitter for Mac
- Owing to issues with Scroogle, I've switched to DuckDuckGo as my default search engine. SSL encryption & no tracking: https://t.co/2Mo313Dj 02:47:06 PM January 30, 2012 from Twitter for Mac
- "[Mayor of The Hague] Van Aartsen Leaves Occupy in the Cold." Sign at #OccupyDenHaag camp, which faces eviction. http://t.co/2Gkgn6G8 04:40:02 PM January 29, 2012 from Twitpic
- View of the #OccupyDenHaag camp on the Malieveld in The Hague this afternoon. http://t.co/lIlmhaQ2 04:15:39 PM January 29, 2012 from Twitpic
- Panorama of #OccupyDenHaag camp at about 15:30 hours today. Occupiers face eviction at 17:00 (now). #OWS http://t.co/GQJudDzv 04:07:37 PM January 29, 2012 from Twitpic
- Looks like @CityofTheHague will follow the American model and evict @OccupyDenHaag under cover of darkness. #OWS 01:13:21 PM January 29, 2012 from Twitter for Mac
- RT @OccupyTheHague: Mayor van Aartsen (the Hague) orders #OccupyDenHaag to EVICT themselves by 5 PM Today! Regardless of anything. #onl ... 11:32:42 AM January 29, 2012 from Twitter for Android
Category Archives: politics
US Citizens May Be Added to Treasury Department Black List
Today I learned that US citizens may be added to the “Specially Designated Nationals” (SDN) list maintained by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. Those who are added to this list have their assets blocked “and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.” On Tuesday, 11 October 2011, US citizen Mansour Arbabsiar [...]
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Social Media Site Standings a Poor Predictor of Electoral Outcome in California’s 36th Congressional District
Although as observed in my earlier post, progressive challenger Marcy Winograd had significantly more friends/followers/subscribers on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube than incumbent Jane Harman going into the Democratic party primary for California’s 36th congressional district, Harman handily won the election with 59% of the vote versus 41% for Winograd. In terms of raw numbers, Harman [...]
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Marcy Winograd Leads Jane Harman on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube
On Tuesday, 8 June 2010, progressive Democrat Marcy Winograd is challenging blue dog incumbent Jane Harman for the party’s nomination for California’s 36th district congressional seat. I support Winograd because of her firm antiwar position. (Harman backed the invasion of Iraq.) I also appreciate Winograd’s denunciation of Israel’s recent commando raid on volunteers bringing humanitarian [...]
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Election Advertising in The Hague
Elections for The Hague’s city council are to be held on 3 March 2010, and around the city, the municipality has erected temporary billboards on which each party fielding candidates in the election can place a poster putting its case to the voters. I’ve never seen anything like this done in an American election. It’s [...]
Barack Obama for President
For the first time in a long time, there is a candidate for president of the United States whom I can enthusiastically support: Barack Obama. I’m deeply impressed by his intelligence and candor, and in particular his early public opposition to the invasion and occupation of Iraq and the fact that he does not accept [...]
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