<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>George Maschke&#039;s Home Page</title>
	<link>http://www.georgemaschke.net</link>
	<description>Musings of an American in Holland</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:57:17 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	

	<item>
		<title>Social Media Site Standings a Poor Predictor of Electoral Outcome in California&#8217;s 36th Congressional District</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s 36th congressional district, Harman handily won the election with 59% of the vote versus 41% for Winograd. In terms of raw numbers, Harman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.georgemaschke.net/2010/06/09/social-media-site-standings-a-poor-predictor-of-electoral-outcome-in-californias-36th-congressional-district/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Marcy Winograd Leads Jane Harman on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, 8 June 2010, progressive Democrat Marcy Winograd is challenging blue dog incumbent Jane Harman for the party&#8217;s nomination for California&#8217;s 36th district congressional seat. I support Winograd because of her firm antiwar position. (Harman backed the invasion of Iraq.) I also appreciate Winograd&#8217;s denunciation of Israel&#8217;s recent commando raid on volunteers bringing humanitarian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.georgemaschke.net/2010/06/06/marcy-winograd-leads-jane-harman-on-facebook-twitter-and-youtube/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Foamy Shoreline at Scheveningen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, the North Sea coast at Scheveningen develops a frothy foam, as shown here in video recorded while on a stroll during my lunch hour on Tuesday, 13 April 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.georgemaschke.net/2010/04/15/foamy-shoreline-at-scheveningen/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Fox News Producer Justin Fishel Lies About Iranian Nuclear Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Justin Fishel, who covers the Departments of Defense and State for Fox News, has told one of the boldest lies I&#8217;ve seen from a journalist. It comes in a blog post titled, &#8220;CIA: Iran Moving Closer to Nuclear Weapon.&#8221; The title itself is misleading, but the blatant lie is in the opening sentence: A recently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.georgemaschke.net/2010/03/31/fox-news-reporter-justin-fishel-lies-about-iranian-nuclear-program/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Protons and Ions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Facebook friend who works at Brookhaven National Laboratory posted the following status update:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.georgemaschke.net/2010/02/18/protons-and-ions/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Election Advertising in The Hague</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elections for The Hague&#8217;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&#8217;ve never seen anything like this done in an American election. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.georgemaschke.net/2010/02/18/election-advertising-in-the-hague/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Persian Word of the Day: ندانمکاری</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I encountered an etymologically interesting Persian word: ندانمکاری (nadānamkārī). It&#8217;s unusual in that it incorporates a conjugated verb. The initial stem, ندانم (nadānam) is the first person negative subjunctive of the verb دانستن &#8220;to know.&#8221; Literally translated, it means &#8220;[that] I know not.&#8221; To this is appended the suffix کاری (kārī), which is analagous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.georgemaschke.net/2010/02/17/persian-word-of-the-day-%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%85%da%a9%d8%a7%d8%b1%db%8c/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Google Buzz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After watching Chris Fisher&#8217;s positive review of the new Google Buzz service, I&#8217;ve decided to give it a try. You&#8217;ll find my  Buzz feed, and may follow it if you like, through my newly created Google profile.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.georgemaschke.net/2010/02/15/google-buzz/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Persian Word of the Week: ساندیس</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 11 February 2010, the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution was observed in Iran, and it took place in an extraordinarily politically charged atmosphere, being seen as something of a watershed event for Iran&#8217;s Green Movement. As I followed the news on-line, I cam across a Persian word I had never heard before: ساندیس [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.georgemaschke.net/2010/02/14/persian-word-of-the-week-%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%af%db%8c%d8%b3/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Welcoming the Year of the Tiger in The Hague</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Hague has its own Chinatown, and every year the city hosts a Chinese New Year celebration with a parade and fireworks. On Saturday, 13 February 2010, the opening ceremony welcoming the Year of the Tiger was held in the city hall atrium. I was able to take some pictures from the side of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.georgemaschke.net/2010/02/14/welcoming-the-year-of-the-tiger-in-the-hague/</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>
