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State of The Blogosphere, March 2005, Part 2: Posting Volume
Dave Sifry has been detailing goings-on over at Technorati. Interesting figures and a graph, it appears the growth has yet to level out. He notes too: In other words, even though there were fewer posts on the days following the Tsunami, it had a much larger spike than the one that came the day of…
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Inept 'authorities'
The following statement was taken from the Competition Authority’s website. When does the Competition Authority take action? Anti-competitive behaviour occurs when firms agree to fix prices, limit output, divide business between them or abuse their market power, with no benefits to consumers. In these situations the Competition Authority will use its enforcement powers to act…
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Back
Apologies for the hiatus folks, I was drowning my sorrows after Ireland’s defeat on Saturday. There is still a slim chance of winning the Championship I guess…
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Some new blogs
Some of these blogs are new, while others have only recently appeared on my radar: Bumpf doesn’t give much away, but lots of Irish-related stuff. Some interesting stuff over at chicks dig unix dorkus mallorkus reminds me that I really do have to get Star Wars: Republic Commando. Half-Life 2, Doom 3 and Rome: Total…
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Nationalists want IRA to disband now
Interesting stuff on Newsnight tonight…In a new poll six out of ten nationalists – including almost half of Sinn Fein voters – believe the IRA should disband now, and almost half were dissatisfied with Sinn Fein’s reaction to the Robert McCartney killing. Word also has it, from my own sources, that some prominent members of…
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Taking on Tehran
Also in Foreign Affairs, Kenneth Pollack, Director of Research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and Ray Takeyh, a Senior Fellow in Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations write about Iran. It’s quite a long piece, but here’s some of the introduction to get you hooked:…
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The Overstretch Myth
David H. Levey and Stuart S. Brown write in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs on the US deficit. A riveting read, for those interested in US economics, I know some of you out there enjoy it at least. In their conclusion they look at some precedents: At the peak of its global power the…
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Left and Right
Kevin Drum has a fascinating diagram of cross linking between blogs on the Right and Left of the political spectrum in the US. It is all in relation to a study by Lada Adamic and Natalie Glance which you can find here(PDF).
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Bolton Nomination
Steve Clemons has put the call out. He wants bloggers to mobilise against John Bolton becoming US ambassador to the United Nations. He notes: We need language to reward and inspire Senators willing to oppose Bolton — and language that shames those willing to stand with Bolton and who essentially want the United Nations to…
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Titan Wars
The above photograph was taken by the first Earthlings to visit Titan after the recent catastrophic nuclear war. As we now know there were no survivors of the horrific conflict. The age old and proud Titan civilization is no more. At centre left can be seen the ground zero impact point, this had such a…
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