2012-02-06T08:54:45Z http://blog2.jhmeyer.net/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2012-01-22:d686b72f-514a-4795-b6dc-de00967d7b00 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2012-01-22T17:28:40Z 2012-01-22T17:28:40Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;"><font color="#C00000" face="georgia" size="3">Sunday, January 22, 2012&nbsp;</font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br></font> <p><font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">Well folks, these have been some pretty busy times up at the Borderlands Lodge. The new semester started a couple of weeks ago, and the two classes I've been teaching--"The Making of Modern Turkey" and "Eurasian Borderlands"--have gotten off to a fast start. Writing, too, has kept me pretty busy.<br></font></font></p> ...</blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;"><font color="#C00000" face="georgia" size="3">Sunday, January 22, 2012&nbsp;</font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br></font> <p><font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">Well folks, these have been some pretty busy times up at the Borderlands Lodge. The new semester started a couple of weeks ago, and the two classes I've been teaching--"The Making of Modern Turkey" and "Eurasian Borderlands"--have gotten off to a fast start. Writing, too, has kept me pretty busy.<br></font></font></p> ...</blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2012-01-11:6759d39d-dc2f-44e4-9933-e3fedbc9d182 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2012-01-11T08:55:50Z 2012-01-11T08:55:50Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font color="#C00000" face="georgia" size="3">Tuesday, December 10, 2012&nbsp;</font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">Happy New Year! I don’t know about you folks, but I had a pretty great New Year’s break...and I think that means it's time for some New Year's N & P ...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font color="#C00000" face="georgia" size="3">Tuesday, December 10, 2012&nbsp;</font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">Happy New Year! I don’t know about you folks, but I had a pretty great New Year’s break...and I think that means it's time for some New Year's N & P ...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-12-17:1ef3869f-c8e6-410c-941d-19d17a534bcf Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-12-18T03:36:07Z 2011-12-18T03:36:07Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #c00000;">Saturday, December 17, 2011&nbsp;</span> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><br> <br> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Up here at the Borderlands Lodge, this week has provided a welcome respite. This semester has been a busy one, of course. As many of you know, I spent the spring semester and summer in DC, and ever since my return to the land of the mountains in ...</span></span></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #c00000;">Saturday, December 17, 2011&nbsp;</span> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><br> <br> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Up here at the Borderlands Lodge, this week has provided a welcome respite. This semester has been a busy one, of course. As many of you know, I spent the spring semester and summer in DC, and ever since my return to the land of the mountains in ...</span></span></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-10-13:3a2bd505-7060-4d65-b1b2-be1fcb718b1f Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-10-14T01:31:52Z 2011-10-14T01:31:52Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font color="#C00000" face="georgia" size="3">Thursday, October 13, 2011&nbsp;</font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">In case you missed it, the so-called "Value Voters Summit" took place this past weekend in Washington, DC. <a target="_blank" href= "http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/ron-paul-wins-values-voter-summit-straw-poll.php?ref=fpblg">Ron Paul won the straw poll</a> that was conducted at the end of the convention, beating out fellow GOP candidates who had likewise come to DC to speak at the VVS and attempt ...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font color="#C00000" face="georgia" size="3">Thursday, October 13, 2011&nbsp;</font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">In case you missed it, the so-called "Value Voters Summit" took place this past weekend in Washington, DC. <a target="_blank" href= "http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/ron-paul-wins-values-voter-summit-straw-poll.php?ref=fpblg">Ron Paul won the straw poll</a> that was conducted at the end of the convention, beating out fellow GOP candidates who had likewise come to DC to speak at the VVS and attempt ...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-09-12:49e118ae-bb79-4724-895a-e3baada4f17a Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-09-12T15:03:28Z 2011-09-12T15:03:28Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #c00000;">Monday, September 12, 2011&nbsp;</span> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><br> <br> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Amid all of the commentary that has come out over the past week or so about remembering the 9/11 attacks, I thought I'd write about 9/12. </span></span></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #c00000;">Monday, September 12, 2011&nbsp;</span> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><br> <br> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Amid all of the commentary that has come out over the past week or so about remembering the 9/11 attacks, I thought I'd write about 9/12. </span></span></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-08-25:87892213-bca8-4975-a86c-e623a992c97a Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-08-26T00:06:39Z 2011-08-26T00:06:39Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color="#C00000" size="3">Thursday, August 25, 2011&nbsp;</font></font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">Well, it looks like the moment folks have been waiting for has finally arrived: Muammar Gadaffi appears to have left Tripoli, and perhaps right now is hiding in a spider-hole somewhere. Who knows?<br></font></font><br> In a post put up yesterday, Juan Cole--someone whose views I have a ...</font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color="#C00000" size="3">Thursday, August 25, 2011&nbsp;</font></font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">Well, it looks like the moment folks have been waiting for has finally arrived: Muammar Gadaffi appears to have left Tripoli, and perhaps right now is hiding in a spider-hole somewhere. Who knows?<br></font></font><br> In a post put up yesterday, Juan Cole--someone whose views I have a ...</font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-07-29:b8cd2dcb-55f6-4b5b-857b-1560d2dee610 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-07-29T18:13:17Z 2011-07-29T18:13:17Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color="#C00000" size="3">Friday, July 29, 2011&nbsp; <font color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font></font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">Pardon me if I haven't been posting much lately--I've been too busy burying gold bars and non-perishable food items in my backyard.<br> <br> Seriously, though, these are ugly times here in the imperial metropole. What's most frustrating of all, however, is how completely unnecessary this crisis is.<br> <br> ...</font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color="#C00000" size="3">Friday, July 29, 2011&nbsp; <font color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font></font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">Pardon me if I haven't been posting much lately--I've been too busy burying gold bars and non-perishable food items in my backyard.<br> <br> Seriously, though, these are ugly times here in the imperial metropole. What's most frustrating of all, however, is how completely unnecessary this crisis is.<br> <br> ...</font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-06-23:2336047f-70aa-47e1-b697-7bd1240f5cab Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-06-23T05:39:00Z 2011-06-23T05:39:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color="#C00000" size="3">Wednesday, June 22, 2011&nbsp; <font color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font></font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">I was driving through southern Pennsylvania, watching the sun set over West Virginia to my right, while I listened to <a target="_blank" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-obama-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal-full-speech/story?id=13906420">President Obama's speech on Afghanistan</a> over the radio.<br> <br> The speech appealed to me in some ways and bothered me in others. On the one hand, ...</font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color="#C00000" size="3">Wednesday, June 22, 2011&nbsp; <font color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font></font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">I was driving through southern Pennsylvania, watching the sun set over West Virginia to my right, while I listened to <a target="_blank" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-obama-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal-full-speech/story?id=13906420">President Obama's speech on Afghanistan</a> over the radio.<br> <br> The speech appealed to me in some ways and bothered me in others. On the one hand, ...</font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-06-17:28f41ba7-bb08-4a1a-8403-13162aa36cf9 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-06-17T16:02:00Z 2011-06-17T16:02:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style= "border: medium none; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 40px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font style= "font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Friday, June 17, 2011</font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">Wow--some pretty <a href= "http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/us/politics/16cole.html?_r=1" target="_blank" class="">disturbing news</a>:&nbsp;</font></font></blockquote> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style= "border: medium none; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 40px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font class= "Apple-style-span" face="georgia, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style= "border: medium none; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 40px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font style= "font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Friday, June 17, 2011</font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">Wow--some pretty <a href= "http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/us/politics/16cole.html?_r=1" target="_blank" class="">disturbing news</a>:&nbsp;</font></font></blockquote> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style= "border: medium none; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 40px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font class= "Apple-style-span" face="georgia, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-06-14:8f903fd4-ec89-4ad6-9c69-647696b7e739 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-06-14T06:07:00Z 2011-06-14T06:07:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color="#C00000" size="3">Tuesday, June 14, 2011</font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br></font></font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">Fresh off new elections that saw the AKP returned to power with another majority government, Turkey's government is facing an onslaught of thousands of refugees from Syria.<br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/201161313657153837.html">Al-Jazeera reports</a> that the Syrian Army is "splitting apart." Also alleging that Iranian snipers are being ...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color="#C00000" size="3">Tuesday, June 14, 2011</font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br></font></font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">Fresh off new elections that saw the AKP returned to power with another majority government, Turkey's government is facing an onslaught of thousands of refugees from Syria.<br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/201161313657153837.html">Al-Jazeera reports</a> that the Syrian Army is "splitting apart." Also alleging that Iranian snipers are being ...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-06-13:0c9a782d-0b8b-45c2-b28e-dcd7154f3f19 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-06-13T05:36:00Z 2011-06-13T05:36:00Z <table><tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font color="#C00000" face="georgia" size="3">Monday, June 13, 2011<br> <br></font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">I saw <a href="http://www.juancole.com/2011/06/gates-nato-misery-loves-company.html" target="_blank" class="">an interesting piece</a> in Juan Cole's Informed Comment yesterday. Cole wrote a really sensible response to Robert Gates' <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/06/2011610131027707908.html" target="_blank" class="">recent speech</a>, in which Gates criticized NATO allies for not emulating the United States in spending lavish sums on defense.<br> <br> This ...</font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table><tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font color="#C00000" face="georgia" size="3">Monday, June 13, 2011<br> <br></font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">I saw <a href="http://www.juancole.com/2011/06/gates-nato-misery-loves-company.html" target="_blank" class="">an interesting piece</a> in Juan Cole's Informed Comment yesterday. Cole wrote a really sensible response to Robert Gates' <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/06/2011610131027707908.html" target="_blank" class="">recent speech</a>, in which Gates criticized NATO allies for not emulating the United States in spending lavish sums on defense.<br> <br> This ...</font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-06-12:d4af8ba4-f27d-4a23-8e62-52605fdc9510 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-06-12T18:46:00Z 2011-06-12T18:46:00Z <table height="100" width="570"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Sunday, June 12, 2011<br> <br></font></font> <font size="3" color="#000000" face="georgia">No surprise here. As everyone has been predicting for weeks, it looks like the AKP will have a big majority, but not enough seats (367) to write a new constitution unilaterally (i.e., without putting it up to a referendum)...<br> <br> &nbsp;<br></font></blockquote> <font size="3" color="#000000" face="georgia"><br></font></td></tr></tbody></table> ... <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table height="100" width="570"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Sunday, June 12, 2011<br> <br></font></font> <font size="3" color="#000000" face="georgia">No surprise here. As everyone has been predicting for weeks, it looks like the AKP will have a big majority, but not enough seats (367) to write a new constitution unilaterally (i.e., without putting it up to a referendum)...<br> <br> &nbsp;<br></font></blockquote> <font size="3" color="#000000" face="georgia"><br></font></td></tr></tbody></table> ...

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-06-11:b2121fa2-6d72-4bdf-8342-c098189f4a1f Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-06-11T12:54:17Z 2011-06-11T12:54:17Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Saturday, June 11, 2011<br> <br></font></font> <p><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><font xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The AKP and <i>Today's Zaman</i> sound like spurned lovers the way they're griping over recent editorials criticizing the AKP in the <a target="_blank" href= "http://www.economist.com/node/18774786"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">Economist</font></a></font></font><font xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><font xmlns= "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">, ...</font></font></font></font></p></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Saturday, June 11, 2011<br> <br></font></font> <p><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><font xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The AKP and <i>Today's Zaman</i> sound like spurned lovers the way they're griping over recent editorials criticizing the AKP in the <a target="_blank" href= "http://www.economist.com/node/18774786"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">Economist</font></a></font></font><font xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><font xmlns= "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">, ...</font></font></font></font></p></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-06-10:caf9b086-f8aa-4cbe-85e3-aa94f40aeb8d Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-06-10T11:29:00Z 2011-06-10T11:29:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Friday, June 10, 2011</font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font> <p><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">There was a <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Mad-as-Hell-in-California-and/127760/?sid=cr" target="_blank" class="">thought-provoking and depressing piece</a> in the <i>Chronicle of Higher Education</i> the other day. It was written by Tom Lutz, a professor of Creative Writing at the University of California-Riverside. The piece ...</font></font></p></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Friday, June 10, 2011</font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font> <p><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">There was a <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Mad-as-Hell-in-California-and/127760/?sid=cr" target="_blank" class="">thought-provoking and depressing piece</a> in the <i>Chronicle of Higher Education</i> the other day. It was written by Tom Lutz, a professor of Creative Writing at the University of California-Riverside. The piece ...</font></font></p></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-06-09:4b9205fc-903d-4185-a021-5896df7cebc3 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-06-09T11:47:00Z 2011-06-09T11:47:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Thursday, June 9, 2011</font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">I saw <a target="_blank" href= "http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE7564Q920110607">a semi-interesting Reuters story</a> a couple of days ago about the apparently growing wealth gap in Turkey...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Thursday, June 9, 2011</font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">I saw <a target="_blank" href= "http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE7564Q920110607">a semi-interesting Reuters story</a> a couple of days ago about the apparently growing wealth gap in Turkey...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-06-08:bdacb8a8-b8c3-489d-a60a-bddf5ecc9687 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-06-08T12:17:00Z 2011-06-08T12:17:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Wednesday, June 8, 2011</font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">There was <a href= "http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/education/07charter.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;emc=eta1" target="_blank" class="">a quite long piece in the <i>New York Times</i></a> a couple of days ago on American charter schools, particularly in Texas, that are associated with the Turkish religious figure <a href="http://blog2.jhmeyer.net/search.aspx?q=Fethullah&amp;sc=tcon&amp;dt=a&amp;al=" target="_blank" class="">Fethullah Gulen</a>. Gulen, ...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Wednesday, June 8, 2011</font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">There was <a href= "http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/education/07charter.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;emc=eta1" target="_blank" class="">a quite long piece in the <i>New York Times</i></a> a couple of days ago on American charter schools, particularly in Texas, that are associated with the Turkish religious figure <a href="http://blog2.jhmeyer.net/search.aspx?q=Fethullah&amp;sc=tcon&amp;dt=a&amp;al=" target="_blank" class="">Fethullah Gulen</a>. Gulen, ...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-06-07:3e3bd1f8-0425-4468-baf1-7bd69cbe1e08 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-06-07T12:14:00Z 2011-06-07T12:14:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Tuesday, June 7, 2011</font> <font size="3" color="#000000" face="georgia"><br> <br></font></font> <font size="3" color="#000000" face="georgia"><font size="3" color="#000000" face="georgia">Former coup leader and Turkish president Kenan Evren <a href= "http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkish-coup-leader-testifies-at-his-home-2011-06-06" target="_blank" class="">gave testimony to a prosecutor yesterday</a> regarding, apparently, the 1980 coup. Claiming ill health, Evren managed to have the interview take place at his house, rather than at the prosecutor's office.<br> ...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Tuesday, June 7, 2011</font> <font size="3" color="#000000" face="georgia"><br> <br></font></font> <font size="3" color="#000000" face="georgia"><font size="3" color="#000000" face="georgia">Former coup leader and Turkish president Kenan Evren <a href= "http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkish-coup-leader-testifies-at-his-home-2011-06-06" target="_blank" class="">gave testimony to a prosecutor yesterday</a> regarding, apparently, the 1980 coup. Claiming ill health, Evren managed to have the interview take place at his house, rather than at the prosecutor's office.<br> ...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-06-06:0bebf56f-93e1-4408-a8f4-f590803a5f66 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-06-06T13:06:00Z 2011-06-06T13:06:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Monday, June 6, 2011</font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">According to <a href= "http://news.ph.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4907149" target="_blank" class="">this Agence France-Presse piece</a>, Russia is to "enter the world of Islamic finance."<br> <br> Actually what appears to be happening is that the Republic of Tatarstan, which is a republic within the Russian Federation, will ...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Monday, June 6, 2011</font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">According to <a href= "http://news.ph.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4907149" target="_blank" class="">this Agence France-Presse piece</a>, Russia is to "enter the world of Islamic finance."<br> <br> Actually what appears to be happening is that the Republic of Tatarstan, which is a republic within the Russian Federation, will ...</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-06-05:32e1e871-3588-4fec-9ec5-5227de5354e7 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-06-05T16:50:00Z 2011-06-05T16:50:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Sunday, June 5, 2011</font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color= "#000000">"Don't vote for the best government in 66 years."</font></font> <i><br> <br></i> This is how <i>Taraf</i> newspaper <a href="http://www.taraf.com.tr/haber/66-yilin-en-iyi-hukumeti-olan-akp-ye-oy-vermeyin.htm" target="_blank" class="">sarcastically sums up</a> the logic of recent editorial <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">in the <a href="http://www.economist.com/node/18774786" target="_blank" class="">Economist</a> ...</font></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" face="georgia" color="#960909"><font size="3" color="#C00000">Sunday, June 5, 2011</font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><br> <br></font></font> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="3" color= "#000000">"Don't vote for the best government in 66 years."</font></font> <i><br> <br></i> This is how <i>Taraf</i> newspaper <a href="http://www.taraf.com.tr/haber/66-yilin-en-iyi-hukumeti-olan-akp-ye-oy-vermeyin.htm" target="_blank" class="">sarcastically sums up</a> the logic of recent editorial <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000">in the <a href="http://www.economist.com/node/18774786" target="_blank" class="">Economist</a> ...</font></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-05-29:0ac94307-11b3-4d09-97f8-8bf49463a70a Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-05-29T11:36:13Z 2011-05-29T11:36:13Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; border: medium none; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color="#C00000" size="3">Sunday, May 29, 2011</font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br> I realize that in the grand scheme of things, there are far more egregious injustices stemming from our current budget than the cutting of overseas research and study. Nevertheless, given the incredible human and economic cost of the wars the United States has been drawn into over the past decade, current proposals to cut $800 million from funding devoted to supporting overseas study strikes me as a particularly bad idea.</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; border: medium none; padding: 0px;" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color="#C00000" size="3">Sunday, May 29, 2011</font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br> I realize that in the grand scheme of things, there are far more egregious injustices stemming from our current budget than the cutting of overseas research and study. Nevertheless, given the incredible human and economic cost of the wars the United States has been drawn into over the past decade, current proposals to cut $800 million from funding devoted to supporting overseas study strikes me as a particularly bad idea.</font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-05-26:3d2f4152-cade-4db9-8d66-afd72296d578 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-05-26T14:53:00Z 2011-05-26T14:53:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; border: medium none; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color="#C00000" size="3">Thursday, May 26, 2011<br> <br> <font color="#000000">I originally posted the video below on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jim-Meyers-Borderlands/106417406111331">JMB Facebook page</a> about a month ago, but I think the video is funny enough to merit a post here as well.<br> <br> Enjoy.</font><br></font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> </font></font></font></iframe></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; border: medium none; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color="#C00000" size="3">Thursday, May 26, 2011<br> <br> <font color="#000000">I originally posted the video below on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jim-Meyers-Borderlands/106417406111331">JMB Facebook page</a> about a month ago, but I think the video is funny enough to merit a post here as well.<br> <br> Enjoy.</font><br></font> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> </font></font></font></iframe></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-05-08:80635ed2-5088-42e6-9dd6-262a34bc3416 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-05-08T20:29:00Z 2011-05-08T20:29:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; border: medium none; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color= "#000000"><font size="3"><font color="#C00000">Sunday, May 8, 2011</font></font></font><font color="#ff0000" face="arial" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br> <br> It's been a busy time in the imperial metropole lately.On Friday I gave a talk at Georgetown University in front of a small group of DC-based scholars, including much of the Russian history <em>ulema</em> of the region, presenting an article I've been working on lately entitled "<a href="http://dcrussianhistory.umwblogs.org/2011/05/02/may-6-james-meyer/" target="_blank" class="">Politicizing Islam: Muslim Protesters, Tsarist Officials, and the Crisis ...</a></font></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; border: medium none; padding: 0px;"><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia"><font color= "#000000"><font size="3"><font color="#C00000">Sunday, May 8, 2011</font></font></font><font color="#ff0000" face="arial" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br> <br> It's been a busy time in the imperial metropole lately.On Friday I gave a talk at Georgetown University in front of a small group of DC-based scholars, including much of the Russian history <em>ulema</em> of the region, presenting an article I've been working on lately entitled "<a href="http://dcrussianhistory.umwblogs.org/2011/05/02/may-6-james-meyer/" target="_blank" class="">Politicizing Islam: Muslim Protesters, Tsarist Officials, and the Crisis ...</a></font></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-05-03:5e358cb3-a466-41d8-97e2-effd9f5403fc Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-05-03T20:52:00Z 2011-05-03T20:52:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Tuesday, May 3, 2011<font color="#ff0000" face="arial" size="3"><b><font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br></font></b> <font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br> The WAPO sez: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/osama-bin-laden-resisted-assault-but-was-unarmed-us-officials-say/2011/05/03/AFpKmdhF_story.html?hpid=z1" target="_blank" class="">OBL unarmed when shot</a>.</font></font></font></blockquote> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; border: medium none; padding: 0px;"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; border: medium none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" ...</font></font></blockquote></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Tuesday, May 3, 2011<font color="#ff0000" face="arial" size="3"><b><font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br></font></b> <font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br> The WAPO sez: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/osama-bin-laden-resisted-assault-but-was-unarmed-us-officials-say/2011/05/03/AFpKmdhF_story.html?hpid=z1" target="_blank" class="">OBL unarmed when shot</a>.</font></font></font></blockquote> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; border: medium none; padding: 0px;"> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; border: medium none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" ...</font></font></blockquote></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-05-02:95bfd1d8-e0f7-4ebc-977e-4f67c89d88c9 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-05-02T17:39:00Z 2011-05-02T17:39:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Monday, May 2, 2011<font color="#ff0000" face="arial" size="3"><b><font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br></font></b> <font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br> So the CIA finally managed to kill Osama bin Laden and, predictably, yahoos from across the country are celebrating as if we've won something. Indeed, the fact that thousands of Americans would celebrate the killing of an individual like bin Laden is indicative of the degree to which our country has been weakened over the past ten years. </font></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Monday, May 2, 2011<font color="#ff0000" face="arial" size="3"><b><font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br></font></b> <font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br> So the CIA finally managed to kill Osama bin Laden and, predictably, yahoos from across the country are celebrating as if we've won something. Indeed, the fact that thousands of Americans would celebrate the killing of an individual like bin Laden is indicative of the degree to which our country has been weakened over the past ten years. </font></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-04-09:1994fcb0-5857-4bc2-b642-8b9295867d88 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-04-09T20:42:00Z 2011-04-09T20:42:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Saturday, April 9, 2011<font color="#ff0000" face="arial" size="3"><b><font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br></font></b> <font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br> Bay area Borderlanders were treated to a workshop this week at Stanford University entitled "<a href= "http://ica.stanford.edu/events/creees_muslim_identities_and_imperial_spaces_networks_mobility_and_the_geopolitics_of_empire_" target="_blank" class="">Muslim Identities and Imperial Spaces: Networks, Mobility, and the Geopolitics of Empire and Nation</a>." It was a really enjoyable workshop, and not only because it had the longest title ever.<br> <br> The workshop brought together scholars working on Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and ...</font></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Saturday, April 9, 2011<font color="#ff0000" face="arial" size="3"><b><font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br></font></b> <font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br> Bay area Borderlanders were treated to a workshop this week at Stanford University entitled "<a href= "http://ica.stanford.edu/events/creees_muslim_identities_and_imperial_spaces_networks_mobility_and_the_geopolitics_of_empire_" target="_blank" class="">Muslim Identities and Imperial Spaces: Networks, Mobility, and the Geopolitics of Empire and Nation</a>." It was a really enjoyable workshop, and not only because it had the longest title ever.<br> <br> The workshop brought together scholars working on Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and ...</font></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-03-20:d0bc1928-7fbc-475f-b066-52455fd9865f Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-03-20T23:30:00Z 2011-03-20T23:30:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Sunday, March 20, 2011<font color="#ff0000" face="arial" size="3"><b><font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br> <br></font></b> <font color="#000000" face="georgia">There's been a fair amount of chatter in the Turkey-related blogosphere lately about Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's reluctance to sign off on force in Libya--or even to denounce Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi in strong terms. Louis Fishman, for example, <a href= "http://louisfishman.blogspot.com/2011/02/erdogan-time-to-return-qaddafi.html" target="_blank" class="">called on Erdogan to return the "peace prize"</a> (and the money associated with it) that Qaddafi awarded him last year, while a ...</font></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Sunday, March 20, 2011<font color="#ff0000" face="arial" size="3"><b><font color="#000000" face="georgia"><br> <br></font></b> <font color="#000000" face="georgia">There's been a fair amount of chatter in the Turkey-related blogosphere lately about Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's reluctance to sign off on force in Libya--or even to denounce Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi in strong terms. Louis Fishman, for example, <a href= "http://louisfishman.blogspot.com/2011/02/erdogan-time-to-return-qaddafi.html" target="_blank" class="">called on Erdogan to return the "peace prize"</a> (and the money associated with it) that Qaddafi awarded him last year, while a ...</font></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-03-17:9b9f49d3-50fd-4c30-8ad5-937c82ca2287 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-03-17T13:23:00Z 2011-03-17T13:23:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Thursday, March 17, 2011<br> <br> <br /> <img alt="" width="102" height="118" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/0/9/3/4/5/164169-154390/imagesgreen.jpg?a=82" />&nbsp; <br /> <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: arial; color: #00b050;">Happy St. Patrick's Day!<br /> </font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Thursday, March 17, 2011<br> <br> <br /> <img alt="" width="102" height="118" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/0/9/3/4/5/164169-154390/imagesgreen.jpg?a=82" />&nbsp; <br /> <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: arial; color: #00b050;">Happy St. Patrick's Day!<br /> </font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-03-14:4b700a6b-2497-4c60-bd8a-4c4f7d75b481 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-03-15T01:10:00Z 2011-03-15T01:10:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Monday, March 14, 2011<br> <br> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">Turkish singer Ibrahim Tatlises has been shot!<br> <br> <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/europe/turkish-superstar-ibrahim-tatlises-shot-in-head-by-unknown-attackers" target="_blank" class="">Here</a>'s the story:<br></font></font></blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote><font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1F497D" face="Times New Roman">Ibrahim Tatlises, a Turkish singer of Kurdish descent who has millions of fans in Turkey and around the Middle East, was in critical condition in an Istanbul hospital yesterday after being shot in the head by unknown assailants.</font> ...</blockquote></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Monday, March 14, 2011<br> <br> <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3">Turkish singer Ibrahim Tatlises has been shot!<br> <br> <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/europe/turkish-superstar-ibrahim-tatlises-shot-in-head-by-unknown-attackers" target="_blank" class="">Here</a>'s the story:<br></font></font></blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote><font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1F497D" face="Times New Roman">Ibrahim Tatlises, a Turkish singer of Kurdish descent who has millions of fans in Turkey and around the Middle East, was in critical condition in an Istanbul hospital yesterday after being shot in the head by unknown assailants.</font> ...</blockquote></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-03-14:4a038c31-1f6e-4bdb-87a8-709b2aaccd1b Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-03-14T21:52:00Z 2011-03-14T21:52:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Monday, March 14, 2011 <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br> Awesome times here in the imperial metropole. On Saturday I tested out one of DC's Red Bikes, a public rental system of bicycles that is run by the municipality. ...</font></font></p></blockquote></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <blockquote><font style="font-size: medium;" color="#960909" face="georgia">Monday, March 14, 2011 <font color="#000000" face="georgia" size="3"><br> <br> Awesome times here in the imperial metropole. On Saturday I tested out one of DC's Red Bikes, a public rental system of bicycles that is run by the municipality. ...</font></font></p></blockquote></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net tag:blog2.jhmeyer.net,2011-03-11:27f055f3-f469-405e-a32e-960437eeb690 Jim Meyer jhm2133@gmail.com 2011-03-11T14:39:00Z 2011-03-11T14:39:00Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ffffff;"><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia; color: #960909;">Friday, March 11, 2011</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><br /> <br /> Kamil Pasha seems to be updating her go-to moniker for Turkey from <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Kamil+pasha+%22country+of+no%22&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a" target="_blank">"the country of no</a>"&nbsp; </span>to "<a href="http://kamilpasha.com/?p=4343" target="_blank">the Republic of fear</a>."&nbsp; <br /> <br /> Doesn't someone already own the rights to that name? <br /> <br /> </font></font></font></iframe></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table> <BR><BR>Copyright 2008-2011 jhmeyer.net

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ffffff;"><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia; color: #960909;">Friday, March 11, 2011</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><br /> <br /> Kamil Pasha seems to be updating her go-to moniker for Turkey from <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Kamil+pasha+%22country+of+no%22&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a" target="_blank">"the country of no</a>"&nbsp; </span>to "<a href="http://kamilpasha.com/?p=4343" target="_blank">the Republic of fear</a>."&nbsp; <br /> <br /> Doesn't someone already own the rights to that name? <br /> <br /> </font></font></font></iframe></font></font></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>

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