Web 2.0
Libraything and Del.icio.us are two of the more interesting Web 2.0 sites that I've seen.
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« May 2006 | Main | July 2006 » June 28, 2006Web 2.0Libraything and Del.icio.us are two of the more interesting Web 2.0 sites that I've seen. June 20, 2006BullyingI was bullied at boarding school. More power to Fred Wilson for being open about it. I'm not sure how I would control myself if I knew that another child was bullying one of my children. June 19, 2006Human Rights Watch eats its hat, scrambles to get onto the right side of history
June 15, 2006Gaza beach libel1. Shrapnel removed from two of the wounded Palestinians evacuated to Israeli hospitals was not from Israeli made ordinance. But don't expect to hear that from the mainstream media. And don't expect the panoply of "human rights organizations" to take any notice. Here is a report by NGO monitor on Human Rights watch. Believe it or not, I know people who are actually friends with Ken Roth, and who support him wholeheartedly..
June 14, 2006Guy de Jonquieres - FT: China and India cannot fill the world skills gapNo they can't, but Raffles is going to give the problem their best shot... FT.com / Home UK - China and India cannot fill the world's skills gap The pressure on human resources will intensify as continued development throws up new types of jobs. Kiran Karnik, president of Nasscom, India's information technology industry association, says its members are already having to fight harder for recruits tempted by growing opportunities in sectors such as banking and financial services. June 12, 2006Daniel Pipes - we can't just manage the conflict - we need to win it.Daniel Pipes is frustrated that the Israeli's just don't get it. Managing the conflict does not get us anywhere - we need to impose defeat on the enemy.
June 11, 2006Israel not behind the Gaza deathsThere is more an more evidence emerging that Israel was not behind the deaths caused on the Gaza beach. This all smells very much like Muhammed al Dura II. June 08, 2006Yossi Melman: Killing al-Zarkawi more important than Bin Laden
His status was also strengthened by the fact that Zawahiri and bin Laden have largely ceased operations, due to the determined U.S. pursuit, their distance from the main front, and also failing health perhaps. In effect, over the last two years, Zarqawi became a leader in his own right, and even challenged their leadership. For instance, he did not hesitate to carry out attacks against Shi'ites, despite their opposition.
The Wisdom of Tom MurphyWhen Warren Buffett was asked at this year's Berkshire Annual General meeting what up and coming investors should study, he replied, "You don't have to study anyone new. Just study Tom Murphy and Don Keough. If you learned the lessons of Tom Murphy, you don't need to learn any other lessons." Whitney Tilson was kind enough to dig out this interview with Tom Murphy - given in 2000. One quote: "I’m seventy-five years old now—you recognize that the only thing that’s important is your family and your friends. Business is just a way to live your life so that you can have a nice life for your family and make good friends. The greatest blessing in the world, outside of being an American, is to have good health. To be blessed with good health is a great luxury. Fortunately, I’ve had that for many, many years. To be a workaholic never appealed to me. My wife and my four children and now my grandchildren are the most important things in my life. I think that’s the way life should be." Get the whole talk here:
June 07, 2006FT: Moonbat speech by UN official. Bolton enraged.“I spoke with the secretary-general this morning and I said, ‘I have known you since 1989 and I’m telling you this is the worst mistake by a senior UN official that I’ve seen in that time’,” Mr Bolton said. FT.com / World / International economy - Bolton enraged at speech by UN official The US ambassador to the United Nations on Wednesday launched a vitriolic attack on Mark Malloch Brown, the UN’s deputy secretary general, after he said the US had failed to exert sufficient UN leadership at home and abroad. June 03, 2006Jerusalem Post: European support for the Palestinians crashesIts about time.... Jerusalem Post | Exclusive: European support for Palestinians 'crashes' New public opinion surveys conducted among "opinion elites" in Europe show that support for the Palestinians has fallen precipitously, according to a leading international pollster, Stan Greenberg, who has been briefing Israeli leaders on his findings in the past few days. There has not necessarily been "a rush to Israel" but there has been a "crash" in backing for the Palestinians, he noted. |
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The US ambassador to the United Nations on Wednesday launched a vitriolic attack on Mark Malloch Brown, the UN’s deputy secretary general, after he said the US had failed to exert sufficient UN leadership at home and abroad.