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- Photos: A techie touts Ron Paul
- One very active supporter of the Republican now campaigning in N.H. is Vijay Boyapati, a Googler who quit his job to help bring out the voters. by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, ron paul, politics, TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-01-08
- Photos: Scenes from the New Hampshire primary
- Our reporters have been on the campaign trail for the nation's first primary. Here's a glimpse of the 2008 primary in photographs. by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, politics, TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-01-08
- Political Infighting – what a great thing!
- Many companies bemoan the fact that they have so much infighting. Often they'll bring in a management consultant or a leadership coach to "fix the problem". They'll ask us the equivalent of, "Why can't we all just get along?"  I usually surprise folks with this opinion – sometimes this kind of infighting...
- Tags: Practices, Power, Politics, Personnel, motivation, Management Style, Management, Leadership, Knowledge Retention, Job Roles, HR, Executive, Empowerment, Delegation, Decision Making, Change Management, Career, Business Intelligence, Blogroll
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- Martial Law
- Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/2007/mar/09/didnt_know_that_was_in_the_bill Here is an excerpt from the blog: "However, with the inclusion of a seemingly insignificant rider into the massive def
- Tags: politics, off-topic, U.S. Congress, Inkling, G.W.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-09
- New Net radio rules draw fire on Capitol Hill
- Politicians blast new Net radio rulesA key House Democrat, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), slammed a recent federal ruling by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board CRB that proposes raising the amount that commercial Internet radio services pay to record
- Tags: networking, politics, news, legislation, royalty, radio, Sonja Thompson
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- Have the French taken leave of their senses?
- [i]PC World[/i][b]France Bans Laypeople From Reporting Violence[/b][b]New French law says that only professional journalists can film or broadcast acts of violence.[/b]Peter Sayer, IDG News ServiceTuesday, March 06, 2007 08:00 AM GMT-08:00The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people...
- Tags: civil liberties, deepsand, French Law, journalism, off-topic, politics, violence
- Discussion threads 2007-03-07
- U.S. Intelligence Agencies: The lights are on, but is anyone home?
- Once upon a time the abilities of our intelligence agencies were legion; however, more and more of late it seems that we just can't get it quite right.By now all but the most isolated or stubborn know the the claims re. Iraq's possession of WMDs and/or the ability to quickly...
- Tags: intelligence agency, administration, deepsand, geo-politics, politics, intelligence, off-topic, agency
- Discussion threads 2007-03-01
- Office politics: Making the most of your environment
- By John McKeeOh yes,politics. In business, many regard it as something distasteful, even ugly. Theysee it as Machiavellian, often facilitating an environment that condones backstabbing, gossiping, and sucking up to the boss.True enoughin many situations; but it can have a good side as well.Knowing howto work the company's political environment...
- Tags: Corporate culture, John McKee, mentor, Microsoft Office, Politics
- Technical articles 2007-02-12
- Uncle Sam wants [i]your[/i] DNA.
- Not satisfied with the collection of DNA samples from those convicted of a crime, now the Fed will be taking such from those merely arrested or detained! Why stop there? Why not, for example require that all health care providers do the same, and turn the samples over...
- Tags: deepsand, DNA, law enforcement, politics, civil rights, off-topic, illegal immigrant, immigrant
- Discussion threads 2007-02-11
- What about Unity08.com?
- I heard about this web site on CNN last night on the Lou Dobbs show. I think people from both parties are plenty fed up with whats going on in our government. Could this be the beginning of a third party for the '08 election?Let's hope soI'm tired...
- Tags: AmericanVoter, 2008 election, politics, off-topic, AV (formerly AmericanVoter)
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- Politicians call for e-voting paper trails by '08 election
- Paper records to verify e-votingTroubled by irregularities, an urgent push is under way by congressional Democrats to enact federal legislation that would require paper trails to accompany all electronic voting machines in time for the 2008 presidential election.What is your opinion concerning voter-verifiable paper records of all ballots cast?Stay on...
- Tags: e-voting, legislation, networking, news, paper records, politics, receipt, software, Sonja Thompson
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- Analysis Is Bleak on Iraq’s Future
- The New York Times--------------------------------------------------------------------------------February 3, 2007Analysis Is Bleak on Iraq’s Future By MARK MAZZETTIWASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — The release on Friday of portions of a bleak new National Intelligence Estimate about Iraq’s future left the White House and its opponents vying over whether its findings buttressed their vastly different views...
- Tags: deepsand, violence, world politics, iraq, politics, off-topic, geo-politics, administration, American Troops, analysis, Shiite
- Discussion threads 2007-02-03
- Dictatorships catching up with Web 2.0
- Go to the source.This just illustrates the increasing importance of open source software. In a world where even supposedly secure services, such as an encrypted voice over IP service like Skype, can be compromised directly through corporate deals with tyrannical governments, the only way to avoid such oppressive and...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., open-source software, software, apotheon, dictatorships, security, open source, encryption, networking, politics, Web, Web 2.0
- Discussion threads 2007-02-02
- (Photos: George Bush and 'ethanol 2.0')
- Doh! GW wins another Homer.Sorry! My carrier got dropped in the middle of editing a typo. Resent on the next post. Thanks.Doh! GW wins another Homer.Not even getting into the immorality or unethical practice of turning a food crop into fuel, when there are hungry people in this country...
- Tags: ADM, benefit, bullshit, DoH, energy, George W. Bush, Homer, jrwhalley@..., off-topic, photograph, politics, smoke and mirrors
- Discussion threads 2007-01-29
- UN's new ITU boss says Internet should still be run by key players
- goodGood. About the last thing we need is the UN running the Internet.
- Tags: apotheon, icann, international government, International Telecommunications Union, internet, networking, politics, un
- Discussion threads 2007-01-16
- Playing political football with peoples' lives
- I mentioned to a journalist colleague in Moscow that I considered Ronald Reagan had a lot to answer for in treating AIDS as a joke, as did Pope John Paul II for effectively denying access to condoms in some African countries.His reply is most interesting:You will see that his reply...
- Tags: aids, fundamentalist, health, jardinier, off-topic, persecution, politics, priorities, Reagan, responsibility
- Discussion threads 2007-01-14
- Well, I guess we now know...
- Who's really for big business.Whose district contains the company that provides 75% of the employment for a particular US possession that is exempted from the just passed minimum wage bill?
- Tags: TonytheTiger
- Discussion threads 2007-01-12
- Absolutely's global warming debate - 'team yes' prep thread
- Let's get started.We need to build an outline of principles to be covered & the means to ...demonstrate them.Some suggested starters:1) The crucial difference between [i]thermal energy[/i] and [i]temperature[/i] must be made clear. Many engaged in other discussions re. this matter seem to either confuse the 2, or perhaps...
- Tags: Absolutely, analogue, capitalism, deepsand, environmentalism, global warming, off-topic, physical system, politics, science, team
- Discussion threads 2007-01-10
- Absolutely's global warming debate - 'team no' prep thread
- Gentlemen, start your engines!:DI know you will anyway, so I can at least have a laugh about it...:(
- Tags: Absolutely, capitalism, environmentalism, global warming, off-topic, politics, science, team
- Discussion threads 2007-01-10
- Central Asia: The next Iraq?
- Central Asia, i.e. the "Stans," have been, for the most part, frozen in time since the passing of the Sovit Union. Each, in it's own way, has continued to be governed in the old Stalinist style.Now, however, with the death of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov, and the soon to...
- Tags: Central Asia, deepsand, geo-politics, leader, off-topic, politics, Saparmurat Niyazov
- Discussion threads 2007-01-07
