<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post7822661696602930655..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7822661696602930655/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-funeral-for-mahmoud-darwish-in.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5438670027418536293</id><published>2008-08-11T19:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-11T19:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Have been taking trips on six or more of these, bu...</title><summary type='text'>Have been taking trips on six or more of these, but have been spending the most time with the &lt;BR/&gt;&quot;is poetry a technology&quot; posts.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;uuh</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7822661696602930655/comments/default/5438670027418536293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7822661696602930655/comments/default/5438670027418536293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-funeral-for-mahmoud-darwish-in.html?showComment=1218496620000#c5438670027418536293' title=''/><author><name>brian salchert</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11649691450577647656</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-funeral-for-mahmoud-darwish-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7822661696602930655' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7822661696602930655' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1297934363"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8397113828375607230</id><published>2008-08-11T12:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-11T12:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The office in which I&#39;m lucky enough to work is a ...</title><summary type='text'>The office in which I&#39;m lucky enough to work is a half-block from Vivarium. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It is a cold-blooded wonderland.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The cold-blooded part is sometimes the most interesting.  A most vivid reminder during a lunch time stroll about a whole different metabolism.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There&#39;s also more than a little undertone of sadness in the store, despite the super-diligent and smart staff who </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7822661696602930655/comments/default/8397113828375607230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7822661696602930655/comments/default/8397113828375607230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-funeral-for-mahmoud-darwish-in.html?showComment=1218470520000#c8397113828375607230' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-funeral-for-mahmoud-darwish-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7822661696602930655' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7822661696602930655' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-668410515535226294</id><published>2008-08-11T09:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-11T09:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The the guy above me -- Lulu is a print-on-demand ...</title><summary type='text'>The the guy above me -- Lulu is a print-on-demand company.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron - Maybe the Kindle sales have gone up or maybe it is a lot of hype or maybe poets are not the ones buying the thing. Only one download since November for me. Not that the book sales are much better but we get at least a hand full of sales with each publication.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think the people buying this are Wall Street </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7822661696602930655/comments/default/668410515535226294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7822661696602930655/comments/default/668410515535226294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-funeral-for-mahmoud-darwish-in.html?showComment=1218461700000#c668410515535226294' title=''/><author><name>Didi Menendez</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08195202743154382432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yyMS6N_gKRg/SJ9JfZFHuGI/AAAAAAAABM0/xWvjdPYzQrI/s1600-R/me2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-funeral-for-mahmoud-darwish-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7822661696602930655' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7822661696602930655' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1301407041"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2620798797544222575</id><published>2008-08-11T09:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-11T09:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As in regards to the fascinating debate regarding ...</title><summary type='text'>As in regards to the fascinating debate regarding the youngest wife (not the first wife (Khadija, pbuh) as the article suggests) of the Last Prophet Mohamed (May Allah shower blessings upon him and his Ahl Bayt)....well.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Comparing the story of her life and the writing of it...to the Satanic Verses is not only laughable but demonstrates a clear lack of knowledge and presence of LUNACY in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7822661696602930655/comments/default/2620798797544222575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7822661696602930655/comments/default/2620798797544222575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-funeral-for-mahmoud-darwish-in.html?showComment=1218460620000#c2620798797544222575' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/R-T_8p07tdI/AAAAAAAAALk/-vDDGcPoXP0/S220/Cotton+gully.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-funeral-for-mahmoud-darwish-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7822661696602930655' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7822661696602930655' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5243201894603791740</id><published>2008-08-11T09:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-11T09:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>well now... what, pray-tell, is/was so wrong with ...</title><summary type='text'>well now... what, pray-tell, is/was so wrong with that 1975  Collected Poems of George Oppen, New Directions&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;with George Oppen having a hand in its doing&lt;BR/&gt;that&lt;BR/&gt;this Last Bender &quot;could never get a toe hold on his work through those publications.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I guess Jon Bender can now got through Amazon/abebooks  and get &lt;BR/&gt;some of the original &quot;stuff&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;like  Black Sparrow&#39;s</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7822661696602930655/comments/default/5243201894603791740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7822661696602930655/comments/default/5243201894603791740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-funeral-for-mahmoud-darwish-in.html?showComment=1218460320000#c5243201894603791740' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-funeral-for-mahmoud-darwish-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7822661696602930655' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7822661696602930655' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7448815533920849037</id><published>2008-08-11T09:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-11T09:04:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Mahmoud Darwish is a national poet who incited ag...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Mahmoud Darwish is a national poet who incited against Judaism and Zionism. I am afraid [teaching his poetry] would arouse sentiments against Zionism, Judaism and the country,&quot; said Orlev, also the former chair of the Knesset Education Committee. &quot;We must not be bleeding hearts. There are red lines that must never be crossed and he crossed the line.&quot; &quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And the Hebrew prophet Moses (May </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7822661696602930655/comments/default/7448815533920849037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7822661696602930655/comments/default/7448815533920849037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-funeral-for-mahmoud-darwish-in.html?showComment=1218459840000#c7448815533920849037' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/R-T_8p07tdI/AAAAAAAAALk/-vDDGcPoXP0/S220/Cotton+gully.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-funeral-for-mahmoud-darwish-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7822661696602930655' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7822661696602930655' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2008"/></entry></feed>