tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-209982 2009-11-07T12:08:12-08:00 a blog about current affairs . . . . with a not so serious attitude, and a Turkish-American angle TypePad Talkturkeyhttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9e4153ef0120a660a2e8970b 2009-11-07T12:08:12-08:00 2009-11-07T12:17:27-08:00 Editor source: forbes.com The big three luxury car brands in the U.S. are Lexus (153,809 units sold annually nationwide), followed by BMW (144,472), and Mercedes-Benz (131,146).<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?a=I0X06asijYc:HKs8d1-MFn0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?a=I0X06asijYc:HKs8d1-MFn0:ANkz6nJbUoM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?d=ANkz6nJbUoM" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9e4153ef0120a6afb9f7970c 2009-11-05T20:49:50-08:00 2009-11-05T20:59:06-08:00 Editor Why is it that converts to Islam seem to be more 'Muslim' than Muslims by birth? In this case, an American Jew who lived in Israel before converting to Islam, Al-Khattab "would like to see a mushroom cloud" over the Jewish state. As CNN reports, Al-Khattab and his brothers of the 'Revolution Muslim' are part of the group spreading violent...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?a=gPNkwyLoqlg:yRjwBxwRIng:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?a=gPNkwyLoqlg:yRjwBxwRIng:ANkz6nJbUoM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?d=ANkz6nJbUoM" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9e4153ef0120a6a8577d970c 2009-11-04T07:54:19-08:00 2009-11-04T08:09:46-08:00 Editor via news.bbc.co.uk Sometimes one step back, two steps forward can be a great strategy. In the game of give-and-take, one side always ends up with the better of the two deals, even if it's a win-win for both. The Republicans knew that they were not going to end up in the White House last year; after eight-years of perceived, if...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?a=3qAE6c9eOak:9evYQYr8xDE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?a=3qAE6c9eOak:9evYQYr8xDE:ANkz6nJbUoM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?d=ANkz6nJbUoM" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9e4153ef0120a6732017970c 2009-10-24T15:39:22-07:00 2009-10-24T15:47:03-07:00 Editor I make no qualms about my affinity of Apple, makers of both software and hardware, who thereby can't point the finger at each other. But is it any wonder Microsoft is releasing Windows 7, the prerequisite to Windows 8, on Halloween? Is Windows 7 cursed from the start? Here's what esarcasm.com is saying about some of Microsoft's wackier marketing gimmicks:...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?a=zD4YW6PLmQo:UWDFElB-9dQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?a=zD4YW6PLmQo:UWDFElB-9dQ:ANkz6nJbUoM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?d=ANkz6nJbUoM" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9e4153ef0120a6589169970c 2009-10-20T09:01:43-07:00 2009-10-20T09:01:43-07:00 Editor <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?a=bqr4oaq_HVU:Ie25YgOM4Mo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?a=bqr4oaq_HVU:Ie25YgOM4Mo:ANkz6nJbUoM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Talkturkey?d=ANkz6nJbUoM" border="0"></img></a> </div>