http://www.metafilter.com/tags/balkenende Posts tagged with 'balkenende' at MetaFilter. Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:54:26 -0800 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:54:26 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/52660/Dutch%2Dcabinet%2Dresigns%2Dover%2DHirsi%2DAli%2Dcitizenship%2Dconflict <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=a41qPY7cmJBk&amp;refer=europe">An interesting chain of events</a> culminated today in <a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1147217.ece">the resignation of the Dutch cabinet</a>: Somali-born <a href="http://ayaanhirsiali.web-log.nl/ayaanhirsiali/english/index.html">Ayaan Hirsi Ali</a>^{<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali">^</a>} embarks on a career in the Netherlands' <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4985636.stm">political</a> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1485350,00.html">fast lane</a>, in her spare time writing the <a href="http://www.vpro.nl/programma/zomergasten/afleveringen/17869746/items/20012727/">screenplay to the film</a>^{<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submission_(movie)">^</a>} that got Theo van Gogh^{<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh_%28film_director%29">^</a>} killed^{<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/36858">1</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/38099">2</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/43443">3</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/46338">4</a>}, plans to leave parliament for a job in the US^{<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/51623">1</a>}, meanwhile sees the legality of her citizenship called into question by an overeager minister of Immigration^{<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdonk">^</a>}^{<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/48754">1</a>}, causing her to step down early. <small>[more inside]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.52660 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:54:26 -0800 ayaanhirsiali balkenende hirsiali holland islam janpeterbalkenende netherlands politics ritaverdonk thenetherlands theovangogh goodnewsfortheinsane