{"id":20,"date":"2010-02-26T17:06:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T17:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomsalinsky.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20"},"modified":"2010-02-26T17:06:39","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T17:06:39","slug":"fridays-this-week-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomsalinsky.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/02\/26\/fridays-this-week-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday&#8217;s This Week In History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>History will recall (assuming she has nothing better to do with her time) the week ending 26 February 2010 as the week in which&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three eminent judges <a href=\"http:\/\/jackofkent.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/good-day-in-court.html\" target=\"_blank\">raked the British Chiropractic Association over the coals<\/a> for their vexatious lawsuit against Simon Singh. It remains to be seen, however, if they will rule in Simon&#8217;s favour.<\/li>\n<li>In an even more pleasing turn of events for evidence-based medicine, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.badscience.net\/2010\/02\/parliamentary-sci-tech-committee-on-homeopathy\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Science and Technology Select Committee ruled that the NHS should stop funding homeopathy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>And of course, we finally got an answer to the question <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howdoeshomeopathywork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">How does homeopathy work?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2010\/02\/23\/live-blogging-apples-tim-cook-at-goldman-sachs-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Cook lifted the lid on how Apple Inc functions<\/a>. Methods include saying &#8220;no&#8221; to great ideas in order to stay focused &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5476484\/forbidden-apple-on-the-death-of-iphone-sex-apps\" target=\"_blank\">this apparently includes using the iPhone as a portable porno device<\/a>. But what do they care &#8211; they just <a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/2010\/02\/25\/more-on-apples-billions-this-time-its-itunes\/\" target=\"_blank\">sold their ten billionth song on iTunes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fakesteve.net\/2010\/02\/palm-swoons-in-death-spiral.html\" target=\"_blank\">Palm looks into the abyss<\/a>, yet again.<\/li>\n<li>Cheryl Cole left Ashley and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/culture\/2010\/feb\/25\/cheryl-cole-tattoo-girls-aloud\" target=\"_blank\">may now have to rebrand<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/politics\/2010\/feb\/25\/gordon-brown-tony-blair-you-ruined-my-life\" target=\"_blank\">Gordon Brown is outed as a bully<\/a> &#8211; but so is the <a href=\"http:\/\/bengoldacre.posterous.com\/the-national-bullying-helpline-look-dodgy-to\" target=\"_blank\">National Bullying Helpline<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That was my week. How was yours?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History will recall (assuming she has nothing better to do with her time) the week ending 26 February 2010 as the week in which&#8230; Three eminent judges raked the British Chiropractic Association over the coals for their vexatious lawsuit against Simon Singh. It remains to be seen, however, if they will rule in Simon&#8217;s favour. 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