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Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Terrorists Given Perks in Prison

This is troubling news. Apparently, governments around the world are learning that keeping Jihadis prisoner presents its own unique challenge. Some governments, under pressure from hunger strikes and other tactics, have caved in and given many of the Jihadis perks that other prisoners do not get.... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

All Faiths Day

Happy New Year 2008!!! To celebrate the New Year I'm declaring a new holiday--not that anyone will listen to me. But here it goes anyway: I remember once hearing a story that on a particular Christmas day in World War I (or perhaps it was WWII) the soldiers in the trenches on both sides of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Neural Net in Dish Flies Plane

This development promises to herald in a new era of the science of consciousness. Apparently, a scientist has grown a neural net of rat cells that can control a jet in a computer simulation. There is a brief story here: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20041018/brain.html?ct=4820.39805808203 Of... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Islam in the News

Its been a busy week for those trying to keep track of Islam and Islamofascism. Much has happened. Some negative, some positive. That being the case, I felt it was necessary to provide a balanced blog on the subject and not limit myself to just negative or positive coverage. First, is the infamous... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

What Right Does the U.S. have to Interfere with Other?

This past Thanksgiving a significant portion of my family got together at my sister’s house for the traditional Thanksgiving meal. At one point, my father—being conservative—made a comment about how we never hear many good things coming out of Iraq. One of my brothers—a devoted liberal—immediately... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Saudi Court gives gang-rape victim 200 lashes.

Perhaps this constitutes Muslim-bashing, but if their courts are going to make such absurd decisions, I will criticize them. This happened last week. There is more information on Hot Air: http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/15/saudi-court-to-gang-rape-victim-how-does-200-lashes-sound/ Anyway, the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Chinese Sub Surfaces Amidst U.S. Naval Force:

This is downright scary. The story is here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=492804&in_page_id=1811 There is a discussion on Hot Air here: http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/10/chinese-sub-pops-up-in-the-midst-of-a-us-carrier-battle-group/ There seems... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Man Awakens from Coma after Feeding Tube Pulled

Sorry, the headline to this blog is somewhat misleading. The man, Jesse Ramirez, had his feeding tube unplugged for 5 days while his mother and wife fought over guardianship in the court. A judge ordered the feeding tube reinserted. And Jesse regained consciousness at a later time (I’m not sure how... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

British Muslims take tentative steps against extremists

It’s encouraging news. Six years after 9-11, which acted like a wake up call for virtually all of the Western world, the movement to reign in Islamic extremists has spread to significant elements of the Islamic faith itself. Specifically, a number of British Muslim groups are setting up a unified... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Boy Suspended for Drawing Water Pistol

That’s draw as in illustrate not pull out. The original story is here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21397455/. There is a commented discussion at Hot Air here: http://hotair.com/archives/2007/10/22/school-suspends-boy-for-drawing-water-pistol/ Anyway, this seems to be a case of political correctness... Sign in to see full entry.

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