In a recent controversy a shcool in Mississippi canceled the Prom because the bigots in the school administration did not want to allow a lesbian to attend with a female date or to wear a tuxedo. The cancellation was to prevent being taken to court by the ACLU, but now they are going to court [...]
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Today is international Darwin Day, and it’s Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday as well. It’s a great day to celebrate and I recommend going to see “Creation” tonight.
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This is what happens where tyrants rule. Not imaginary tyrants like those dreamed up by paranoid tea partiers, but instead real tyrants like those ruling the United Arab Emirates. Warning: Graphic Violence, but not the spattering blood type.
More on this bizarre miscarriage of justice at LGF
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If you are religious you will most likely find these quotes offensive, and I used to really care a lot about not offending religious people even though I’ve been atheist all my life
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Testing Wordpress 2.9: Photo Cropping and Video Embedding
This is a test post to see how the photocropping feature works in WP 2.9, as well as the video embedding – you are totally safe ignoring it completely.
First an embed using a naked url:
Warrior Jesus Kills Comericial Capitalist Santa
For the record according to authorities Jesus was born [...]
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A Bittersweet Day in History
Today in Germany they prepare to celebrate the fall of the Berlin wall, but it is also the anniverary of Krystallnacht.
Here is part one of the History Channel Documentary on Krystallnacht
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The Berlin Wall: A Retrospective on Escape Attempts and Construction Phases
This forty five minute episode of Megastructures covers the Berlin wall and the history of some of the amazing escapes from the totalitarian tyranny of East Berlin.
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Decline is a Choice – Charles Krauthammer Wriston Lecture
While I don’t agree with some of the jibes in this lecture from Charles Krauthammer the heart and soul of this argument are pure and persuasive: America faces a long term strategic choice – and Decline is one of the options. Which choice should we make? As [...]
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Tags: decline, hegemony, krauthammer, lecture, wriston | 1 Comment »
Putting Faith in its Place
A good logical examination of faith, and why you shouldn’t go overboard with it and try to control others by its dictates. Those should be personal for you, but not for everyone else – their beliefs might be different and nobody can prove who is correct.
This comes from one of my [...]
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September Morn
Eight years ago I walked into mission control at work just like every other day, stopping by to check if there were any large technical issues that needed resolving. Dave was staring at the bank of televisions above the rows of 20 monitors that kept track of the call centers we actively watch all [...]
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The Michael Moore Challenge
Some people estimate that Michael Moore’s worth is 100 million or better, and in his new movie he declares that capitalism is evil. Since capitalism is merely property and the trading thereof, I call on Michael to stop relishing his own evil by giving every penny he has away. Every bit of [...]
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Maoist Machinations
The World Bank has been feeding the Maoist cadres of Chairman Prachanda (or Prachandra, both spellings appear ) in Nepal as part of the peace accords, but ceased that today when they found that the numbers were being inflated in a scam. Former PM Prachanda is unavailable for comment as he’s suddenly fallen ill.
More [...]
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Of Kings and Queens and Freedom
Driving across the plains a couple years back I was musing while returning home from visiting my son and soon-to-be daughter-in-law. Rolling through the countryside across gentle hills and through green valleys I marveled at this land and our people. There were a thousand vistas along the way that would [...]
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Honduran Coup
There’s been a coup this morning in Honduras against one of Hugo Chavez’s allies, President Zelaya. Normally I don’t care for military coups, but this one appears to be enforcing current court decisions and their constitution over a Chavez style referendum to rewrite said constitution. The best coverage and round up of the ongoing [...]
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Iran Erupts Over Election Results
This is the most unrest that’s been seen in Iran in a decade, there’s a lot of people in Iran unhappy over the election results that were announced. (h/t Michael Totten please stop by, he has several more videos posted)
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Remembering Tiananmen Square
It was 20 years ago today, this event changed China forever.
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Memorial Day 2009
The history of taps from Tapsbugler.com.
If you’ve been in the military or a military family you have mixed emotions about this 24 note song – heard at dusk it means end of day, you and yours are still alive. When heard at other times that meaning is changed.
Memorial Day
Some get confused between Memorial day and Veterans day, but there is a difference. On Veteran’s day we honor all veterans, those living and those who fell.
On Memorial, or Decoration day as it was previously known and as President Ronald Reagan preferred to call it, we honor those who have fallen. We honor them [...]
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Welcome Home Roxana Saberi
No words needed here, Roxana says it well enough.
More from the BBC Article.
UPDATE: Roxana Saberi wins at Cannes Film Festival:
CANNES, France (AP) – A film co-scripted by U.S.-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi won a prize in one of the Cannes Film Festival competitions on Saturday.
“No One Knows About Persian Cats” won a special [...]
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Happy 61st Independence day Israel!
Torch ceremony at Mt. Herzl, photo credit Gil Yohanan at YNET
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