Islamic Extremists Issue Fatwa on Malala Islamic hardliners are threatening to issue a fatwa on the teenage schoolgirl who was cold-bloodedly shot by the Pakistani Taliban last month for campaigning for better educational opportunities for girls. Malala Yousafzai remains under police guard at[...]
Archive for November, 2012
November 25th, 2012 - 12:19 pm § in Misc.
Knowing when and to whom, your curtsy is due …
With snobbish predictability, the document says that Princess Kate, because she was born a commoner, must defer and curtsey to all ‘Blood Princesses’, including Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, when she is not in the presence of her husband William. If Kate is with William, then she assumes his [...]
November 25th, 2012 - 12:06 pm § in Misc.
DAVEY JONES: Docking in Egypt, entering the Suez
We made it into Damietta Egypt the night of the 23rd, because of the unrest in Egypt the town was mostly closed, we did get our cargo to include 30 refrigerated containers, I’ll have to check to see what is in them. We left out of Damietta Saturday Morning at 7 and to the Suez […][...]
The (Mad) Scientist
By Hannah Waters, The Scientist Mad science has always fascinated the public, but that isn’t why Jim Fields, video producer and journalist for Time Magazine, decided to make the documentary, A: Head, B: Body, about White. “I’m intrigued more by him than anything he particularly [...]
November 25th, 2012 - 4:54 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: No flood coming to Mecca
Sunday, 18 November 2012 | Muharam 4, 1434 Astronomer rules out likelihood of floods Monday 19 November 2012 A leading astronomer in the Kingdom has dismissed reports about an impending flood in Makkah and Jeddah as mere baseless rumors.[...]
November 24th, 2012 - 10:41 pm § in Misc.
SCIENTIFIC HYPE: MIT Style
HYPE?: Dr. Robert Langer, 64, knows how. Since the 1980s, his Langer Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has spun out companies whose products treat cancer, diabetes, heart disease and schizophrenia, among other diseases, and even thicken hair. Polaris Venture Partners, a Boston venture[...]
November 24th, 2012 - 12:33 pm § in Misc.
Davey Jones in the Med: He finds a Republican!
Well we passed through the Straights of Gibraltar at around noon today (Monday 19NOV) so we are out of the Atlantic and into the Mediterranean, I’ve always found the Gibraltar straights to be a fascinating place, not only for all of the shipping that passes through there, but you can see both si[...]
November 24th, 2012 - 7:31 am § in Misc.
Davey Jones Enters the Med. Saturday
see more about Davey Jones here I hope that you and your family are well not much that is too new my way, it’s Saturday morning and the weather has picked up a bit nothing severe, just 10-15 degree rolls. But we should be in the Med by tomorrow night. Last Thursday the Chief Engineer […][...]
Egyptian Democracy lslamic Dictatorship?
Jefferson or Mao? Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi smiles benignly, with new credibility after negotiating a truce in Gaza. In the shadow of that achievement, President Mursi has triggered controversy by issuing decrees that complete the efforts of his party to replace military rule w[...]