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Archive for December, 2012

December 19th, 2012 - 9:27 am § in Misc.

Labor Issues in Saudi Arabia

86% jobs ‘not fit for Saudis’[...]

December 19th, 2012 - 9:13 am § in Misc.

How The Israelis Control Guns

Israeli gun control regulations ‘opposite of US’ By BEN HARTMAN 12/18/2012 21:23 There is no full-auto Friday or Ladies night at the “Lahav” gun store in TA, a store that bears little resemblance to its US counterparts. Photo: Ben Hartman A gun lover’s dream or a string[...]

December 18th, 2012 - 1:02 pm § in Misc., Science

Need a Christmas Present? For $500 You Can Buy A Cloning Lab!

The quest for the $500 home molecular biology laboratory By John Brunstein, PhD ………. I recently set out on a quest to see whether a non-specialist, $500 complete molecular biology laboratory was possible. …….. The challenge I set for myself had a number of criteria: Tha[...]

December 17th, 2012 - 3:58 pm § in Misc.

GOP Finds an Oreo For the Senate

As previously predicted on TA , the GOP has fund another Oreo to fill the vacancy left by Jim Demint. From Washington Post South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) announced Monday that she will appoint Rep. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to the Senate. Scott will replace Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), who is leaving the[...]

December 17th, 2012 - 12:27 pm § in Misc.

The AVE CHallenge: Merry Christmas

The “ganze megillah” .. whole story of Xmas.[...]

December 17th, 2012 - 6:36 am § in Misc.

Even China and Murdock’s scandal sheet sees the point

LANZA HAD ENOUGH AMMO TO KILL ALMOST EVERY CHILD AT SCHOOL Why are there so many US shooting tragedies? China.org.cn A movie based on the Columbine school massacre was shown in Europe, and was seen by 800,000 views in France alone. US shooting deaths amount to 12,000 annually, more than 100 times hi[...]

December 17th, 2012 - 4:38 am § in Misc.

A Hannukah Hero

The Guardian: MOHAMED BOUAZIZI Like so many little people who trigger big events, Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old fruit and vegetable seller in the nondescript Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, wasn’t seeking to change the world. All he wanted was a truck. So he worked hard and saved, but his reward w[...]

December 17th, 2012 - 4:35 am § in Misc.

Xmas Gift

This is an $800 Batman chess set from The Noble Collection. That’s a lot of money to spend on a game you’re not even good at. But it does light up and project a Bat-Signal onto the ceiling, so, you know, totally worth it. I’LL GIVE YOU $1,200 — FINAL OFFER. A press of the [&h[...]

December 16th, 2012 - 4:47 pm § in Misc.

Xmas 2012 .. what to give to your non Christian friends!

Please click on the Wikipedia logo and contribute what you can.[...]

December 16th, 2012 - 3:15 pm § in Misc.

SUNDAY REVELATIONS: We, not the ancient Canaani, are the problem in Connecticut.

  By Gary Wills, NY REVIEW OF BOOKS   Few crimes are more harshly forbidden in the Old Testament than sacrifice to the god Moloch (for which see Leviticus 18.21, 20.1-5). The sacrifice referred to was of living children consumed in the fires of offering to Moloch. Ever since then, worship [...]