DAESH. !!!!!! The Islamic State Is Upset With France’s New Name For Them ISIS, IS, the Islamic State, ISIL — the international community can’t seem to decide what to call the Islamic extremists who have been terrorizing the Middle East, and[...]
Archive for September, 2014
September 20th, 2014 - 3:06 am § in Uncategorized
Why the NFL has a problem
Society bloomed with gentler personalities and more feminine faces Modern humans appear in the fossil record about 200,000 years ago, but it was only about 50,000 years ago that making art and advanced tools became widespread. A new study appearing Aug. 1 in the journal Current Anthropology finds [...]
The bigger issue.
I have been seeing a lot of posts like this lately, and quite frankly it’s starting to irritate me. It is true politicians, as well as police officers are less likely to lose employment over domestic violence issues. Although I agree that there is a huge double standard here, I am questionin[...]
September 19th, 2014 - 12:28 pm § in Misc.
Paul Allen: Yet another toy!
GEEKWIRE: Paul Allen paid $2.5M for this German tank, says seller refuses to deliver by Todd Bishop on September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 at 10:47 am6 Comments Paul Allen is finding it very difficult to acquire this tank. The 28-ton Panzerkampfwagen IV, better known as the Panzer IV, was used by [...]
September 19th, 2014 - 9:23 am § in Religion
Is There a “liberal Islam?”
Liberal Islamic Studies Dean Murdered in Karachi, Pakistan By Polly Mosendz Muhammad Shakil Auj was struck in the neck and head while riding in a car to an event, held in his honor, at the Iranian Consulate, the man who shot him escaped by motorbike.[...]
ISIS IS ISLAMIC
Alastair Crooke on ISIS as Islam (HuffPost abstracts and comments) I agree with Mr. Crooke. The President’s statement that ISIS is not Islamic was at best confusing political correctness. Obama said this, I assume, to avoid inciting bigots. However, the statement neglects a fa[...]
September 19th, 2014 - 12:47 am § in Misc.
No value from studying with smarter people?
Learning with ‘stronger peers’ yields no boost A new study contradicts the popular theory that students perform better when surrounded by higher-achieving classmates.[...]
September 18th, 2014 - 6:42 pm § in America
Yes, the U.S. Navy has searched your computer looking for kiddie porn
Buried under a small headline in today’s Seattle Times is a story about sensational military and police misconduct. “'[I]t has become a routine practice for the Navy to conduct surveillance of all the civilian computers in an entire state to see whether any child pornography can be found on them[...]
Cultural Analysis of African American males. Intro