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January 7th, 2013 - 11:52 pm § in China
BREAKING NEWS: First Amendment Takes Root .. in China?
BEIJING — Journalists and editors at an influential and often outspoken newspaper in China have gone on strike in protest of government censorship. The dispute involves a local propaganda official who allegedly called for changes to the publication’s annual New Year’s editorial to its read[...]
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 [...]
October 16th, 2012 - 4:12 am § in Misc.
Election 2012: My recommendations to Obamas for tonight’s debate:
It is difficult for a very bright and honest man to debate a facile liar like Mitt Romney. Andrew Sullivan put it this way: Let’s look back a bit: With President Obama holed up in a Nevada resort for debate practice, things can get pretty boring on the White House beat right now. Pretty bori[...]
September 16th, 2012 - 8:43 am § in Misc.
Sunday Revelations: When Does Life Begin?
Do Fetuses Feel Pain? Ed. There is real pain and real irony in this post from Tom Bartlett,. He discusses the nationwide effort to ban abortioins after 20 weeks because, the radical right claims, a fetus at that point mean feels pain. The lack of development of the frontal cortex makes it unli[...]
June 25th, 2012 - 1:29 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: The end of popular democracy, ruled by the Supreme Court
Justice Stephen Breyer, joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, wrote to dissent from the summary reversal. “Montana’s experience, like considerable experience elsewhere since the Court’s decision in Citizens United, casts grave doubt on the Court&#[...]
ROMNNEYISMS: Will the Mitt Deign to Condemn His Friends and Fox?
MEDIA MATTERS May 30, 2012 9:26 am ET by Justin Berrier and other sources While Fox & Friends has long been a home for some of the most vicious, misleading, petty, and dishonest attacks on President Obama, they crossed a new ethical line today by producing and airing what is essentially a four[...]
Did Germany’s Zionists welcome Hitler as a way to combat ‘assimilation’
The Hitler Letter Hitler’s 1919 letter urging “removal” of Jews from Germany, an original copy of which was unveiled last year by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, launched his rise to political prominence in Germany. His progress was monitored nervously by Jews, labor unions, and lovers of freedom[...]
Hypocrisy
By Gavin McInnes from Taki’s Magazine 1. IT’S NOT QUITE HEALTHY TO BE A FAT PIG 2. OVERPOPULATION AIN’T SO GREAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT 3. IT MAY BE A BIT HARDER TO SQUEEZE OUT A CHILD AS YOU GET OLDER 4. PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT SEXUAL PREFERENCES SOMETIMES ENJOY DIFFERENT LIFESTYLES 5. CERTAIN[...]
March 26th, 2012 - 12:27 pm § in Misc.
Art About North Korea
YAHOO SEOUL (Reuters) – Above the ballooning dress of Marilyn Monroe is the face of the late North Korean despot Kim Jong-il. A pigeon flies overhead and a feather lies nearby on the ground. North Korean artist Song Byeok once proudly drew the “Dear Leader” in propaganda paintings.[...]