Archive for March, 2008
The Shi’ite ritual of “Ashura”, Warning - Blood
The Shi’ite ritual of Ashura shows young boys beating themselves on the back with knives connected to chains. The ritual has been banned in most parts of the Muslim/Islamic world. (so says the sites I visited)
This is not a video for everyone.
There is a complete explanation of the origins of the ritual and the reason [...]
Holding Down the Obama Family Fort
By Scott Helman
‘Grandma’ makes the race possible
She is the linchpin of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and yet she does not raise money, plot strategy, lead conference calls, or carry a BlackBerry, which, in her day, was an unassuming fruit that grew on bushes.
Marian Robinson does, though, carry an exalted title in this race: mother-in-law. And [...]
Hillary Clinton’s Loose Association with the Truth
by Byron Williams
Translation: Hillary Clinton Lies
Ethics is often defined as a system of moral principles governing appropriate conduct for groups or individuals. Christian ethics, in order to be relevant, must first be understood in a Christian theological context.
This presupposition automatically invites nuance into the equation. In our contemporary political-speak, nuance and context are prerequisites. But [...]
Cities Vulnerable To Terror:
By Stuart Glascock
NYC, New Orleans and . . . Boise?
People in Boise, Idaho, have taken pride in favorable lifestyle rankings their city has picked up recently: No. 2 on Forbes’ best places for business and careers; No. 9 on Inc.com’s hottest cities for entrepreneurs; No. 1 National Geographic adventure town; and No. 8 on Money [...]
Supreme Court Say’s No To Jefferson Money In The Freezer Case
The Crypt
by Bill Jefferson
In a big win for Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.), the Supreme Court today refused to take up a Justice Department request to overturn an appeals court ruling that the FBI’s May 20, 2006, raid of Jefferson’s office was unconstitutional.
This means that thousands of pages of privileged documents and materials seized from [...]
Doomsday Lawsuit - Will Save The World From Black Hole
Walter L. Wagner and Luis Sancho File for Injunction to Save World
Walter L. Wagner and Luis Sancho have literally filed to save the world in a federal court in Hawaii. The men claim that a giant particle accelerator called the Large Hadron Collider (located outside of Geneva) will produce a little black hole or even [...]
Barack Obama Attended Farrakhan’s Million Man March
Excerpt from Chicago Reader
By Hank De Zutter
December 8, 1995
Please be sure and read the “Entire” article. Below he states what he thinks of Republican’s. He doesn’t sound like a “Uniter” that wants to reach across the aisle.
Obama took time off from attending campaign coffees to attend October’s Million Man March in Washington, D.C. His experiences [...]
Blogger Diagnosed With Rare Malady
by Glenn Reynolds
Do you get out enough?
ADVICE FOR BLOGGERS AND HOME-BASED WORKERS who don’t get out enough. “Home-based? Feeling like your work-in-pajamas lifestyle has gone a little too far. Forgetting social formalities? Not brushing your teeth until early afternoon? Forgetting to shave? All signs that you may be suffering from homepreneuritosis.”
Rich Sloan’s Amazon Blog
Home-based? [...]
Remind Me Again — Who’s Losing In Basra?
by Ed Morrissey
When the Iraqi government finally took the long-expected action to establish control of Basra after the British pullback left it in the hands of militias and gangsters, suddenly the media declared that the country had reached the brink of collapse. They highlighted stories of defections from the Iraqi military and opined that the [...]
