If you want something real to worry about, rather than a UAE company operating U.S. ports, read Paul Boutin : Biowar for Dummies
In the wild, viruses hijack host cells and turn them into virus replication factories. Wimmer was sure any one of the 2,847 members of the American Society for Virology could figure out how […]
CNN
A group of men dressed like Iraqi police commandos set off explosives at the al Askariya “Golden Mosque” in Samarra on Wednesday morning, heavily damaging the Shiite holy site, Iraqi government officials and the U.S. military said.Photographs from the scene showed little evidence of the golden dome that once towered above the mosque. Mounds of […]
Christopher Hitchens on the cartoon controversy. Of course it is a must read.
The Moderate Voice has a great round-up of this issue.
From what I can tell, Dubai Ports World is a reputable company with no ties to terrorism. It seems to be competant to administer the ports just fine.
The previous administrator of the ports was a British company, P&O which Dubai Ports World is trying to purchase, […]
I have been struggling today to come up with a post on the David Irving trial.
The Belmont Club expresses my feelings quite perfectly.
These Holocaust Denial laws are the poorest defense of truth possible. They allow individuals like Irving, who have written bad history, to clothe themselves with the appearance of martyrdom. Galileo is supported by […]
Dr. Bob wrestles with what the core of Islam really is:
Which behavior–peaceful coexistence or belligerent conquest and conversion, with death to the infidels–best represents the core of Islam?
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Islam was born under the sword, and lived by the sword: it was from the start the divine judgment on the infidel, executed by the hand of man.It […]
John Noonan of The Officers’ Club has several political cartoons by Dr. Seuss from the 40s. Interesting.
Everyone is familiar with Dr. Seuss’ timeless children’s books. But most people are unaware that Dr. Seuss spent two years as chief editorial cartoonist for the New York newspaper PM, where -from 1941 to 1943- he drew over […]
Yahoo! News
Nigeria - Nigerian Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad attacked Christians and burned churches on Saturday, killing at least 15 people in the deadliest confrontation yet in the whirlwind of Muslim anger over the drawings.
It was the first major protest to erupt over the issue in Africa’s most populous nation. An Associated Press […]
Guardian Unlimited
Osama bin Laden vowed never to be taken alive in an audiotape broadcast on a militant website today.In the recording - which appeared to be a fuller version of a tape broadcast last month - the al-Qaida leader said the US military in Iraq had resorted to the same “barbaric” tactics used by the […]
You scored as Hedonism. Your life is guided by the principles of Hedonism: You believe that pleasure is a great, or the greatest, good; and you try to enjoy life’s pleasures as much as you can.’Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die!’More info at Arocoun’s Wikipedia User Page…
Hedonism
75%
Existentialism
60%
Kantianism
55%
Utilitarianism
50%
Strong Egoism
50%
Justice (Fairness)
50%
Apathy
20%
Nihilism
15%
Divine Command
5%
What philosophy do […]
