| Writer's Block: (like juggling chainsaws) |
[Sep. 22nd, 2007|12:48 pm] |
Become a fire eater. |
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[Sep. 11th, 2007|11:49 am] |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070910/ts_csm/adogood
NEW YORK - On Sept. 11, Jacob Sundberg of San Antonio has pledged to make eye contact and smile at everyone he meets. Kaitlin Ulrich will bring goody baskets to the police and fire departments in and around Philadelphia. And 100 volunteers from New York – 9/11 firefighters and family members among them – are going to Groesbeck, Texas, to rebuild a house destroyed by a tornado last December.
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This is a minute sampling of the hundreds of thousands of people who have pledged to memorialize those killed on 9/11 by doing something good for others.
The heroic acts of all those killed trying to save others that September morning has spawned a growing grass-roots movement. The goal is to ensure that future generations remember not just the horror of the attacks, but also the extraordinary outpouring of humanity during the days, weeks, and months that followed.
"It was the worst possible day imaginable, and in some ways, a remarkable day, too, in the way in which people responded," says David Paine, cofounder of myGoodDeed.org. "We need to rekindle the way we came together in the spirit of 9/11: It would be almost as much a tragedy to lose that lesson."
Sept. 11 has inspired dozens of philanthropic efforts – from groups dedicated to building memorials to foundations designed to improve education in the Middle East. But myGoodDeed has a more universal goal: to turn 9/11 into a day dedicated to doing good – from small, simple things like Lisa Scheive's pledge to help stranded turtles cross the road in Pompano Beach, Fla., to lifesaving efforts, such as John Feal's decision in New York to donate one of his kidneys to help a seriously ill 9/11 worker.
The idea has been endorsed by members of Congress, and at myGoodDeed's urging, President Bush for the first time this year included a call for volunteering in his annual 9/11 proclamation.
After major disasters, Americans have historically tapped a deep reserve of compassion and reached out to others. But in the months and years that follow, those compassionate and civic urges tend to recede. Studies at Harvard's Saguaro Seminar on Civic Engagement in America found that in as few as five months after 9/11, most Americans had gone back to their daily lives and were not more engaged as they said they'd hoped to be. Part of the goal of turning 9/11 into a national day of service is to remind Americans of the inherent joy of giving and to hopefully spur volunteering and charitable acts throughout the year.
"I don't know of any research that's been done on one day of service, but studies have shown that people who do volunteering in high school are more likely to volunteer throughout their lives," says Thomas Sander, executive director of the Saguaro Seminar.
The idea of turning 9/11 into a day of service, charity, and good deeds came from the family and friends of one man: Glenn Winuk, a volunteer fireman and lawyer who worked a block and a half from the World Trade Center. After he helped evacuate his Broadway law offices, he grabbed a medic's bag and ran toward the smoke pouring from the South Tower. That's where his remains were found after the towers fell. Mr. Paine and Glenn's brother Jay had been friends for years. They decided that turning 9/11 into a day of service was best way to memorialize Glenn.
"It completely reflects the way my brother lived his life, and it also specifically reflects how he died," says Mr. Winuk, myGoodDeed.org cofounder. "He laid his life on the line for other people that day."
In 2002, Paine and Winuk sent e-mails to friends and family and suggested they do a good deed, such as donate a day's pay on 9/11. Then the idea evolved, and they founded myGoodDeed.org. In 2004, 100,000 visited their website and pledged to do a good deed on 9/11. This year, those pledging number more than 250,000.
"A lot of people don't know what to do on 9/11," says Paine. "This hits people in their heart and their soul. It connects with something that's fundamental." |
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| You might be a dumbass - no, you ARE a dumbass |
[Aug. 14th, 2007|12:43 pm] |
http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/9147616.html
A northeastern Kentucky liquor store owner turns the tables on a robber. It happened at Shamrock Liquors in Ashland, when a man with duct tape wrapped around his head tried to rob the store.
I guess he didn't have the $1.59 to spend on a ski mask. |
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[Aug. 10th, 2007|10:21 pm] |
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Wow, people on LJ are actually having to play by the rules (you know, laws n stuff), and they're throwing fits. Maybe they'll all leave. We can only hope. |
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| Article Roundup: gettin real about terrorism |
[Aug. 9th, 2007|10:00 pm] |
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070706/EDITORIAL04/107060011/1013
Q: Who is winning the really important war of ideas — the one between the West and itself? A: Not the side that understands jihad as a foundational Islamic institution.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/07/the_war_about_the_war.html
The 9-11 attacks did more than start a war; they started a war about the war. No sooner had the World Trade towers collapsed and the Pentagon burst into flames than two perceptions of the threat began competing for the public's support:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/07/the_first_line_of_defense_prof.html
Three days after the botched terror attacks in the UK a newspaper banner reads: "Londoners return to business as usual." Regrettably, that often means minding one's own business. It is a perfidious dream to believe there is an anti-terrorism vaccine or other panacea. However, there is a first line of defense against terrorist attacks; it is called prevention and it involves public awareness, alertness, suspicion, and profiling.
The same people who tell us not to condemn Islamists as a whole gladly accuse all Christians of being potential abortion clinic bombers.
http://www.ajustsociety.org/press/article_ideasinaction.asp?pr=2408
Though the bombs failed to detonate, this week's attacks in London have exploded persistent myths about Islamic terrorism. These myths—perpetuated by the politically correct, the unreasonably optimistic, and the willfully ignorant—have crippled the West's ability to adequately confront the Islamic threat. Unless the West finally wakes up and faces reality, our chance for long-term survival is questionable. Hopefully the bombs of London will be our wakeup call.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288639,00.html
But there is one uniting factor: They're all radical followers of Islam who want you dead. Mainstream media, though, would rather focus on different backgrounds and countries and that these killers come from "all walks of life." It's as though terrorism is a Benetton ad, with delightful races and adorable faces. Instead of cashmere pullovers though, they're wearing suicide vests.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/laney/460306,CST-EDT-LANEY09.article
In the United States, some claim it is because we, along with coalition forces, invaded Iraq. Others say it's because of our Western culture, our dress, our movies, our television programs. Democrats say it's because of President Bush's actions in the Middle East. Republicans say it's because of President Bill Clinton's refusal to act, or to recognize attacks on American facilities -- including the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center -- as the Islamofascists' declaration of war against us.
http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2007/07/09/a-confederacy-of-cowards/
Despite the attempted terror attacks in London and Glasgow, new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has directed his ministers to omit the word “Muslim” when discussing Muslim terrorism–and to deep-six the phrase “war on terror” completely.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzNhZDAzMjU1YjE1NTc5OWM0ZGE1MGJlMzVjNjg0NWU=
Terrorist doctors? There’s nothing unusual here, I’m sorry to say. On the contrary, in the universe of Islamist radicalism, professional terrorists — who are also professionals — are the oldest story in the book. Consider this: A study of 172 al Qaeda members and associates found that two-thirds had gone to college. Most of them were professionals. Another study of five major anti-Western attacks by Islamists found that 54 percent of the terrorists had attended college (compared to 52 percent of Americans who have done so). A study of 300 militants prosecuted for the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat found that, of those who were students, around a third were studying in Egypt’s elite faculties of medicine and engineering.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2126691,00.html
Our way of life is tolerant, spirited and full of humour. We should make no apologies for fighting the moral descendants of Stalin and Hitler who would destroy it |
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| Article Roundup: Scummy people edition |
[Aug. 9th, 2007|10:11 am] |
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288598,00.html
NEW YORK — Katie Couric allegedly slapped a "CBS Evening News" editor "over and over and over again" during a tense newsroom confrontation, according to a source quoted by New York magazine, which goes on sale Monday.
Maybe she thinks the word is gross, or maybe the word is too big for her.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/13708685/detail.html?rss=dgo&psp=news
COTATI, Calif. -- A 3-month-old kitten is on the mend after being set on fire, allegedly by two teenage girls last month.
The male shorthaired kitten, named Adam, received second- and third-degree burns over 75 percent of its body and was being treated at the Animal Hospital of Cotati, located in Northern California's Sonoma County, officials said.
I think abusers should have done to them what they do to others. The kitten is doing fine now, thankfully.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289890,00.html
An unpublished government study suggests a strong link between men who download sexual images of children and molestation, The New York Times reported.
Of the convicted Internet offenders in the study, 85 percent said they had sexually abused minors, with offenses ranging from inappropriate touching to rape.
Uh, DUH! And yet liberals continue to claim there's no connection between private and public behavior.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/31/wberlin131.xml
Greens employing guerrilla tactics have begun targeting the prized assets of car-loving Germans.
The tyres of dozens of 4x4 vehicles were slashed last week in Berlin, with each attack accompanied by a note detailing the dangers of carbon emissions tucked under the windscreen wiper.
A note! On paper?! Think of the trees!
And the biggest individual scumbag of the moment.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2007/08/beauchamp_recants.asp
THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned from a military source close to the investigation that Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp--author of the much-disputed "Shock Troops" article in the New Republic's July 23 issue as well as two previous "Baghdad Diarist" columns--signed a sworn statement admitting that all three articles he published in the New Republic were exaggerations and falsehoods--fabrications containing only "a smidgen of truth," in the words of our source.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/08/so_long_scott_the_baghdad_diar.html
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - The door was slammed shut on the seemingly un-killable Scott Thomas Beauchamp affair this week, when the US Army completed its investigation into the formerly pseudonymous "Baghdad Diarist's" claims of reprehensible behavior on the part of himself and his fellow soldiers while living and working in Iraq.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MmVlYTlhN2IwZTRiZjY2NWNhNDFhMmM5NGY3NTc5ZDE=
The tale of Army Private Scott Thomas Beauchamp, the discredited “Baghdad Diarist” for the discredited New Republic magazine, is an old tale: Self-aggrandizing soldier recounts war atrocities. Media outlets disseminate soldier’s tales uncritically. Military folks smell a rat and poke holes in tales too good (or rather, bad) to be true. Soldier’s ideological sponsors blame the messengers for exposing anti-war fraud. |
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| Almost unbelievable |
[Aug. 4th, 2007|10:54 am] |
Glitch my fat ass! Democrats are doing whatever they have to, including lying and cheating, to make sure their agenda is moved forward. Do you want these people to run America? Well, maybe if you hate America.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070804/EDITORIAL/108040007/1013
It usually takes several years for a House majority to overreach like Democrats did Thursday night. But now we see enraged House Republicans credibly accusing Democrats of stealing a vote, followed by a Republican walkout, the first in the House in years. As we went to press yesterday, boiling anger and talk of technical voting-machine problems reigned on the Hill as controversy over illegal aliens' access to public benefits brewed.
What to do now? Make a special panel! It's the Dems' favorite thing to do. Wasting more tax dollars and time.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/03/AR2007080300878_pf.html
The House last night unanimously agreed to create a special select committee, with subpoena powers, to investigate Republican allegations that Democratic leaders had stolen a victory from the House GOP on a parliamentary vote late Thursday night. |
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| Article Roundup: Neighbors and Society edition |
[Aug. 1st, 2007|09:39 pm] |
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288642,00.html
A 70-year-old Utah woman, who was arrested last week for refusing to accept a ticket for a dry lawn she couldn't afford to water, told FOX News Monday that the arrest was her "worst nightmare."
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/484868,CST-NWS-harass26.article
Four days after a CHA resident was quoted in the Chicago Sun-Times complaining about the police, her home was turned upside down by officers looking for drugs.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288860,00.html
'Brazilian' bikini waxes are increasingly popular among women who live nowhere near the bikini-clad beaches of Rio de Janeiro. For one 20-year-old woman in Melbourne, Australia, this routine procedure nearly took her life.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=471285&in_page_id=1811&ito=newsnow
Qatar royalty cause three-hour hold up on British Airways flight by refusing to sit next to male passengers |
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| Article roundup: anatomical edition |
[Aug. 1st, 2007|02:44 pm] |
I'm starting to think that Putin has a very small dick.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/world/europe/08moscow.html?ex=1341547200&en=2f5f839008ad6bb3&ei=5088
MOSCOW, July 2 — Yulia Kuliyeva, only 19 and already a commissar, sat at a desk and quizzed each young person who sat opposite her, testing for ideological fitness to participate in summer camp.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=471324&in_page_id=1770
Remember the mammoths, say the clean-cut organisers at the youth camp's mass wedding. "They became extinct because they did not have enough sex. That must not happen to Russia".
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2163481.ece
Two new manuals for teachers have been accused of glossing over the horrors of the Soviet Union and of including propaganda to promote Mr Putin’s vision of a strong state.
These folks have huge balls, not the good kind.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200707/NAT20070709a.html
(CNSNews.com) - A lesbian couple in New Jersey has filed a complaint against a Methodist-owned campground, claiming illegal discrimination because their request for a civil union ceremony on the property was denied.
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/13/1977438.htm?section=justin
Education advisors drop Churchill from British History classes
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289526,00.html
Massachusetts "Woman" Sues IRS Over Denial of Tax Deduction for Sex Change Operation
Balls, the good kind.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21986986-2702,00.html
Judge Richard Posner, a supposedly liberal-leaning jurist regarded by many as a future US Supreme Court candidate, said traditional concepts of criminal justice were inadequate to deal with the terrorist threat and the US had "over-invested" in them.
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11697
Heavy Metal: More conservative than you think.
http://www.meforum.org/article/1711
My Cyber Counter-jihad: One woman's fight.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289214,00.html
Eight fellow passengers of a tuberculosis-infected man are suing him for $1.3 million as a result of their possible exposure to the disease on a commercial flight from Prague to Montreal in late May
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1184168546846&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Anyone who has heard Dr. Yaron Brook lecture on foreign policy would likely call him a militant, unflinching champion of Israel. His loyalty, however, does not derive from his Jewish or Israeli background.
He's a proud atheist, who admits to not knowing - or really caring - when the Pessah Seder falls. He relentlessly defends Israel and the West because he puts his faith in the rational, free, individual soul.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070719/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak_lawsuit
Plame lawsuit dismissed in CIA leak case
And some people just need more, more, more!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291675,00.html
Study: Couples Who Don't Have Sex Feel Frustrated, Over-Worked
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291647,00.html
Researchers Document 237 Reasons People Have Sex |
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[Jul. 6th, 2007|09:23 pm] |
I reinstalled Sims 1 a couple of days ago and have since been refinding and redownloading all the stuff I had for the game. All this instead of doing anything really productive. ;) Although I have applied for a few jobs and found one today that I'm going to ask about Monday. I got my next-to-last check in the mail today, I had forgotten about it. Happy unexpected money!
I just don't know what to wear Tuesday night. I'm considering doing an all black ensemble. I don't look good in clothes. :(
my mom and I think my grandma is getting Alzheimers. She knew I had quit my job, but she calle dup here yesterday while mom was gone, so I answered the phone and she said that she figured I'd be at work. Plus there are other things. Physically she's ok for now. She's in her late 70s.
Don't wanna end on a downer. See this wand?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Wand-Shoppe-FireStorm-Magic-Wand_W0QQitemZ230147899204QQihZ013QQcategoryZ86940QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I wants it. I'll bid with 11 minutes left. |
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| Article Roundup: The War Against the West Edition |
[Jul. 4th, 2007|07:17 pm] |
Since so many have grown weary of using the phrase "War on Terror", let's call this thing what it really is.
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=264641133199130
Victory!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274635,00.html
Waging war against false perceptions
http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110010060
Security deposit
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2007/05/27/columns/columns01.txt
Why 'we the people' need to assert our sovereignty, or risk losing it
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/article2010048.ece
Police alone can't stop terror
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21986986-2702,00.html
Secret trials for terrorists, says US judge
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NmZjOGU4N2Q3MmYzM2ZkNzE0NjMxNGVhMzU5ODgxODA=
Killing America … Twice |
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| Article Roundup: Science, wierd and sundry |
[Jul. 4th, 2007|06:17 pm] |
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1624164.ece
Sweden said knock you out!
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzYwOGQ1MTVlMWUxZTQ0YWIyODI1MDViNDExM2Y2NjI=
Why should an author's race matter?
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjJhMDc4ZWE0NDQzOWI2NmIxZDc1OTY4MzNhM2NiMDc=
AARP: more liberal than you'd even guess
http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=771592007
Go-ahead for hybrid human-animal embryos
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070517142545.htm
Revealing The Origins Of Morality
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1176152766396&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
Jesus tomb film scholars backtrack
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2007/05/21/070521crbo_books_gottlieb?currentPage=all
Atheists with attitude
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11860-ring-of-dark-matter-surrounds-cosmic-collision.html
Ring of dark matter surrounds cosmic collision
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/5/10/73654.shtml?s=rss
Moore's fat ass breaks the law, by sitting on it, ha, just kidding. By flouncing to Cuba without prior authorization.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274097,00.html
Phony Soldier Charged With Making Up Claims of Atrocities in Iraq
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/porns-multiple-positions/2007/05/27/1180205079602.html
Porn: Better for you than you thought!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=458282&in_page_id=1811&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=picbox&ct=5
Water-loving big cat puts on show for zoo audience
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,277373,00.html
Sexsomnia causes people to have sex in their sleep. The cure: get more sex while you're awake.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287725,00.html
'Dracula's Castle' Up for Sale in Transylvania
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56063
China products choke, burn, drown, drop, trap Americans
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LaShawnBarber/2007/06/04/death_to_child_rapists?page=full&comments=true
Kill child rapists (graphic content)
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/sns-ap-hiv-conviction-sentence,0,1170982,print.story
Kill this bastard too, well, life in prison is good enough
Ending on a light note
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56127
Why people believe in conspiracies |
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| Article Roundup: Islam blowout |
[Jul. 4th, 2007|04:27 pm] |
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54884
Jihadists use web against 'idiot' Americans
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Mansur_Salim/2007/04/14/4013035.html
Why is Washington still jittery over Iraq?
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04172007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_method_of_terrors_madness_opedcolumnists_ralph_peters.htm
Method to the madness
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27950
Islamo-Fascist Awareness Day
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27980
Muslim oppression knows no bounds
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007/04/26/story_26-4-2007_pg7_4
Saudis using cell phones for porn
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=28019
Why CAIR Dropped Its Lawsuit Against Andrew Whitehead
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=452288&in_page_id=1811&ct=5
The moment a teenage girl was stoned to death for loving the wrong boy
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21702121-5012751,00.html
Somali security forces confiscate, burn veils
http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=28353
Infidel book a hit despite MSM silence
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=the_war_on_women&ns=OliverNorth&dt=05/12/2007&page=1
Islam's war on women
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274934,00.html
Poll shows young US muslims think suicide bombing is ok
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjA4MzhmNmZjZWIwNmQ2MTJjZTQzOTU3Y2I1YWFmMjI=&p=1
Even a few suicide-bomber sympathizers is still far too many.
http://blogcentral.jpost.com/index.php?cat_id=7&blog_id=64&blog_post_id=1146
US Muslim Population Figures: Fact and Fiction
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=264813603981403
CAIR's fuzzy math
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21811256-2702,00.html
A VISIT to Sydney by a controversial Somali writer who calls the prophet Mohammed a pedophile and says Islam is inferior to Western culture has outraged Muslims, who accuse her of inciting hatred.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-05-13-homegrown-bottomstrip_N.htm?csp=34
FBI, security officials warn of growing threat from Islamic extremists 'next door'
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/727jbsso.asp
The Islamists Are Coming! And they've got their lawyers with them.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/all-for-the-fear-of-female-sexuality/2007/06/06/1181089149519.html
All for the fear of female sexuality
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2128248,00.html
Dad guilty of 'honour killing'
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=266541652591574
Who funds CAIR?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1957758.ece
Fury as presidential hopeful urges women to throw off ‘veil of invader’
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/06/journey_into_islam.html
Journey into Islam
http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Islamist_website_owners_found_guilty.html?siteSect=105&sid=7949068&cKey=1182441032000
Islamist website owners found guilty
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-women6jun06,0,5491632,full.story
In Saudi Arabia, a view from behind the veil
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070629/EDITORIAL04/106290013/1013/editorial
'Dhimmification' on the march
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,2115929,00.html
Blair launches stinging attack on 'absurd' British Islamists |
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| One from Cyprus |
[Jul. 4th, 2007|01:48 pm] |
Ancient perfume found on Venus' island
ROME, March 16 (UPI) -- Archaeologists exploring Cyprus, said to be home to Venus, the goddess of love, have stumbled upon the world's oldest known perfume factory.
A display of the prehistoric scents and 60 objects from the Cyprus discovery can be seen at Rome's Capitoline Museums, ANSA reported. The distilling equipment is believed to be 4,000 years old.
"We were astonished at how big the place was ... Perfumes must have been produced on an industrial scale. No wonder the island got its reputation for possessing the skills of Aphrodite," said National Research Council archaeologist Maria Rosa Belgiorno, using the Greek name for Venus, ANSA reported.
Perfumes are displayed in alabaster vials found in 2003 and are made of olive oil, pine, coriander, laurel, bergamot, parsley and bitter almonds, ANSA said.
The scents are named after the Greek goddesses Aphrodite, Hera, Athena and Artemis. |
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