Category Archives: Islam and war

Where Islam goes, deserts follow.

Sharia and the Law of Moses

One of my flaws is at times I should be more direct and not hope that the Socratic method will be effective. The point of much of the Glenn Beck thread was to be point out that the things people … Continue reading

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Religious Freedom

There is a good chance you have never heard of the “International Religious Freedom Act of 1998“.    This was a law passed when Bill Clinton was President. The purpose of this law is to give the U.S. Department of State … Continue reading

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JournOlism 101

The Washington Post has a “news” article today on its politics pages that is extraordinary. Story In the first phrase, they throw away any pretense of objectivity: The number of Americans who believe — wrongly — that President Obama is … Continue reading

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Giving the Boot the Boot

NY Times story So London has decided to dismantle the practice in Great Britain that allows private companies to tow away cars that are illegally parked…. So what is the NY Times angle for why this is a newsworthy story? … Continue reading

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Saluting the Scientific Accomplishments of Islam

I’m trying out for a Federal Grant from NASA… One of my peculiar interests is streetcars.   Just prior to World War Two, U.S. Trolley companies (feeling pressure from Ford’s cars and better roads) needed a new type of streetcar to … Continue reading

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Mullah Omar in custody?

Back after 9/11, George Bush sent a demand to the Taliban (then running Afghanistan) to “turn over” Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Supposedly, the various Taliban leaders met to decide what to do, and they were in total agreement … Continue reading

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How to get yourself out of Afghanistan

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal is the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan – at least for a few more hours. One way to get yourself out of a job is to badmouth your boss to Rolling Stone magazine. General McChrystal was … Continue reading

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Times Square bomber pleads guilty

Times Square bomber pleads guilty 100 times over and wants to keep fighting until all non-Muslims are removed from “Muslim lands”. I wonder if my pro-Obama Jewish woman friend still thinks he did this attack because he lost his American … Continue reading

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Aircraft carrier USS Truman entering Red…

Aircraft carrier USS Truman entering Red Sea – Drudge had a headline, but no media attention from the mainstream media http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_mideast_daily.asp?Date=06/20/2010&category_id=8 One ship in the convoy was from Israel. One account thinks this has something to do with Gaza and … Continue reading

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Clock is ticking in Afghanistan – you ma…

Clock is ticking in Afghanistan – you may remember President Obsma set a time line for getting our troops out of Afghanistan – “not an open ended commitment”. Listening to guests on John Batchelor’s podcast, it is clear we cannot … Continue reading

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Today’s pop quiz – other than ratings, …

Today’s pop quiz – other than ratings, what motivation would “conservative” Fox News have for exaggerating the environmental damage from the BP well blowout? Hint: Fox News is part of News Corp Hint #2: Fox News did the same thing … Continue reading

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Two men arrested at MacDill AFB near Tam…

Two men arrested at MacDill AFB near Tampa (location of Central Command) for trying to enter a gate with weapons and no proper ID. Stories vary on whether it is a man and a woman or two men. Is there … Continue reading

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Afghanistan has extensive mineral resour…

Afghanistan has extensive mineral resources – including lithium, needed for lithium ion batteries. Fortunately for Afghanistan, President Obama will surely prevent exploitation of those resources by white CEOs that live in the suburbs and don’t want to pay taxes to … Continue reading

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The BBC-led so-called flotilla off the c…

The BBC-led so-called flotilla off the coast of Gaza has been attacked by Israel. Nobody will care about the oil leak now.

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Travel tip – if you’re an American, tra…

Travel tip – if you’re an American, traveling to Yemen to see all the touristy things like piles of sand is probably not a good idea.

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