Albanian muslims demonstrate religious tolerance

The world has not yet acknowledged the truth about muslim intolerance, but each time a story like this crops up, the excuses for ignoring it lose more ground. What will it take for the “west” to finally connect the dots? Planned Mother Teresa statue irks Albania Muslims SHKODER, Albania (Reuters) – Muslims in Albania’s northern …

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Looking for a tax-deductible donation?

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/donate.php Donate to SETI@home http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?userid=58385 I’ve been a contributor to http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_about.php Seti@Home for years, accumulating a decent number of results/time for a single person (IMO). Now the project coordinators are looking for monetary contributions to keep it running. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/donate.php This page is where you can donate via credit card, check, direct debit, or paypal; and …

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Political Correctness is Destroying My Childhood Memories

Sometimes things pop into my head that I’d forgotten for years. This morning it was actually two things, but the similarity of the titles is likely the reason. They were both children’s stories, from about the first grade: One was http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/rtt.html “Rikki Tikki Tavi”, a dramatic piece from Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” about an …

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Bad Side… Worst.

The http://www.dailytarheel.com/media/paper885/news/2006/02/09/Opinion/Cartoon.For.February.9-1605213.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.dailytarheel.com “Daily Tarheel”, a campus newspaper at the University of North Carolina, has stepped into the Mohammed cartoon frenzy with this offering. There’s been some http://apps.dailytarheel.com/blogs/pivot/entry.php?id=517 discussion among the paper’s staff and subscribers, including some well-reasoned points both for and against. I added my own opinions in support of the paper’s editorial staff, which …

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“I’d rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy”

That (the title above) was a suggested bumper sticker overheard on http://www.bobandtom.com Bob & Tom this morning. Expect this accident to be the butt of many jokes for some time. Fortunately, Mr. Whittington is fine and expected to recover fully. The shooting incident occurred about 5:30 p.m. Saturday on the sprawling 50,000-acre ranch just south …

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Sharing the Hate

Don’t let the name of the blog sway you – http://hatemongersquarterly.mu.nu/ The Hatemongers Quarterly is neither hateful, nor quarterly (they update every day). Instead, their clear writing (with excellent use of the English language) and “pulling no punches” style makes for a great daily read. Today’s offering is directed at the “absolute moral authority” of …

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