Via Poynteronline:
From BOB LAURENCE, TV critic, San Diego Union-Tribune: I’d like to offer a couple of possible reasons for the lack of attention given to the kidnapping of the two guys from Fox:
One is that, sadly, they are far from the first to be kidnapped, injured or killed. They are, alas, only the most recent [...]
Posted on August 26th, 2006 by pwyll
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High tech:
Traditionally, minehunting has been the purview of small, slow ships equipped with sonars and magnetic mine detonators. The ships would spot the mines and clear them themselves or call in divers to disarm them. In recent decades, modified helicopters towing special sleds have joined the fray — and so have highly-trained dolphins working with [...]
Posted on August 26th, 2006 by pwyll
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Most of us are wise to keep hidden the innermost longings of our hearts. Russell Shaw fantasizes in the Huffington Post that a well timed terrorist strike on the US might restore Democrats to their rightful power, and so make possible the enactment of his favorite social engineering programs.
In short, it might be [...]
Posted on August 26th, 2006 by pwyll
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Zombie is on a roll. If there were a Pulitzer prize for blogging, this article would deserve it.
Posted on August 24th, 2006 by pwyll
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Pamela Bone, The Australian:
The question is why so many Western feminists do not speak out about the cruelty that blights the lives of millions of women in Islamic countries and would do the same to women everywhere else should the Islamists succeed in their stated aim of creating a worldwide caliphate. “On the defining issue [...]
Posted on August 24th, 2006 by pwyll
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Via Dhimmi Watch:
Another much-debated topic in Norwegian media during the same period was an unprecedented rape wave in the capital city of Oslo. “We have seen a dramatic increase [in the number of rapes],” said Endre Sandvik, head of the emergency ward. The number of rapes in Oslo this summer was more than twice as [...]
Posted on August 24th, 2006 by pwyll
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