Like nearly every other 2008 presidential prospect (Republicans included), Barack Obama failed the marriage test today. Speaking to a church congregation, he bemoaned the trend of violent young men “sickening the soul of this nation.” Barack pointed out that thirty students have been killed in Chicago this year — more than the number of...
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Fifteen researchers are planning to take part in a new expedition in an attempt to solve the 70 year-old mystery of Amelia Earhart, a female pilot who disappeared in 1937 after an attempt to fly around the globe. The team will be lead by Ric Gillespie, a researcher at The International Group for Historic...
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The funeral procession, which departed from state capitol in Austin, Texas, slowly moved up Austin and Hill County roads which were lined with hundreds of admirers of Lady Bird Johnson holding flowers, waving American flags or holding up the “hook ‘em Horns” sign in honor of her years as a student at the University...
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Kim Myong Gil, the North Korean minister to the United Nations in New York City, claims his government has shut down its infamous reactor located in Yongbyon and is ready to start dismantling its nuclear programs as long as the United States keeps its promise to remove all sanctions and remove North Korea from...
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Osama bin Laden has appeared in a new but undated video praising martyrdom. “The happy (person) is the one chosen by Allah to be a martyr,” he could be seen saying. The video had the insignia of the As-Sahab group, considered the media production house of Al-Qaeda. The background looked similar to that of...
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Osama bin Laden has appeared in a new but undated video praising martyrdom. “The happy (person) is the one chosen by Allah to be a martyr,” he could be seen saying. The video had the insignia of the As-Sahab group, considered the media production house of Al-Qaeda. The background looked similar to that of...
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The Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Maliki held a news conference on Saturday to addressing the Iraqi government’s headway in response to a report given Thursday to the U.S President and U.S Congress on his government failures to comply with some of the 18 benchmarks the Iraqis are required to comply with in order to maintain...
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Michael Rasmussen has won stage 8 of the 2007 Tour de France and has captured the overall lead. He blew away David Arroyo of Spain and Stéphane Goubert on the final climb. Iban Mayo took second. In the end, Arroyo and Goubert were overtaken by the chase group. Rasmussen, the Danish mountain specialist who...
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Communism’s Cult of the Personality (and all the trappings of Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism-Maoism, etc.) is alive and well in North Korea. Or didn’t you know that Kim Jong Il is the very incarnation of God? Most of these videos would be hilarious were the subject not so serious:
North Korea and the Cult of the...
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Catholic Charities USA often advocates for the poor. However, too often concern for the poor translates only into policies to aid women and children. Catholic Charities USA's Father's Day press release (see below) is a welcome change. In it, Rev. Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA, says:
"If we truly want to cut poverty in...
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I took an Introduction to Women’s Studies course many years ago, taught by a radical feminist. At one point this teacher related that she had taught one of these courses previously in which she a conservative male student repeatedly challenged her assertions and “got a very high grade because he added so much to...
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I took an Introduction to Women’s Studies course many years ago, taught by a radical feminist. At one point this teacher related that she had taught one of these courses previously in which she a conservative male student repeatedly challenged her assertions and “got a very high grade because he added so much to...
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Saudi Arabia has scored in injury time to defeat Indonesia 2-1 in their 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D fixture. Saudi Arabia took the lead after twelve minutes, when Yasser Al-Qahtani headed home a cross from the right hand side of the field by Ahmed Al Bahri. His header was driven low and to...
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An oversized delight has been erected in the small town of Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand, as part of the 20th Century Fox massive worldwide marketing campaign for The Simpsons Movie. The giant, pink frosted doughnut was made locally, and the locals are celebrating the fact that their town shares a name with the fictional...
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A judge in the province of Ontario, Canada dismissed marijuana possession charges against a Toronto man, ruling that Canada’s laws governing possession are unconstitutional. The unidentified defendant, 29, had been charged with possession after police had found him carrying 3.5 grams of marijuana. Since July 30, 2001, Canada has allowed a medical exemption for...
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Police have arrested and charged a 45 year-old man from Dharruk in Western Sydney after he went on a 90 minute rampage throughout Western Sydney in a armored personnel carrier. It is believed that the APC was privately-owned and was recently restored. The man gained attention of the police shortly after 2 a.m. AEST...
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Scientists reported that they had documented very fast evolution in the butterfly species Hypolimnas bolina. After infection by Wolbachia, the fraction of the population that was male dropped drastically to about 1% of the total population. However, after approximately ten generations (about a year) the male population had rebounded to about 39% of the...
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