Such an inspiration




Malala delivers defiant riposte to Taliban militants as UN hails 'our hero'

"'They thought that the bullet would silence us. But they failed,' says Malala, 16, at UN to push campaign for girls' education"

This young woman is someone who was probably thrust into a limelight that she didn't desire. She has certainly taken up her role with conviction and courage. She has suffered so much already due to the actions of the violent Islamist cowards in her home country. I do hope she can stay safe and healthy, protected from the fanatics. Words against bullets...

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I reiterate...

...how to win friends and influence people.
(That is, if the authorities are correct in who they believe in responsible - student protestors.)

Smoke bombs shut down Montreal's metro system

I think it's not the main group of student activists responsible but the fringe group that is always involved in these sort of protests - the anarchists, revolutionaries, etc., who always take advantage of a protest to stuff their radical acts in with the rest, probably hoping to achieve their ends on the backs of those who are peacefully protesting. I haven't much use for them myself. I feel more strongly called to the peaceful path rather than the path of violence and chaos...

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It is really sad...

...that certain groups of people don't want to live in peace with others.

Afghanistan bombs kill 58 in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif

All they really want to do is kill anyone who doesn't believe exactly as they do. And if they ever managed to do that they would start killing each other. I think all they really want to do is kill...

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A very interesting idea

Top 10 Terrifying Paintings By Great Artists

How many people would have thought to put together a list of great frightening art? We most often think about art we like and talk about it. We don't usually talk about art we don't like (though I can list a few by Otto Rogers that actually make me queasy and I really don't know why). I think this list is really good, though, as with any list, there are some I would add instead of some others...

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As usual...

Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden

...a rather good article by Michael Moore...

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A wise man once said...

And the bin Laden Reverb Continues

Mr. Shea touches on the sad spectacle of the rejoicing about bin Laden's death, the conspiracy theorists and the official story and information output, and our non-Christian culture of death, with some wise words...

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Modems at ten paces...

Proposal for cyber war rules of engagement

"The world needs cyber war "Rules of Engagement" to cope with potentially devastating cyber weapons, Russian and US experts will tell world leaders at a security conference on Friday."

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Murderers

Somali Mother of Four Slaughtered for her Faith

Cowardly murderer terrorists killing innocent women and terrorizing the helpless. Such is the state of the world...

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A true act

of charity. (Particularly when they weren't going to do it at first.)

Son of Hamas founder granted asylum in US

"The son of a Hamas founder who turned his back on his father's group to become a spy for Israel has been granted asylum in the US."

It seems to be out of keeping with the current mood of America, though...

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It doesn't matter who it was

who committed this unspeakable crime, they are still monsters!

Taleban hang 7-year-old boy to punish family

There isn't a punishment severe enough for people who would do something like this...

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Today,

in 1974,

Police Raid Symbionese Liberation Army Headquarters

If you were as old as I am you would remember this as vividly as I do...

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Is this really different

from forcing people to do other things through fear and intimidation?


Muslim gangs imposing sharia law in British prisons

"Radical Muslim gangs are imposing a form of sharia law inside some of Britain's prisons, a BBC investigation has found."

These terrorist bullies will try to get their way by force no matter where they are. It seems to be a cultural thing that they just will not change...

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The fanatics

are still out there trying to accomplish their insane murders.

Irish arrests over 'plot to kill Swedish cartoonist'

"Seven people have been arrested in the Irish Republic over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for depicting the Prophet Muhammad, police say."

They received political asylum to live in Ireland. Perhaps they'd be better off in Yemen and Morocco where they came from? I don't think just any immigrant should be expelled by any means, but those who abuse the very freedoms that they left their home countries to find are just proving that they prefer the repression of their home countries. Perhaps after they serve their prison terms they should be 'repatriated' to their home countries. They'd probably call that inhumane and against their civil rights...

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A courageous act

Islamic scholar issues fatwa against terrorism

"'Whatever these terrorists are doing, it's not martyrdom'"

If more moderate Muslims would speak out and assist authorities to deal with these terrorists, the terror and killing would likely be less...

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Apparently,

it all started out, if you can believe the reports, with a young boy touching a street vendor's wares.

Unnamed Christians Accused after Muslim Attack in Pakistan

And so, after a reported 150 armed Muslims riot, shooting, burning and beating people, the authorities arrest 40 Christians. Somehow it just seems out of balance. They just look for any excuse for violence against non-Muslims. And such is the way of the law in Muslim countries, I guess. The Muslim fanatics could never be at fault, could they?

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It never hurts

to be prepared. Ask any Boy Scout...

Americans stock up to be ready for end of the world

"Recession and the constant threat of terrorist attacks have given new life to the ingrained survivalist instinct"

We have treated both nature and other human beings so cavalierly that it only makes sense to be prepared for bad things to happen - from other people because we deserve it and from nature because we think we're better and stronger than it is. Americans are now living with something that other people have lived with for centuries...

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At war with themselves and others

Female suicide bomber hits Iraq pilgrims, kills 46

The militant Islamists are taking on the world, and the world is too frightened (and politically correct) to do anything about it.

(As an aside, and not to make light of it, but what on earth would the Islamist terrorists who recruit these individuals - but who are too cowardly to risk their own lives, only the lives of others - promise this woman? I mean, it can't be the usual 75 virgins in paradise, could it? I'm honestly curious...)

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The Iranian government


is a truly evil institution...

Iran reformist Mousavi's nephew 'got death threats'

"The nephew of Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was threatened days before he was killed in Sunday's protests, a prominent supporter says."

...made evil by the Islamists and extremist murderers who make it up...

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The extremist

Islamist murderers try again...


Attempt to Kill Danish Cartoonist Fails

It must be difficult living with that spirit of pure hatred and evil all the time. These Islamists are as much deserving our pity as our animosity and anger.

I'm so very glad that he was unsuccessful...

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Good grief!

Turks Threaten to Kill Priest over Swiss Minaret Decision

These people can only think violently. A law is passed by one country that has negative effects on the Muslim faith in that country and they can only respond by threatening to kill an innocent person in another country in retaliation. They're barbarians. I'm beginning to think that they need to be treated as barbarians. 12th century violence is their only response...

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