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Iran and Israel at each other’s throats

From the ABC News: Israel's vice prime minister said Iran should be expelled from the United Nations after its new president said Israel should be "wiped off the map," and Britain summoned an Iranian diplomat Thursday to protest the remarks. … Read more …

The bird flu hoax

Further to the bird flu entry here, there's another article here that talks about the bird flu hoax. Interestingly, the intelligence analysis by Stratfor has these particular comments… An uncomfortable but undeniable fact is that there are a great many … Read more …

The bird flu and you

Wth thanks to stratfor.com: Stratfor subscribers have been sending us a steady river of requests for our opinion on the bird flu situation. Although we are not medical experts, among our sources are those who are. And here is what … Read more …

The criminalisation of politics

There's an excellent post here at Daily Kos, about the Republicans defending the President and his advisors, all of whom are implicated in treasonous acts against the country. An excellent quote here: There's something beyond mere politics in all of … Read more …

Disaster readiness – US vs Pakistan

I'm curious. With all of America's security and rescue preparations over the past 4 years, how is it that Pakistan was able to get military and civilian personnel on the ground, and rescue operations well underway, within 24 hours of … Read more …

It’s not worth being honest

A man went to a bad taste party in Christchurch the other day, dressed as a suicide bomber. When trying to go to nightclubs afterwards, he was denied entry while carrying a pretend bomb that looked like dynamite taped together … Read more …

The photographer’s dilemma

In my internet travels this morning, I found these pictures (click on them to enlarge them): From my research it's unknown what happened to the girl in the first photo, as the photographer didn't stay around to find out. He … Read more …

Man, the killer of all things

I found this, thought it was excellent. What do you think? Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to … Read more …

Political correctness gone insane

As some of you already know, I have very strong views on political correctness, to the point where I believe it's edging towards the downfall of society. Insanity is another word I use for it. Here's the latest gesture of … Read more …

The fantasies of noble values

Over here I read an interesting piece on America's involvement in Iraq. There were a number of comments which sounded great, but inspired me to write the following as a comment to their post: You ignore the facts that Iraq … Read more …