I hope my blog will play a pivotal rolean to end the impunity in the world – Inhumane treatment of people ,the discrimination and abuse in different part of the world. Latest Column. Freedom of the press needed more than ever Fifty years ago this week, the Supreme Court handed down one of its most celebrated defenses of the free press in The New York Times v.
Sullivan. Lessig Blog, v2. On Tuesday, Berkeley City Council adopted unanimously an ordinance inspired by Councilman Max Anderson, and which I and Robert Post helped craft.
I was very happy to bat cleanup in an effort that has been underway for years. But there’s some serious misunderstanding about the ordinance and its purpose. No doubt many of the people fighting for the ordinance have a firm belief that non-ionizing radiation presents a significant and underappreciated health risk. Those people believe this for different reasons. Some believe it because of personal experience: The letter from the mother who lost a daughter who carried her cellphone in her bra, and who then was discovered to have four cancerous lumps perfectly mirroring where her phone had been carried, is a letter from someone who believes this because there’s no other way for her to understand her loss. Think On Your Own. To My Old Master. In 1864, after 32 long years in the service of his master, Jourdon Anderson and his wife, Amanda, escaped a life of slavery when Union Army soldiers freed them from the plantation on which they had been working so tirelessly.
They grasped the opportunity with vigour, quickly moved to Ohio where Jourdon could find paid work with which to support his growing family, and didn’t look back. Then, a year later, shortly after the end of the Civil War, Jourdon received a desperate letter from Patrick Henry Anderson, the man who used to own him, in which he was asked to return to work on the plantation and rescue his ailing business. Jourdon’s reply to the person who enslaved his family, dictated from his home on August 7th, is everything you could wish for, and quite rightly was subsequently reprinted in numerous newspapers.
Jourdon Anderson never returned to Big Spring, Tennessee. He passed away in 1907, aged 81, and is buried alongside his wife who died six years later. RealClearScience. ScienceBlogs - Where the world turns to talk about science. War Tard: Phase II: Why the US wants to attack Iran. Looks like the US is playing musical chairs with its carrier groups in the Gulf of Oman.
The USS Stennis Carrier Group moved to the Indian Ocean last week so the US could transit another carrier, the Abraham Lincoln, through the Straits of Hormuz just to remind the Iranians how screwed they'd be if the shooting starts. The carrier was escorted by the cruiser USS Cape St. George, two destroyers, the Royal Navy anti sub frigate HMS Argyll and even the French got an invite and sent along their own La Motte-Picquet anti sub frigate to fill out the international nature of the party.
That's pretty interesting and those frigates show the West's concern at the Iranian submarine threat and the small chance that the Iranians might manage to land a torp in the nuke belly of a carrier. Sure, it's unlikely but the Chinese did manage to sneak a diesel powered sub into the middle of a carrier group during USN exercises off Taiwan in 2006. Grab popcorn but don't microwave it just yet.
10 Ways to Find Blogs You'll Love. Mind Hacks. Brain Pickings. Archive Fire: Naming Names: Top 12 Most Unethical Multinational Corporations. Miscellaneous Ramblings of an Old Man: The Overlords. Have you ever noticed that in general people do not advance in government and commerce, etc. because they are virtuous?
Often not even because they are the most skilled or talented at their craft. Again, in general and yes there are exceptions, the worst of us are advanced. The ones who are willing to compromise their principals, the ones who are "in it for the money", the ones who will ... follow orders, etc.. Children are usually taught that virtue, honesty, hard work, etc. are the way up. Why are they taught that when in fact, again, generally speaking, that is poppycock?
Homosexuality & The Bible: It Doesn't Say What You Think it Does. Okay, so I've finally made my way to the obligatory commentary on what the Bible actually says about homosexuality.
Aside from abortion, there really isn't any other topic that's quite so exquisitely divisive between religious Fundamentalists and their more liberal and/or secular counterparts. And - maintaining the never-ending trend of people squabbling over the meaning of ancient and oft misunderstood religious texts - the Bible is (big surprise) at the heart and soul of the issue. According to Christians, the Bible openly and explicitly condemns homosexuality as a sin, the punishment of which is an eternity in hell. Is this assertion valid, this claim justified? Well, that's what we're about to find out. Luke 17:34 and Pray to be Gay Day. I don't know how I missed this before, but I did.
Luke 17:34, that is. KOMIKERO DOT COM. Stuff White Christians Like. Toronto Blog and Podcast By Toronto Mike. Goins, Writer: On Writing, Ideas, and Making a Difference. To Touch The Hem of Bill Johnson’s Garment… Man, I’ve been reading back through a lot of my old posts and I totally forgot I was supposed to do one where I spoofed the annoying restaurant photo takers by taking photos of the dumps I take AFTER eating an exquisite meal and posting THOSE along with the review.
I’ll be back in DC starting next weekend, and you know how I roll when it comes to the dining….so this may happen, I “shit” you not! Get it? I’m a card. General Debate 6 July 2011. Dean's World — Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy. The Evolving Atheist's Blog. The Alot is Better Than You at Everything. As a grammatically conscientious person who frequents internet forums and YouTube, I have found it necessary to develop a few coping mechanisms.
When someone types out "u" instead of "you," instead of getting mad, I imagine them having only one finger on each hand and then their actions seem reasonable. If I only had one finger on each hand, I'd leave out unnecessary letters too! If I come across a person who seems to completely ignore the existence of apostrophes and capital letters and types things like "im an eagle and im typing with my talons, so dont make fun of me cuz this is hard," I like to imagine that they actually are an eagle typing with their talons.
It would be a hassle if you had to hop in the air and use your feet to karate-chop two keys simultaneously every time you wanted to use the shift key to make a capital letter. A Collection of Odd.: Hitting A Brick Wall... Auto Bail Out The Windshield. Hitting A Brick Wall...
Auto Bail Out The Windshield I was told that the safest place in a car is in the passengers seat during an accident. Well, not in this crazy ride we call the economy. We just went head first into a brick wall when it looked like nothing but open road to put the pedal to the metal. Not even being in the passenger seat could help you in this case. I'm torn between being happy about failure of self-destructive horrible corporations but sad about the massive amounts of job loss.
The Last Psychiatrist. Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs Post. Well that's adorable.