One of things that annoys me about life is the people who claim to sincerely care about Islam and yet turn around and say that they want Islamic moderates to rescue Islam from the fanatics. In my not so humble opinion, people who are looking for moderate Muslims to step up to the plate and Click Here to continue reading.
A comment that I left on my previous post….
Mr. techy2468
I am glad that I am not the only one who thinks that the US and China are equally to blame.
But I think that you and I fundamentally differ on the nature of what China is doing. You see China as being someone who is Click Here to continue reading.
I hope the farm regulations in this country never become like those in Europe. To be required to keep a passport on every cow would be horrible. To be required to argue with some stupid bureaucrat about whether a particular cow was alive or dead would be unbearable. This from The Economist’s Correspondent Diary….
On top, for Mr Webb, come the grain-dryer for the contractors’ wheat and barley, (“no rapeseed this year, thank God—in a dry spring it bolts like lettuce”) and bringing in the big bales of straw. And the computer. And the ever-mounting documentation—including a 14-page passport for every beast in the herd—required by DEFRA, the former Ministry of Agriculture. Not to say its bureaucracy:
“Send us details of cow X.”
“It died years ago, we sent you its passport.”
“Still alive in our records.”
Mr Webb e-mailed them a picture of a cow being carried off by a UFO.
This from the blog Pakistan Uncut (although I think the credit should really go to Dawn News service)…..
Islamabad’s densely populated Sector G-6, where Lal Masjid is located, and the areas in its vicinity were jolted by big bangs of grenades, heavy shelling and other heavy arms used in the battle early in the morning.
The entire federal capital was declared a red zone as there was a complete ban on people’s entry and exit from morning to evening.
Life in Islamabad was paralysed and most residents went on rooftops to see clouds of thick black smoke over Lal Masjid.
The fighting was so horrifying that bullets of heavy guns hit many multi-storeyed buildings located four to five kilometres away from Lal Masjid.
Heavy movement of troops continued around Lal Masjid throughout the day with machinegun-fitted armoured personnel carriers and trucks carrying armed troops.
Some of the parents of the children, who did not come out of the mosque or were shifted to other places without informing them, started weeping when they were told that the operation had almost concluded.
I feel sorry for all the poor parents who had little kids trapped in there. Can you imagine seeing a fight like that go on knowing that your kid was trapped in side?
Unfortunately, I think events like this are only going to become more common.
If you follow Brad Setser, you know that he is very concerned about China’s policy of artificially lowering the value of the Yuan so as to subsidize their export sector. He has extensively argued that China’s policy poses grave dangers to the economic health of the US, China, and the world at large. He uses Click Here to continue reading.
A writer on a Federation of American Scientist Strategic Security Blog thinks he has found a picture of a new Chinese sub on Google Earth. He speculates that it can carry a more advanced sea-launched ballistic missile then previously known Chinese subs.
If it was anyone else, I would probably dismiss the story out of hand. But the Federation of American Scientist usually err on the side of caution. If they say they think they have found a new sub, they probably have.
(h/t Defense Tech: who also have some observations of their own.)
You know of the Protestants, but what about the Proto-Protestants?
A little education in church history for you. “Proto-Protestants is a term used to describe Christian people and movements before the Protestant Reformation who, in opposition to the Roman Catholic Church, expressed views identical or very similar to those held by main Protestant reformers and movements.” […]
Two people inside of Acme applied for the job that P. B. now holds–two people that I know of. As of today, neither of them works for the company any more. The second gave two weeks’ notice today and was asked to leave immediately. Lots of things are rumored, the most likely that he had Click Here to continue reading.
I should be posting a response to Guy La Roche. But my response is already over a couple of pages long. When I get to that length, I like to sit on it a bit before I post it. I don’t mind making a fool out of myself on a short post. But I hate Click Here to continue reading.
This week’s poem of the week is called The Church of Aalder and it was written by J. Dueck. While we are confident that this poem is a worthy piece of work and worth reading, we must protest Mr. Dueck’s inclusion of a foot note. It is just not proper.