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Amazing. There\u2019s schools that are actually considering honouring the Muslim faith by allowing Friday prayers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anything! (But Christmas carols<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Dawn Eden<\/a> helps readers of the above linked site<\/a> by posting a synopsis of Planned Parenthood\u2019s, uh, services<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In case you missed it, James offers some awesome pics <\/a>of the recent transference of the relics of Ss John Chrysostom and Gregory Nazianzen. And one of our own, Adib Farha, writes a note about it <\/a>for The Economist.<\/p>\n

The Tale of the Lazy Parent<\/a>. I was going to post it in it\u2019s entirety \u2014 but everyone knows folks tend to skip the long offerings. So, visit the Tale<\/a> at your leisure \u2014 it\u2019s worthwhile. Speaking of long ones \u2026 the recent article on Marriage by Elder Paisius is also a good read<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The following story came from Thursday\u2019s, 12\/2, World<\/a> (but had no permalink):<\/p>\n

Love bombing the Islamists<\/strong>
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Thailand has a new strategy for battling their problem with Islamist terrorists. The population is being asked to fold origami birds <\/a>(cranes that are symbols of peace and good luck) out of paper. The goal is to assemble 63 million of them, one for every member of the population. The Thai air force will then drop them on the country\u2019s fractious Muslims in the southern part of the country, where terrorists have been bombing and killing. The Buddhist<\/a> prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, head of the \u201cThais love Thais\u201d party, believes this gesture will change the hearts of the terrorists and promote national unity. <\/p>\n

Muslims, though, are reportedly condemning the birds as idols. Southerners are also complaining that this will just mean a lot of litter they will have to clean up. The Thais have been tough on terrorism, to the point that politic brutality has become one of the Muslims\u2019 grievances. But might this extravagant act of niceness have an effect? Or is it a metaphor for the globally widespread naivete about dealing with the Islamist threat?<\/p>\n

Commenting on the above story, Grace<\/a> said: \u201cAs Dave Barry says, I am not making this up.\u201d<\/p>\n

As it turns out, Dave Barry mentions the story on his own blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally, for those 40-somethings reading this at work, Go Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wacka, wacka, wacka, wacka \u2026<\/em>
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