There was a time when I let my babies “style” my hair while I read or watched tv. Now, I just give them money. 🙂 Read more
There was a time when I let my babies “style” my hair while I read or watched tv. Now, I just give them money. 🙂 Read more
The world has a name and a face to go with the mask and the knife. It turns out that Jihadi John, the serial killer in the ISIS videos, is an educated, well-to-do Londoner named Mohammed Emwazi. The early coverage of Mr Emwazi was the usual fill-in-the-blanks hand-wringing claptrap. Nobody said that Mr Emwazi’s murders were workplace violence, but that was one of the few cliches they missed. We were treated to the standard “he’s such a gentle person” from his... Read more
Who is the serial killer, Mohammed Emwazi? These videos give a bit of insight. One point that I think should be made about the last video is that conflating the demonstrations of the early 1970s with ISIS and calling the demonstrators terrorists is absurd. The idea that young people are attracted to ISIS for the same emotional reasons as those that drew young people to the anti-war movement of the 1970s is worth thinking about. I’ve haven’t given it enough... Read more
Evidently, Pope Francis was concerned about problems in Argentina and, in a private correspondence,  said, “Hopefully we are in time to avoid Mexicanization.” When this statement became public, there was tsk-tsking in all the predictable quarters and Mexico went into the usual knee-jerk outrage and demands for apologies. I’m not sure if the Mexican president said he was “hurt” by the Pope’s remarks, but I wouldn’t be surprised. Everybody is “hurt” by things that couldn’t possibly hurt these days, including private... Read more
Representative Sally Kern has managed to get a ban on bans of what is called “conversion therapy” out of a House committee. I do not know if she will manage to get it to a vote of the full House. I published a post yesterday, summarizing those two facts. The resulting conversation has left me confused, which is why I’m writing this post now. I honestly do not know what “conversion therapy” is, except what I get from the name itself. A... Read more
“Jihadi John,” the murderer of James Foley, Steven Sotloff, David Haines, Peter Kassig, Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto is not a victim of poverty and discrimination. He is a well-to-do Londoner who obtained a degree in computer science from Westminster University. His name is Muhammed Emwazi. Of course, the nonsense is already starting. According to CAGE, a Muslim-led human rights advocacy group in London, Emwazi was “harassed” by UK security services. International Business News immediately posted an article headlined: Jihadi... Read more
I hope that you are following this series. Popular media and the anti-history that we are being taught gives an inaccurate view of the Crusades designed to be used in Christian bashing. This has reached the point that the President of the United States can allude to this propaganda as history in a speech about the genocide of Christians in a large part of the world today. We need to know the truth. I am aware that there are Islamic... Read more
Representative Sally Kern got her bill banning bans on gay conversion therapy out of committee. HB 1598 passed without debate on a unanimous vote after a committee substitute was accepted, also on a unanimous vote. It now goes to the full House, where it may or may not come to a vote. For an explanation of the process, go here. If it does come to a vote, we may get to see some entertaining debate. From The Daily Oklahoman: A bill that... Read more
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