Don't underestimate Iran. It is a common mistake Europeans and Americans make, assuming that only America and Europe are important. Quite in contrast Iran is the single most important individual country in the world . I am not exaggerating. All of world history can easily be described as the rest of the world trying to keep up, cope, or find favour with Iran. Iran's geographical location, religious importance to several faiths, its ancient history, its size, its relationship with other...
It should come as no surprise that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican. In that era, almost all black Americans were Republicans. Why? From its founding in 1854 as the anti-slavery party until today, the Republican Party has championed freedom and civil rights for blacks. And as one pundit so succinctly stated, the Democrat Party is as it always has been, the party of the four S's: slavery, secession, segregation and now socialism. ... Democrat President John F. Kennedy ...
"Gaddafi has acknowledged our problem. He has invited us all to return to Libya," David Jerbi, one of thousands of Libyan Jews forced to flee the country. ... "He told us that he was forced (to expel us) and that by doing so he saved our lives because the Libyan people wanted to kill us," said Umberto Robbi, who was expelled in 1970. "So to save us he also confiscated all our property." http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3730740,00.html N...
" The famous dialogue that took place between the king and his messenger is very short and very revealing. The king, we are told, exclaimed, 'Ce'est une revolte', and Liancourt corrected him: 'Non, Sire, ce'est une revolution.'"
The world looks forward to Bibi's speech on Sunday . After Barrack Obama has for the first time in the history of the conflict asked the Arabs for concessions to Israel he returned to the usual western position regarding Israeli "settlements": a "settlement" is a place where Jews live. When normal people live somewhere, it's called a "village". It has often been said that Israel is the only place in the world where a Jew is not a Jew but simply a human being. (I assume this statement refe...
I couldn't find an English-language mention of this. As usual I find that the only mainstream media site that still has some value is German n-tv.de . Apparently North-Korea threatens the south with nuclear war. I assume if war breaks out, North-Korea, if the regime has any sense at all and that might not be the case, will not use its nukes immediately but keep them ready in case the south or the US strike back to stop the attacks. South-Korea might be in for a few years of rocket atta...
If I owned or controlled a news paper of television news network, there are several things I would do differently from the mainstream media. Call me a whiney liberal, if you must, but my news outlets would be sympathetic to ethnic minorities and systematically biased against fascists and religious fundamentalists. I know that Pajamas Media already follow these guidelines pretty well. They were founded by people who pretty much share my sentiments. 1. My news outlets would refer...
I have been working on a tabular overview of the ancient history of the middle east from Egypt to Iran. The current state of affairs can be seen on this graphic here: http://www.netneurotic.net/Historic/Historic.png I am planning to include the following regions: 1. Egypt 2. Canaan 2a. Israel 2b. Lebanon 3. Ugarith 4. Aram Damascus (Syria) 6. Aram Naharain (Assyria, northern Iraq) 7. Sumer (Babylon, southern Iraq) 8. Arabia 9. Iran So far only Egypt ...
A well-known saying, attributed to Muhammed, the prophet of Islam, is the following: "The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews." It is prominently quoted in Hamas' charter, among other jewels, including those...
My friend Mohamed sent me the following email, and I quote: Dear Friends, Please find the attached letter/ appeal from Darfur war prisoners, that we received from our friend Motasim. It's terrible and unbelievable. Please take a few minutes to read this appeal to know how these prisoners and other Darfuris suffer from the Sudanese Regime. The National Islamic Front Regime which was using it's new name: NCP, The National Congress Party of Omar Al-bashir. ...
Dick Cheney just came out in favour of gay marriage: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/33823_Video-_Cheney_Supports_Gay_Marriage Considering this and George Bush's interview last year where he made it clear that he does not believe in a "literal" reading of the (English translation of) the Bible and his support for teaching evolution rather than religion in science class, I wonder what exactly is "right-wing" about the evil neo-conservatives. The Bush administration made war aga...
One of the major roadblocks on the path to peace is, according to the media, the issue of Jewish settlements on part of the land the Arabs claim as their own (i.e. in the middle east). It has to be solved immediately. All the other issues (like for example the Arab demand to drive Jews into the sea, and the Arab claim to rule over ALL middle-eastern peoples) are really non-issues. Jewish settlements in the West-Bank and Arab settlements in Israel are a major issue. We need to do something abo...
This situation has been on-going for some time: On a sunny day last week, a group of young Arabs from northern Iraq bundled up their colorful kites for an annual festival and headed to Mount Maqloub, where a gentle wind waited to lift their handiwork across a clear sky. By afternoon, they had reached the town of Bashika, perched on the mountainside and home to the tomb of Saint Matthew, revered here for his healing miracles. But throngs of predominantly Kurdish residents o...
In a reply to an article about fake evolution linked to above... I think the "question" should not be "Why is evolution so important to some people?" because that is easily answered. ("It's science.") The question should be "Why is fake evolution so important to some people?" whith "fake evolution" being whatever lie Creationists can tell about what evolution is. Is it really so difficult for people "critical" of evolution at least to write an article about the subject that do...
Evolution is not about and has nothing to do with: 1. Theism or atheism. 2. The origin of the universe. 3. The origin of life. 4. One species turning into another.* 5. Christianity. 6. Religion. 7. Politics. 8. Abortion.** 9. Morality and ethics.** 10. Eugenics .*** 11."Micro-evolution" and "macro-evolution".**** Any article mentioning any of those as having anything to do with evolution is not about evolution. *Species br...