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Good News: Afghan President Pardons Rape Victim After She Promises to Marry Attacker
Why was she imprisoned? Because she had sex out of wedlock. It was physically forced on her? Doesn’t matter. She’s a woman in an Islamic society. She has no real rights. So she got 12 years. And note: She wasn’t pardoned because of outrage over the dynamic or because President Hamid Karzai couldn’t bear to [...]
Moody’s Downgrades Italian Debt, Outlook Negative
4. October 2011
Credit ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded Italy’s government ratings with a negative outlook, citing weak economic growth (both in Italy and around the world) and concerns over how long it would take to implement fiscal reform measures. Italy’s rating was cut to A2 from Aa2, while its short-term ratings were reaffirmed at Prime-1. The review [...]
Iran Prepares to Execute Pastor for Being Christian
29. September 2011
Barring last-minute intervention, Iran is set to execute Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani for converting from Islam to Christianity — a capital crime in the Islamic country. The pastor again refused to convert back to Islam yesterday. Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who is facing the death penalty, again refused to convert to Islam to save his life. [...]
So Much for Tolerance: Turkey to Prosecute Cartoonist for Insulting God
29. September 2011
Our friends the Turks… A Turkish cartoonist will be put on trial for a caricature he drew in which he renounced god, daily Habertürk reported on its website Wednesday. The Istanbul chief public prosecutor’s office charged cartoonist Bahad?r Baruter with “insulting the religious values adopted by a part of the population” and requested his imprisonment [...]
Report: Hugo Chavez Being Treated for Kidney Failure
29. September 2011
I actually don’t want this guy to die. If he kicks off now he’ll be made a martyr, and the failures in his country will — in the future — be ascribed to him being unable to complete “the revolution”. I want none of that. I want his ass and his socialist ideology taking the [...]
UN Palestine Logo Suggests Elimination of Israel
21. September 2011
Why we shouldn’t grant Palestine statehood, part 254. The logo of “the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations” – on their website and on top of their official statements at the U.N. – shows the Palestinian Authority’s claim to a Palestine that stretches throughout the entire historical entity of the former Palestine [...]
California Couple Fined for Holding Bible Study at Home
21. September 2011
A California couple has been fined $300 for holding Bible study in their home, Fox News reports. They have also been warned that continuing to hold Bible study in their personal home will result in additional fines — unless they obtain a permit. A southern California family has been fined for holding regular Bible studies [...]
Palestine to Request Full Membership at the UN
16. September 2011
What could go wrong? RAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday he would demand full membership of the United Nations when he goes to the U.N. General Assembly next week, setting up a diplomatic clash with Israel and the United States. “We are going to the United Nations [...]
Obama to Deny Taiwan New F-16 Fighters, Costing 16,000 Jobs
15. August 2011
Awful. Taiwan faces daily pressure from China, which considers the small island nation to be part of its territory. Mainland China just launched an aircraft carrier named after an admiral who once conquered Taiwan. And China has been hacking our computer systems and stealing our military technology for years. But we’re so indebted to Beijing, [...]
SETI Back on the Air — Without Tax Dollars
14. August 2011
You may want to have a seat for this one. It turns out that, believe it or not, it’s possible to have a science program without federal funding. Shocking, I know. But preliminary reports indicate a new dynamic is afoot: If something is popular enough, and if people actually want it enough, it’ll be funded [...]
2. December 2011
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