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Mumbai Attacks: Religious World Warfare

The following story in the NYTimes illustrates in detail how stubbornly infectious and poisoning the Wahabi Sunni Terrorist War against the West really is and how perilously taut are relations between nuclear-armed Pakistan and nuclear-armed India. This Religious War of Terror is being lead by Osama Bin-laden and Al Man El Zawahari and other religious

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Guards! Guards!

Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards! by Harper Collins I was driving down the highway and made the mistake of slipping in the audio disk for Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards! I could have been arrested on the spot for driving under the influence of intense laughter. Truly I had to pull off the road at the nearest

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Eliot Spitzer V: Five Ramifications

From the Eliot Spitzer case there are five other major ramifications: 1)The NYTimes certainly cannot be accused of treating Democrats with kid gloves. 2)The vice-presidential choices of the two presidential contenders will be watched with much greater interest. 3)The US is certainly not European in its sexual morality. 4)The news media are certainly moving along

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Science in Retreat

It is remarkable that in the Western Developed countries that are looking for innovation to bring economic advantage and prosperity, there is such a recoiling against Science. The US has an evangelical wing attacking many aspects of Science including  creationism over Evolution plus stem cell research stymied by draconian restrictions.  And  George Bush has gutted

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Jane Austen on PBS

PBS is featuring on Masterpiece Theater every Sunday a series of Jane Austen productions. If you have any love of true romance these are stories not to be missed. No, they are not flawless – Persuasion on January 13th and Mansfield park at 1 1/2 hours were just too short for the underlying stories. Much

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Bill “the Hitman” Clinton and TagTeam Friends

BillClinton over the past 2-4 years had built up a stellar reputation for statesmanship and  non-divisive politics.  Item, Bill had worked not once but twice with President George Bush Sr on the Tsunami  Aid Fund and then on the Katrina Aid campaign. Bill had even praised the  relationship and decried on Charlie Rose’s TV program

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