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Those Crazy Dutch!

> The Netherlands is likely to become the first country in Europe to ban the burka, under government proposals that would bring in some of the toughest curbs on Muslim clothing in the world [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1823334_1,00.html]. I don't

Ya Think?

From the files of Dr. Obvious: An excerpt from a story about three white New Orleans cops beating a black man: > Although the [police] spokesman denied race was an issue, the fact that Mr Davis was African-American and the police were mostly white may result in accusations of

Porn Sunday

It's an event performed by an organization that calls itself xxxchurch.com. I can't vouch for it, but it certainly sounds like these people are onto something. If we're going to kill the scourge of pornography, I suspect it'll take something like

Holding Parents Accountable

Great Britain is starting to take measures against hooligan children and to make parents more responsible. Perhaps we could do that in our inner cities. Then again, the ACLU types wouldn't approve of restraining orders on "the children." > Problem children are to be targeted under

Boy George in Prison? . . .

. . . Isn't that kinda like selling Jessica Simpson to a white slave trader? > Police arrested Boy George, whose real name is George O'Dowd, at his home in the Little Italy neighbourhood of the city, after they responded to a call reporting a burglary in the early

Cherokee People! Cherokee Tribe! So Proud to Live! So Glad We're White!

A fascinating story about Indian history, alleged racism, too much money, and science. Link [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.09/seminoles_pr.html]. Excerpts: > The Cherokee kept black slaves until 1866, when an emancipation treaty freed them from bondage and granted them full tribal citizenship. Known as

Gang Banger Prey

Following yesterday's criminal attack on two gays involved in illicit activity in a NY public park: > "Any place that gay people congregate is a hotbed for attacks," said Basil Lucas, spokesman for the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project. "People assume that these men

You Gay Too

You tar them as homosexuals, in hopes that they'll stop condemning homosexual acts. Isn't that kind of like labelling a Prohibitionist a drunkard in hopes that he'll stop preaching teetotalling? Of course, the former is far more humiliating, hence the strategy, I'm

U.S. Will Give Up Control of Internet?

According to The Guardian, we'll have to: > A number of countries represented in Geneva, including Brazil, China, Cuba, Iran and several African states, insisted the US give up control, but it refused. The meeting "was going nowhere", Hendon says, and so the EU took a

Relativism = Every Nut Deserves Respec. Episode 231,311

> A man who is fighting to get the words "under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance was back in federal court Wednesday, making some surprising comments about the case. > Although the hearing was a procedural matter with no key rulings, Michael Newdow said that if