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The Nanny Attack

John Leo recounts the attack of the nannies: > The nannies are all around us now, attempting to ban smoking in outdoor areas, including New York's vast Central Park, working to eliminate one schoolyard game after another, including dodge ball (too violent), tag (hurts feelings by turning kids

Ah, Those Dispassionate, Fair-Minded Scientists

We honestly don't follow the Intelligent Design v. Evolution controversy very closely, except to marvel at the sputtering hate of the scientific community and its remarkable tendency to deny that evolution as a theory has any significant problems. When it comes to decorum and civility, the ID people

Not Beloved China!

Defense Minster Chi Haotian has supposedly bluntly stated that China plans to attack the U.S. soon. The excerpt below comes from the Hal Turner page. We have no idea whether it is at all accurate, but we're passing it along as part of our continuing coverage of

Forced Suicide Bomber

A mother describes the choice offered to her by Muslim terrorists during the seizure of Middle School 1 in Russia last year. Link [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1742594,00.html]. Excerpt: > She cannot explain exactly why one of the hostage-takers, calling himself Abdullah, took

Suicide Bombers

The always-insightful Theodore Dalrymple talks about the makings of an Islamic suicide bomber: > Clearly, although the fundamental socio-psychological conditions I have described apply to millions - hundreds of millions - of people, only a vanishingly small proportion of them actually want to be suicide bombers, even if rather more

Nerd War!

"It was horrible, officer. They were stabbing each other with pens and bludgeoning each other their thick eyeglasses!" Link [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/computer.frenzy.ap/index.html]. Excerpt: > A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with

Get Those Boys Asylum Applications!

Gang warfare in Guatemala's prisons. Incredible. > The latest incidents are thought to have erupted after members of one of Central America's most notorious gangs, the Mara Salvatrucha, clashed with members of their main rival, Mara 18. > The gangs appear to have co-ordinated the

Stretching Asylum

Give me your tired, your poor, your sexually promiscuous . . . > A court in the US has ruled that a gay Mexican with Aids is eligible for asylum because of the danger of persecution in his home country. Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4149892.stm]. It'

Oh, the Inhumanity of It All!

Fire up the Sicilian ACLU! > Italy has arrested 141 people in a security swoop following the bombings in London and Egypt last month and remains at high risk from an attack by Islamic militants, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. > Italy, the subject of several Internet threats from

Encouraging

Britain is looking into ways to stem the flood of violently pornographic websites in its country. They're apparently more hopeful than their U.S. counterparts that something can be done. Link [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/15/nporn15.xml&sSheet=