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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 her aside

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 fighting

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=

Fictional Women Redux

Eric Scheske wrote last year about the problems with plastic surgery and computer enhancements. Link [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=24526]. Most of his points were based on common sense. A new study on doctored photos has corroborated much of his analysis.

PETA to the Rescue, Again!

PETA wants the recent NCAA ban on Indian nicknames to extend to names that show disrespect to animals. Specifically, South Carolina's and Jacksonville State's nickname, the Gamecocks. > "We don't have a problem with names like the LSU Tigers," he said, "