I know that is an entirely overused question, but when I read this article by Patrick Buchanan a couple of days ago I couldn’t help wondering, no matter how many times we hear it, we don’t ever seem to learn from it.
Here is how Buchanan begins in this week after …
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This recent news about African refugees flooding into other countries puts me in mind of a book I read many years ago, The Camp of the Saints, by Jean Raspail. It was written in 1973 and is proving eerily prescient. Here are excerpts from some Amazon reviews:
This book is so …
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Judy just told you about Israel being overwhelmed with African refugees and then tonight I’m reading about Somalis and Ethiopians flooding into Yemen. According to this Reuters article, 30,000 African (mostly Muslim) illegal immigrants have swarmed across the Red Sea to Yemen this year alone in hopes of getting to Saudi Arabia …
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I have been tagged by She for the 6 Unimportant Things meme, so since this blog has been all work and no play for too long I thought I would give this one a go!
Here are the six six non-important things/habits/quirks about myself
1. I love driving! Road trips are my favorite …
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Setu: bucking affidavit, buck-passing. Will SC cook the hot potato? Sethusamudram project can be operational by Nov. if SC okays it (The Hindu, 28 Feb. 2008) New Delhi (PTI): The Sethusamudram ship canal project could become operational by November this year depending on clearance by the Supreme Court, Minister of Shipping, …
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Rule by Fear or Rule by Law? Former Congressman warns of martial law, detention camps (San Francisco Chronicle 2/4/08)
CIA confirms UK rendition report (NYTimes 2/21/08)
Concentration Camps in America: the consequence of 40 years of fear (Online Journal 2/18/08)
Seton Hall Law Students discover proof that over 24,000 interrogations at Guantanamo have …
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US-centric – In Your BackYard
Toxic Government Report Suppressed (AP/Yahoo 2/8/08)
EXCERPTS: “A much-delayed U.S. government report has been obtained by journalists, raising allegations that officials may be suppressing politically inconvenient data that, if released, could help protect the health of millions living in the Great Lakes region of the country…The study, …
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Video: Big Easy to Big Empty: What Really Happened to New Orleans? (Greg Palast on BrassCheckTV)
Study claims FEMA ignored toxic trailer findings (AP via Raw Story 1/28/08)
“The Federal Emergency Management Agency manipulated scientific research in order to play down the danger posed by formaldehyde in trailers issued to hurricane victims, …
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UPA’s draft affidavit wants SC to decide on Sethu AMITAV RANJAN (Indian Express) Posted online: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 0842 hrs IST New Delhi, February 26: Singed by the political firestorm over its last affidavit on Ram Sethu in which it questioned Ram’s existence, the UPA Government …
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Here is a remarkable scientific study by Prof. RK Gartia of Manipur University providing evidence for recurring tsunamis in historical and pre-historical periods near the Rama Setu region and along the Tamil nadu coastline from Mahabalipuram. This should provide for caution in undertaking projects like the project disaster called Setu …
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