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First of all, hats off to the Kurds who are embracing democracy and actually had been long before the U.S. arrived on the scene. I understand that Turkey vehemently opposed a Kurdish state and I understand why they opposed it and that their opposition resides on the moral low ground. It's...

By now, everyone is aware that there have been three new planets proposed for our solar system. For scientists, it is a question of how to define a planet, but for astrologists, it is a catastrophe. Their charts are going to be totally buggered now. They're so used to throwing out things like...

Someone suggested this to me a while ago, and I don't have a decent response. Perhaps someone else does. The suggestion is, wouldn't the world be better off if we embarked on a global project to change human beings, making all subsequent generations only three feet high? -- similar to those...

If want to convert kilograms into energy, you times it by the speed of light squared in meters per second to get energy in joules. If you use grams or pounds, you use different units for both velocity and energy: MKS: Joules = Kilograms * Meters Per Second ^2 CGS: Ergs = Grams * Centimeters Per...

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/101999sci-astronomy-cathedrals.html

http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/copernicus.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060220/ap_on_re_eu/austria_holocaust_denial;_ylt=AieUYnUNXLWKnn7kiXM63fus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE- On the one hand, you reap what you sow...and he's not unlike ID proponents, facts be damned, political agenda full-speed ahead. On the other hand, I...

Anger remains in French suburbs By Paul Henley BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents Three months on from the riots which tore through the heart of France, Paul Henley hears worrying evidence that anger and resentment remain in the suburbs. Mimoun Belmir, an ex-policeman who now works in the...

Ok so it's just a rant! The three saddest words ever written. A blind girl. There they are, three short words, not even a fragmented sentence worth of words, barely enough to convey a thought. However in the context of the master work by Carl Sagan, “The Demon Haunted World” these three...

Ever since the creationists started trying to overturn modern evolutionary theory by dictating from the school boards and courts, I've seen an (admittedly anecdotal) increase in public awareness about what evolution really is, what a scientific theory really is, and what the nature of science...

In three months Osama will have successfully evaded capture for four years. You'd think after four years one could have turned over just about every stone in the northern Afghanistan-Pakistan border region. I think he is elsewhere.

For my work I do research into religious rituals, places, and ways. Whenever I go to any meeting where a plate is passed, I always give a token amount usually a five dollar bill. Now, I should say that at one time, many years previously, when I was more religious, I bought into the mystical...

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/20/1095532205543.html The following cartoon sums up the situation nicely.

Alternate title: " If at first you don't succeed .. " What is wrong with this picture? Or is it just me? Child poet Mattie Stepanek dies This story is a bit old, but it came to my attention because Oprah had a feature on it Monday.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/09/cigar.smuggle.ap/index.html Trading with the enemy. What is that? If he buys cigars, Cuba will invade?

(1) Nuclear missles to be launched at all arab captials. (2) Concentration camps for the poor. (3) Appointment of card-carrying Nazis to Supreme Court. Aren't straw men fun?

(1) Put Saddam Hussein back in charge and withdraw all US troops. (2) Ask UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to shine Kerry's shoes. (3) Tone of voice by Howard Dean. Words as follows: "Lincoln was a Republicrat! Lincoln was a Republicrat! Lincoln was a Republicrat!"

Ambassadors' letter to Blair Here is the letter sent by more than 50 former British ambassadors to Tony Blair, urging him either to influence US policy in the Middle East or to stop backing it: .................. We the undersigned former British ambassadors, high commissioners, governors and...

Humor honoring one's heritage? AP story on click2houston.com Edited to remove copyrighted material available at the link above.

Are there any believers here who actually claim to be able to do something (anything) paranormal? I mean, it’s all very well if you’re John Edward or some other evangelist making piles of money from reconstituted magic tricks. They’re just liars dragging back the progress of humanity, but at...

3 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Attacks Three more young Americans dead. I wonder if they ever got a chance to vote. I wonder if they voted for Dubya. I wonder how many more will die before the Bush Reelection Campaign gets the bad news from the American people next November, namely that the...

Ah, the age-old debate, that has plagued us for decades: who are the masters of brotherly comedy, the Brothers Marx, or the Brothers Howard (with assists from various non-relations, of course).