A victory for rapists everywhere

From Yahoo News: The Swiss government declared renowned film director Roman Polanski a free man on Monday after rejecting a U.S. request to extradite him on a charge of having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.

“Iceland PM weds partner as gay marriage legalized”

Congratulations, Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir and writer Jonina Leosdottir. I’m looking forward to the day when the headline will just be “Iceland PM weds.”

Next up, Sudan on the Human Rights Commission

Iran has been placed on the UN Commission on the Status of Women. I suppose if the status of women includes beating them in the streets for not covering their bodies, and stoning them to death for adultery, then by all means this is a good decision. The UN is rapidly loosing any credibility it [...]

Like the moon landing?

From Brian Todd on CNN: Port Fourchon, Louisiana (CNN) — It sounds like a Hollywood movie. An impending disaster — think the disabled spacecraft in “Apollo 13″ or the asteroid hurtling toward Earth in “Armageddon” — prompts a daring intervention by engineers to save the day. This time, the threat is oil gushing from a [...]

That oil slick isn’t the only slimy thing BP has going

From the Alabama Press-Register: BP told to stop circulating settlement agreements with coastal Alabamians Attorney General Troy King has asked BP to cease circulating settlement agreements among south Alabamians.Alabama Attorney General Troy King said tonight that he has told representatives of BP Plc. that they should stop circulating settlement agreements among coastal Alabamians. The agreements, [...]

Don’t blame BP – Obama did it!

Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh gave us the truth about the oil spill in the Gulf, telling his followers: “I want to get back to the timing of the blowing up, the explosion out there in the Gulf of Mexico of this oil rig…. Now, lest we forget, ladies and gentlemen, the carbon tax bill, cap and [...]

Oh rats!

When Meredith was living in Denmark a couple of years ago, she told me about “street babies,” children left in their prams to sleep outside in the fresh air while their parents browsed or dined in a shop nearby.    It’s so common that no one looks twice.  But maybe they will now. From the Copenhagen [...]

Murder will tend to do that

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Former lightweight champion Edwin Valero was detained Sunday on suspicion of killing his wife, the gravest in a string of problems that have threatened to derail his career. Killing his wife might derail his career?  Oh no! Via AP

Among The Righteous

We are all aware of Oskar Schindler, who risked his life to save several hundred German Jews during the Holocaust. You may also have heard that Yad Vashem includes the names of Muslims, Bosnians, Albanians and 1 Turk among the honored. But you probably don’t know that the Righteous Among the Nations included Arabs. I [...]

Quote of the Week

Bishop Desmond Tutu: Hate has no place in the house of God. No one should be excluded from our love, our compassion or our concern because of race or gender, faith or ethnicity — or because of their sexual orientation. Nor should anyone be excluded from health care on any of these grounds. In my [...]

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