Rowland Croucher
How It Feels To Be Small
How It Feels To Be Small . Oliver Wendell Holmes once attended a meeting in which he was the shortest man present. “Dr. Holmes,” quipped a friend, “I should think you’d feel rather small among us big fellows.” . “I do,” retorted Holmes. “I feel like a dime among a lot of pennies.” . ========================== […]
Persecution Increases in Uzbekistan
Persecution Increases in Uzbekistan During August Barnabas Fund received reports from Uzbekistan indicating increasing persecution of Protestant church leaders and their families, many of whom have now gone into hiding. This follows a surge of anti-Christian activity in Uzbekistan over several months. It is believed that this is linked with the 15th anniversary of Uzbekistan’s […]
Right-wing ‘Zombie’ taunts foes on the web
Jo Chandler September 2, 2006 WHO is the Zombie behind zombietime.com? He claims to be a “photoblogger” who lives in San Francisco. For fun, he attends protests by people of opposite political inclinations to his own — the extreme left. He turns their placards against them, takes photographs and posts the images on his site. […]
Email elicits global sniggers
James Button, Europe Correspondent, London September 2, 2006 THE story of Lucy Gao — like that of London lawyer Claire Swire — is a cautionary tale for high-tech times. Two weeks ago Ms Gao, an intern at Citigroup bank in London, emailed instructions to her friends regarding her 21st birthday party at the Ritz Hotel. […]
Internet searches are giving away all of your secrets
GOOGLE TRACKED 1 September 2006 By Craig Mcqueen YOU probably weren’t aware of it, but there’s a spy in your living room and workplace. This spy knows a heck of a lot about you, even your most intimate thoughts. Here’s an example. In March this year, a Portuguese- American, living in Florida, was drinking heavily […]
Death to Caps Lock
By Michael Calore 13:00 PM Aug, 16, 2006 Is it time to permanently retire the Caps Lock key? Pieter Hintjens thinks so. Hintjens, the CEO of iMatix, has launched the Capsoff organization in a campaign urging hardware manufacturers to ditch the oft-abused and misused key. Hintjens’ plan is to build the entire infrastructure for the […]
Middle East Salafism and Radicalization of Muslim Communities
From a knowledgeable friend: An important article by Juan Jose Escobar Stemmann on the link between Salafism and jihadi networks in the West. This is important because it is a beginning of the serious research work of tracing the connections between the theologies of Islamic non- militants and militant jihadist ideologies. Such analysis is essential […]
U. S.: liberals too secular, religious right too dominant
US public deplores too secular liberals and too dominant religious right -26/08/06 An authoritative annual survey on attitudes to religion in the United States, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, has found that 69% of respondents believe that liberals are […]
Some of the Laws that Murphy missed
Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease your nose will begin to itch or you’ll have to pee. Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. Law of Probability: The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act. Law […]
Sanctuary for Immigrants
Sightings 8/31/06 Sanctuary or Spectacle? — Cynthia Gano Lindner Two weeks ago, Elvira Arellano and her seven-year-old son sought sanctuary in the Adalberto United Methodist Church of Humboldt Park, Chicago, instead of reporting to the Department of Homeland Security for deportation. Arellano, a 31-year-old Mexican woman, was working as a cleaning woman at O’Hare airport […]
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