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The book by Nic Dunlop called The Lost Executioner is a great telling of Duch's life and his pursuit and capture.

Here's an interesting article about the systematic rape of children by priests of Natives in Alaska and Canada and the coverup. The best part is by the former priest who was usually the lead in covering up the rapes. http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-pedophiles-paradise/Content?oid=1065017

steen, Don't know if you are being serious about the ugly strings, but here goes. They're called yukizuri and they are used to protect the trees from the heavy snow that we get here in Ishikawa. They stop the branches from breaking. Kenrokuen is famous for its yukizuri. Luckily we got some good snow yesterday and it was a great evening for the light up.

The Shroud was judged to be a fraud in the 14th century by a Roman Catholic bishop, who stated that the shroud was painting. The image was not allowed to be displayed for over 40 years. For anyone interested in reading a little more about this, you should check out "Relics of the Christ" by Joe Nickell.

Willi, The only silhouette I found was the one where they stopped the parking gate film right before the object hit the building to show that a 757 could fit into the blurred shape on the film. True, the website is mostly crap, that's why I was surprised that I found the report there.

hellokitty, I'm not a big fan of the following website, but the writer does a good job explaining the facts of the Pentagon attack. Give it a read. He does a very good job explaining about the size of the impact hole in the wall of the Pentagon. http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread79655/pg1

WilliB, Thanks for the link. Good stuff.

Ivan, Here are several good websites that debunk most of the 911 Troof Movement. http://www.debunking911.com/ http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/1227842.html http://www.layscience.net/node/124 http://screwloosechange.blogspot.com/ http://wtc7lies.googlepages.com/ Have fun reading.

The pool is very cool, but when looking up through the "water", if the glass on top has not been cleaned that day, which is usually the case, the effect is really diminished.

skip,

The 2007 Pew Research survey puts the percentage of atheists/unaffiliated at 12%. Personally, I believe that religion has absolutely no place in US politics. If the Founding Fathers saw the way these people pander to religion they would probably be ashamed of the country they started. wolfpack, please read Susan Jacoby's book Freethinkers to get an idea about how much of a role non-theists played in the civil rights movement.

magpie, no offense taken. Sorry that my post seems a bit abrupt.

magpie, I have read the book. It is a very good read. I was merely questioning the timing of the review. The book could have been reviewed at any other time of year.

This book was printed 8 years ago. Why are you reviewing it now? Trying to find more articles to keep those August war/peace drums banging?

katsu78, very good question, but recently there has been a lot of religious stuff here. It should be noted that Mr. Baldwin's degrees are from an unaccredited university that specializes in producing ultra-conservative ministers.

Romulus, I don't know if dubya can, but the Catholic Church and other denominations do also. They also condemn IVF.

I have no problem with surrogacy or IVF. I am, however, a little concerned that in Japan it seems that it is often the grandmother who is the surrogate and wonder about future possible medical effects on the grandmother having a child late in life.

rtr, thank you for your response. I appreciate your answer. However, until the possibility that an innocent person would never be put death is removed and the system is fairly used, I will continue to be opposed to the death penalty. If you really are concerned about cost, a bullet to the back of the head is probably cheaper than the rope.

Gentlepeople,

I have been enjoying your discussion. Very interesting. Just to let you know, I am against the death penalty. In an imperfect legal system, the death penalty should not be used. There are very few cases where there is absolute proof of guilt and in a system that relies on confessions, obtained by almost any means necessary, abuse can and does run rampant. Someone asked how the people who were against the death penalty would react if it was their children or loved ones who were killed, wouldn't they want vengeance. My question is: Would you support the death penalty if your child or loved one was the person who had a committed a vicious murder/murders? Or would you beg for their lives?

Sarge,

None of the scientists said that there was 'human' life on any of these planets. Simply that the planets were super-Earths. This could lead to the discovery of some form of life. Probably not very human in appearance. If you are talking about the possibility of humans from Earth visiting, we probably won't have to worry about that for centuries or, possibly, ever. What I thought was pretty sad about this article is that it had to mention the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun in 365 days.

Here's another story about someone threatening to go 'Akihabara'.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080616p2a00m0na015000c.html

This guy just might have actually done it.

Here's some good news for Mr. Sulu.

http://georgetakei.com/news.asp

illsayit

Just google his or her name. They are doing this because of their religion.

They are Quiverfull Christians, who believe that the will of God is completely out of the control of humans. They aren't allowed to practice any form of birth control, not even the rhythm method. Good old boy Jim Bob has run for office as a Republican but lost in the primaries. Religion run amok again.

Romulus

Great job on the divorce and finding a way to make a new and difficult stage in a relationship work for all. I mean that seriously. I've always found it unbelievable how horrible people can be to each other during a divorce, especially when children are involved. You and your ex-wife's attitudes are fantastic. I'm happy for you, your ex-wife and your child.

I am quite impressed that the daughter instinctively saved the son, knowing that in this present society he was more important than she. It is a wonderful example of sororital devotion to her brother. She learned to put her brother before herself. Her parents taught her right. When I read this story, my heart swelled with respect for this young lady. I know that in this world SOCIETY will praise her. Her actions will forever be enshrined as data flying around the INTERNET.

Happened again this time in archery club.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080429p2a00m0na004000c.html

Here's a link to some more information. According to the article, this show has covered many topics that might have raised eyebrows, including gender identity disorder.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/news/20080424p2g00m0dm002000c.html

skip,

No, that part of my post was in response to redacted's post where he quoted Stephen Douglas and made a point of showing that he was a Democrat. I simply thought that it was fitting to quote a Republican, and the man Douglas debated, to show that the attitudes that Douglas expressed 150 years ago were not held only by Democrats, but also by most whites, including the Great Emancipator. No offense was intended and my apologies if offense was taken.

I have never struck my daughter. She is 10. I have felt like hitting her, but never have. From extremely early age, she has been taught what is right and wrong and what is expected of her. She gets punished by losing privileges, such as TV, DS, playing after school, or, her least favorite, sitting on the stairs leading upstairs for varying lengths of time.

DXXJP, I too never talk down to my daughter and also use a silent five count on my fingers. She knows what happens at the end. She loses something she wants to do. What I find most interesting is that, in my experience, my daughter and her friends whose parents don't hit them are much better behaved than her friends who do get hit. As an adult, I can reason with them and explain why there are certain rules at our house that are different from the rules at their houses. I almost never have a problem with these kids. The other kids are often shown the door after repeatedly breaking our house rules and are not often welcomed back. The only thing these kids seem to respect is a smack.

After all their arguing about who is the most religious, how about a science debate between these candidates so the voters can get an idea about how they stand on scientific issues since the public already knows their views on religion?

Oh, and for redacted.

A separation of the races is the only perfect preventive of amalgamation but as an immediate separation is impossible the next best thing is to keep them apart where they are not already together. Abraham Lincoln(R-Il) June 1857.

SuperLib,

True. Bad choice of words. I should have wrote not guilty.