Monday, October 25, 2010

Stuff below the fold

Louis XVI was autistic? In one movie they thought so.

But I am not convinced, and wrote on my Xanga blog why.


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"Big Boost from Dollar Decline".

yeah, you know damn well the "debt" will be decreased by lowering the value of the dollar, and the resulting inflation. I lived through this during Jimmy Carter.


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The "Truth" behind coconut oil.

For awhile, it was a no-no because it's unsaturated, but now it's promoted as a "health food" here in the Philippines.

As a doc, I have no opinion..


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What is it about Islamasist extremists and education?

Razing schools hasn't been limited to Afghanistan: It has occured in Pakistan, in Thailand and in the southern Philippines.

and now, the government in Iran is shutting down programs to study social studies, humanities, and philosophy in their universities..."The decision is seen as a response to concerns by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that the subjects could lead to religious doubts." "

This is shameful and unIslamic, but never mind. These radicals are doing more harm to their religion than Ghenghis Khan or Tamerline., who destroyed the centers of medieval Islamic scholarship...


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Vegas on the Nile?

Why not? as one internet wag noted: Glenn Crawford, deftly summed up the different cultural approaches to unpromising climate, in this instance between the Afghan plain and Nevada. Third World solution: eke a living out of the desert. American solution: “Viva Las Vegas!”


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A "paramilitary attack" against a pizza man?

Sinn Fein councillor Kevin Campbell said it was the third attack this week."These attacks will achieve nothing and I would call on those responsible to desist from these actions"

Presumably if they don't, he will send them a "nasty letter".

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