Saturday, July 28, 2012

Stuff below the fold

Saint Kateri...NYTimes article HERE...pretty good, except they failed to note her mom was Algonquin and Christian and that might be behind her decision to move to Canada. (the R rated version of her life can be found in this history book )

(headsup Getreligion)


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Culture war updates:
 A slippery slope? Nah, doesn't exist...it's the triumph of good vs evil in their eyes.

and no one bothers to protest when restaurants deliberately promote drug use....
(headsup Instapundit)

related item:
 Father Z notes some good news for religious freedom:


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US firms in China going home.
Analysts said many US companies in China are mulling the relocation back to the US due to the rising labor cost in China and cheap energy in the US.
 It also has to do with the lack of skilled workers: it might be easier to train a blue collar kid in the US (who grew up with cars and machines) to become a skilled worker than a farm kid from China who grew up without such things. People see the skyscrapers and forget how poor China actually is....

And if they can't find skilled workers, why, there are plenty of skilled Pinoys who will jump at getting a visa to work in US factories, like they do in Korean factories.

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Somali is getting a constitution...and will have it's first government in 20 years.
Related item: The thugs are losing.

"if it bleeds, it leads", but good news is ignored.

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A bit above my head, but this AlJezeerah article questions the philosophy behind the Boson Higgs discussions in the media.

It's the Ontology, stupid.

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Throwing the Philippines under the bus to kowtow to China...Strategypage has details.

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Ceramics dating back 17000 years?

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James Bond and the Queen jump in on the Olympics.

film here:

(actually a stunt double of course). More photos HERE.
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