Let's face it, if James Cameron had made a movie with the Iraqi resistance as the heroes and the U.S. military as the enemies, and had set it in Iraq or anywhere else on planet earth, the packed theaters viewing "Avatar" would have been replaced by a screening in a living room for eight people and a dog.
In the year 500 B.C., a Chinese Warrior and philosopher by the name of Sun Tsu wrote a small treatise entitled The Art of War, in which he said:
If a man knows himself and knows his opponent, he need not fear a hundred battles. If he knows himself but not his opponent, for every victory, he will suffer a defeat. If he knows neither himself nor his opponet, he will suffer defeat in every battle.
On Christmas Day, 2009, I received the following email from Donald Engel, from Iowa.
In one of your recent replies to a reader's comment [in Unfiltered News], you mentioned ever so briefly that a social credit system in the Western World is unworkable and has some fundamental flaws. It would seem to me that this system would be a great improvement over our present debt based monetary system. What do you…
The TSA and the FAA issued a security directive for U.S.-bound flights from overseas and all national flights within the continental United States, according to a transportation security official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly.
From now on all passengers will be required to remain seated during the last hour of every flight. Passengers needing to use the restrooms will be granted 5 minutes after holding up 1 finger for… Continue
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Although I am diametrically opposed to all American troops currently on foreign soil and especially vehemently opposed to the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Gaza, Congo, Yemen, Kosovo and what was Yugoslavia I thought this picture provided a glimpse of actual US power and brought to my mind a variety of current issues.
This is the USS John F. Kennedy docking, I think, in Malta recently.
Awarded: April 30, 1964
Keel laid: October 22, 1964
Launched: May 27,… Continue
Added by Jeff on December 27, 2009 at 6:30am —
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From the Associated Press Sunday December 27th, 2009
LANTANA, Fla. – It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.
Then came the fevers. They bathed and chilled the skinny frame of Oswaldo Juarez, a 19-year-old Peruvian visiting to study English. His lungs clattered, his chest tightened and he ached with every gasp. During a wheezing fit at 4 a.m., Juarez felt a warm knot rise from his throat. He ran to the bathroom sink and spewed a mouthful of… Continue
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Having a seasonal flu shot, or even a case of ordinary flu, appears to "prime" an H1N1 vaccination and make it more effective, new research from Italy shows.
The results are a surprise, because seasonal flu shots alone give no protection… Continue
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For thousands of years astrologers have claimed that disasters are foretold in the movement of the planets.
Now a new study suggests they might be right.
Scientists have discovered that the faint gravitational tug of the sun and moon can… Continue
An Act for the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Preamble
The Parliament of Canada, affirming that the Canadian Nation is founded upon principles that acknowledge the supremacy of God, the dignity and worth of the human person and the position of the family in a society of free men and free institutions;
Affirming also that men and… Continue
Gerald Warner is an author, broadcaster, columnist and polemical commentator who writes about politics, religion, history, culture and society in general.
Quasimodo in Number 10, hunched, scowling over his desk, has devised yet another plan to police, to increase surveillance, to indulge his obsession with extending his short-lived control over as many people as possible. Gordon Brown, who now seems to have… Continue
Added by Jeff on December 26, 2009 at 6:11pm —
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Since I've been seeing posts here on 12.160Mhz that demonize Islam I thought it might be apropos to provide some factual data on precisely what the Koran says about Jesus and Christianity for those of you that aren't fully knowledgeable.
There is NO DIFFERENCE between Allah and God.
Here's what you didn't know.
Please read this if you believe that there's a difference and that it's appropriate to say, "not Allah." It isn't.