Gene Healy wonders whether we have already won against Al-Qaeda: Consider Malvo and Muhammed. Two none-too-bright jokers with a $300 rifle and no formal training repeatedly shut down the Beltway and terrorized Greater Washington for almost a month. If America really is riddled with sleeper cells, why not activate another 20 guys? Ten two-man-shooter teams,… Continue reading Finally, A Link Between Iraq and Terrorism
Joke of a Prime Minister
This is a funny Prime Minister we have got in Pakistan: Concurring with the suggestion that the floor-crossing law [this law disallows parliamentarians to change parties] was a good law, Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, however, maintained that at times you have to ‘close your eyes’ to such things to help the new and… Continue reading Joke of a Prime Minister
The Dirty World of Weapons Export
Hans Blix doesn’t want to make the names of weapons suppliers public, according to the NY Times: Mr. Blix, the chairman of the United Nations chemical and biological weapons team, explained that he would, at least initially, remove the suppliers’ names from the document that will be made public because inspectors found in the past… Continue reading The Dirty World of Weapons Export
Grading is a Pain
Blogging will be light for 2 days as I try to grade student projects. Scratch that. I’ll probably blog when I am tired of grading, though it will be brief items.
Which Hogwarts Student Are You?
Which Hogwarts Student Are You? Found via No Point of Reference
Paging Atlanta Bloggers
Other than myself, I only know Reid Stott of PhotoDude who lives in Atlanta. If you have a blog and live in the Atlanta area, please leave a comment or drop me an email.
A Decent Article on Islam
Al-Muhajabah, whose blog veiled4Allah is on my blogroll, has an interesting article titled “A Field Guide to Islamic Activists”. It gives some of the background on the basic philosophies of Sunni Islam: the historic four madhabs (Hanafi, Shaafi, Maliki, Hanbali); Wahabism; modern trends; and militant ideology of Osama Bin Laden. Here is her conclusion: The… Continue reading A Decent Article on Islam
Lott Again
So Lott has finally apologized: “A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embraced the discarded policies of the past,” Lott said. “Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.” But is this apology lame or what? Discarded policies? What about… Continue reading Lott Again
Smoking or Sex
According to a survey in Europe, Nearly 80 percent of British smokers, almost 70 percent in the Netherlands, France and Germany and more than 55 percent in Belgium and Spain would forgo sex rather than live without cigarettes for a month. Are these people crazy?
Wahabis/Salafis Again
My initial post regarding the Wahabis touched very briefly on the topic. I have been thinking of blogging more on Wahabis as well as the different sects/schools of thought in Islam specifically as found in Pakistan. However, it is a tough task and work has interfered (this being the end of the semester and all.)… Continue reading Wahabis/Salafis Again