Muslim Scholars denounces accusations against Syria
uh, am I crazy or is muslim scholar an oxymoron
Woman in France Receives World’s First Face Transplant
now if they could only master the "soul" transplant, then we’d be getting somewhere
Hamas Leader Says His Group Won’t Renew Truce After Palestinian Elections: Attacks
Must Accompany Political Process -
uh, what’s a truce?
Teddy"I can swim she can’t" Kennedy’s Spirited moment
Kerry’s comeback
The New ‘Fake but Accurate’
"Some climate experts have said the potential cooling of Europe was paradoxically consistent with global warming caused by the accumulation of heat-trapping ‘greenhouse’ emissions."–New York Times,
Dec. 1
‘It Is Unclear Whether the Anonymous Quotes Are Authentic’
"As part of an information offensive in Iraq, the U.S. military is secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to publish stories written by American troops in an effort to burnish the image of the U.S. mission in Iraq," claims a story in the Los Angeles Times. More here
Direct contradiction by the global warming crowd inside of 24 hours on whether Europe is going to freeze or melt… and who cares anyway if the Islamofascists have the run of the place? See: "100% Chance of We Don’t Know"
A new American credit card allows holders to donate money to Israeli causes with every purchase. Where do I sign?
Photo credit: Corante
hmmmmmmmm, Pamela aka Atlas
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Eh, don’t take this the wrong way, but bring back La Shawn.
No. “Muslim scholar” is not an oxymoron. Neither is “ignorant blogger”.
Looks like an oxymoron to me
Thanks for the laughs. I always get a kick out the “defy common sense” stories.
Pamela:
It`s unfortunate that the phrase \”global warming\” has entered the public lexicon. (Though I suppose the original attraction was its `catchiness`.) Not that I don`t understand it was originally pushed by those with a vested interest in making us fear the phenomenon.
A far better term than global warming, in my opinion, would be climatic destabilization. But as you can see, its nine syllables don`t roll off the tongue.
That being said, if there is human-caused (ie. anthropogenic) climatic destabilization, then there is a possibility of a variety of weather trends, which include both unusual warming and cooling. This is the crux of the Times article.
Naturally, the larger part of our virulent public discourse today rests on the conflict between those who say that human activity is causing weather events, and those who oppose that view.
Of course, there\’s also a conflict between those who say that the climate is changing inordinately, and those who oppose that view. But in my mind, this conflict (now) ranks less than the first one.
Where did you get that Anti-depressant image? With one in three Americans taking some form of antidepressant today, I’d like to think it was just a funny photo. Not too much to laugh about in my opinion.
Jenny
The Prozac picture is great! Even better that the roads on it show it was taken right in central NJ.
Pamela:
I have to admit, I’m a bit uncomfortable with the picture. Reason being, my mother suffers from anxiety disorder – and I firmly believe that the (identified) anxiety gene is present in my family line as my grandmother was the same.
My mother has been in the hospital twice in the the past two weeks for high blood pressure – this week it spiked up to 235, causing an emergency room visit and subsequent hospital admission. The emergency room doctor consistantly identifies the problem as originating with her anxiety about EVERYTHING. He gives her medication to treat that, she is admitted, and the blood pressure comes down. The doctor she is then turned over to treats the high blood pressure, ignoring everything my mother, sister and father tell him regarding my mom’s anxiety. And her blood pressure goes right back up.
I honestly believe that psychiatric drugs, particularyly Ritalin, are used too much. However,there are a lot of people like my mother who respond well to them. When she was on Xanax it was almost miraculous for her. She was not worrying over every little thing that could go wrong for every family member, and what she could do to prevent it. She was able to operate normally, rather than in a constant state of fear.
Blood pressure medication causes her to feel tired, depressed, and run down. “Happy pills” cause her to operate in a fashion most would consider “normal”.
Given the options, my family and myself would much rather see her on something like Xanax. I’m sure that there are numerous people with comparative experience.
Good grief, Atlas linked to some articles that have some real significance and all some of you can do is whine about the prozac picture. (just shaking my head)
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