Carnival of Brass- Malnutrition is cheating Africa and its survivors (hat tip to Steve)
Robbed of vital nutrients as children, they grow up stunted and sickly, weaklings in a land that still runs on manual labor. Some become intellectually stunted adults, shorn of as many as 15 I.Q. points, unable to learn or even to concentrate, inclined to [...]
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From The Washington Post:
Whenever I see a white couple with an Asian or Hispanic child, I can’t help wondering whether adoption — like the personal ads — is one of the last areas of American life where naked expressions of racial preference are acceptable.
I know that sentiment seems ungenerous. Most of the children I see [...]
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Back when I was young, I used to enjoy playing Tecmo Bowl tournaments with my friends. Every Techmo Bowl vet knows that Bo Jackson was ridiculously strong and fast and loved to play with him. This clip is an example of that
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Marqas has some interesting thoughts on the American Muslim condition:
The current generation of Muslims could easily be labeled a generation “X”, due the fact that many are lost. Ethnic/immigrant Muslims struggle to navigate the torrid waters of the American cultural landscape – many loose themselves in the rapids, capitulating to these uncharted waters. Upon resurfacing, any vestiges [...]
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From Psych News Central
Exercise is the natural and most effective panacea for illness and disease. Health promotion efforts have informed on the benefits of exercise to prevent obesity and cancer and the means by which cardiovascular health is improved with aerobic activity for decades. According to new research, moderate exercise can also reverse the brain [...]
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Robert Satler speaks about the North African Arabs that protected Jews during the Holocaust
The entire lecture can be viewed here
UPDATE: DC Muslim Leaders visit Holocaust Museum - There is no doubt that there are some idiots that deny the holocaust, but why try to claim it is all Muslims?
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A condemnation of the conference held at the Unislamic Republic of Iran
UPDATE: Austrolabe on the Unislamic Republic of Iran’s hypocrisy
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An article on Kazakhstan’s efforts to raise national IQ. What’s the benefit? Read below…
Valentina Sivryukova knew her public service messages were hitting the mark when she heard how one Kazakh schoolboy called another stupid. “What are you,” he sneered, “iodine-deficient or something?”
Ms. Sivryukova, president of the national confederation of Kazakh charities, was delighted. It meant [...]
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Umm Adam’s latest post is exactly why I posted this one. (For background, most of this goes on with converts)
I know of some good Muslim convert marriages, but they all knew each other before the marriage.
I am sure that there are some complete stranger marriages that have worked out, but those are the few exceptions that prove the [...]
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This post by Baybers brought to mind some of the Muslims that I have met that have felt “ex-communicated” and left feeling hopeless after getting caught making a mistake or commiting some sin. That is because the goal became the humiliation of that individual instead of helping that person correct their mistake.
The Denial and Pretentiousness Handbook, [...]
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