http://toubabou.blogsome.com People who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a city of their own… Tue, 06 May 2008 00:05:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://toubabou.blogsome.com/2008/05/05/wacko-fonteuphemia-comparison/ I and My Brother Against My Cousin The Yahi were fierce predatory raiders–as were hill tribesmen the world over with their remote sanctuaries and a lack of property to defend. Lowland Indians feared them, and the Yahi offered the stiffest resistance to the flood of settlers who entered California during the ... http://toubabou.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/i-and-my-brother-against-my-cousin/ Erotic Jesus sparks art debate in Austria | U.S. | Reuters Boehler, like Hrdlicka, says the art debate can be compared to the Danish cartoon row, where an image of the Prophet Mohammad with a bomb in his turban enraged some in the ... http://toubabou.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/56/ BBC NEWS | Africa | ‘Ex-slave’ takes Niger to court This is the sort of story that really needs to be seen in the US, where people seem to think that slavery began in the United States and ended in the Civil War. http://toubabou.blogsome.com/2008/04/07/bbc-news-africa-ex-slave-takes-niger-to-court/ BBC NEWS | Americas | Pregnant US man hails ‘miracle’ Well, apart from the fact that she’s not a man… Step one, mutilate a woman to look more like a man. Step two, inseminate the woman with sperm. Step three, call it a miracle? http://toubabou.blogsome.com/2008/04/04/bbc-news-americas-pregnant-us-man-hails-miracle/ Jihad Watch: Fitna Rage in Indonesia: “The Dutch government must arrest him. Wilders must be killed because he has declared war on Muslims.” The money-quote must certainly be: “We hope the protests by Muslims all around the world can be taken as our disapproval against any insult and attempts to deceive the ... http://toubabou.blogsome.com/2008/04/03/jihad-watch-fitna-rage-in-indonesia/ RNC Chairman Mike Duncan On Why Conservatives Who Want To Sit Out The Election In 2008 Are Making A Big Mistake. - Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views) The biggest problem with what Mike Duncan says here, is that we aren’t given a credible alternative in McCain. It’s all very ... http://toubabou.blogsome.com/2008/03/28/rnc-chairman-mike-duncan-on-why-conservatives-who-want-to-sit-out-the-election-in-2008-are-making-a-big-mistake-right-wing-news-conservative-news-and-views/ BBC NEWS | Europe | French euthanasia-row woman dies The woman said suicide was needed to end her suffering. At this point we can’t say how she died, and it’s possible she found some way of killing herself. (People do, after all, commit suicide without assistance all the time.) However, it ... http://toubabou.blogsome.com/2008/03/19/we-just-dont-know/ The atheist delusion | Review | guardian.co.uk Books This is a marvelous article exposing many of the flaws in the secularist arguments against religion which have arisen over the last few years. The author is clearly not a theist, yet he is able to see the evils done in the ... http://toubabou.blogsome.com/2008/03/15/the-atheist-delusion-review-guardiancouk-books/ @import url(http://www.lesoir.be/css/blog_link.css); Ils menacent de verser de l’acide dans la Meuse un article du Well, this is where I feel like a French learner rather than a teacher. Apparently, the factory of Lenoir-et-Mernier at Bogny-sur-Meuse has closed down. I believe that the company has resources elsewhere, but am not ... http://toubabou.blogsome.com/2008/03/14/they-are-threatening-to-dump-acid-in-the-meuse/