So Much Martyrdom, So Little Time
Power Line – Why Don’t Christians Care?
In a number of places around the world, it is open season on Christians. We read of Christians burned out of their homes and slaughtered in Pakistan. Most recently, at least 500 Christians were murdered in Nigeria. The attackers in all cases are Muslims, inspired by [...]
Categories: War and Peace
Moral Degeneracy and *Your* MSM!
I missed this. A report of Toby Harnden’s from 2004, relinked to by Instapundit, talking about yet another idiotic antiwar movie that’s bombing (I’d never even heard of it till last night) (I’d link to the original Spectator article but it just punts to the home page):
The other day, while taking a break [...]
Categories: War and Peace
Government Healthcare
Another story I can’t stand so I’ll just quote Instapundit:
GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE: Neglected by ‘lazy’ nurses, man, 22, dying of thirst rang the police to beg for water. “A man of 22 died in agony of dehydration after three days in a leading teaching hospital. Kane Gorny was so desperate for a drink [...]
Categories: People and Current Events
More Than Crazy, Perhaps
An infographic:
North Korea: The Craziest Country In the World
Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs
Who Wants Italian
I’ve never heard of Rose Gray, nor her restaurant, but reading India Knight write about eating (and going into labor, and continuing eating) there, makes me want to go there. Failing that, I can buy the cookbook…
Categories: Food
John Babcock, Aged 109
National Post – Last known Canadian First World War veteran dies, aged 109
Categories: War and Peace
Alexander Haig
Honestly, I’d never heard that story about him and the White House and Reagan getting shot. So here’s RC2, for all your remembrance needs:
Wheat & Weeds – No Longer In Charge
Poor Alexander Haig will always be remembered for his Constitutionally-mistaken effort to keep everyone calm when President Reagan was shot. Everyone acts as [...]
Categories: Politics
Alexander McQueen
Categories: Art and Literature
Life Imitates Ellis Peters!
Telegraph – Woman used rare poison in curry to kill ex-lover A woman found guilty of murdering her ex-lover used a rare poison which has not featured in a British court case since 1882.
Lakhvir Kaur Singh slipped aconite into Lakhvinder Cheema’s curry in January last year in revenge for his engagement to a younger [...]
Categories: People and Current Events
Peter Recommends CXXI
The Onion does J.D. Salinger’s obituary: Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger
CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn’t do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old [...]
Categories: Art and Literature
Welcome to the Church
The Corner – Mark Steyn: The Islamization of the World
Metronieuws has an interview with Afshin Ellian, a witness for the defense in the Geert Wilders trial in Amsterdam. If you don’t read Dutch, there’s an English translation here. (I’ve modified it slightly, because I think he missed a nuance here and there.) Here’s [...]
Categories: People and Current Events
Haiti: Day 6
Okay, let’s work through some of these Haiti links. First, returning to the unexpected revelation that Sanjay Gupta is actually kind of a cool guy:
CNN – Security concerns cause doctors to leave hospital, quake victims (video at the link)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Earthquake victims, writhing in pain and grasping at life, watched doctors [...]
Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs
Your Haiti Primer
Titled “Why is Haiti so poor?” and found via “What’s wrong with Haiti?” Not a lot positive to say, I guess.
1. Haiti cut its colonial ties too early, rebelling against the French in the early 19th century and achieving complete independence. Guadaloupe and Martinique are still riding the gravy train and French [...]
Categories: People and Current Events
Oh, I Miss Brit
I was this close to sending an email to Fox News when we cancelled our cable that the only thing that kept me subscribing to cable was his show, and please don’t take it personally, etc etc.
The Corner – KLo: This Is Beautiful
from Brit Hume, via Christianity Today: [...]
Categories: Business & Media
Neda Soltan, 2009
A much more interesting Person of the Year:
The Times – Person of the Year<br/> Neda Soltan, killed by a government thug, became a symbol of Iranians’ yearning for democracy and the ruthlessness of a bankrupt regime
Every few years a man, or a woman, whose name is often familiar to few beyond the circle of [...]
Categories: People and Current Events
