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Monthly Archives: October 2007

See also: Frederick County

Along the same lines as
my last post, as near as I can tell from the Washinton Post’s article, resistance to Ahmadiyya Muslims building a worship center in Fredrick County, Maryland seems to stem mostly from them being Muslim: Read more »

Islamofacism week off to a roaring start

Here’s a good example of why I don’t take “islamofacism” seriously. Whiskeyfire quotes one presenter’s experience with Muslim renegades in the audience who apparently
whispered too loudly and didn’t stay in their seats enough. Read more »

Explaining math

Here’s an extraordinary essay on
explaining math which goes a long way towards illustrating what’s wrong with education by memorization in general. I am not very good at math, but I don’t think it’s because I lack aptitude. I’ve actually made great strides recently under my own power. But almost all of my early education [...] Read more »

Holding Telecom companies accountable

Clinton could have done it. Obama could have done it. Chris Dodd did it:

The Senate was ready to absolve telecommunications companies of aiding this administration’s lawbreaking, but Dodd decided to stand up to the Republicans instead of negotiate our Constitution away. That makes him my kind of Presidential candidate. This is the kind of stand-out [...] Read more »

Buh-wah-huh?

In this clip from Hardball, CNBC’s Erin Burnett explains how China’s poisoned food and lead-paint toys keep prices low at Wal-Mart, making them the United States’ “best friend.”

Um. Read more »