The American election is but over and decided. Junior Senator Barak Obama from Illinois has won and will be the 44th President starting January 2009. He has defeated a much older John McCain.
I’ve been reading peoples blogs, posts and comments surrounding his win over the past couple of hours (and indeed, also received several text [...]
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
~ Dogen ~
Why are there 12 jurors in a jury?
Why are there 12 zodiac signs in the heavens?
Why is 12 used as a unit of measure for trade?
Why is 12 a natural number?
Why are there 12 hours in a day?
Why did Jacob have 12 sons?
Why did Israel have 12 Tribes?
Why are there 12 months in a year?
Why [...]
Galileo persecuted and killed.
Women were burned alive suspected of being witches.
Persecution of the Jews.
Devastation and destruction of the Native Indians way of life.
Repressing scientific knowledge and growth.
Missionaries spreading and enforcing their theologies.
Countless wars and death in its name.
“Holy” crusades.
Mass destruction and genocide of other cultures.
The close coupling between church and state.
Televangelist business practices.
….
You protest the [...]
Came across this link on reddit today, and had to shake my head because I thought I read it wrong. From the first paragraph: “The Recording Industry Association of America is suing usenet.com, decrying it as the next Napster, Kazaa and other peer-to-peer, illicit file-sharing sites.”
Usenet is basically a general purpose distributed message board. It [...]
I somewhat agree with this article in that Al Gore winning the Peace Prize makes a mockery of the Peace Prize. I looked into who he was up against, but the Prize rules state the names of the individuals and organizations are kept private. However, there were 181 nominations for the 2007 Peace Prize, and [...]