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Islamic Terrorism in Paris and Charlie Chaplin’s Hitler Ballet
It occurs to me this evening that Charlie Chaplin’s classic globe dance, as a means of trying to enter and represent visually the psyche of Hitler, is curiously apropos to the why question surrounding Paris tonight. The idea of violently … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Chaplin, enlightenment, Hitler, Islam, jihad, Paris, terrorism
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I Had a Nuclear Terrorism Nightmare This Morning
I don’t believe that dreams, in some psychic sense, have predictive powers. But I also don’t believe that dreams are wholly random “night-static.” Like Freud, I assume that dreams are at least sometimes routes to otherwise unconscious wishes and anxieties … Continue reading
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Tagged Iran, Los Angeles, nuclear terrorism, nuclear war, terrorism, war
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Khamenei Strategist Alireza Forghani: “In the name of Allah, Iran must attack Israel by 2014”
You can’t say we weren’t warned. This was in the Jerusalem Post yesterday: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s strategist provided the legal and religious justification for the annihilation of Israel and the Jewish people, in a document published on conservative Farsi website Alef. Reports … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Holocaust, Iran, Israel, nuclear terrorism, nuclear war, terrorism, war
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Nuclear Religious War Watch: An Israel-Iran “Short War”?
Short war scenarios tend to be delusional, but Benjamin Netanyahu appears to think that he can initiate one against Iran. Seriously. The following was reported in the Washington Post yesterday: A “short-war” scenario assumes five days or so of limited Israeli … Continue reading
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Tagged death, Iran, Israel, life, nuclear terrorism, nuclear weapons, peace, religious war, terrorism, tragedy, war
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Collective Guilt Watch: If Muslims are Responsible for Osama Bin Laden, Are Anti-Muslim Bloggers Responsible For Anders Behring Breivik?
Anders Behring Breivik—the Norwegian who recently went on a Christian nationalist inspired rampage, murdering over 90 of his fellow citizens in Norway—immersed himself in the rhetoric of anti-Muslim blogs where Muslims are routinely tarred with collective guilt for such things as 9/11. The question is thus … Continue reading
New Atheist Bait: The Norway Gunman Is A Christian
Islam appears to be off the hook on this one. The guy who first set off a bomb in Oslo and then wrecked mayhem on a Norwegian island, killing over 90 people, is a Christian. The following was reported at AP this … Continue reading
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Tagged Anders Behring Breivik, atheism, atheist, critical thinking, God, Islam, Jesus, psychology, religion, terrorism
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I Have a Conspiracy Theory about the Discovery of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan
What does it mean, exactly, for Osama bin Laden to have been discovered so close to Islamabad (just 80 miles away)? I have a conspiracy theory. I think it means that there were at least some elements within the Pakistani military … Continue reading
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Tagged conspiracies, conspiracy theory, fundamentalism, India, Iran, Islam, nuclear weapons, osama bin laden, Pakistan, terrorism, the bomb
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Salman Rushdie Gets It: Abbottabad is “Pakistan’s West Point”
Salman Rushdie calls bullshit on Pakistan authorities’ feigning of surprise that Osama bin Laden was in their midst: Osama bin Laden, the world’s most wanted man, was found living at the end of a dirt road 800 yards from the Abbottabad military … Continue reading
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Tagged abbottabad, America, closure, mission accomplished, nuclear terrorism, nuclear war, osama bin laden, Pakistan, terrorism, war, west point
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The Dirty Bomb Threat: Mass Destruction or Mass Disruption?
The Vancouver Sun claims that the WikiLeaks website has sent documents to the Daily Telegraph containing sobering news about nuclear, chemical, biological, and dirty bomb terrorism, including the following: A leading atomic regulator has privately warned that the world stands on the brink … Continue reading
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Unholy Night: A Muslim Tries to Blow Up Portland Christians Gathered around a Christmas Tree
Talk about a (real) war on Christmas! A Muslim 19-year-old, Mohamed Osman Mohamud—born in Somalia but raised in Oregon—tried to take out, with a truck bomb, a whole crowd of human beings—the majority of which were no doubt Christians—gathered for the public lighting … Continue reading
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Tagged Allah, christmas tree, God, Islam, islam in america, muhammad, psychology, religion, terrorism, war, war on christmas
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Instead of “Burn a Quran Day,” how about an “International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day”?
In response to the “Burn the Quran Day” Florida pastor, I’ve decided to promote a counter day: The First International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day Or coffee. Initiate dialogues, not bonfires. And so The First International Have a Meal with a Muslim … Continue reading
Madera, California Mosque Vandalized
Madera is a relatively small town of 58,000 near Fresno, Ca., and, according to the Los Angeles Times this weekend, its lone mosque has been subject to repeated acts of vandalism: [I]t was here, in one of a series of … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Christianity, herderians, Islam, Jesus, Muslims, religious tolerance, terrorism, Thomas Jefferson, yusuf Islam
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Mohammad in a bear suit, Viacom offices, and the recent Times Square car bomb attempt: coincidental correlation or causation?
AP today suggests that one possibility the FBI is exploring is this: the Times Square car bomb may have been an attempt to terrorize workers at Viacom: The SUV was parked near offices of Viacom Inc., which owns Comedy Central. The network … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy central, God, Islam, matt parker and trey stone, Mohammad, mohammad in a bear suit, Politics, religion, south park, terrorism, times square
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