As far as debunking Christian folklore goes, it is not nearly as dramatic or titillating as The Da Vinci Code. But it’s far more significant. For scientists at the Italian University of Pavia, led by Luigi Garlaschelli, have now proven, beyond all reasonable doubt, that the hallowed Shroud of Turin (L), widely believed to be… Read more.
Archives for October 2009
Obama: upsetting liberals; appeasing China?! Calm down folks…
The way Saturday Night Live (SNL) parodied President Obama’s failure to follow through on campaign promises demonstrates why liberals have already become so disillusioned with his presidency. For here, in part, is how his hopeful presidential checklist was lampooned on Saturday night by the show’s Barack Obama impersonator (who, incidentally, looks more like Pee Wee… Read more.
Pope’s hypocritical warning about ‘new colonialism’ in Africa
My first impression upon reading the BBC headline ‘Pope warns of ‘new colonialism [in Africa]’ was that Pope Benedict XVI was decrying the way communist China was buying up political influence all over the continent. After all, China’s dealings with the genocidal government of Sudan makes it patently clear that it will not allow moral… Read more.
Outlawing phoning and texting while driving?! Good luck…
Olympics 2016 : Thrill of victory for Rio; agony of defeat for Chicago, and for Obama!
Rio!!! You’d be hard-pressed, however, to find a pundit who did not insist that, with the popular triumvirate of President Obama, his wife Michelle and Oprah Winfrey doing the closing pitch, the IOC was bound to award the 2016 Olympic Summer Games to Chicago. In fact, most commentators claimed that Obama would not be competing with other heads of state for… Read more.
Travolta extortionists: greedy and stupid in equal measure
When it was first reported that Bahamian Senator Pleasant Bridgewater (49) and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne (47) were arrested for attempting to extort $25 million from John Travolta, I’m sure we all thought they had something truly compromising on him (like pictures of the Hollywood actor in flagrante delicto … with another man). Therefore, imagine… Read more.
Happy Birthday China!
Never before in the history of mankind has a country done so much for so many in so little time as China has done to lift hundreds of millions of people out of abject poverty over the past 60 years. Indeed, what can one say about China; except to marvel at the speed and ease… Read more.