Paralipomena (1)

When a strong Germanic signal was discovered in the Y-chromosome of British men, geneticists at University College London suggested that enslavement and apartheid imposed by Saxon invaders was responsible.
It was an idea that, given 20th-century European history, had a particular resonance.
The argument is, that from AD 430 to 730, the Germanic conquerors of Britain [...]

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Obama’s now-famous remark: “Why can’t I just eat my waffle?” has been much noted. Google has over 19,000 mentions of it. And the message taken from it has generally been that Obama is a haughty elitist who does not like to be questioned. I think that there is much more than [...]

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Court Rules Unanimously: Illinois School Must Allow “Be Happy, Not Gay” T-shirt
We read:
” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reversed a lower court’s ruling against an Illinois student Wednesday, saying the district court must order a Naperville high school to suspend its ban on a T-shirt that reads “Be Happy, Not Gay” [...]

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The heading above appears today on an article about the progression of the Olympic torch through Canberra. But it could have been about lots of other places as well. The “right to speak” that was extinguished was in fact the right to harass and disrupt a legitimate and peaceful sporting activity. [...]

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I think I would be inclined to kill this hyena if I had the chance. I loathe anybody who hurts kids
A doctor at the renowned Children’s Hospital Boston has launched a new program to drug children to delay puberty so they can decide whether they want a male or a female body, according to [...]

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Immigration and responses to the phenomenon are among the 10 social evils afflicting British society, a survey released on Sunday by a major think-tank said. According to a survey by Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the British people feel a deep sense of unease about some of the changes shaping British society. The 10 social evils [...]

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I am rather pleased that some Bible-oriented Christians are at last taking Christ’s command seriously and celebrating the Passover instead of the pagan Easter. My entire Scripture blog was devoted to noting how far away most Christians have drifted from what the New Testament actually says. Michael Medved comments wisely below:
Rabbi Mark [...]

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Praying passenger removed from SF-bound flight
We read:
“”A passenger who left his seat to pray in the back of a plane before it took off, ignoring flight attendants’ orders to return, was removed by an airport security guard, a witness and the airline said. The Orthodox Jewish man, who wore a full beard, a black hat [...]

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