Another Liberal Study, The Same Results — Whites on Top, Blacks on Bottom April 16, 2008
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Lighter is less corrupt, darker is more corrupt.
The axiom is clouded a bit by the fact that Argentina (the whitest country in South America) and Russia are relatively dark on this map.
Seen the Glory April 16, 2008
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Pope Benedict’s Historic White House Visit
In a second historic visit by a Pope to the White House, Pope Benedict proclaims “Christ our Hope” to the United States.
WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) – Pope Benedict visited the White House today, welcomed by the President and Mrs. Bush, distinguished members of U.S. Government, his bishops, and thousands of cheering voices.
This is the first visit of His Holiness to the United States since he became Pope. Pope Benedict XVI is only the second Pontiff to visit The White House. His Holiness Pope John Paul II was welcomed to The White House by President Jimmy Carter on October 6, 1979.
Upon his arrival, the Pontiff was treated to a host of special performances, which begun a presentation by the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps.
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After President Bush and His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI addressed the crowd, the U.S. Army Chorus performed “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”
Doesn’t anybody else find this ironic? The “Battle Hymn of the Republic” is a blasphemous screed that gives pseudo-Divine countenance to looting, burning, laying waste and terrorizing in the name of universal human (especially racial) equality. The irony is that Pope Benedict XVI, like his predecessor, has criticized President Bush’s similar ambitions in Iraq. Also ironic is that the Pope and the President were photographed with the Confederate Battle Flag as a background earlier today.
A Sight For Sore Eyes April 16, 2008
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And I’m not talking about the human beings.
Rest Thy Weary Bones April 16, 2008
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Time:
Is Brigitte Bardot Bashing Islam?
She may be better remembered as the revolutionary sex kitten of 1960s French cinema, but these days Brigitte Bardot is better known as a standard-bearer of the anti-immigrant wing of France’s political spectrum. Bardot went on trial Tuesday charged with “inciting racial hatred,” and in view of her four previous convictions on similar charges, prosecutors sought exceptionally stiff penalties of $22,000 and a two month suspended sentence.
“I’m a bit tired of trying Madame Bardot,” admitted assistant prosecutor Anne de Fonette, as she urged the court to impose “the most striking and remarkable” punishment in the case. A verdict is expected on June 3.
Then stop.
SCOTUS Has Time for the Pain April 16, 2008
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Supreme Court upholds Kentucky’s use of lethal injections
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court upheld Kentucky’s use of lethal injection executions Wednesday.
The justices, by a 7-2 vote, turned back a constitutional challenge to the procedures in place in Kentucky, which uses three drugs to sedate, paralyze and kill inmates.
“We … agree that petitioners have not carried their burden of showing that the risk of pain from maladministration of a concededly humane lethal injection protocol, and the failure to adopt untried and untested alternatives, constitute cruel and unusual punishment,” Chief Justice John Roberts said in an opinion that garnered only three votes. Four other justices, however, agreed with the outcome.
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter dissented.
This probably means that Missouri’s execution method is square with the Supreme Court’s interpretation du jour of the Constutition. Then again, what business it is of the Federal judiciary that condemned murderers might feel a tiny fraction of the pain while being executed that they put their victims and victims’ loved ones through is beyond me.
