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God’s Blog – 3-16-2010

History AdLib - March 16, 2010 73

I thought God might be pleased with the Texas education board putting him into their textbooks (he likes to try to stay ahead of...

The IQs of Texas Are Upon You

History AdLib - March 13, 2010 105

Texas has just officially doomed generations of their children to ignorance and being oddities in their grasp of history and reality...because neither of those...

Holi Hai! (or Tha)

History Khirad - March 9, 2010 26

Holi (pronounced ho-lee), also known as Phagwa, is marked at the transition from the Hindu months Phalguna to Chaitra. The Hindu calendar being lunisolar,...

HATE IN AMERICA, Part 2: Hate Speech and the First Amendment

History Chernynkaya - February 8, 2010 70

WHAT IS HATE SPEECH? Hate speech is the kind of speech used to denigrate an individual or a group of people because of something about...

Sade and The Body

History whatsthatsound - February 4, 2010 191

I am bothered by movies, such as "Saw" and "Hostel", that, to me, serve no purpose other than to depict the extremes of human...

Hate in America, Part 1: A History of Hate

History Chernynkaya - February 2, 2010 37

While the subject of hate is complex, hate itself can be divided into two general categories: rational and irrational. Unjust acts inspire rational hate....

Meet your Senator From China….

History bito - January 27, 2010 10

Taking Action Against The SCOTUS Decision! A couple of weeks ago I posted in the Time Out..O/T post an alert from CREDO Action Alert and...

May True Justice Be Done

History Scheherazade - January 10, 2010 12

Preface I recently wrote an article about the upcoming trial of Scott Roeder. There have been numerous responses to the article, and many have been...

New Blood

History Khirad - December 29, 2009 35

Ashura 1388 - December 27, 2009, begins over 1,300 years ago. During the three year reign of Yazid I (680-683 CE) of the Ummayad...

Never Forget – The Dark Days Could Come Again

History SueInCa - December 28, 2009 21

Lately there has been alot of talk in the air of progressives that are not satisfied with the way things are going in this...

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God’s Blog – 3-16-2010

The IQs of Texas Are Upon You

Holi Hai! (or Tha)

HATE IN AMERICA, Part 2: Hate Speech and the First Amendment

Sade and The Body

Hate in America, Part 1: A History of Hate

Meet your Senator From China….

May True Justice Be Done

New Blood

Never Forget – The Dark Days Could Come Again

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