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Jack and Jill on Blueberry Hill

A fable based on a true story.

(WASHOUGAL, WA.) - Abe & Ole were two crusty old -been there and done it - guys retired from the ad and financial consulting business, out taking a drive in the country out West one beautiful spring day a few years ago.

When they stopped at a little mom and pop county gas station to wet their whistle and the thistles in back.

Central Banks Scale Back Protective Measures

I'm sure there are stock and banking gurus out there who know exactly what measures and how much scaling and support is going on, but the average investor, who is driving the market, has no idea what the five-word-phrase means.

(SANTA ROSA, CA) - Google, "Central banks scale back supportive measures," and you will get a whole host of stories about the stock indexes taking a down turn due to this "scale back."

What you are not likely to find, however, is any stories directly relating to what a "scale back," is exactly, or what measures they are talking about. Which banks? What measures?

Aging Behind Bars (Infographic)

Between 1981 and 2010, the number of state and federal prisoners age 55 and over increased from 8,853 to 124,900.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The elderly population in prison is rising at staggering rate.

The consequence of mass incarceration and strict sentencing policies at the federal and state level, older prisoners require more expensive care at a time when their danger to society at large is waning. Most are likely to die in prison, as programs designed to release such prisoners on compassionate grounds are rarely invoked...

Christian Family Humiliated by Group of Muslim Armed Men - Belongings Forcibly Looted

"I have three daughters and five sons and I had plans to sell those buffalo and use the money on the marriages of my daughters but now I have nothing"- Bashir Masih

(KASUR, Pakistan) - More than 30 Muslim extremists armed with deadly weapons attacked and looted cattle belonging to a poor Christian family in Kasur.

Today the family came to National Director of LEAD Advocate Sardar Mushtaq Gill and requested legal and moral support in recovery the looted and snatched forcibly cattle and other belongings of Christian family.

Indulging in Fallacies

Richard Nordquist defined ad hominem as: "An argument based on the perceived failings of an adversary rather than on the merits of the case; a logical fallacy that involves a personal attack."

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - "Apparently, you are too stupid to comprehend the difference between an insult and an ad hominem argument," someone argued.

Ad-hominem excuses for argument are rife on the internet, where some writers seem stupid enough to deserve the insults, and others are victims of underserved personal attacks.

In Praise of Superland

Leave Superland alone, its executives actually deserve our gratitude: they showed Israelis what they really look like, not in a distorted luna-parks mirror but as a true reflection of reality.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - What do they want from Superland's management? It's just a playground, which has suddenly turned out to be a true reflection of society. Superland has dared to be a Mini-Israel as well.

If so, what's the fuss? That its executives acted the same way as everyone else? Behaved in the same way as the state?

International Physicians Protest Against American Academy of Pediatrics` Policy on Infant Male Circumcision

Includes the Salem-News.com anti-circumcision songs, Leave those babies alone and Day after day by Ace. and Jonathan Conte's presentation of the SHAME award to AAP.

(BERLIN) - There are no compelling health arguments in favor of circumcision, while it can have serious long-term urological, psychological and sexual consequences.

Performing medically unwarranted circumcision of underage boys conflicts with good medical practice. Male infant circumcision conflicts with child rights and the doctors’ oath not to do harm.

Daughters of Christ Beaten and Physically Tortured; Made Publicly Naked, Humanity was Silent

The Muslim allegedly accused is now threatening the Christian family and with the connivance of police has also registered a police reports so that they could pressure the victimized Christian family into compromise.

(KASUR, Pakistan) - One more shocking case has surfaced in a village of District Kasur, Pakistan, where Christians were badly treated by Muslims.

Christian women were beaten by armed Muslims who entered their home while they were sleeping, no men were present except 73-year old Sadiq Masih and his wife Bibi Rani, who is 70-years old.

Cameroonians Speak Tamil

Tamil people, prominent in India, and well established in neighboring countries like Sri Lanka, have one of the oldest languages on the face of the earth.

(TAMIL NADU, India) - This video establishes the fact that one of the tribes of the west African nation, speak Tamil, using the videos by NOVA.

In this video, for the first time, we have explained the origin of the name "Berber" of a tribe of people who speak Tamazight language. It is a north African language spoken by Moroco, Algeria & Libya people.

Sexual Mutilation and the Moral Order - Part 1-4

This information was presented in a lecture in the University of Keele (UK) at the 10th Symposium of NOCIRC 4 September 2008.

(PARIS) - Below are the links to the 4 videos of Michel Hervé Bertaux-Navoiseau's paper about sexual mutilation: "Sexual mutilation and the moral order"

This was given as a lecture in the University of Keele (UK) at the 10th Symposium of NOCIRC 4 September 2008.