Here are the Blogs in the Rebecca Bynum category.
Sunday, 5 February 2012
And Now For Something Completely Different
20 Cats in Sinks (hat tip: Small Dead Animals)
The question is, why?
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Posted on 02/05/2012 8:08 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Has the Higher-Ed Revolution Begun?
An interesting development reported by Charlotte Allen at Minding the Campus:
It's happening, almost overnight: what could be the collapse of the near-monopoly that traditional brick-and-mortar colleges and universities currently enjoy as respected credentialing institutions whose degrees and grades
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Posted on 01/31/2012 8:57 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Sunday, 29 January 2012
They combine in the most deadly manner the qualities of the warrior and the slave.
Of Germans, Winston Churchill wrote:
"Twice within our lifetime, and three times counting that of our fathers, they have plunged the world into their wars of expansion and aggression. They combine in the most deadly manner the qualities of the warrior and the slave. They do not value freedom
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Posted on 01/29/2012 3:54 PM by Rebecca Bynum
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Fogel Family Killers Glorified on PA TV
From Palestinian Media Watch (with thanks to Leo Rennert):
Twice last week, official Palestinian Authority TV broadcast greetings to the murderers of the Fogel family from the relatives of the killers and from the PA TV host.
On March 11, 2011, five members of the Fogel family were killed in their
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Posted on 01/29/2012 2:40 PM by Rebecca Bynum
Saturday, 21 January 2012
One More Thing Money Can't Buy
Posted on 01/21/2012 7:18 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Friday, 20 January 2012
CAIR Goes After Gingrich
Fox news reports:
The largest Muslim civil liberties group in the United States on Wednesday condemned Newt Gingrich for saying he would only hire Muslims to his administration if they renounced the use of Islam's Shariah law as a tool for U.S. government.
Calling Gingrich "one of the nation's
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Posted on 01/20/2012 4:54 PM by Rebecca Bynum
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
In UK Sharia Courts Grow by Leaps and Bounds
From the Christian Institute (with thanks to The Law):
The use of Sharia ‘courts’ is on the increase in Britain with thousands using Islamic law to settle disputes, according to the BBC.
The news comes as a leading barrister claims that Sharia law is compatible with human rights,
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Posted on 01/18/2012 5:39 PM by Rebecca Bynum
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Speaker Gingrich is Right
Posted on 01/18/2012 1:53 PM by Rebecca Bynum
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
The Golden Age of Islam - A Second Look
Richard Butrick writes at the Stonegate Institute.
The period from the death of Muhammad through the 13th Century marks the glory days of the Islamic empire. It was a period of commerce, industry and intra-cultural synergies and a flourishing of the sciences, art, medicine and architecture. It was
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Posted on 01/17/2012 9:37 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Supporting Cast in Daniel Patrick Boyd Case Sentenced
From the Wilmington Examiner.
In Federal Court in New Bern, NC today, three would-be Islamist terrorists were found guilty of a slew of terrorism-related charges in a planned attack on unsuspecting wives and children of Marine Corps personnel residing on the sprawling Marine base in Quantico, Virginia.
Ziyad
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Posted on 01/15/2012 5:26 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Former Congressman, Missouri Charity Director Sentenced in Terrorism Case
Mark Morris writes in the Kansas City Star:
A long-running terrorist financing investigation centered in Columbia ended Wednesday when a federal judge ordered two men, including a former U.S. Congressman, to prison.
She sentenced three other defendants to probation for their work with a Missouri
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Posted on 01/12/2012 6:38 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Krispy Kreme Goes Halal
From the UK Grocer:
Krispy Kreme has launched a campaign promoting the fact that its doughnuts are now halal-certified.
The company, which has 43 standalone stores and 250 cabinets at retailers across the country, has had 16 doughnut varieties certified by the Halal Food Authority. 'Dozen'
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Posted on 01/10/2012 6:45 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Monday, 9 January 2012
Belmont & Fishtown
An important article by Charles Murray on diverging classes in the United States.
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Posted on 01/09/2012 8:04 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Tinker Tailor Remake
Not bad, but not the original. Gary Oldman is quite good as is the supporting cast. John Hurt was excellent as Control. John LeCarré even makes a cameo appearance. A couple of things bothered me, however, especially the device of having Smiley get drunk and confide in his agent, Peter
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Posted on 01/07/2012 4:51 PM by Rebecca Bynum
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Doonesbury Cartoon
This comes courtesy of Bill Warner at Political Islam.com
Thank you Mr. Trudeau.
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Posted on 01/05/2012 4:12 PM by Rebecca Bynum
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Merry Christmas From Saudi Arabia
David Keyes writes in the WSJ (with thanks to Dan Friedman):
If you want a good laugh, read the holiday card sent out by Saudi Ambassador to the United States and public relations genius Adel al-Jubeir. Citing a Quranic verse, he writes "Behold, the angels said: 'O Mary, God giveth thee
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Posted on 12/28/2011 5:23 PM by Rebecca Bynum
Monday, 26 December 2011
Darwinism, Genetics, Barzun, Butler and Lamarck
I watched an interesting television show last night - a Nova program entitled, "What Darwin Never Knew," which seemed to blow the theory of natural selection right out of the water, but was presented as a grand defense of Darwinism.
Darwinism, as I understand it, is the
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Posted on 12/26/2011 5:47 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Sunday, 25 December 2011
"Let us allow ourselves to be made simple by the God who reveals himself to the simple of heart"
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
A nice Christmas message from Pope Benedict:
"Today Christmas has become a commercial celebration, whose bright lights hide the mystery of God's humility, which in turn calls us to humility and simplicity," he said in his homily to about 10,000
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Posted on 12/25/2011 6:07 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Saturday, 24 December 2011
Musing on Christmas
We normally consider the miracle of Christ’s birth as the highest revelation of God to man. That he came in order to reveal God’s love and mercy, confirm the reality of eternal life and to show us the way to grow closer to God as we live our lives in the flesh. He was the focus of divinity,
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Posted on 12/24/2011 6:41 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Sunday, 18 December 2011
“Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred”
Vaclav Havel has died - story from the Associated Press
PRAGUE — Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, has died. He was 75.
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Born
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Posted on 12/18/2011 7:24 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Thursday, 15 December 2011
World's Ugliest Public Art
Somehow they missed our Music City monstrosity.
But this one in Prague comes a close second:
And this one would have to be third:
More here.
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Posted on 12/15/2011 7:48 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Syria Threatens to Release Sex Tapes Involving Gulf State Rulers
From the Kuwait Times (hat tip Drudge):
Meanwhile, the Syrian President's advisor Buthaina Shaaban has allegedly threatened to expose sex tapes involving rulers from Gulf countries. Shaaban briefed a delegation from the Syrian community residing in region after a meeting was held with Bashar Al-Asad.
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Posted on 12/14/2011 5:37 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Saudi Arabia Executes Woman Convicted of 'Sorcery'
Posted on 12/13/2011 5:45 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Gingrich Stands Firm: Palestinians Are An Invented People
Romney, Paul and Santorum all disagree (or disagree about whether Gingrich should have said it out loud - it's a little hard to tell). From CBS:
Newt Gingrich is standing by comments he made earlier this week when he called the Palestinians an "invented" people.
"Remember,
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Posted on 12/11/2011 5:27 AM by Rebecca Bynum
Sunday, 11 December 2011
"When whatever that is fully breaks out, and it will..."
Posted on 12/11/2011 5:12 AM by Rebecca Bynum
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