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[cross-posted] On the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha ('Feast of the Sacrifice'), Muslims rejoice for the descending of the pilgrims back down to the earth. While Ramadan is a time of suffering and lack, where Muslims gouge themselves new wounds and cover themselves with blood in the streets after long fasting, Eid al-Adha is a time of fullness. A dark part of it, not frequently talked about with Westerners, is the torture and murder of innocent horses. The justification for the torture and murder of innocent horses is contained within Volume 3, Book 47, Number 744 of the Sahih Bukhari Hadeeths:One...

The archdiocese that covers our nation's capitol, has warned of new a new proposal that could cause the end of faith institutions. The proposed "Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage....

As yet more proof that Andree Mcleod not only has no respect for Alaskan law, nor the taxpayers wallets, this loser of human has now filed her sixth attempt to throw mud at Sarah to see if she can get anything to stick. To say hell hath no fury may be an understatement when it comes to this one... You might also recall Ms. Mcleod (photo to left) was also the same wacko that appointed herself the state government employees fashion facist... complaining there was just "too much cleavage" being shown by the staffers. Just a week before she walks...

British girls on holiday in New York put in orphanage after mother falls ill Two British schoolgirls went on a dream trip to New York with their mum - and ended up in a tough inner-city orphanage. Gemma and Katie Bray flew to the Big Apple with their mother Yvonne, 39, on a post-Christmas shopping trip. But just 24 hours after touching down at JFK airport their four-day break of sight-seeing and shopping was cut short after Yvonne was rushed to hospital with pneumonia. Stunned sisters Gemma, 15, and Katie, 13, were suddenly whisked away from their sick mother's bedside...

HOW PRO-CHOICE WOMEN SELL THEIR SOULS J. Grant Swank, Jr., POB l984, Windham ME 04062 Pastor, New Hope Church, Windham ME “Would you speak to our class on behalf of the pro-life position?” the public school teacher asked me over the phone. “Yes,” was my immediate, glad response. So there I was before the high school class, speaking on behalf of women, children, pregnancy, life, love, responsibility, hope, community, nurturing and family. It was my privilege. It was a speaker’s adrenaline rush. The students were very attentive, far more than I had expected them to be. The teacher sat at...

The Lost Boys Jan. 1, 2003 In Peter Pan, there were lost boys who fought off pirates and crocodiles before flying off to Never Never Land. In Sudan, thousands of lost boys fought off crocodiles and other dangers we can barely imagine and, as 60 Minutes II first reported 18 months ago, are happily flying off to a new life in the United States. Their incredible journey began 15 years ago, Correspondent Bob Simon reports, in the midst of Sudan's civil war in which two million people died. Their parents were killed; many of their sisters were sold into slavery....

Smoker Dave's Commencement Speech to the High School Class of '99 May 19, 1999 by "Smoker Dave" Kovach I know that all of you graduating today expect an uplifting speech on how you are this Country's Future. You ARE! However you have also been misled in the past 7 years by the Clinton Administration. If you listened to politics at all you think you are the most important people in this country. You know the mantra, "We must do it for the Children" Well "children" you are no longer children! Welcome to the real world, where getting a job after...