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Spies in the Vatican: Amazon Review

Posted: August 13, 2009 by datechguy in amazon reviews
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My review of John Koehler’s book: Spies in the Vatican: The Soviet Union’s War Against the Catholic Church is available at Amazon here.

I am REALLY surprised that there aren’t more reviews for this new book. As of 8:13 this morning I am the only one. I guess Michelle is crowding everyone out.

Oh and just because both books got 4 stars from me that doesn’t make them equal. It would likely be a 4.4 for Michelle and 3.6 for Koehler. That 4th star was a really close thing for him.

A fatal police mistake?

Posted: August 13, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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It looks like the police might be questioning this story that we posted on a few days ago

Now it is the job of police to be suspicious but lets consider:

The Islamic scholar and ex-Muslim Ibn Warraq explains that all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence teach this: “Under Muslim law, the male apostate must be put to death, as long as he is an adult, and in full possession of his faculties….According to Hanafis and Shia, a woman is imprisoned until she repents and adopts Islam once more, but according to the influential Ibn Hanbal, and the Malikis and Shafiites, she is also put to death.”

My normal instinct is to give parents the benefit of the doubt, it’s a tough call, after all a parent can’t lose his parental rights due to his religion, that is a dangerous slope, but with the long history of honor killings and the fact that she is not a citizen the danger that they will leave or send the daughter away is large.

Will the publicaty prevent any violent action from the family? I don’t know. I still say time is the big thing here. This is the US legal system. If it gets strung out till the girl turns 18 under a year away then it will all be moot. If I was her lawyer that would be my plan.

Exit question: Let’s assume that she is returned to her parents. Would an attempt to leave the country with her be probable cause?

…not to mention webcache.  But you would never know if from the way advocates for Obamacare™ act.

They beat people in front of camera.

Their advocates deny words that were recorded on tape.

They use campain workers families as props

And they put plants in audiances that we’ve seen before.

If you want to know why big media is dying it’s because they ignore this and blogs and conservative writers don’t.

How do I know the worm has turned…

Posted: August 12, 2009 by datechguy in oddities
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…because I went to Barnes and Noble in Leominster Mass today.

If you went back a couple of years or even as little as 6 months you would have a hard time finding books that supported conservatives in any quantity. I had noted time and time again that they were either in hiding or rarely in stock.

But today Dick Morris’ book Catastrophe is prominently displayed. Where only two copies of Michelle Malkin’s Culture of Corruption (my review here) once stood; a stack sits prominently. And where once Mark Levin was not to be found, there sits Liberty and Tyranny basking in the best seller section for all to see and buy.

If these books are selling in the Fitchburg/Leominster Massachusetts area then this president is in REAL trouble.