Category: The World

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.<br />n<br />n(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)<br />n<br />nAnd all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.<br />n<br />nAnd Joseph also went…

Every year between the end of November and the end of December, Jewish people around the world celebrate the holiday of Chanukah, the Festival of Lights. Chanukah begins on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev, but the starting date on the western calendar varies from year to year. The holiday celebrates the…

<a href="http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=2455542005">Santa told to sack his gas-emitting team of reindeer</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>REINDEER-drawn sleds have been slammed as environmentally unfriendly, because the carrot-munching animals produce the greenhouse gas methane in their wind.<br />n<br />nNow Santa has been urged to ditch his sleigh team and start travelling on public transport to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.…

Did you know <u>all</u> men are child abusers? That's what <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3495166a10,00.html">Air New Zealand and Qantas</a> have decided.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>A Qantas spokesman confirmed the Australian airline, which operates domestic flights in New Zealand, does not allow unaccompanied children to sit next to men. The spokesman said the airline believed it was what customers wanted.<br />n<br…

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/22/international/africa/22niger.html?pagewanted=1">In Niger, Hungry Are Fed, but Farmers May Starve</a> (NY Times Free Subscription required)<br />n<br />nQuite an interesting article about how aid flowing to the hungry in Niger could cause a collapse of the farm system by competing against the bumper crop just starting to hit the market. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>But now, after a…

<a href="http://www.free-eco.org/articleDisplay.php?id=471">The Harm of Price Controls</a><br />n<br />nI know, what the article talks about is not popular but it is right. Facing these high gas prices, and with Hurricane Rita striking the Texas coast expect another large price surge, causes people to change their behavior to use less energy. This is what the price mechanism…

<center><div class="serendipity_imageComment_center" style="width: 516px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><a href='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/nightfull.jpg'><img width='516' height='387' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/usnight.jpg' alt='' /></a></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">Click on picture to get full world image.</div></div></center><br />n<br />nI really like these pictures. I saw them a while ago but this is the first time I have found them on the Internet. It really show mankinds spread across the globe. There…

I read a story about <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2005/08/17/build/nation/33-wildamerica.inc">relocating lions and elephants to the Great Plains</a> and I wonder how stupid can you be. As if we don't have enough problems in the US with <a href="http://www.invasivespecies.gov/">Invasive species</a>, now some jack ass wants to do such a thing on purpose. It's bad enough when an Invasive species…

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/28/build/world/60-india-floods_v.inc">Thirty seven inches of rain</a> in one storm. Damn, that would wash this country away. I can't imagine. My prayers go out to them.<br />n<br />n<b>The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness. Friedrich Nietzsche</b><br />n<br />