"What Darwinian evolution did, I would say, is provide what people thought was a scientific justification for separation of races," Ham said in an interview.

In the new book, Ham says that Darwin's theory that natural selection caused gradual biological changes over time, puts some races "higher on the evolutionary scale" and others "closer to the apes."

"Although racism did not begin with Darwinism, Darwin did more than any person to popularize it," Ham writes.

"Wherever politics tries to be redemptive, it is promising too much. Where it wishes to do the work of God, it becomes not divine, but demonic." Pope Benedict XVI

A messianic fever grips a segment of the American populace and media. A great leader seems to them poised to redeem our collective sins and change nearly everything, bringing about a new era in which permanent solutions are found to age-old conditions.

Whenever I watch Barack Obama, listen to his eloquent but nonspecific oratory, and see the near-swooning young people who invariably follow him wherever he goes, I cannot help but think of the pied piper and wonder toward what destination he is marching our youth. pied piper of ChicagoObama is having this pied-piper effect not only on kids, but also on a large swath of Democrat and not a few independents and Republican voters, too.

Call me skeptical, but this whole Obama phenomenon seems downright eerie.

A lust for transformation is a common feature of revolutionaries, and when they succeed in grabbing power, the results usually are brutal. Less than a century ago, massive numbers of people fell for a different political messiah on the European continent, and they were products of an education system and cultural establishment widely regarded as a world leader.

That place was, of course, Germany. And the political messiah promoting "change" was Adolph Hitler.

Hitler's slogan: "Alles muss anders sein!" ("Everything must be different!")

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/02/obamas_politics_of_collective.html

SHANGHAI: Factories here churn out iPhones that are exported to the United States and Europe. Then thousands of them are smuggled back into China.

The strange journey of Apple's popular iPhone, to nearly every corner of the world, shows what happens when the world's hottest consumer product defies a company's attempt to introduce it slowly in new markets.

The iPhone has been swept up in a frenzy of global smuggling and word-of-mouth marketing that leads friends to ask friends, "While you're in the U.S., would you mind picking up an iPhone for me?"

These unofficial distribution networks help explain a mystery that analysts who follow Apple have been pondering: Why is there a large gap between the number of iPhones that Apple says it sold last year, about 3.7 million, and the 2.3 million that are actually registered on the networks of its wireless partners in the United States and Europe?

The answer now seems clear. For months, tourists, small entrepreneurs and smugglers of electronic goods have been purchasing iPhones in the United States and then shipping them overseas.

There the phones' digital locks are broken so they can work on local telephone networks, and they are outfitted with localized software, essentially undermining Apple's effort to roll out the phone with exclusive partnership deals, similar to its primary partnership agreement with AT&T in the United States.

For Apple, the booming overseas market for iPhones is both a sign of its marketing prowess and a blow to a business model that could be coming undone, costing the company as much as $1 billion over the next three years, according to some analysts.

(2) “Man, 75, Hurt While Riding Pet Buffalo” (MSNBC.com version of an Associated Press story).
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Just in time for the March 4th Primary, Texas Congressman Ron Paul brings his message of freedom and the Constitution to the Capital of the Lone Star State. Come join thousands of your fellow Texans as we show America what it means to have Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

http://ronpaulaustin.com/feb23/index.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7251802.stm

Serbia has recalled its ambassador from Washington in protest at US recognition of Kosovo's independence, saying the US has "violated international law".

Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica also threatened to withdraw envoys from other countries which recognised the territory's secession from Serbia.

Mr Kostunica said the envoy's recall was Serbia's "first urgent measure".

France, the UK, Germany and Italy have all recognised the new state following its declaration of independence.

In New York, Serbian President Boris Tadic has made an impassioned appeal to the UN Security Council to reject Kosovo's declaration.

tl;dr "We don't like that kid so we're taking our guy and going home. BAAAWWWWW!"

(1) “Jilted Lesbian Rugby Player Killed Herself After Brutally Beating Lover Who Had Webcam Affair” (Daily Mail (London)).
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I love George Bush, I mean he isnt perfect, but what human on this earth is perfect. He was given a hard 8 years to manage as president, and he has done a wonderful job. How can you ask more from a president then asking him try his best. That is what has done these last few years. WHy is it fair that when a war or other stupid stuffs goes wrong all of a sudden its the presidents fault.

http://www.dallaspolice.net/

lol dpd is hacked

(3) “Boy Glues Hand to Bed to Avoid School” (MSNBC.com version of an Associated Press story).
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