Entries from April 2009

April 30, 2009

Sense at last.

In a previous blog I wrote about the 8 yr old Saudi child-bride who was denied a divorce for a second time by Saudi courts. Evidently pressure from the Saudi community and international pressure concerning this \’human rights violation\’ could no longer go unheeded. Thank God. ~Ant
Saudi girl, 8, divorces 50-year-old
husband
He paid $13,000 to father [...]

April 30, 2009

Jack on the Swine Flu Hype

Jack Cafferty of CNN shares his opinion on
the Swine Flu Hype:
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you have been bombarded with news coverage of the swine flu for several days now. And when the World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert to the second highest level — of 5 — yesterday, the media couldn’t [...]

April 16, 2009

More News that Breast is Best

“Choosing to give your baby formula results in an increased risk for ear infections, for diabetes, for leukemia and so on. We as a nation need to understand that it is not that breastfeeding lowers the rate of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), but that choosing to feed an infant formula increases his risk of sudden infant death syndrome,” said Stacy Kucharczk, a certified lactation consultant and pediatric nurse.

April 15, 2009

Saudi judge allows marriage to 8 yr old

And Puberty shall set you free… maybe
It seems good women are hard to come by in Saudi Arabia. Forcing men to marry children. In a religion that is ‘peaceful”, Saudi or Muslim men everywhere may find the number of brides increase if you stop “honor killing”, burning them alive, or throwing acid in their faces.
Marrying [...]

April 13, 2009

Big Bucks

Exxon CEO earns $23.9 Million Dollar Salary
in 2008

By CHRIS KAHN, AP Energy Writer Chris Kahn, Ap Energy Writer – 2 hrs 26 mins ago
NEW YORK – Exxon Mobil Corp., which set annual profit records in each of the last two years, rewarded its chief executive with a [...]