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I have quite a few, but I know that the moderate, relatively secular Muslims I know are by no means representative of the products of the thousands of fundamentalist madrassas that have been turning out radical Islamists for generations. Every time we put petrol in our cars, we are funding...

Why?

As long-time readers here will know, I am a stone-cold atheist. But I find the cliche of always grouping "right-wing christians" with "muslims" when acknowledging the obvious truth that some religions do indeed breed more violence than others to be comical. Even if one is ideologically...

Yeah -- we have to look at all the possibilities. Who could possibly be behind this? General Dynamics? Buddhist monks? Romance novelists? Colombian drug cartels? Presbyterian ministers? Let's not jump to conclusions! It could be anybody, right? And there's just no way to know what their...

I'm busy with other projects and will be away from Orbiter for quite some time, but I stopped in to see what was going on. Naturally, I checked out the Mumbai thread. And, naturally, I see this: Until this kind of thinking gives way to reality, incidents like the one in Mumbai will continue...

Thanks! That did it.

How do I determine what version of DirectX I have installed?

I think it might have been a debris strike ...

I thought I saw a little anomaly -- a little spark or light above the stbd OMS pod just before SRB cutoff -- anyone else see that?

Here's a blog post that points to an article that describes what looks like a very sound concept for using EELVs to launch STS-sized payloads to the ISS: http://selenianboondocks.com/2008/11/interesting-paper-on-shuttle-alternatives/ Note the discussion for the need/demand for a "prox/ops" tug...

Any attempt to control borders is fascist?

I'm looking for recommendations for what's good in the current generation of modern military flight sims. Factors I'm interested in are: -- flight realism -- large number of aircraft types -- combat realism -- graphics -- ability to do addons (if such a thing exists) I haven't even seen what...

Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. I must and will suspend the doubts I have about his character, because I respect the office to which he has been lawfully elected. I urge all those who did not support him in the campaign process to also suspend your doubts, and...

Not at all. Caveat: It's pointless to discuss this, because to do so requires climbing up an impossibly steep hill of set ideas. But the point of my sarcasm was that Iraqi WMD were NOT the only or even the primary justification for the war. That part having been proven to be wrong, then...

You're not going to argue about that here, are you? The idea that 1) Iraqi WMDs were the primary and/or sole basis of the war in Iraq and 2) that "Bush lied" about them is so firmly set into people's minds that even bringing the subject up is utterly pointless. Anyone who doesn't accept this...

I listened to it this morning and if you actually listen, what you'll hear is Palin basically saying "uh huh ... that's nice ... uh huh ... that's nice ... uh huh ... that's nice ..." A fair listener would also detect in her tone of voice that she's increasingly put into a situation where she...

It probably won't b e necessary, but you might want to look at this, just in case: LiveLeak.com - C'mon, Move to Canada!

I don't know what McCain's position on Constellation is but, regardless of who wins the election, unless there is an economic miracle in the next six months or so, there is a very good chance that Constellation will be dead in the next budget.

Obama Claus: No wonder so many people have heard something they like from him. What a guy!