History Forum / General / General Topics / June 2004

Does Mecca insist on this:"COMMUNION WITH MECCA?"
Absolutely not. Yet the Muslim world is tied together
around Mecca, yet independent from it at the same.
Why is that the Vatican muddles in other states policies

The Battle of Fallujah continues.
It will be seen by historians as one of the most interesting, important
and complex aspects of the Second Gulf War.
D. Spencer Hines

I recently read that some AIDS researchers are studying people whose
ancestors survived the 14th century bubonic plague.
Is it true that studying that plague might help in fighting AIDS?
Is it not possible that people survived the plague because of random

The New York Times has an article to be published June 28 that supports my
earlier assertions that much of the trouble Bush is having with Europe comes
from his own failed "diplomacy" - i.e. They are pissed at his unilateralism.
I have underliined key points.

[Follow-ups set]
June 28
1943
With the completion of the last of five crematoria at

"Clinton first linked al Qaeda to Saddam"
By Rowan Scarborough
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
"The Clinton administration talked about firm evidence linking Saddam

Your own damned fault.
You people dropped your guard in the 1920's and 1930's and did not look
to your National Security.  You are still paying for that egregious
mistake.  History has a long memory.

The name Palestine derives from the Palatine Hill in Rome where the
Emperors built their palaces.Similiar names are found in the Roman
Empire all named after The Palatine Hill  eg. the Palatinate or
Rheinpfalz in Germany which was Roman territory. Pfalz is a corruption

The Pledge of Allegiance court case is a blessing in disguise, by providing
a temporary delay.   It allows the fight to widen against the entire Pledge,
not just two words.  As a libertarian and a lawyer, I am spearheading the
next court case as a pro bono service to the public to ...

The other day, USA VP, Dick Chainey in "an heated X~change, with US Sen.
Patrick Layhe, the VP seLect (but NEVER~ELected) said the word; f.ck!"
Now, the moraL monsters of the Christian Right~Wing Like Rev. Jerry
f.ck'WeLL "AiN'T said a fuckin thing, about the Dick's fouL

    An amazing new theory asks if praying (kneeling with hands folded)
symbolizes touching God's thigh or circumcision.  The internet url for this
article is http://members.ij.net/rex/praying.html
   Praying with hands together is a posture with an origin that is

It rather amazes me that so many Republican Party leaders who had no trouble
stomaching years and years of corruption and insider deals and scandals
under George Ryan were now lining up to throw stones at Jack (no relation to
George Ryan).

Tom Brokaw, anchor and managing editor of the top-rated "NBC Nightly News,"
and Rex Curry, lawyer and libertarian commentator, are the first journalists
honored for exposing the "National Socialist German Workers' Party" to the
public in Google News' search engine. Google News shows ...

This epistle is from me, Apostle of God to the reprobates and sinners
and insane in the communities of the atheists.
Greetings and warnings as the dreadful days draw nearer and nearer.
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the truth brought

I'm trying to keep up with the
developments in Iraq but I need some
help.
I read that the purpose of the insurgent