There is a coronal hole low down on the suns eastern side and the solar winds from the hole are predicted to reach Earth on 23-24th May. … Read More
Bilderberg Sleuth Jim Tucker Dead at 78
Jim Tucker, the ground breaking journalist who chronicled the activities of the secretive Bilderberg Group beginning in the 1990s, has died from complication after a fall. … Read More
Conversion therapy advocate issues formal apology, renounces “ex-gay” past
Former Exodus International chairman and conversion therapy “success story” John Paulk has written a formal statement of apology for his role in promoting Focus on the Family’s “ex-gay” ministry and for any harm his actions may have done to other gays and lesbians.In the letter, Paulk admits that “many things” in his life changed during his time at Focus on the Family, though his sexual orientation did not.He goes on to write:So in 2003, I left the public ministry and gave up my role as a spokesman for the “ex-gay movement.” I began a new journey. In the decade since, my beliefs have changed. Today, I do not consider myself “ex-gay” and I no longer support or promote the movement. Please allow me to be clear: I do not believe that reparative therapy changes sexual orientation; in fact, it does great harm to many people. I know that countless people were harmed by things I said and did in the past, Parents, families, and their loved ones were negatively impacted by the notion of reparative therapy and the message of change. I am truly, truly sorry for the pain I have caused. From the bottom of my heart I wish I could take back my words and actions that caused anger, depression, guilt and hopelessness. In their place I want to extend love, hope, tenderness, joy and the truth that gay people are loved by God.Continue Reading… … Read More
How baseball saved me from Rush Limbaugh
Well, it was another day of my cross-country car journey with my dog Sadie, with stops to throw the ball. Before I explain how baseball saved me from Rush Limbaugh, first a Sadie update: She misses Boulder, but found nature in this little patch of land behind La Quinta:She thought this drainage ditch was another creek and made a run for it (I put her back on the leash):One stop came in lovely Newton, Iowa, the childhood home of Charles Murray – I won’t hold that against Newton — as well as Maytag headquarters. We had Sunset Park to ourselves in a cold rain:So, at one point I broke down and listened to Rush. You know, even the paranoid Sean Hannity sounds a little jauntier. Rush actually seems depressed. He was inveighing against Michelle Obama comparing herself to Hadiya Pendleton, the 15 year old Chicago girl killed in gang violence in January. Obama’s speech was incredibly moving; NPR played long clips of it and she sounded as though she was fighting tears; listening to her, so was I.Continue Reading… … Read More
‘Anonymous’ dump details of 15,000 accounts after North Korean infiltration
The Tuesday post at online file depository Pastebin claimed to have hacked uriminzokkiri.com, one of North Korea’s only Internet websites, which is run from China. They included six records in the post that appear to be from China and Korea, and were deciphered because of weak passwords. Questions have been raised, however, over one of the supposed hack victims, whose date of birth is listed as June 1, 1900.While there has been little by way of verification, the hackers also detailed a list of demands. Among them were instructions for the North Korean government to halt its nuclear program, install a free and direct democracy and end restrictions to Internet access for all North Koreans. They also call for Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un’s resignation.Included was a message to North Korean civilians.“To the citizens of North Korea we suggest to rise up and bring [this]…government down!” it read. “We are holding your back and your hand, while you take the journey to freedom, democracy and peace. You are not alone. Don’t fear us, we are not terrorist, we are the good guys from the Internet. AnonKorea and all the other Anons are here to set you free. We are Anonymous.”This leak comes just days after the hacktivist group Anonymous_Korea announced via Twitter that it had disabled five websites operated by the North Korean government. Using the Twitter hashtag #Tangodown, the hackers revealed that a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack disabled the North Korean Committee for Cultural Relations page, the Korean and English language versions of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and the website for the state-owned airline Air Koryo. The online tension comes in the wake of Kim’s announcement that the North Korean government will begin developing a nuclear weapon as “a reliable war deterrent and guarantee to protect [North Korean] sovereignty” from perceived Western hostility. … Read More
Indies Grab the Controls at a Game Conference
Led by Journey, the game of the year, independent studios outgunned majors for attention at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. … Read More
Adam O’Connell: My journey to Islam
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