Newsbriefs-Tuesday 14 August
Fascinating!
TITLE:Pakistan's founding mothers
LINK:http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=68135
EXCERPT:When asked, in 1942, by Geti Ara Bashir Ahmad, sister of Begum Shah Nawaz whether the "Foundations of our new State (would) be laid on conservatism or whether it would assume the shape of a progressive country", Jinnah categorically said, "Tell your young girls, I am a progressive Muslim leader. I, therefore, take my sister along with me to backward areas like Balochistan and NWFP and she also attends the sessions of the All India Muslim League and other public meetings. Pakistan will be a progressive country in the building of which women will be seen working shoulder to shoulder with men in every department of life."
Not News...
TITLE:It’s Not That Easy Being Green
LINK:http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/JWhite/11551080/
EXCERPT:Finally, we must not have our concern for the environment lead into a Wicca-like worship of the earth, where stewardship becomes transformed into subservience.
Snarky Goodness: We have a special medal for people who try to use a "modern definition" of Wicca and fail. He're your Idiot Medal....UM. BTW, Matthew Fox got the term Earth Stewardship from Scott Cunningham, MORON.
Older stories below the cut
After thinking Fark should have a Binghamton tag, like it's Florida one, I now wish I had the Florida one...
TITLE:High-tech gear helps ghost hunters
LINK:http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070812/NEWS/708120403
EXCERPT: Tina Jordan, a medical company manager, has been interested in the paranormal since she was 13. She reads Tarot cards and is a believer in Wicca, a religion that celebrates nature.
Jordan said she has seen several ghosts. She describes herself as a "high sensitive," meaning she can sense the presence of the paranormal.
TITLE:Christians do defend themselves.
LINK:http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/view/letters/4149653.html
Description: Nonsense in a local letters to column.
TITLE: Same-sex spells (also known as Fiona Horne Nonsense.)
LINK:http://www.generationq.net/articles/Fiona-Horne-Same-Sex-Spells-00001.htm