Thursday News
Most of today's news comes from Fox, since the BBC and CNN are almost completely devoid of interesting stories.
A week ago, Hamas ended a truce with Israel. Now, after the Israelis have responded to various attacks from the Gaza Strip with air strikes, Hamas wants to reinstate the truce. They put the onus on Israel, of course, but it's not hard to see through the rhetoric.
In everyone's favorite God-forsaken war zone, the Somali Islamic Courts Union militias have pushed the secular militia out of their last stronghold. Never have I been so happy that I don't live in Somalia, I tell you what.
Abu Bakr Bashir, the militant Indonesian cleric who was jailed for a paltry two years for his role in the Bali bombings, has called on President Bush and Australian PM Howard to convert to Islam. Bashir was released from prison recently.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced a sizable military acquisition of equipment from Russia. Venezuela will acquire Russian helicopters, fighter aircraft, and assault rifles from the Russian government, and begin manufacturing Kalashnikov rifles under license. Here's an alternative link.
A delegation of Afghan government officials has inspected the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and announced that the conditions are satisfactory. They interviewed Afghan detainees, and said that there were only a couple of complaints about the conditions of the detention facility.
The dispute over the ECUSA's openly gay bishop continues, and an official split between the factions of the American branch of the Church of England seems more and more inevitable. Bishop Gene Robinson claims that he is "not an abomination"; he may not be an abomination, but his lifestyle is in direct opposition to numerous clear cut passages in scripture. As far as I'm concerned, his consecration is not only a double standard (if his personal history would have been with a woman instead of a man, he would have never been promoted to his present position in the church), but also directly opposite of orthodoxy. Like a nation, a church must have laws, and those laws must be enforced; otherwise, the church loses all authority. A church's laws come from the Bible, and the ECUSA has been ignoring the Bible in this and other issues for years. Parishioners have the option of taking or leaving the Bible and its laws; clergy and the church government do not have the same option. As a result, the Episcopal Church continues to suffer from internal rifts, as well as falling attendance (myself included).
And finally, the Russian government is beginning work on a floating nuclear power plant, which will provide mobile electricity for remote areas of the Russian wilderness. If this were anyone but the Russians, I'd think it was an exciting idea; unfortunately, with incidents like the K-19, the Kursk, and Chernobyl, I have a hard time buying into this.
Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's back to Sports Night I go.
A week ago, Hamas ended a truce with Israel. Now, after the Israelis have responded to various attacks from the Gaza Strip with air strikes, Hamas wants to reinstate the truce. They put the onus on Israel, of course, but it's not hard to see through the rhetoric.
In everyone's favorite God-forsaken war zone, the Somali Islamic Courts Union militias have pushed the secular militia out of their last stronghold. Never have I been so happy that I don't live in Somalia, I tell you what.
Abu Bakr Bashir, the militant Indonesian cleric who was jailed for a paltry two years for his role in the Bali bombings, has called on President Bush and Australian PM Howard to convert to Islam. Bashir was released from prison recently.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced a sizable military acquisition of equipment from Russia. Venezuela will acquire Russian helicopters, fighter aircraft, and assault rifles from the Russian government, and begin manufacturing Kalashnikov rifles under license. Here's an alternative link.
A delegation of Afghan government officials has inspected the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and announced that the conditions are satisfactory. They interviewed Afghan detainees, and said that there were only a couple of complaints about the conditions of the detention facility.
The dispute over the ECUSA's openly gay bishop continues, and an official split between the factions of the American branch of the Church of England seems more and more inevitable. Bishop Gene Robinson claims that he is "not an abomination"; he may not be an abomination, but his lifestyle is in direct opposition to numerous clear cut passages in scripture. As far as I'm concerned, his consecration is not only a double standard (if his personal history would have been with a woman instead of a man, he would have never been promoted to his present position in the church), but also directly opposite of orthodoxy. Like a nation, a church must have laws, and those laws must be enforced; otherwise, the church loses all authority. A church's laws come from the Bible, and the ECUSA has been ignoring the Bible in this and other issues for years. Parishioners have the option of taking or leaving the Bible and its laws; clergy and the church government do not have the same option. As a result, the Episcopal Church continues to suffer from internal rifts, as well as falling attendance (myself included).
And finally, the Russian government is beginning work on a floating nuclear power plant, which will provide mobile electricity for remote areas of the Russian wilderness. If this were anyone but the Russians, I'd think it was an exciting idea; unfortunately, with incidents like the K-19, the Kursk, and Chernobyl, I have a hard time buying into this.
Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's back to Sports Night I go.
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