We shouldn’t be surprised by this, just as we shouldn’t be surprised by the Bush/Cheney plan to divide Jerusalem… It’s been the “Holy Grail” of worse-than-godless political leaders for decades in the USA. It is part of the NWO dogma and the favored pastime of those who want to play “god” with the world. The [...]
Monthly Archive for April, 2008
36,082 (so far)
Posted in Babylon, Politics, Propaganda on Apr 16th, 2008
If we can believe the numbers (and why should we, really?), then there are now 36,083 US casualties from the current Iraq/Afghanistan “operation” (4,492 deaths and 31,590 wounded). I wonder how many casualties there are among the millions of Iraqis and Afghanis? We know that most of the Christian population in Iraq has either been [...]
Retailing Chains Caught in a Wave of Bankruptcies
By MICHAEL BARBARO
The consumer spending slump and tightening credit markets are unleashing a widening wave of bankruptcies in American retailing, prompting thousands of store closings that are expected to remake suburban malls and downtown shopping districts across the country.
Since last fall, eight mostly midsize chains — as [...]
Common Propaganda Techniques
Posted in Thinking on Apr 15th, 2008
Edward Filene helped establish the Institute of Propaganda Analysis in 1937 to educate the American public about the nature of propaganda and how to recognize propaganda techniques. Filene and his colleagues identified the seven most common “tricks of the trade” used by successful propagandists (Marlin 102-106: Propaganda Critic: Introduction). These seven techniques are called:
Name Calling
Glittering [...]
38 dishonest tricks of argument
Posted in Thinking on Apr 15th, 2008
Thirty-eight dishonest tricks of argument (taken from “Straight and crooked thinking” by Robert H. Thouless, Pan Books, ISBN 0 330 24127 3, copyright 1930, 1953 and 1974):
(1) The use of emotionally toned words (pp 10-25)
Dealt with by translating the statement into words emotionally neutral
(2) Making a statement in which “all” is implied but “some” is [...]
Occam’s Razor
Posted in Thinking on Apr 15th, 2008
Occam’s Razor: A Useful Tool in Logic
The term “Occam’s Razor” comes from a misspelling of the name William of Ockham. Ockham was a brilliant theologian, philosopher, and logician in the medieval period. One of his rules of thumb has become a standard guideline for thinking through issues logically. Occam’s Razor is the principle that, if [...]
Common Fallacies in Thinking
Posted in Thinking on Apr 15th, 2008
( Note: This list comes from the Atheism web and the examples given are pretty shoddy. However, the list is fairly good, and we should always be sensitive to using language and reasoning in a intellectually honest way when sharing our convictions with others… )
Accent
Accent is a form of fallacy through shifting meaning. In this [...]
Stop Bill Clinton’s Third Term!
Posted in Politics, Propaganda on Apr 11th, 2008
The dynamic and diabolical duo are still raising the torch of their own soi-disant glory…. Today the news was all about Bill Clinton mispeaking and misremembering about his wife’s previous mispeaking and misremembering (i.e., regarding her chimerical heroism in Bosnia in 1996). Enough. Why aren’t these two behind bars for their countless crimes? Why are they sadistically forcing [...]
US Helps Divide Jerusalem?
Posted in Zion on Apr 10th, 2008
O Jerusalem! America drafts plan to cut in 2
Allows Palestinian security control, asks Israel to forfeit Temple Mount
Posted: April 09, 2008
By Aaron Klein
JERUSALEM – The United States, which has been mediating negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority here, has proposed a plan to divide Jerusalem, WND has learned.
The plan, divided into separate phases, among [...]
Elias Youssef Bejjani
06 Apr 2008
In Bagdad on Saturday (5 April 2008), another innocent Iraqi clergyman fell victim to the on-going persecution and ethnic cleansing of Christians in Iraq. Iraqi security sources announced that a group of unknown armed men gunned down Father Youssef Adel Aboudi, a Christian priest with Saint Peter’s Assyrian Orthodox Church. He [...]