Some Things You Might Have Missed This Week

So many things, so little time. In no particular order:

- A would-be suicide bomber loses an arm trying to blow up a busload of foreign tourists in Morocco. He failed to hurt anyone but himself. The major media outlets are virtually silent. Back in April, 5 other attackers blew themselves up in Casablanca, but they only managed to injure one woman. The Western media barely mentioned that one as well. This is likely the work of Al-Qaeda.

- Columnist Mike Adams, who is also a professor of criminology, often writes about the abusurdities he sees as one of the very few conservative professors on a University Campus. Recently, he made a very colorful response to a lawyer for CAIR (Council for American-Islamic Relations, a Hamas-linked Muslim group) who have been trying various legal means to silence their critics. (You can also see some of their history here and here)

- Chris Burgard has made what looks like a very interesting documentary, called "Border", and gives an interview here. Some of the stuff he found is very unsettling, including "rape trees" (also called "panty trees" - Human smugglers often rape women that they are taking across the border, and nail their underwear to a tree as some kind of trophy, see also here)

- Canada is also starting to feel swamped by Mexican immigration. More and more Mexicans are moving there and claiming asylum (by the way, this article makes a common mistake of confusing refugee and asylum requests).

- This past week, deadly floods have hit both North Korea and China, similar to the ones in India and Bangladesh that I mentioned earler. Why are the floods so bad? Here's some clues:

Experts believe that deforestation has made seasonal flooding in North Korea worse.
Farmers have extended arable land into hills and forests in order to grow more food, removing the foliage that prevents erosion and landslides.

Deadly flooding is an annual problem in China, with millions of people in central and southern parts of the country living on reclaimed farmland in the flood plains of rivers.

Since these devastating floods come almost annually now, when will they learn that cutting down whole forests is only a short-term gain with a long-term price tag?

- One hell of a good idea: One Scottish millionaire is setting up a huge nature preserve for indigenous flora and fauna (native plants and animals) only (no word yet on whether this is considered "racist" or not...), including several types of large wild animals. Essentially, it will recreate a section of Europe that hasn't existed since ancient times.




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