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re: Religion: Falun Gong (Charles Ridley, US)
Posted on November 7th, 2009 No commentsJE: I know, I know–this morning I said no more Falun Gong posts for awhile. But I always want to know what [...] Continue Reading…
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US: Obama’s Presidency at 10 Months (Richard Hancock, US)
Posted on November 7th, 2009 No commentsRichard Hancock writes:
I have read that a successful president is one who accomplishes no more than three objectives during the course of his [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: Falun Gong, Cults and Persecution (Mike Bonnie, US)
Posted on November 7th, 2009 No commentsYing Rong wrote on 6 November:
I don’t truly have anything more to say to [Mike Bonnie] since [he] claims to be so [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: Falun Gong, Cults and Persecution (Alain de Benoist, France)
Posted on November 7th, 2009 No commentsIstvan Simon wrote on 6 November:
When a spiritual movement has as many adherents as the Falun Gong does, it is absurd to call it [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: Falun Gong, Cults and Persecution (Siegfried Ramler, US)
Posted on November 7th, 2009 No commentsSiegfried Ramler writes:
In relation to the recent postings on Falun Gong, may I add a perspective
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re: Religion: Falun Gong, Cults and Persecution (Vincent Littrell, US)
Posted on November 6th, 2009 No commentsVincent Littrell responds to Istvan Simon’s post of 6 November:
I think Istvan Simon has written eloquently and reflected almost exactly what I was [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: on Religious Persecution (John Heelan, UK)
Posted on November 6th, 2009 No commentsIstvan Simon wrote on 6 November:
No spiritual movement was ever successfully suppressed by savage persecution, and so the Chinese government is being extremely short [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Technology: Shall Computers be Damned? (Tor Guimaraes, Brazil/US)
Posted on November 6th, 2009 No commentsOn 4 November, Tor Guimaraes wrote:
Even Moore’s law will be useless if people are not buying the damned computers.
To which [...] Continue Reading…
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re: US: Obama One Year after Elections (Bienvenido Macario, Philippines/US)
Posted on November 6th, 2009 No commentsBienvenido Macario writes:
This is not exactly meant to defend Pres. Obama, but rather to present my understanding of the limits of the power [...] Continue Reading…
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re: US: Obama One Year after Elections (Harry Papasotiriou, Greece)
Posted on November 6th, 2009 No commentsHarry Papasotiriou writes regarding the economic crisis:
Politics aside, the response of the Bush and the Obama administrations to the colossal banking crisis of [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: Falun Gong: Response to Mike Bonnie (Ying Rong, US)
Posted on November 6th, 2009 No commentsYing Rong responds to Mike Bonnie’s post of 5 November:
Falun Gong practitioners believe in “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance.” We are also striving to become [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: Falun Gong, Cults and Persecution (Istvan Simon, US)
Posted on November 6th, 2009 No commentsIstvan Simon writes:
As the moderator of the China panel at WAIS’ 09, I would like to offer my comments on the persecution of the [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Technology: New Uses for Old Computers (Clyde McMorrow, US)
Posted on November 5th, 2009 No commentsBookends, bookmarks, doorstops–all child’s play. Clyde McMorrow has found some truly innovative uses for obsolete computers:
Old DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation -> Compac [...] Continue Reading…
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re: China: Compassion and Confucian Thought Today (Charles Ridley, US)
Posted on November 5th, 2009 No commentsCharles Ridley responds to Robert Whealey’s post of 5 November:
Although the negative view alluded to by Robert Whealey was stated by Confucius, the [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Afghanistan/Iraq: Siegfried Sassoon’s Thoughts from 1917 (Nigel Jones, UK)
Posted on November 5th, 2009 No commentsNigel Jones responds to John Heelan’s post of 5 November:
In the interests of historical accuracy it should be recorded that Siegfried Sassoon later recanted [...] Continue Reading…
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Afghanistan/Iraq: Siegfried Sassoon’s Thoughts from 1917 (John Heelan, UK)
Posted on November 5th, 2009 No commentsJohn Heelan writes:
In the light of the current Iraq and Afghanistan wars, WAISers might like to discuss the relevance of Siegfried Sassoon’s statement about [...] Continue Reading…
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re: The Golden Rule Talks; on Compassion (Robert Whealey, US)
Posted on November 5th, 2009 No commentsRobert Whealey responds to Mike Bonnie’s post of 3 November:
Jesus’s statement, “Love thy neighbor as thyself” is better than the
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re: Americas: Conquest-Era Quiz; on Estimating Pre-Columbian Populations (Tim Brown, US)
Posted on November 5th, 2009 No commentsTim Brown writes:
The precise pre-Columbian population of the Western Hemisphere 1491 is, as Alice Whealey said on 4 November, not knowable.
I’m not [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Technology: New Uses for Old Computers (John Heelan, UK)
Posted on November 5th, 2009 No commentsJE asked on 4 November:
What is the most innovative/creative use you’ve found for an obsolete computer? “Dust collector” doesn’t count. [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: Falun Gong (Mike Bonnie, US)
Posted on November 5th, 2009 No commentsYing Rong wrote on 3 November:
I would like to recommend a few websites to Mike
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re: Religion: Falun Gong (Alain de Benoist, France)
Posted on November 5th, 2009 No commentsAlain de Benoist writes:
While I certainly disagree with any persecution of Falun Gong people, I also think that speaking in that case of [...] Continue Reading…
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re: US: Obama One Year after Elections (Randy Black, US)
Posted on November 5th, 2009 No commentsRandy Black writes:
Nigel Jones’s 4 November post in which he skewered the Obama administration is entertaining and in most aspects factual. Clearly, Obama [...] Continue Reading…
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re: US: Obama One Year after Elections (David Crow, US)
Posted on November 5th, 2009 No commentsDavid Crow writes:
I disagree with Nigel Jones’s assertion, seconded
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re: Columbus and Nationality (Alice Whealey, US)
Posted on November 4th, 2009 No commentsAlice Whealey responds to Hernán Grimberg’s post of 24 October:
Since Corsica was part of the city state of Genoa in 1492 (Genoa had [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Economics: Heinberg and “Peak Oil” (Tor Guimaraes, Brazil/US)
Posted on November 4th, 2009 No commentsTor Guimaraes writes:
Istvan Simon (3 November) makes some good counter arguments regarding Alain de Benoist’s (2 November) analysis of Richard Heinberg’s opinion that [...] Continue Reading…
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re: US: Obama One Year after Elections (John Heelan, UK)
Posted on November 4th, 2009 No commentsNigel Jones wrote on 4 November:
A year in and the (Obama) administration has failed to lift the economy from the doldrums, with ten [...] Continue Reading…
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re: US: Obama One Year after Elections (Cameron Sawyer, Russia)
Posted on November 4th, 2009 No commentsWhen commenting Nigel Jones’s post of 4 November, JE wrote:
Anyone willing to come to President Obama’s defense?
Cameron Sawyer responds:
Certainly, I [...] Continue Reading…
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US: Obama One Year after Elections (Nigel Jones, UK)
Posted on November 4th, 2009 No commentsIt’s hard to believe that the US presidential elections of 2008, so thoroughly scrutinized on the e-pages of WAIS, celebrate their first anniversary today [...] Continue Reading…
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Anthropology: Death of Claude Levi-Strauss (Alain de Benoist, France)
Posted on November 4th, 2009 No commentsYesterday I asked Alain de Benoist off-Forum for his thoughts on the death of Claude Levi-Strauss, the “father of modern anthropology,” who died on [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Economics: “Peak Oil” and Computing Technology (Randy Black, US)
Posted on November 4th, 2009 No commentsRandy Black writes:
I read with great interest and nodding agreement Istvan Simon’s comments (3 November) about the ability to produce economic growth with [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Americas: Conquest-Era Quiz Winners
Posted on November 4th, 2009 No commentsJE writes: We have a tie! Congratulations to WAISers Richard Hancock (no surprise here: Richard was a student of Prof. Hilton) [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: Falun Gong (Ying Rong, US)
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 No commentsYing Rong writes:
I would like to recommend a few websites to Mike Bonnie to read and absorb before he writes his next post, since [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: Falun Gong (Charles Ridley, US)
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 No commentsCharles Ridley writes:
I will be starting my survey of the latest Chinese elementary school readers in a couple of days (being impeded at [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Economics: Heinberg and “Peak Oil” (Istvan Simon, US)
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 No commentsIstvan Simon writes:
I think that the proponents of the Peak Oil theory are very likely to be wrong. I would like to quote [...] Continue Reading…
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re: EU and UN (Cameron Sawyer, Russia)
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 No commentsBienvenido Macario wrote on 3 November:
It [the EU] is a non-nation international organization very much like the United Nations.
Cameron Sawyer responds:
Au contraire, the [...] Continue Reading…
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reminder: Conquest-Era Quiz: Last Day (Tim Brown, US)
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 No commentsJE: Just a reminder that the deadline for Tim Brown’s Conquest-Era Americas Quiz is today at 10 PM Eastern Standard Time (US). [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Europe: More on Blair and the EU (Bienvenido Macario, Philippines/US)
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 No commentsBienvenido Macario writes:
I think Tony Blair as EU president would be good for the EU, even though the EU president’s term is only for [...] Continue Reading…
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The Golden Rule Talks; on Compassion (Mike Bonnie, US)
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 No commentsMike Bonnie writes:
The following announcement arrived on my computer from TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design): http://www.ted.com/talks
WAISers with interest in world religions [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Economics: Heinberg’s “Temporary Recession or End of Growth?” (David Gress, Denmark)
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 No commentsDavid Gress comments on the Richard Heinberg essay forwarded by Alain de Benoist on 2 November:
First impression: diagnosis correct, assumptions false. Because [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: Falun Gong (Ying Rong, US)
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 No commentsYing Rong responds to Vincent Littrell’s questions (17 October) on Falun Gong:
The persecution of Falun Gong is one of the most brutal persecutions [...] Continue Reading…
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re: EU and US: A Comparison (John Heelan, UK)
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 No commentsNigel Jones wrote on 2 November:
The US was born of a political/ecomomic uprising against British colonialism. What began as an economic protest soon morphed [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Economics: Heinberg’s “Temporary Recession or End of Growth?” (Jordi Molins i Coronado, Catalonia)
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 No commentsJordi Molins i Coronado comments on the Richard Heinberg essay forwarded by Alain de Benoist on 2 November:
I do not see the causal link [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Europe: More on Blair and the EU (Nigel Jones, UK)
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 No commentsNigel Jones writes:
John Heelan (1 November) compares the EU with the infancy of the US (as advocates of the EU are very wont to [...] Continue Reading…
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Economics: Heinberg’s “Temporary Recession or End of Growth?” (Alain de Benoist, France)
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 No commentsAlain de Benoist writes:
I have read with interest, and sympathy, Richard Heinberg’s essay in the document linked below. I suspect, however, that some [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Iran and Limits to Sovereignty (Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, US; ex-Iran)
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 No commentsSoraya Sepahpour-Ulrich writes:
Greetings from Tehran. This is in response to Siegfried Ramler’s post of October 29th:
I do agree with Siegfried’s reply [...] Continue Reading…
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re: China: Tsien Hsue-Shen and Falun Gong (Mike Bonnie, US)
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 No commentsYing Rong wrote on 1 November:
I am deeply saddened by Mr. Tsien’s death. He was a great scientist whom I have admired since [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Europe: More on Blair and the EU (John Heelan, UK)
Posted on November 1st, 2009 No commentsAlain de Benoist wrote on 1 November:
The discussion about Tony Blair is a bit void, first because he will not be chosen as a [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Europe: Still More on the EU (Alain de Benoist, France)
Posted on November 1st, 2009 No commentsAlain de Benoist writes:
John Eipper (30 October) asked for some comments about the recent discussion between Nigel Jones and Gilbert Doctorow on the European [...] Continue Reading…
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re: China: Death of Tsien Hsue-Shen (Ying Rong, US)
Posted on November 1st, 2009 No commentsYing Rong responds to Mike Bonnie’s post of 31 October:
I am deeply saddened by Mr. Tsien’s death. He was a great scientist whom [...] Continue Reading…
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China: Death of Tsien Hsue-Shen (Mike Bonnie, US)
Posted on October 31st, 2009 No commentsMike Bonnie writes:
It is with deep regret that today, October 31, 2009, the world of science and technology acknowledges the passing of [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Europe: Still More on the EU (Herb Abrams, US)
Posted on October 31st, 2009 No commentsHerb Abrams writes:
It’s a pleasure to observe the EU debate rekindled in the minds and passions of thoughtful WAISers. All of the skepticism is [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Europe: More on the EU (Gilbert Doctorow, Belgium)
Posted on October 31st, 2009 No commentsGilbert Doctorow responds to David Gress’s post of 31 October:
Reading through David Gress’s post, I see some consistency in the way Euro-skeptics evade the [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Columbus: Catalan and Jew? A Greeting (Estelle Irizarry, US)
Posted on October 31st, 2009 No commentsOn 24 October, Jordi Molins i Coronado wrote about the latest book by Estelle Irizarry, El ADN de los escritos de Colón [The DNA [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Europe: More on the EU (David Gress, Denmark)
Posted on October 31st, 2009 No commentsDavid Gress responds to Nigel Jones’s post of 30 October:
Nigel forgot to mention Denmark, which has also never been a fascist or communist dictatorship. [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Europe: More on Blair and the EU (Nigel Jones, UK)
Posted on October 30th, 2009 No commentsNigel Jones writes:
Since I wrote my original post (29 October) about the ghastly prospect of Tony Bliar becoming Euro-Emperor, the horror seems to have [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Americas: a Conquest-Era Quiz…Deadline Extended! (Tim Brown, US)
Posted on October 30th, 2009 No commentsJE writes:
Doesn’t anyone want a box of ten “Pax et Lux” WAIS twisty-pens? Heck, let’s make it an even dozen. [...] Continue Reading…
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Afghanistan: US Military and Treatment of Afghan Women (John Torok, US)
Posted on October 30th, 2009 No commentsJohn Torok writes:
I thought this article from The Nation was an interesting commentary, documenting a criticism of the U.S. military’s sexism in connection [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Poland: Death of Marek Edelman (Tor Guimaraes, Brazil/US)
Posted on October 30th, 2009 No commentsTor Guimaraes writes:
I never had the honor and privilege to have met Marek Edelman personally; however, I thank God for the few human [...] Continue Reading…
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WAIS ‘09 Proceedings: “Attitudes Towards Science in China” (Charles Ridley, US
Posted on October 29th, 2009 No commentsJE: As promised on 28 October, I now post the WAIS ‘09 talk of our beloved colleague, Charles Ridley. I’ve enjoyed reading [...] Continue Reading…
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re: “State Lies” (Tim Brown, US)
Posted on October 29th, 2009 No commentsOn 28 October, Gilbert Doctorow wrote:
I write to vote with both hands and both feet in favor of Alain de Benoist’s remarks regarding state [...] Continue Reading…
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The “Great Escape”: Oldest Survivor at 95 (Martin Storey, Australia)
Posted on October 29th, 2009 No commentsIn response to Alain de Benoist’s note (29 October) on the death of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising leader Marek Edelman, Martin Storey writes:
WAISers may be [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Europe: Blair for EU President? (Gilbert Doctorow, Belgium)
Posted on October 29th, 2009 No commentsGilbert Doctorow responds to Nigel Jones’s post of 29 October:
I agree with Nigel Jones’s first two paragraphs regarding the nauseating impression a Blair [...] Continue Reading…
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Peace: Krieger on Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (David Krieger, US)
Posted on October 29th, 2009 No commentsDavid Krieger writes:
The letter below in support of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was published in the Wall Street Journal on October [...] Continue Reading…
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Mexico: More on Drug War (Richard Hancock, US)
Posted on October 29th, 2009 No commentsRichard Hancock writes:
The WSJ has an Oct. 26 article by Ana Campoy on the boom in El Paso, Texas caused by the violence [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Iran and Limits to Sovereignty (Siegfried Ramler, US)
Posted on October 29th, 2009 No commentsSiegfried Ramler responds to Alain de Benoist’s post of 28 October:
I agree with Alain that it serves no purpose to repeat the same [...] Continue Reading…
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Poland: Death of Marek Edelman (Alain de Benoist, France)
Posted on October 29th, 2009 No commentsAlain de Benoist writes:
Shortly after returning from the WAIS Conference at Stanford, I learned of the death, in the first days of October, [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Europe: Blair for EU President? (Nigel Jones, UK)
Posted on October 29th, 2009 No commentsNigel Jones responds to John Heelan’s post of 28 October:
The prospect of our late PM becoming President of the EU is a piquant one [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Europe: Blair for EU President? (Eugen Solf, Germany)
Posted on October 29th, 2009 No commentsEugen Solf responds to John Heelan’s post of 28 October:
Was Tony Blair not appointed Middle East Envoy after he left the Government and [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Iran and WAIS (Gilbert Doctorow, Belgium)
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsGilbert Doctorow responds to Alain de Benoist’s post of 28 October:
I will violate Alain de Benoist’s injunction to the editor that “voting rights,” meaning [...] Continue Reading…
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Europe: Blair for EU President? (John Heelan, UK)
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsJohn Heelan writes:
Tony Blair’s alleged manoeuvring for upcoming EU presidency is causing some furore in Europe. Despite strong lobbying by the UK PM (Gordon Brown) [...] Continue Reading… -
WAIS ‘09 Proceedings: “Genesis 1: 1″ (Edward Jajko, US)
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsJE writes: In the beginning of WAIS ‘09 there was Jajko. Ed’s talk on Genesis 1: 1 opened our conference on 10 October, and [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Iran and WAIS (Alain de Benoist, France)
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsAlain de Benoist writes:
I am afraid that Sardar Haddad (22 October) is twice mistaken, but I thank him for giving me the opportunity to [...] Continue Reading…
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re: India and Pakistan; Nuclear Weapons and War (Herb Abrams, US)
Posted on October 27th, 2009 No commentsHerb Abrams writes:
I was sorry to miss the WAIS conference, even though I am a rare contributor to the general discussion (chalk that up [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Columbus: Catalan and Jew? (Guity Nashat, US)
Posted on October 27th, 2009 No commentsGuity Nashat writes:
The recent exchanges about Christopher Columbus’s ethnicity and religion remind me of conversations and questions that I have had with many students [...] Continue Reading…
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WAIS ‘09 Wrap Up: Highlights of PFAP Event on YouTube (A. J. Cave, US; ex-Iran)
Posted on October 27th, 2009 No commentsA.J. Cave writes:
I would like to share the highlights of PFAP ‘09 Event with WAISers. Here are the links to the videos [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Nuclear Proliferation and Wars (Alain de Benoist, France)
Posted on October 27th, 2009 No commentsAlain de Benoist (AB) answers Istvan Simon (IS)’s post of 23 October:
IS: Why is a war waged between a non-nuclear state and a nuclear [...] Continue Reading…
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Spain: La Rioja’s Wineries (John Heelan, UK)
Posted on October 27th, 2009 No commentsAfter about a fortnight’s leave from WAISing, our faithful correspondent from the Isle of Wight John Heelan is back! He writes:
I just returned [...] Continue Reading…
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Newspapers of the World–an Interactive Map (Michael Sullivan, US)
Posted on October 27th, 2009 No commentsBesides serving as the Semi-Official WAIS C-i-G (Coordinator of Interactive Gaming), Michael Sullivan is known to link us up to a cool website or [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: Vatican Welcomes Anglican Converts (Ernie Hunt, US)
Posted on October 27th, 2009 No commentsJE asked on 26 October:
What happens to the wives of (male) Anglican priests who decide to embrace the Roman Church? Do the [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: Vatican Welcomes Anglican Converts (Edward Jajko, US)
Posted on October 27th, 2009 No commentsJE asked on 26 October (see Ernie Hunt’s post of that date):
What happens to the wives of (male) Anglican priests who decide to [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Americas: A Conquest-Era Quiz (Tim Brown, US)
Posted on October 26th, 2009 No commentsTim Brown responds to David Gress’s post of 26 October:
The nature of the Western Hemisphere’s pre-Columbian inhabitants and impact on them of the Spanish [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Spain: the Conquest, Castile and Aragón (Jordi Molins i Coronado, Catalonia)
Posted on October 26th, 2009 No commentsDavid Gress wrote on 25 October:
I can make no sense of your [JM's] assertion that Catalans were not allowed before 1714 to trade with [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Fun and Games: On Sheep and Tranquilizer Darts (Deborah Dupire-Nelson, US)
Posted on October 26th, 2009 No commentsDeborah Dupire-Nelson is the first WAISer to report her scores from the “Reaction Time” test forwarded by Michael Sullivan (25 October):
First try: [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: Vatican Welcomes Anglican Converts (Ernie Hunt, US)
Posted on October 26th, 2009 No commentsErnie Hunt responds to Bienvenido Macario’s post of 23 October:
I think the Roman Catholic Church is desperate for priests, and knows that we [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Columbus and Madariaga (David Gress, Denmark)
Posted on October 26th, 2009 No commentsDavid Gress follows up on his post of 25 October:
I am not sure the Estelle Irizarry theory about Columbus being an Aragonese or [...] Continue Reading…
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Mexico: on the Drug War (Richard Hancock, US)
Posted on October 26th, 2009 No commentsRichard Hancock writes:
The WSJ of Oct . 24-25 has a long article on 41-year-old Genaro García Luna, who has been commissioned by Mexican President [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Columbus: Catalan and Jew? (David Gress, Denmark)
Posted on October 25th, 2009 No commentsDavid Gress responds to Jordi Molins i Coronado’s post of 24 October:
Columbus was not responsible for any mass murder, least of all that [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Pay Czar (Gene Franklin, US)
Posted on October 25th, 2009 No commentsJE commented on 25 October (see Bienvenido Macario’s post from that date):
Having lost my well-publicized (if underfunded) campaign for Car Czar, might I have [...] Continue Reading…
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Fun and Games: What’s Your Reaction Time? (Michael Sullivan, US)
Posted on October 25th, 2009 No commentsOur ever-faithful Coordinator of Interactive Gaming (C-i-G), Gen. Michael Sullivan, thinks it’s time for a WAIS “study break.” Michael writes:
Here’s one to test [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Capitalism and Democracy; Goldman Sachs and Executive Pay (Bienvenido Macario, Philippines/US)
Posted on October 25th, 2009 No commentsGene Franklin wrote on 20 October:
The [financial] bailout will be a success only when there is real reform of the financial system. In [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Columbus, Catalonia and Sardinia (Jordi Molins i Coronado, Catalonia)
Posted on October 25th, 2009 No commentsHernán Grimberg wrote on 24 October:
Actually the north part of Sardinia, in fact the city of Alghero, was a Catalan colony and they speak [...] Continue Reading…
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Political Science: “Increased Government Intervention and Halted Democracies” (Tom Hashimoto, Albania/Slovenia/Japan)
Posted on October 24th, 2009 No commentsTom Hashimoto writes:
It seems like there still is a discussion of what democracy is. As I am influenced and encouraged by many WAISers, I [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Columbus: Catalan and Jew? (Tim Brown, US
Posted on October 24th, 2009 No commentsTim Brown responds to Jordi Molins i Coronado’s post of 24 October:
An interesting and, of course, politically important addition to the centuries-long discussions of [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Columbus: Catalan and Jew? (Hernán Grimberg, Argentina)
Posted on October 24th, 2009 No commentsHernán Grimberg responds to Jordi Molins i Coronado’s post of 24 October:
After reading the post about the real place of birth of Columbus, [...] Continue Reading…
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Columbus: Catalan and Jew? (Jordi Molins i Coronado, Catalonia)
Posted on October 24th, 2009 No commentsJordi Molins i Coronado writes:
According to the Daily Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/6326698/Christopher-Columbus-writings-prove-he-was-Spanish-claims-study.html
“Estelle Irizarry (…) a linguistic professor at Georgetown University in Washington has published new findings [...] Continue Reading…
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China: on the Tajiks (Kaveh Farrokh, Canada)
Posted on October 24th, 2009 No commentsKaveh Farrokh writes:
I really missed not having the opportunity to see WAISers at the Conference–as several of you may know I have had to [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Religion: Vatican Welcomes Anglican Converts (Robert Whealey, US)
Posted on October 24th, 2009 No commentsRobert Whealey responds to Bienvenido Macario’s post of 23 October:
The 16th-century wars were religions, political, sociological, and economic. Let us leave [...] Continue Reading…
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re: Nuclear Proliferation and Wars (Istvan Simon, US)
Posted on October 23rd, 2009 No commentsIstvan Simon writes:
On October 21 Alain de Benoist in a beautifully concise post graciously conceded the point that nuclear capability would not protect nations [...] Continue Reading…
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Religion: Vatican Welcomes Anglican Converts (Bienvenido Macario, Philippines/US)
Posted on October 23rd, 2009 No commentsBienvenido Macario writes:
While many Roman Catholics in Latin America and the Philippines are converting to non-denominational Christian and Protestant religions, in England it is [...] Continue Reading…
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re: WAIS ‘09 Proceedings: “Globalizing Minds in the 21st Century” (Siegfried Ramler, US)
Posted on October 23rd, 2009 No commentsSiegfried Ramler writes:
I’m glad that you are posting papers from the WAIS conference. I attach my monograph entitled “Globalizing Minds in the 21st [...] Continue Reading…

