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  tigrisApr. 16, 2008 - 02:01PM JST

  Maybe Benedict should think long and hard what really causes the long history and high frequency of sexual abuse in the Catholic church. These are not "a few bad apples" in a certain country but a systemic perversity of the Catholic church. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1945848.stm

  Posted in: Pope arrives in U.S., vowing to fight clergy sex abuse

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  tigrisApr. 01, 2008 - 04:33AM JST

  Interesting to note that the first political leader to boykott the opening ceremony of the Olympics happens to be Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk ("The presence of politicians at the Games' inauguration seems inappropriate.") Prombtly followed by Czech president Vaclav Klaus. And then German chancellor Angela Merkel who grew up in communist East Germany.

  Posted in: The 2008 Nazi Olympics

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  tigrisMar. 31, 2008 - 08:23AM JST

  DubyaKiller,

  1936 there weren't any gas chambers and invading tanks in Germany. The 1936 Olympics were a huge (and successful) propaganda exercise and this is where the parallels emerge: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/olympics.html

  Posted in: The 2008 Nazi Olympics

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  tigrisMar. 30, 2008 - 04:48PM JST

  Usability is way down. Now it is a click fest, but the convenient scroll wheel has been popular since years for a reason. Before you could see all headlines on the opening page, now you have to waste your time clicking around. Luckily there are now competing and better sites around if you are into news content. JT should have strived to improve content (where it seriously lacks) instead of form.

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  tigrisMar. 30, 2008 - 03:42PM JST

  The Olympic games have always been about politics. "Hitler initially held the Olympics in low regard because of their internationalism, but he became an avid supporter after Joseph Goebbels, his Minister of Propaganda, convinced him of their propaganda value." http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/olympics.html

  And speaking of hypocritical: the People's Republic of China is one of the record holders in Olympic boykotts, mainly about the name and status of Taiwan.

  Posted in: The 2008 Nazi Olympics

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