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Holiday Reflections

Nathan — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:17:27 +0000

I warn you, this is a ramble or sorts, and It definitely might make you wonder what I am up to on a Saturday afternoon, but my intent is to be though provoking. I observe Shabbat as much as I can, and a day of no technology and thinking, well makes a guy think!

I [...]

Newfest ’08: Be Like Others

Nathan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:08:34 +0000

7245|200For years now I have been going and seeing movies that are part of Nefest, the NY GLBT Film Festival. Besides the obvious silly gay films from around the world, I am often struck by some of the documentaries. I tend to see about 12 movies, with a 50/50 breakdown of serious to fun.

Last [...]

Editorial on Latest Islamic Campaigns in Gaza

Nathan — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:16:43 +0000

I don’t have much to ad. This sums is all up!

The rulers of Gaza cannot bring themselves to accept the concept of sharing the Holy Land with the Jews.

The best that the rulers of Gaza can do, is to bring an end to hope among their own people and ours as well.

They [...]

War by Other Means — Building Complete and Balanced Capabilities for Counterinsurgency

Nathan — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:34:58 +0000

I have an RSS feed to my desktop of newly published Rand reports. I tend to read the summaries instead of the long studies, as even a student of the world doesn’t need to know the detail invovled in 700 pages treatises on a particular subject.

The report cited in the title, War by Other [...]

Cross Currents: Seamless Clothing

Nathan — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:07:42 +0000

It would seem there is an interesting nexus in Islamic tradition and in what our very own Moses was up to.

From a web page about participating the the Hajj: It is Haram (prohibited) for men to wear sewn or stitched clothes in Ihraam (state of participating in the Hajj).

What did Moses wear while [...]

Throwing a Pig Head at Muslims

Nathan — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:40:23 +0000

On the cover of YNet this morning. This is really, very, very, funny. He threw a properly attired pig’s head into a mosque. I am still laughing. Adam, did you have anything to do with this?

Can Biodiesel Save Rural America?

Nathan — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:48:47 +0000

Listening to NPR this morning there was a fun report on the topic of biodiesel. The more and more I read about the subject, the more I think this just might be it!

Hand-painted biodiesel fuel tanks at Carl’s Corner. “We want to create an alternate fuel city. Wind power, diesel power, solar power, soybeans, [...]