An artist creates a fully-nude depiction of the Lord Jesus made out of milk chocolate and is surprised to learn that people might take offense to that? Oh, please!
Link: NY Daily News
Archive for March, 2007
Wristwatch Floats 2,900 Kilometers from North Pole
A boy in the Faroe Islands stumbled upon an amazing find on the shore near his home: a black box containing a wristwatch which had originally been buried at the North Pole by polar explorer Joergen Amundsen. Presumably, the watch drifted the approximate 2,900 km south on one of the chunks of ice which frequently break away from the North Pole.
The watch was still working when it was discovered, and it included a letter from Amundsen, who buried the box three years ago.
Link: Herald
Woman Caught Smuggling Crocodiles Strapped to Her Body
This is really strange: a Palestinian woman attempted to smuggle three baby crocodiles across the Gaza–Egypt border in order to sell them to a zoo. The border officials noticed that the woman “looked strangely fat” and discovered the three crocs strapped to her waist.
Link: Reuters
Suicide Bombers Murder Over a Hundred People in Iraq
It is difficult to determine the precise number of dead – various news sources are citing different numbers — but well over a hundred people were killed yesterday in one of the deadliest days in Iraq in quite a while.
Coincidentally, yesterday was also the first day on the job for Ryan Crocker, the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq. Crocker has a tough job; I certainly don’t envy him.
Link: Sydney Morning Herald
Tuskegee Airmen Receive the Congressional Gold Medal
A “long overdue” honor has been given to the Tuskegee Airmen, the famed black aviators who were among the most distinguished pilots of World War II. Today, members of the 332d Fighter Group, who trained in Tuskegee, Alabama and became known as the Tuskegee Airmen, were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor in the United States.
Link: Montgomery Advertiser
Last Female World War I Veteran Has Died
Charlotte Winters, who was the last surviving American woman to serve in World War I and the oldest living female veteran, died yesterday at a nursing home in Maryland. Ms. Winters was 109 years old.
May she rest in peace.
Link: New York Sun
Bush Tells Jokes at the Broadcasters’ Dinner
These annual dinners are always entertaining. I thought the President did a fairly good job with his jokes. He did a lot of self-deprecating humor, with got plenty of laughs. To me, it is funnier when a President makes fun of himself than when other people do it.
Link: USA Today
Captured British Sailors Shown on Iranian Television
Footage of the fifteen captured British sailors and marines who allegedly trespassed into Iranian waters last week has been aired on a state-run Arabic-language television station.
The captives appear to be in good health; the footage shows the Royal Navy personnel eating and has an interview with Leading Seaman Faye Turney, who was shown wearing Iranian garb including a head covering. In the interview, Turney admits that the crew was “obviously” in Iranian waters.
Link: Sky News
Yahoo! Mail Will Begin Offering Unlimited Email Storage
Wow. I did not see this coming. If any company were to start offering unlimited storage, I would have thought that it would be Google.
The free, no-limit email storage will begin this May.
Link: Yodel Anecdotal
John McCain’s MySpace Page Makes an Unexpected Announcement
The moral of the story: never hotlink.
Link: TechCrunch
Tony Snow Has Liver Cancer
Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow underwent surgery to remove a small growth that had formed in his pelvic area. Today, the announcement was made that the growth was determined to be malignant, and that the cancer had spread to Snow’s liver.
This is not Tony’s first bout with cancer. He had his colon removed two years ago after being diagnosed with colon cancer. Chemotherapy treatments were required for six months following the colectomy.
Just last week, we learned that Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Presidential candidate John Edwards, is having her own recurrence of cancer. Regardless of political persuasion, we need to remember both of these fine individuals in our prayers.
Link: CBS News
John Edwards Discourages Sympathy Votes
On 60 Minutes last night, Presidential hopeful John Edwards said that voters should not throw support to him because of his wife Elizabeth’s cancer. Edwards stated, “Do not vote for us because you feel some sympathy or compassion for us. That would be an enormous mistake.”
I wholeheartedly agree.
Link: 60 Minutes
