So said Saudi marriage officiant Dr. Ahmad al-Mu’bi last week on Lebanese television.
“You can have a marriage contract even with a 1-year-old girl, not to mention a girl of 9, 7 or 8,” he said. “But is the girl ready for sex or not?” What is the appropriate age for sex for the first time? […]
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Via Instapundit.
These days, with environmentalism elevated to the status of a new age religion, it’s hard to fight the central dogma surrounding climate change and still be heard at all with respect to the environment. To the True Believers, those of us who, like me, don’t believe that man-made CO2 is causing global warming, cannot, […]
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There are kooks in every country, and I usually just try to ignore them, but this is too perfect.
Apparently, thousands of Dutch are preparing for the end of the world (it’s nigh, according to the Mayan calendar, which ends in 2012). I’m not surprised to see broad support for end-of-the-world scenarios, no matter how obscure, but […]
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Via Gateway Pundit.
My husband has been raving about Lt. Col Alan West, U.S. Army (Ret.), a candidate for Congress in Florida’s 22nd district, since he stumbled on this video of West on the stump.
He made me watch the video, and I was duly impressed, but I was even more impressed with the statement he issued to […]
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It appears that I was right to be concerned about the EU overruling the Irish “no” vote on the Lisbon treaty.
European leaders met last Thursday to discuss how to proceed. They apparently concluded that the solution is to lay the effort on Ireland’s lap, and push them to make the “correct” choice.
This is my favorite […]
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Hup Holland no more. After overcoming tremendous odds to trounce the French and the Italians, the Dutch lost to Russia 1-3 last night in the UEFA European Football Championship quarterfinals. On one hand, I feel bad for the Dutch fans who had their high hopes dashed. On the other, they’re crazy obnoxious, and I’m glad to be […]
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So gas is at $4.00 a gallon.
Cry me a river.
With the dollar’s slide and the rise in oil prices, I just filled up at $9.52/gallon here in The Netherlands. And guess what? That’s not enough to get me out of the car and onto a bicycle, despite the fantastic bike infrastructure here (bike lanes with […]
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As the another anniversary of D-Day came and went, I was reminded again of the courage and sacrifice of those who fought in WWII, including my grandfather, who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. The enormity of their commitments never really sunk in, though, until I visited the beaches of Normandy last year. Standing […]
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You can count on the Irish to call a spade a spade.
Irish voters have soundly rejected ratification of the Lisbon treaty, foiling the plans of the powers-that-be, who would have crammed the EU constitution down their public’s throats despite their vociferous objections. The proposed constitution was rejected in 2005 by public referenda in France and The […]
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For a country that has perfected Nanny Statism, The Netherlands is paradoxically libertarian when it comes to children. While doing some research for another piece, I found this article in The Independent gushing about Dutch-style child rearing, and it made me throw up in my mouth, just a little bit.
“Let them be free” is the […]
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