Frustrated gang of killjoys. 'The Punjab Assembly' new acrobatics!

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Exponential growth and life before Newton -- A brief history from 4000 BC to 2200 AD

I was asked a question by a friend today who had read a discussion on civilisations somewhere.

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A Quest on the Origins of Man

We are 'nobody' but once we know that we are insignificant conscious creatures in a vast infinite universe, we become ‘someone,’ i.e., seekers of knowledge to unravel our greatest mystery – the Universe itself.

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"Infidel vaccine and Polio Martyr'' - The Evil That Men Do!

A new perverted and evil Jihad that Taliban forcibly administer! Polio has a deadly sting! Politically-driven cruel fanatics have politicised the debilitating disease of polio causing immense harm to blameless children.

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How valid is the Muslim Brotherhood vision of the 'Mastership of World.'

Muslim Brotherhood Declares 'Mastership of World' as Ultimate Goal through 'Resurrection of a caliphate.' Some think that Caliphate 'very existence would usher in a state of constant hostility.

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Pornistan - A Brief History of Sex ("From 'Immaculate Conception' and 'virgin birth' to Hafiz i-Shirazi and Abu Nuwas "unaging youths as beautiful as pearls")

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Iranian regime's "doomsday option" is stupidity of highest order!

  'Better to have an intelligent enemy than a foolish friend.'     In the event Iran is attacked by the Israel, Iran’s political and military leaders are reported to rely on a “doomsday option,” this option calls for closure of the Strait of Horm …

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Can you have judgment if you have no faith?

'Man has just learned to walk upright, and now he presumes to create his gods.' Trevor Karsdale 

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Kim Jong-Un's North Korea - Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!

In the eyes of 'The Big Brother:'    ''All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.''     North Koreans are mass victim of the Symptoms of Stockholm Syndrome! Definitely, all this public expression of grief and howling cannot be ma …

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Akhoonds and Ikhwans please: Your 'heretics' are our 'heroes.'

The true heroes are heretics of Islam.    Iran and Egypt at the cross roads of history today. Both children of five thousand years old civilisations who nurtured the desert Islam and regions that were nurseries of nascent Islam who helped introduce insid …

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Idea of bombing Iran is absurd! 'Great civilisations' should not be subject to ruthless obliteration.

At the core of the Socratic ritual is the readiness to query and discuss. In an open  world, deliberations should be comprehensive.

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Ashoura - The champions of self-flagellation!

Some people are champions of self-flagellation, Hezbollah is unquestionably one. Hezbollah leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, forgetting the results of his 2006 incursion into violence in the region, reiterated and talked about arms and militia and venom.

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Afghanistan in Bonn - World grapples with mankind's last frontier of medievalism!

As World Gathers in Bonn today to chart Afghanistan's Roadmap Beyond 2014, I thought it was important to look at the origins of this deep rooted problem.

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How a rape victim ends up becoming an adulteress? Story of Gulnaz and her pardon.

  "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." Gulnaz an Afghan Woman is to be freed from Jail after agreeing to marry her rapist.

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Whitewash of a mini-genocide!

Psychiatric evaluation finds Norway killer insane  A psychiatric evaluation of confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik found he was insane during the July 22 bomb and shooting attacks that killed 77 people in Norway, prosecutors said Tuesday. Anders Behring Breivik …

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Are despots better for nations trapped in the Age of Ignorance?

An interesting exchange:  Iqbal Latif: Emperors who had unbridled power created the most stunning buildings and monuments of the world.

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Mr. Gingrich, your test is wrong! We are at the cusp of a great leap forward !!

 ''That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.”    “Does faith matter? Absolutely,” Gingrich said.

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The original Last Supper and as it should be modified in the age of reason

The Last Supper as created by Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper was the final meal that, according to Christian belief, Jesus shared with his Twelve Apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion.

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Saif Gaddafi and Ali Baba - From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.

Lessons for life!! On the arrest of Saif Gaddafi: ''People that put themselves above others will fall longer and harder.'' Here is Playboy Saif, pictured in Austria Opera Ball.

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Why Zuccotti Park protestors are missing the Joie de Vivre i.e. "joy of living."

Joie is sentiment exaltant ressenti par toute la conscience, that is, involves one's whole being . They need to learn the basics of taxation.

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Iran is as close to a nuke as Saddam was! Time to act for Iranian leadership

  Iran is as close to a nuke as Saddam was! Ironically it is too far.

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Euro- Germans and the PIIGS 'panda' dilemma! No one really knows if 'Euro' is really 'in or out?'

Even Chancellor Merkel has really no idea if 'Euro' is 'in or out.' Much as Sarkozy and Euro land leaders are unsure how Euro is positioned in their land, to live with this ambiguity is a big problem for the global economy and the banks impending second liquidity c …

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"Throwing money into space!" A response and debate on a very silly article from The Economist

  Throwing money into space! A response and debate on a very silly article from The Economist that wrote today: ''The Hubble space telescope has been one of NASA’s most successful missions since the Apollo moon shots in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Lessons from 'The School of Athens!' that Qom and Al-Azhar need to learn

  A very significant work of art, on the whole, charting the course of  human intellectual  development! There is an ongoing debate on reconciliation of philosophy with theology, and reason with predestination - the twains shall never meet.

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TED opens its doors in Baghdad- "The Eye does not see the Ear until a mirror is placed in front of the eyes."

Rumi said ‎"The Eye does not see the Ear until a mirror is placed in front of the eyes." A society unable to see it own self in a mirror decays rapidly. A society not only needs to see but hear from her ears the voices of street in a mirror of self reflection and s …

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