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'Your word against God's': Survivors of Pennsylvania clerical abuse
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has released a grand jury report naming more than 300 clergymen accused of sex abuse in the Catholic Church.The document said hundreds of young boys and girls, as well as teenagers, were abused by clergy.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-45213859/your-word-against-god-s-survivors-of-pennsylvania-clerical-abuse
Shall we ask the 9/11 first responders who were told by the Republican government that the air at Ground Zero was safe?And who were later denied compensation payouts when they developed serious lung diseases?
Ashkenazi Jews descended from ancient Turkey: New researchMost of the world's modern Jewish population, as well as the Yiddish language, come from Turkey and not other parts of the Middle East, according to a new study.Dr Eran Elhaik of the University of Sheffield used a computer modelling system to convert Ashkenazi Jewish DNA - the Jewish communities historically located in Europe - data into geographical information, which revealed that 90 percent of Ashkenazi Jews descend from the Greeks, Iranians and others who colonised northern Anatolia (now northern Turkey) more than 2,000 years ago before converting to Judaism.
In one case, Israel even ignored repeated warnings from UN staff before hitting the main UN compound in Gaza with white phosphorus shells on 15 January."In Gaza, the Israeli military didn't just use white phosphorus in open areas as a screen for its troops," said Fred Abrahams, a senior Human Rights Watch researcher. "It fired white phosphorus repeatedly over densely populated areas, even when its troops weren't in the area and safe smoke shells were available. As a result, civilians needlessly suffered and died." He said senior commanders should be held to account.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/25/israel-white-phosphorus-gaza
Benjamin Netanyahu's claim that Palestinians caused the Holocaust is a ludicrous distortion.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/11951314/Benjamin-Netanyahus-claim-that-Palestinians-caused-the-Holocaust-is-a-ludicrous-distortion.html
Rogue State: Israeli Violations of U.N. Security Council Resolutionshttps://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/01/27/rogue-state-israeli-violations-of-u-n-security-council-resolutions/
Believe it or not some very reputable physicists are convinced that we are holograms living in a holographic universe. Not precisely The Matrix, but close enough that I'm gonna learn kung fu. Just in case.
My vote goes to Joe Satriani. His melodies are some of the most memorable in rock. His compositions are mindblowing and although his incredible technical skill has now been surpassed by some players, in his prime Satch could shred with the very best of them.
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