Last week had an unusual number of people vying for their 15 minutes of fame. First off was Yale senior Aliza Shvarts, who devised an art project guaranteed to call attention to herself. It consisted of collecting random sperm, injecting it into herself, followed later by herbal 'anti-abortants'. This was capped off with a videotape of her in her bathtub sitting in what she called the remains of an abortion. I'm not making this stuff up.

 

Another fascinating art project was proudly displayed by a student in a Maine University in Farmington. He threw American flags on the floor in order to see who would walk on them. This scientific "art project" was held on school property. I'm not sure if he got credit for it, but he did get his 15 minutes. More in depth info on these pathetic morons is available in Fifteen Minutes Of Fame.

 

Both these guys took a back-seat to former President, Jimmy Carter as he decided, over the objections of the State Department, to sit down and 'dialogue' with terrorist group, Hamas. During the second round of talks, Hamas terrorists took the occasion to bomb Israel. They also proclaimed that the meeting with Carter will boost their legitimacy. Oh, and Pakistan successfully test-fired a long-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. 

The good news is, a North Carolina congresswoman Sue Myrick is publicly calling for Carter's passport to be revoked and funding to be cut off from the Carter Center. I won't hold my breath.

After all that, I think I'm ready for some:

 

Good News:

 

Another week has gone by without any Iraq news being reported by old media. This means we're making progress. First, the Iraqi Army has succeeded in wresting Basra from radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Basra is now coming out of the dark ages. Shops are opening, women venture out without veils and alcohol sellers are coming out of hiding.

 

The commander of forces in western Iraq said the enemy his Marines and Iraqi counterparts now confront is in disarray, a "smattering of foreign malcontents ruled by local thugs with little community support." Looks like we're winning.

Other good news includes a bit of Shadenfreude. The New York Times had one of the worst quarters ever in its history. I'm smiling.

Global Warming Update:

 

Some surprising challenges to all the global warming chicken littles. A group of scientists has challenged the UN IPCC to admit there is no evidence that human activity drives climate change. A Nobel Peace Prize winner is asking the UN to admit the same thing. Silence from the UN. Guess his Nobel Prize isn't equal to Gore's.

 

BTW: Steve Milloy of JunkScience.com is still offering $150,000 to anyone who can prove man causes global warming. No takers yet.

 

Noted hurricane expert Kerry Emanuel has publicly reversed his stance on the impact of global warming on hurricanes. "The models are telling us something quite different from what nature seems to be telling us."

 

Hungry people across the globe are rioting due to escalating food prices. Caused mostly by using corn and grain for biofuels instead of food. Despite this, the EU Commission rejected claims that producing biofuels is a "crime against humanity" that threatens food supplies. The EU will stick to its climate goals, no matter what havoc they wreak.

 

Life and Sex:

 

A new form of cloning has been developed that is easier to carry out than the techniques used to create Dolly, the sheep. England is pushing a law that would allow same-sex couples to create their own biological child in a laboratory. And a doctor at the renown Children's Hospital in Boston has launched a new program to drug children to delay puberty so they have time to decide whether they want a male or female body.

 

A new study outlines the $112 billion a year cost to U.S. taxpayers for divorce and out of wedlock child bearing. Meanwhile, a Maryland woman has given birth to rare quadruplets, three of them identical. 

It appears that forebears of Obama's white mother owned slaves, according to genealogical research and census records. This raises the interesting question, should Obama pay reparations or receive them? Or should he be declared "slave neutral?" Inquiring minds want to know.

 

There's more news but I've decided to skip it and leave you all on an optimistic note:

 

Conservatives are finally getting their act together and producing films challenging accepted, idiotic liberal premises. Ben Stein's new movie Expelled is opening as you read this. It challenges the widely held belief in Darwinism. See trailer here.

 

Another good film is Indoctrinate U, which lays bare and challenges the liberal mind set that dominates our government schools. Trailer here.

 

My lovely niece, Lindy Morgan, is visiting from Georgia, so I'm going to make this week's Culture Watch a short one. Besides, if you want the rest of the bad news, all you have to do is turn on the tube.

 

Till next Monday, keep smiling,

 

Nancy Morgan

Nancy Morgan is a columnist and a news editor for RightBias.com
She lives in South Carolina

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