07.24.05
Great, great idea: Contra Café
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I love this idea on many levels, including political.
At the height of the Cold War, the Nicaraguan Contras successfully fought to secure their freedom and block the spread of Communism. Today these freedom fighters need our help. Many former Contras are small-scale coffee farmers who produce high quality beans but struggle to break even because of low coffee prices. Your purchase of Contra Café allows these farmers to earn the livelihood they deserve.
Started by two Dartmouth MBA students, Contra Café promises great coffee, and I want to order it. Will they ship it to Austria? I’ve already asked and I’m hopeful for a quick and positive answer.
Muslims in Egypt Protest Invasion of Iraq
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At least I assume that’s the reason behind the attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh.
In all seriousness, some guy interviewed on CNN International — I guess he was an Egyptian journalist or an Egyptologist or something important like that (he had an Arab name) — did indeed blame the invasion of Iraq. Though he half-heartedly conceded that some attacks such as the one in Luxor (1997) occurred long before the invasion of Iraq, he asserts the existence of a general instability in the region caused by the American invasion of Iraq.
Readers will no doubt recall how quiet and stable the region was prior to 2003.
At least they didn’t throw a Bible in the toilet
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A group of young Pakistanis apparently went on a raping rampage in Australia. I hadn’t heard of this story before now.
They are probably the most violent, prolific gang rapists Sydney has known, with as many as 18 young victims. But until now the extent of the horrific crimes of four brothers from Pakistan has been kept secret.
Yesterday, more than three years after they went on a six-month rampage, luring girls as young as 13 to their home in Ashfield to rape them, suppression orders forbidding publication of their trial details were lifted.
Assuming some of their victims were “Christians”, I imagine now we will see massive uprisings of militant Christians around the world. Perhaps not as massive as they would be had the boys desecrated a Bible, however.
