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"The financial collapse and bank bailout did for Obama what almost two years of campaigning could not do: it swung white voters into his column in sufficient numbers to enable him to win the presidency." Too true. Something that people completely forget today. Before the Lehman collapse on September 15, McCain had pulled even with Obama. It was nothing either campaign did, it was all the environment.

A "Dragon's Lair"-esque vidoegame where one plays the lead character in Wargames.. Brilliant!

"The abolition of slavery was very much a Western initiative. It was Europe that "first decided to set the slaves free: at home, then in the colonies, and finally in all the world," as Bernard Lewis said. Abolitionism was a concept that did not resonate well in either black Africa, where slavery was not opposed in principle, or in the Islamic world, where it was believed to be supported by religion."

SNAP! Ibn Warraq's critique on cultural relativism, that basically we do not expect other cultures to live up to civilized standards and thus think they're less than human, is spot on.

Epic game of Joust!

This one is aimed right at my age group

So far a really good intro to the topic