The latest year in review from Jib-Jab

A Couple of Sobering Stories

Iraq: Iraq's Christians Vow to Survive — With Muslim Help

Pakistan: Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan

They See Straight Through You...

... and they're called X-Rays!

Google reminds us that X-Rays were discovered 115 years ago:

Precarious Balance

While I am not big on the "doomsday" scenario, I do think we are living in very interesting times. Droughts in the Amazon (the forest, not the store) and riots in the streets are causing unrest. Never mind that there are wars going on all over (ie, not just in Afghanistan and Iraq).

Some have taken up protests against austerity measures (which in my opinion, are badly needed by governments everywhere) while others prefer to demonstrate against nuclear power (which in my opinion, should be expanded to reduce the fossil fuels).

One thing that should be kept in mind, however, is that placing trust in money will not be the solution.

Is This Really Happening?

While it is a little premature for me to be posting this, since I haven't researched it yet, if any of this is true, it is a little disturbing.

I'm going to be looking into this further. If anyone has evidence that this is happening, please let me know.

Asking for Your Opinion

Readers, what say you: is this a retreat or not? If it is, what kind?
From National Review: The U.S.’s Disorganized Retreat

Protect Your Online Identity

Many sites, such as Facebook, do have the option of SSL to encrypt your information transiting the web. However, lots of sites do not default to the secure mode (it's a little slower). It's possible to protect your online identity by using a FireFox add-on called Force-TLS.

Linux and Kids

This explains some of the reasons why I will be using Linux for my child's computer.

Global Warming No More?

I don't get it. I thought climate scientists followed the scientific principles that I was taught in school. Now I'm not so sure...

The latest is that there might not be any global warming. In fact it could be that the middle ages were warmer than now. And there has been no evidence of Global Warming since 1995. What a change from just last year...

Read for yourself: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1250872/Climategate-U-turn-Astonishment-scientist-centre-global-warming-email-row-admits-data-organised.html

Lots of Snow

New Blog

With the many changes we're having in life, we have decided to create a new blog to début them. Visit http://lizzie.macuisdein.com/ to follow along.

Old Photos

FYI: I've removed my photo sharing account, so some of the old photos might not be available on the old postings.