coffeechat

@coffeechat (1961)

New Zealand

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Catholic Church excommunicates saintly sister for approving abortion.

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 29 May 10

The full news items is available here http://tinyurl.com/2u78snm [i]Sister Margaret McBride of Phoenix, Ariz., was excommunicated from the Catholic Church after approving an abortion that saved a woman’s life. The...

abortion

catholic church

excommunication

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Chinese spy racket steals US space technology

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 18 Nov 08

Naturalised US citizen Shu Quan Sheng, admitted handing over to Beijing information on the design and development of a fuelling system for space launch vehicles between 2003 and 2007, the Justice Department said. Shu, 68,...

china spies on usa

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Prophet Muhammed is a fictional character reports the Wall Street Journal

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 17 Nov 08

Muhammad Sven Kalisch, a Muslim and Germany's first professor of Islamic theology, fasts during the Muslim holy month, doesn't like to shake hands with Muslim women and has spent years studying Islamic scripture. Islam, he says,...

guides

journal

prophet mohammed fictional character

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Another special from the Islamic book of behaviour

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 3 Nov 08

A 37-year-old American businesswoman and married mother of three is seeking justice after she was thrown in jail by religious police for sitting with a male colleague at a Starbucks coffee shop ..... here's the full...

islam respects women

starbucks

starbucks coffee

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Q & A. Global Financial Crisis and you.

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 26 Sep 08

Each day has brought an extraordinary development that would have seemed astonishing just the day before. In the US multi billion dollar banks have failed, the government has stepped in with a lot of cash to help. It may or may...

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USA is no longer the Internet hub

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 31 Aug 08

USA intelligence agencies are reported to have access to corporate and other data stored on USA based servers. Concerns around this have caused many foreign companies to not use US companies for their internet needs. US share of...

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Al-Qaeda. Winning or losing?

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 25 Aug 08

Al-Qaeda has made terrorism truly global, to deadly effect. But it may yet prove to be its own worst enemy, says Anton La Guardia in his Economist...

war against terror

winning or losing

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Eight year old files for divorce in Saudi Arabia

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 24 Aug 08

The Saudi newspaper al-Watan said the girl had been married off to the man by her father without her knowledge. The child's mother is thought to be pushing for the marriage to be annulled - though the father opposes the move....

islamic child abuse

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Abdullah insults muslim rape* victim?

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 18 Dec 07

A teenage girl was gang raped. A Saudi court sentenced her to 6 months in jail and 200 lashes. Bowing to international pressure Saudi King Abdullah pardons rape victim. Here is the full story...

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Are people naturally polite?

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 9 Apr 07

My 5 year old oozes politeness with his pleases, pardons, excuse me's and thank you's. My seven year old blurts out what he wants, says 'huh' when he want you to repeat something and smiles in acknowledgement for something he...

politeness

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Please and Thank You.

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 9 Apr 07

These are nice to say and great to hear from other people in day to day social interactions. Do you use them often enough?

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islam says OK to RaPE

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 11 Mar 07

Sixteen-year-old Naseema is trying to make sense of her world: it changed forever the day she was snatched by a gang of men in her village. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6433357.stm Can they still justify their...

fundamentalist

shariah laws

woman as property

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The Bible and God's Genocide

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 4 Mar 07

Genocide - the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. Better yet, the deliberate killing of a race of people In the Bible, there are many passages which appear to be in...

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US share market drops...

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 27 Feb 07

In the worst fall since 9/11 the New York Stock Exchange reported a drop of 416 points. http://www.nyse.com Are we seeing a global economic downturn beginning? Will unemployment Are you prepared? What can you do to prepare?...

downturn

nyse drops like a lead ball

recession

share index drops

unemployment

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125 + million Pet dogs

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 27 Feb 07

We love our pet dogs, feed them, license them. I just found out that the population in the world is tremendous: The top 5 countries pet dog population is listed below. Country No. of Dogs USA 61,080,000 Brazil...

pet dogs versus starving people in africa

pets consuming resources

we love our dogs

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8 years old, 89 kilos heavy

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 27 Feb 07

Connor McCreaddie, an 8 years old boy from Newcastle, weighs 89kg and will not eat healthy food like fruits and vegetables - he only eats junk food. He is four times the healthy weight of his peers and was even heavier before...

child obesity

healthy diet

junk food and obesity

obesity

overweight

unhealthy food

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Calamari Rings from a Giant Squid

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 22 Feb 07

I love calamari rings. Do you? For those of you who love it, do you fancy having a taste of the soon to be tractor-tyre-sized calamari ring (that is if you get your hands on it before they put it out for scientific testing)?...

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It's A Boy!

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 22 Feb 07

We just found out the other day that we will be having another boy in the family. I was hoping for it to be a girl this time around and even went as far as choosing a name for a girl, but not for a BOY! Regardless of gender,...

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Burqa Ban

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 21 Feb 07

Train bombing suspect Yassin Omar's burka clad CCTV picture was shown to the jury during trial. Yassin Omar and two others are standing trial for conspiracy to cause explosions and conspiracy to murder. Have we had enough? Is our...

ban burka

let muslims live in islamic countries

strip terrorist camouflage

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GOD - She or He?

coffeechat @coffeechat (1961) • New Zealand 21 Feb 07

I wonder why many religions refer to god as a male. In all my readings I have not come across any credible justification of why God should be either male or female. Inviting discussion on why you think God should be considered...

god does not exist

god exists only in the mind of the believer

god is a female

god is a male

god is gender neutral

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