News and Opinion from the Bug!
CNN reports that “Damini”, the Indian rape victim, has died. The prophet Jeremiah said the heart of man is desperately wicked. Heinous crimes like this serve to remind us of the wickedness inherent in our hearts. Damini’s death should not be in vain. Good, decent people of India need to rise up and work with [...]
Muslims in Karnataka, southern India are standing up against radical Hindu attacks on Christians: Muslims in Karnataka, southern India have staged a rally in Mangalore to protest against attacks on Christians by Hindu radical groups. What a breath of fresh air from Southern India.
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake has occurred near India’s Nicobar islands in the Indian ocean. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says a tsunami watch has been issued for INDIA, INDONESIA, SRI LANKA, MYANMAR, THAILAND, and MALAYSIA. The earthquake was centered at 7.702°N, 91.975°E.
Emirates flight EK530 experienced a terrifying 200 ft. plunge today enroute to Kochi, India. The Boeing 777 was apparently flying through turbulent air when it hit an air pocket that resulted in a 200 ft. plunge for the aircraft. The Times of India reports that 20 passengers and crew were injured during the incident. The [...]
The Navy has decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk. “Kitty Hawk had been the Navy’s oldest active warship since 1998 and turns over the title to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Kitty Hawk was also the Navy’s last remaining diesel-fueled aircraft carrier. Throughout its lifetime, Kitty Hawk has had 407,507 arrested carrier landings and [...]
India has conducted a successful test of its improved Prithvi-II nuclear capable missile. Express India says that “India on Wednesday successfully test-fired an improved version of nuclear-capable ‘Prithvi-II’ ballistic missile with a range of 350 km from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, about 15 km from Balasore, off the Orissa coast.”
Talk about wacky decisions, the U.S. Department of State has denied India’s request for GE LM2500 gas turbine marine engines, ordering GE to stop work. India chose the superb GE engine to power its new Shivalik-class frigates. GE describes the LM2500 as a “simple-cycle, high-performance engine. Derived from GE’ CF6-6 aircraft engines, the LM2500 consists [...]
Our cemeteries have no room for the terrorists of Mumbai. That is where Indian Muslims stand and their feelings are loud and clear. NDTV quotes Hamid Abdul Razzak—president, Dawat-e-islami—as saying: “The killing of innocents is against Islam. They are bringing shame to 25 crore Muslims of India. These men are not Muslims. Why should we [...]
JIDF reports on some anti-semitic groups —including some on Facebook—that are blaming Jews for the Mumbai massacre. Just the other day I read that Deepak Chopra and Iran were blaming America. The terrorists went to Mumbai, killed innocent men, women, and children and the best people can do is blame Jews and blame America; incredible. [...]
Shocking and shameful report from Sebastian D’Souza, photo editor at the Mumbai Mirror. D’Souza says armed policemen hid while the terrorists carried on their killing spree. Well, shame on that bunch but I’m positive there are plenty of heroes in Mumbai today; some of them are no doubt dead, having shown their courage and honor [...]
