![An Appreciative Look at Afrikaaner Rock Music [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Ysterkoei.jpg)
Teerpad (Afrikaans for tarmac) is a South African rock band that sings in Afrikaans, a language that i derived mainly from Dutch and understood in its spoken and written form by speakers of Dutch. Afrikaans, along with English, is one of the two languages brought to South Africa by whites. The follwing two videos...
Recently, CNN hook up its offices in Jerusalem by firing its Jewish reporters. Initial reports were that all Jewish reporter were fired.Later, the reports were modified to include the information that two Jewish reporters remained on the CNN payroll. The Algemeiner, in an exclusive story has shed some additional light on this story, which...
Citing Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King as examples, Erika Christakis suggested as follows to Catholic opponents of funding abortions and contraception. Let’s see what our society would look like if we all had the luxury of imposing our unfettered will. At a minimum, the Catholic bishops and employers resisting contraceptive coverage should...
Radical Islam is on the march in Europe. What is its appeal? With a birth rate that is well below replacement levels, Europe needs workers who will pay into a pension system for a rapidly aging population. But there i something more than that. European Christianity’s mainstream has made moral relativism the...
![Rick Santorum, Traditional Christianity and Belief in Satan [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rick-Santorum1.jpg)
There are various approaches in theology to Satan? Is it a physical being or a spiritual force? Different factions of Christianity approach the question differently. Rick Santorum has been the target of vilification for saying that America is “filled with parishioners who are screaming for preachers and pastors and rabbis to speak the...
![Rembetika Music From Greece [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/rebetika.jpg)
Rebetika is a genre of urban Greek folk music that derives its character from a variety of sources across the spectrum of Greek music, as well as Turkish, Ladino and Balkan influences. It is considered to be socially comparable to the American blues, in that it is the music of struggling classes. Following is...
![Imagine No Flat Tires [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tweel-airless-tire-3.jpg)
Far too many times, I have had a flat tire, at the most inconvenient times.(Is it ever convenient?) The following video is of a humvee that has airless tires. It woud be so nice to never have to worry about flat tires. I hope they market this to the civilian public. Copyright protected by Digiprove © 2012 Rudi StettnerAll Rights ReservedOriginal...
![Documentary of the Day Nazi Doctors The Deadly Experiment [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Nazi_Posters_9.jpg)
When Rick Santorum criticised the Dutch policy of euthanasia, he was roundly and hysterically criticised for criticising a policy deemed “humane” and “progressive”. With terms like “death with dignity” and “right to die” as well as “quality of life” put man at the top of a judgmental pyramid. In so doing, the intellect is...
Rick Santorum has upset the Dutch with his claims that euthanasia accounts for 10% of all deaths, and that half of the euthanasia deaths are involuntary. The Dutch have condemned him for practicing “fact free politics”, and claimed that euthanasia deaths are at most about a third of what he claims they are....
![Archie Bunker Debates Obama [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Jesus-H-Obama.jpg)
In the following video, sound clips of Archie Bunker are spliced together with clips of Barack Obama speaking. It works very well. The country is a good deal worse off than in the 1970′s, when “All In The Family” was a major hit television program. Although Archie Bunker was supposed to be a...
![Song of the Day: Quand Je T’aime (When I Love You). Demis Roussos [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nurkhatim-bikulov-preparation-for-a-holiday-2003-e1282214752364.jpg)
The following video is of a song by Demis Roussos called “Quand Je T’aime” (When I love you) It is illustrated by the works of a TAtar expressionist named Nurkhatim Bikulov. Unfortunately, it is hard to find a web site devoted to Bikulov’s works, although a Google Image search turns up quite a bit...
![An Answer to Fareed Zakaria [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/iran_nukes1.jpg)
Fareed Zakaria, speaking on CNN, spoke against the idea of a strike against Iran to prevent it from becoming a nuclear power. He made a comparison of Iran in 2012 to the Soviet Union of 1952. The United States was anxious to prevent the USSR from becoming a nuclear power, lest it be...
The following story has appeared in numerous places on the internet. It is not an original piece of my composition, but one that I am reprinting. To the best of my knowledge, it is in the public domain. A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present “Seven Wonders...
![Comedy Roundup From Latma TV and News Busted [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/jihadBellsVidcap.jpg)
As always, Latma TV takes a briliant satirical look at the Israeli political scene, recreating the feel of an Israeli news broadcast, the same way Saturday Night Live spoofed American evening news.Meanwhile in America, News Busted is reaping one of the benefits of being in the opposition, the benefit of being able to...
![Concerning Matisyahu’s Beard [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/matisyahu1_0.jpg)
A very touching video came out of Matisyahu appearing with a child battling cancer who was singing “One Day”, a song composed and made famous by Matisyahu. Despite the shock generated by Matisyahu shaving off his beard, the feeling that came from the video was that Matisyahu maintains a strong Jewish commitment and...
![An Inside Look At the Westboro Baptist Church [Links]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/owned-Westboro-Baptist-Church.jpg)
If you want to study the Westboro Baptist Church, it’s a little like watching North Korea. Both North Krea and the Westboro Baptist Church are loud and abusive. Both are ruthless in their demands of obedience. And both have defectors who will tell you what life was like inside. The difference between the...
![Documentaries of the Day: The Catholic Church and Escaped Nazis [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Pavelic-with-Catholic-Clergy.jpg)
At the end of World War Two, thousands of Nazi war criminals escaped justice through underground channels known as “ratlines”, through which false passports, money and tickets to travel were proivided by the Vatican. During World War Two, the government of Ante Pavelic infused local Catholicism with the same sort of intolerance that is...
Paul’s Pantry in Wisconsin is part of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and one of the largest food pantries in Wisconsin. It is run in strict accordance with the teachings of the Catholic Church, under whose auspices it operates. Life Site News reports that they received an offer of a donation from an...
