Forecasting Hurricanes. Not!
In late April, AccuWeather.com, led by Joe Bastardi, its chief meteorologist, issued a news release that was, to be kind, pure mush. The early warning forecast for 2008’s June to November hurricane season said that conditions like La Nina and a “continued warm water cycle in the Atlantic Basin” held forth the “chance for U.S. landfalling storms.
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Leaving Islam
In 2003, Prometheus Books published “Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out.” It was edited by Ibn Warraq, the author of several books around this theme. Given that the penalty for abandoning Islam is death, this is not a decision taken lightly. To the Western mind, changing one’s religion or even becoming an atheist is an individual decision and not subject to much concern.
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