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icon hideaway. at one time the biggest censors of religious art was the church itself. in the 6th century for all practical purposes there was only one church in the west, that of the Holy Roman Empire. This was a time before icons were the name of the little graphic shortcuts to computer programs. The Iconoclasts actively destroyed religious depictions. Those depictions were considered to be forbidden under the Ten Commandants according to Iconoclasts they were “craven images” and it seemed to them that people were worshiping the images rather then the holy figures the icons represented. While the western church eventually sided against the Iconoclasts believing that religious depictions could enhance the religious experience. Like many divisions within Christianity and Islam the controversy over religious depictions never completely went away, the famous or infamous puritanical John Calvin (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564) also considered religious paintings and and sculptures to be “craven”.

How’s that whole spreading democracy thing going? A little like a puppet and shadow show, Prelude to a Police State in Iraq 

Virtually ignored in last week’s national debate on the US military surge was a report by military experts recommending that the Iraqi police service be scrapped because of its brutal sectarian character. The scathing report stopped short of acknowledging that continuing US support for the Iraqi Security Forces is in violation of the 1997 Leahy Amendment barring assistance to known human rights violators.

Maybe the Shia police are just inspired by the tasering of students just for asking a question.

A flying fox that was not supposed to exist has been discovered. Well he’s really a fruit bat with a fox face. Photo at link.