Salman Rushdie cancels trip to India after death threat. 25 yrs after publication of “The Satanic Verses”, Salman Rushdie still getting death threats. This one was undoubtedly precipitated by Sarah Palin and other Tea Partiers using the word “target.”
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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