Apparently spurred by the revelation coming from a Lagos State High Court, through Major Hamza al-Mustapha, over circumstances surrounding the death of their brother, two siblings of the late Chief M. K. O. Abiola have gone public. Thee men are half-brothers of the winner of the June 12, 1993 Nige[...]
Archive for October, 2011
October 9th, 2011 - 9:53 am § in America
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Honoring God’s Creations in San Francisco
A Christian explains how denying the existence of a spiritual realm leads to public nudity. Oh, “sin” (especially the sexual variety) may just be a concern of superstitious knuckle-draggers who worship sky fairies, but sins against the body are very real. And they must be stamped out with[...]
October 9th, 2011 - 9:16 am § in America
SUNDAY REVELATION: Tea Party Politician Gives Thanks to God, Dog Bites Man,
As part of his effort to pay for college, Scott Brown posed in the nude. This made a minor scandal during his election, but liekly added to his manly image. During last week’s Massachusetts candidates debate, a reporter asked Elizabeth Warren how she had paid for her own education. Profess[...]
October 9th, 2011 - 9:07 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Waiting for Steve (Balmer)
The Coming Battle (based on a piece in the Huff Post) A new survey by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), in both China and America, showed that Windows easily outpaced iOS, MIcrosoft has a great opportunity, its own fanbase! John Rose, one of the lead authors of the report, told HuffPost tha[...]
October 9th, 2011 - 8:07 am § in The Ave Scene
Amazon Seems to Think Its “A” Stands for Apple
This reads a LOT like WWJD … that is what would Jobs do? I have been thinking about getting a Fire but with Sprint starting to support the iPad and offering 4G on the Motorola Zoom (now a product of Google), it seems to me that either of those is a better choice even if […][...]
October 9th, 2011 - 3:06 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Update from Libya, Oct. 9
FACTBOX-Latest developments in Libyan conflict Reuters[...]
What Happened to the Ability to Read?
And writing is worse![...]
October 8th, 2011 - 12:12 pm § in Misc.
Miscegenation Nation of Republicans
Public Policy Polling asked self-identified Mississippi Republicans how they feel (PDF) about interracial marriage. And 74% of those who’d like to ban interracial marriage also have a “favorable view” of Sarah Palin. Miscegenation[...]
October 8th, 2011 - 10:26 am § in Misc.
Yom Kippur Wishes
Given how much I owe others and the many friends I have bounced off of then lost, this seemed a unique way of expressing my feelings on this Yom Kippur Stormy Weather When an old frenemy gets back in touch, it raises the point crucial to Yom Kippur: Forgiveness doesn’t always fix everything, and[...]
October 8th, 2011 - 8:46 am § in Misc.
Faux Murdoch Scandal
The Guardian (excerpts) John Oliver … has a characteristically unpretentious description for the process of writing jokes about the news. It is, he explains cheerfully, “like working in a sausage factory, trying to make a palatable sausage from some of the worst ingredients you can i[...]