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Archive for April, 2012
April 22nd, 2012 - 1:25 pm § in Politics
MOVEON Protest at Microsoft …
MoveOn is planning a sit in at Microsoft. (below) One activist’s POV: What needs to happen is organizing a union of Microsoft workers. You have to understand these software engineers. They have worked very hard in school to learn their skill and they have a one tracked brain. Start pas[...]
April 22nd, 2012 - 9:03 am § in America
The AVE CHALLENGE: Racism and Photography of George Zimmerman
One of the things I dislike most about the USA is the belief that we can assign “race” by appearance. Believe it or not, the guys in the three pictures to the left are all George Zimmerman! Worse, he is widely assumed to be “white.” So, here is the challenge … who i[...]
April 22nd, 2012 - 6:59 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Catholic Bishop Condemns Obama’s Bigotry
PEORIA, IL (Catholic Online) – Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, Illinois …………. gave a tremendous homily on April 14, 2012, at a Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral during the annual “Call to Catholic Men of Faith” event. Over 500 men gathered and, on a rainy d[...]
April 21st, 2012 - 9:50 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: France
FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012 Moment of truth looms for a ‘desperate’ Sarkozy French President Nicolas Sarkozy told supporters on Friday the “moment of truth” had come. But with the first round of the presidential election less than 48 hours away it appears the pressure is beginning [...]
April 21st, 2012 - 1:51 pm § in Uncategorized
Ave Challenge: What event does this show?
a. radiation dispersion from Japan, Spring 2011 b. Pixar character “three eyes” from new Disney movie c. deep sea creature seen by Chinese deep sea probe 深海探测器 d. how the apple logo got its byte e. how the Moon formed from the Earth[...]
April 21st, 2012 - 9:15 am § in Misc.
Can North Korea Enter the 21st Century?
All eyes are now on Kim’s third son, Jong-un, the Brilliant Comrade. Will he usher in a technological revolution? Kim Jong-un, aged 27 or 28 (seriously, that’s how backward the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is; we don’t know when he or his father were born), is reportedly quite compu[...]
April 20th, 2012 - 9:59 am § in Misc.
Trial by Television: Trayvon Martin vs. George Zimmerman
The entire affair strikes me as closer to a witch trial then any form of justice. I have no reason to believe that Zimmerman was doing anything that Florida does not encourage .. as odious as right wing gun baiting may be, the murder here lies at the feet of the GOP. I also have […][...]
BREAKING NEWS: US Dairy Queen Expands in China
The Green Tea Blizzard dessert is the number-one seller in China, while the Oreo Blizzard takes the title in the U.S., Gainor said. The ice-cream maker, which has more than $3.2 billion in annual sales, opened its 500th location in China and has more than 270 in Thailand. It expanded into Saudi Arab[...]
F(r)ee Country
Kam Wing Chan, UW Professor, Department of Geography As a lifelong foreign student of English I’ve been intrigued, if at times confused, by the magical power of certain words to conceal as well as to reveal. For example, after twenty years in this free country, I have finally come to learn about[...]