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February 3rd, 2013 - 2:58 pm § in Misc.

Origins of the Billiken

Billiken statue on the campus of Saint Louis University In designing a new logo for THE Ave, one idea that intrigued me was adapting a college log other than the wild animals, injun warriors, and house pets used to sell college re-professional athletics.  On that I found and rather like is the R[...]

February 3rd, 2013 - 12:20 pm § in Misc.

SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Virginity

Saudi Cleric Beats 5-Year-Old Daughter To Death Over Virginity Concerns[...]

February 3rd, 2013 - 11:12 am § in Misc.

Slur of the Day

Charlie 1) (African-American, 1960s-1970s) A mildly derogatory term used to refer to white people as a reified collective oppressor group, similar to The Man or The System.[32] 2) (Vietnam War military slang) Non-pejorative slang term used by American troops as a shorthand term for Vietnamese guerri[...]

February 3rd, 2013 - 9:50 am § in Misc.

Gun Justice

Author of “American Sniper” shot dead in Texas 02-03 16:01 The author of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle has been shot dead in the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. media reported Saturday. Investigators have not released any details of the shooting.[...]

February 3rd, 2013 - 7:21 am § in Misc.

SUNDAY REVELATIONS: If a gay Jewish couple moves to Israel …………..

Israel – High Court Rejects Rabbinate, Keeps Husband In Jail For Refusing To Give GET Yesterday 11:01 PM Israel – Mavoi Satum (“Dead End”) announced that the High Court of Justice struck down part of an order of the Rabbinical High Court, the result…  [...]

February 3rd, 2013 - 4:38 am § in Misc.

APPLESAUCE: Stock trouble

Perhaps Google’s visit to North Korea went better than most of us knew?   Reuters is reporting that technicians who study technical stock charts, Apple Inc looks broken.  Could this mean that Google’s Schmidt has undermined Apple’s plans to move production from China? Even thoug[...]

February 3rd, 2013 - 4:34 am § in Misc.

American Poverty

Richest country’s empty plates Fifty million people in the United States go to bed hungry.[...]