The Detroit decision canceling the city’s pension obligations is likely legal but it violates a social contract going back to Hamilton and LIncoln who understood that the US had to honor debts to its citizens during our two revolutionary wars. The problem goes deeper than the current decisio[...]
Archive for February, 2013
February 5th, 2013 - 12:20 pm § in America
Commentary by SMS: What we need to do to avoid future Detroits
February 5th, 2013 - 10:53 am § in Misc.
Happy Birthday Ziva … from Moshe, Bubbie, Tsono, and Zadi
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February 5th, 2013 - 10:37 am § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge: How Are Elephants Like High Heeled Shoes?
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February 4th, 2013 - 11:38 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Has Boeing Fixed the Battery?
Boeing, Chicago nee Boeing, Seattle has applied to the FAA for permission to fly the 787s. This either means that the Lazy B has solved the battery problem or they have spoken to God.[...]
February 4th, 2013 - 8:12 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: No more penneys!
Canadian penny bites the dust. Is the nickel next? [...]
February 4th, 2013 - 7:00 pm § in Misc.
Davey Jones: Egypt’s troubles seen from a freighter
19-59.2N and 059-30.1E I hope this letter finds you well, I forgot to put subject lines on my last two e-mails, and I hope you didn’t miss them. Let’s see, we’re through the ditch, and I found out after the fact that the Egyptians had tightened security considerably, there were mil[...]
February 4th, 2013 - 4:16 am § in Misc.
PRESIDENT ROMNEY: Congratulates Saudi Prnce on purchase of first A380 private jet.
SEATTLE — President Romney announced plans to visit Seattle in early March to celebrate the inspect Boeing’s biggest jet, the 747-8 Intercontinental. The plane is returning to Seattle for an upgrade after being launched sometime last year, its gleaming white livery shrouded in secrecy. But th[...]
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[...]