Dagbladet in Norwat has published a blatantly antisemitic cartoon about circumcision. The cartoon shows a massive wire clipper amutating a bay’s penis while blood flies and the police defer out of respect for custom. The baby’s mother stands beside him holding a blood-drenched spanner.[...]
Archive for June, 2013
June 6th, 2013 - 10:27 am § in Misc.
Christie’s dilemna
Over at Huff Post, Robert Costa reorts than no Republicans want to take Gov. Christies nod as the tmeporary Senator from NJ. Part of the problem is Corrie Booker, the likley Democrat and successor to Frank Lautenberg. Part of the problem is the filing deadline for the primary, you have to have your [...]
June 5th, 2013 - 11:55 pm § in Misc.
President Romney: Appoints Gordon Gee as the new Secretary of Commerce.
Gordon Gee, once named Time Magazine’s best university president, has been nominated to be Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Romney, remarking on President Gee’s frequent odd use of the English language, sad “I welcome another fellow with a silver foot in his mouth!” Gee has led t[...]
June 4th, 2013 - 10:14 am § in The Ave Scene
Peter Steinbrueck PLEASE COME OUT!
From an interview with the Seattle Times: The crux of my campaign and my mission is to improve that equation. There are principles of livability that I know and understand well. We can’t simply pave over everything and lose sun and light and our green spaces. South Lake Union, for example, could b[...]
June 4th, 2013 - 8:38 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: China Has a Dream(liner)
(AFP) – China’s first Boeing 787 arrived in the country on Sunday, state-run media said, less than two weeks after Beijing regulators approved the aircraft, which had faced safety problems. The high-tech Dreamliners were cleared to return to service worldwide in April after all 50 were g[...]
June 4th, 2013 - 8:37 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Iran Denounces Canada’s Election Scandal
Robocalls scandal shows Harper govt. lacks legitimacy: Iran deputy FM Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Araqchi (file photo)[...]
June 3rd, 2013 - 1:00 pm § in Misc.
Slur of the Day
Oreo (US) a racial slur for being black on the outside and white on the inside, hinted by the appearance of an Oreo cookie.[141] Compare Magic Middle.[...]
June 3rd, 2013 - 5:36 am § in Misc.
Is the PhD a Ponzi Scheme?
from Wired: The U.S. produced 100,000 PhDs between 2005 and 2009, while creating only 16,000 new professorships, according to data cited by The Economist. Though we’re used to hearing about PhDs in the humanities ending up as low-paid adjunct professors or baristas, we tend to expect another fate [...]