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Archive for July, 2013

July 23rd, 2013 - 1:12 am § in Misc.

The AVE Challenge: What is it worth?

The Seattle Mariners NET worth is? A. $50,000,000 B. $750,000,000 C. $449.000,000 D. $551,000,000 E. $100,000,000[...]

July 23rd, 2013 - 12:00 am § in Jews, Politics, Religion

Tolerance, Israeli Style .. when a secular state has to deal with state appointed reliugous leades who are bigots.

From Vas is Neias: Jerusalem – Despite written attempts to clarify a rather lengthy list of past racist comments, Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu has been informed by Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein that his nomination for Sephardic Chief Rabbi is “unsuitable.” YNETnews.com (htt[...]

July 22nd, 2013 - 11:02 am § in Misc.

FASHIONS FOR MEN: Gad!

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July 22nd, 2013 - 12:43 am § in America, Hypocrisy

New York to Choose Its Next Jewish Mayor … Unlss You Call Him Hispanic

Jack Hidary, Yeshiva Educated Sephardic Jew, IPO Millionaire, Spanish Speaker to Run for NYC Mayor; Could Make for Three Way Jewish Race (INTERVIEW) Jack Hidary. Photo: Screenshot. New Yorkers will have another chance to elect a Jewish candidate to the mayor’s office in New York City to follow Mi[...]

July 21st, 2013 - 11:41 am § in China, Hypocrisy

‘Anything But Humane’: Tibetan Exposes China from the Inside

AP A high-ranking Communist Party official has written a book exposing the crimes of the Chinese against Tibetans. His fellow party members still don’t suspect that he has defected to the opposition. A Tibetan who once believed in the Chinese Communist Party and carved out a career within the [...]

July 21st, 2013 - 9:36 am § in Misc.

SUNDAY REVELATIONS: A story of marijuana, Jesus, and a Harvard House.

What role do Universities have in controlling what goes on in their dorms?  based on reports in Boston Magazine and the Crimson. Harvard student  Brittany Smith was a scholarship student at Harvard and about to graduate.  Last Fall, after graduation, Ms. Smith was sentences to three years in pris[...]

July 21st, 2013 - 8:56 am § in Misc.

GUNS

Man held after four-year-old son shoots neighbour kid Submitted by Jamie Williamson on Wed, 05/15/2013 – 02:55 Washington, May 15 – The father of a four-year-old boy in New Jersey was arrested after his son fatally shot a six-year-old neighbour in the head, CNN reported. Anthony Senatore[...]

July 21st, 2013 - 3:43 am § in Misc.

American Gladiator Sports

The Romans are reviled for the gladiator sports.  Events where slaves were paid with money, women and even potential elevation to citizenship. After Constantine, in Christian Rome, this was elevated to state status, the games were not just part of the way of appeasing the masses, watching other die[...]

July 20th, 2013 - 9:27 am § in Misc.

Yellow man can jump .. even with one leg!

One-legged student inspires netizens with basketball skills       Qu Shitao became known as the “Inspiring Basketball King” (“励志篮球帝”) after a video surfaced of him playing basketball despite having just one leg. The video first became hot on Sina Weibo and then was r[...]

July 19th, 2013 - 1:40 pm § in Jews, Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: Peace Talks!

Secretary of State John Kerry Announces the Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Negotiations July 19, 2013 Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are set to resume peace talks after years of a diplomatic lull. The announcement of the resumption of peace negotiations came from Secretary of State Jo[...]