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August 7th, 2013 - 10:59 pm § in America, Misc., The Ave Scene

Davey Jones .. back on a new vessel

Longitude 128-51.9West  Not too much interesting to report here, we got underway from Oakland at 5:30 Tuesday afternoon and too departure at 8:30 PM, that same night, so we are now on our way to Honolulu, no pirates here, and no cadets either, but on the plus side this is a steam ship, not a [&hell[...]

August 7th, 2013 - 1:28 pm § in Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: Communists Censor Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal’s Chinese version site blocked in China[...]

August 7th, 2013 - 12:55 pm § in America

Racism

Confederate flag will fly along I-95   BY TED STRONG Richmond Times-Dispatch A Confederate heritage group confirmed Tuesday that it plans to fly a 10-by-15-foot Confederate flag along Interstate 95 just south of Richmond. The flag will fly on a 50-foot pole, and will be visible from the northbo[...]

August 7th, 2013 - 8:13 am § in The Ave Scene

Balmer Blues: Rupert Murdoch Drubs Steve Balmer

Balmer to rebrand SkyDrive after losing trademark skirmish to Murdoch’s BskyB. Microsoft is going to be rebranding SkyDrive, its cloud storage service, following its loss of a trademark battle with British Sky Broadcasting Group over the “Sky” name.   A joint press release by [...]