the Telegraph reports the Pope’s arrogant effort to seek forgiveness for atheists. Last Thursday I posted on the Jewish concept of Teshuvah .. the righting of wrongs. I wrote this in response to an email from my brother accusing me of being a bad Jew because of my atheism. This Pope and my b[...]
Archive for September, 2013
September 14th, 2013 - 12:52 pm § in The Ave Scene
APPLESAUCE: Rush loves Apple, disses Android, forgets Microsoft
CNET News Crave Crave Woman buys two iPhones for $1,300, gets only apples (really) The depths which humanity can plumb would fit a whole synchronized swimming team, each member standing on the next’s shoulders. This is just one more piece of evidence. Please imagine the essential goodness of a[...]
September 14th, 2013 - 12:21 pm § in Hypocrisy
President Romney: Gramps #23
The First Lady made a humorous mistake today, welcoming her 23rd grandchild as her 22nd. “Our 22nd grand child was officially adopted today: Kieran James Romney. cc: @AnnDRomney pic.twitter.com/7t1ZFxOJS4″ Mr. Romney corrected his wife: “Our Josh and Jen also had a new baby boy y[...]
September 13th, 2013 - 10:20 am § in Misc.
Reprican Sequester … No $$ for Flu Shots
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September 13th, 2013 - 8:05 am § in America
Christiane Amanpour Calls Out Liberal Hypocrisy
This a terribly moving video. Amanpour is correct. Just as before WWII, liberals and Republicans are sharing one thing … the all too easy cowardice that allowed Ruwanda, Nazi Germany and ASSAD, SHAME, This has happened before …. Americans recognized the horrors of slavery but did [...]
September 13th, 2013 - 4:29 am § in Misc.
Hypocrisy: Seattle (Mayoral) Style
We all know that Seattle is a orthodox as a liberal city can be … except, as it appears when it comes to Mayoral candidates accepting election contributions. Enter two big corporate players: John Mackey‘s While Foods and Richard Hedreen’s “2030 District” hotel devel[...]
September 12th, 2013 - 5:14 pm § in America
Applesauce: New phones????
Aple’s stock price fell 5%with the announcement that there was nothing much new to the newest iPhone. CNET ocmes to the rescue of disappointed fan boys: How to make your iPhone 5 more like an iPhone 5S Even those of us disappointed with the iPhone 5S can’t help but feel those familiar [...]
September 12th, 2013 - 2:43 pm § in Misc.
President Romney:US Falls to 17 in World Happiness
Mr. Romney responded to the recent UN report ranking the US as number 17 in happiness. “The UN is a very unhappy place. I am happy and everybody I know is happy too.[...]
September 12th, 2013 - 11:40 am § in America
Obituary: death of an avatar
A wonderful obituary by Cory Doctorow for an avatar of our code based age: To the extent possible under law, Cory Doctorow has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to “RIP, Aaron Swartz.” From boing boing Aaron accomplished some incredible things in his life. He was one[...]
Hypocrisy on the left
Shortly after Mitt Romney selected a Veep, Melissa Harris-Perry took issue with Paul Ryan’s quoting Thomas Jefferson’s line in the Declaration of Independence. Ryan had boasted of Jefferson’s giving credit to the “Creator” for our rights ans humans, Melissa dissed Rya[...]