If you’re willing to look a monster in the eyes, you just might find that he has no teeth. There are all kinds of lawyers …. civil right attorneys, lawyers hired by corporations to limit rights of employees, corporate lawyers who protect corporate rights at the expense of others who can not [...]
Archive for November 4th, 2013
Rabbis and Beards!
Over 4,500 rabbis gathered in Brooklyn this weekend for the Annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries, or Kinus Hashluchim. They came from over 80 nations in order to attend the conference, themed “Through Darkness A Shining Light.” My grandfather was a rabbi as well[...]
Ebay Apologizes For Making MOney Off of the Holocaust
eBay Issues Apology For Holocaust Items Listed On Site AP | Ebay sign on the Hamilton Avenue Campbell, CA campus. red, blue, yellow and green primary colors on black background. | Getty LONDON (AP) — Online auction site eBay has apologized after a newspaper found apparent Holocaust memorabil[...]
Be a Plumber
Mayor Bloomberg’s advice to students: Become plumbers A college education won’t necessarily fatten your pockets, but the billionaire mayor of New York City has a suggestion he wants students to consider before they sign any costly tuition checks: what about becoming a plumber?[...]
Applesauce: Apple’s share falls, Microsoft’s rises, Google rules in phones
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PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE WEB
I was an enthusiast for art on the web. Democracy was good, I thought. Chicago Sun-Times lays off entire photo staff: switches to freelancers According to a report in the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times has laid off its entire photography staff, and plans to use freelance reporters and phot[...]
Buchenwald 5: who is Viktor Kempf?
From the Vancouver Sun News that an online vendor – identified as a Vancouver man – was selling Holocaust memorabilia on eBay has ignited outrage around the globe. News that an online vendor – identified as a Vancouver man – was selling Holocaust memorabilia on eBay has ign[...]
Buchenwald 4: Profiteering off of the Holocaust
While my family feud is going on, an English newspaper, The Mail. reports that eBay has hosted sales of the clothes of concentration camp victims including the striped uniform thought to have belonged to a Polish baker who died in Auschwitz, which was on sale for £11,200. Within hours of being al[...]
Atheists Acting Badly
I am an atheist. Why would I ever want to insult others like this? The people in this video, sadly, are behaving in a manner I can only call “Christian.” T he ugliness of evangelism is not limited to believers. Atheists, raised in this culture can be equally hateful. Readmore about athei[...]