Typhoon death toll in 1 city could reach 10,000 † TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) – As many as 10,000 people are believed dead in one Philippine city alone when one of the worst storms on record sent giant sea waves washing away homes, schools and airport buildings, officials said Sunday. Fero[...]
Archive for November, 2013
November 9th, 2013 - 5:45 pm § in Misc.
APPLESAUCE: Apple solves the big watch problem .. the iHand
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November 9th, 2013 - 2:58 pm § in The Ave Scene
Amazon e-book offer riles independent bookshop owners
I called Elliott Bay because I would very much like to be able to shop there but buy my books in Kindle format. They have no pans to do this ands did not see this s a good deal for them. Looks like other book shops feel the same way .. See this website. Sad. […][...]
November 9th, 2013 - 1:02 pm § in America
Failure of State Socialism
Venezuelan shoppers amass outside seized stores CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — As soon as Dorisbell Pena received a text message informing her that President Nicolas Maduro seized control of a nationwide chain of appliance stores Friday, she rushed to the nearest outlet in the hopes of finding whatR[...]
BUCHENWALD 7: Kristallnacht when the Nazis began feeding the monstrosity at Buchenwald
From Wikipedia and USHMM 1938, in the aftermath of Kristallnacht, German SS and police sent almost 10,000 Jews to Buchenwald where the camp authorities subjected them to extraordinarily cruel treatment upon arrival. 255 of them died as a result of their initial mistreatment at the camp. This refle[...]
November 8th, 2013 - 4:48 pm § in Misc.
How can ANYBODY with a conscience live in a state governed by the tea party?
Watching this reminds me of the Germans who provided Hitler with enough votes, never more than a third, to take over the Bundestag.[...]
November 8th, 2013 - 4:19 pm § in Misc.
Israeli Radar Technology to be Used at U.S.-Mexico Border
US Hires Israel’s Elta to Watch Mexican Border An Israeli company, Elta, will install a radar system to monitor the U.S.-Mexico border for illegal immigration and drug smuggling. Elta’s technology can identify potential human infiltrators from as far as 13 miles away and vehicles from 26 m[...]
November 8th, 2013 - 2:19 pm § in Hypocrisy
How diabetes generates $$$$
Since discovering that I have diabetes several years ago I have been fascinated by the size of the diabetes industry. The incidence of diabetes, both childhood and adult types, is huge .. totaling as much as 1/3 to one half of the population according to some claims. This means that there is a h[...]
November 8th, 2013 - 11:52 am § in Politics
“staying together as a country for 53 years is an achievement”
You think the US has trubbles? Nigeria was cobbled together by the Brits! from the Guardian Written by From Nkechi Onyedika, AbujaHits PROFESSOR Emeritus of Political Science, University of Jos, Isawa Elaigwu, has said that it is our fault that we have not adequately corrected whateve[...]
THE Ave Scene: She is MY Senator!
The Iron Lady Of Washington’s Budget Battle When Senator Murray first ran, I was very. very wrong. She ran as the mom in tennis shoes,” a name I took to be that of some person whose main qualifications were gender and lack of sophistication, With all possible apologies to women who c[...]