I ran across this today on a German blog about Hogan’s heros.: Robert Clary verkörperte Corporal Louis LeBeau, einen französischen Gefangenen im Stalag 13. Später war Clary unter anderem in dem Katastrophenfilm Die Hindenburg zu sehen. Nachdem seine Frau starb, zog er sich 2001 endgültig v[...]
Archive for November, 2013
November 14th, 2013 - 1:27 am § in The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Bye, bye Boeing
Boeing workers reject plan linked to 777X in Wash. SEATTLE (AP) – Despite warnings that production of Boeing’s next generation 777 plane could go to another state, machinists in the Northwest voted to reject a contract proposal late Wednesday that would have exchanged concessions for dec[...]
November 13th, 2013 - 5:16 pm § in Misc.
Anti Semitism in Europe
the The NY Times reports that Right Wing’s Surge in Europe Has the Establishment Rattled EXCERPT: Mikkel Dencker of the Danish People’s Party has found yet another cause to stir public anger: pork meatballs missing from kindergartens. <Dencker> hopes, mayor of this commuter-belt t[...]
November 13th, 2013 - 3:02 pm § in China
CHINA: The MBA becomes de rigeur.
Chinese MBA Programs Becoming More Competitive and Attractive The current educational climate in China is somewhat contentious, as most chinaSMACK readers know all too well. However, what the country may be getting wrong at the primary school level it seems to be getting right when it comes to gradu[...]
November 13th, 2013 - 1:58 pm § in The Ave Scene
Microsoft Changes its Management Structure
Microsoft axes its controversial employee-ranking system Microsoft HR chief Lisa Brummel issued the memo: “This is a fundamentally new approach to performance and development designed to promote new levels of teamwork and agility for breakthrough business impact,” says Brummel in the m[...]
November 13th, 2013 - 11:25 am § in Misc.
Should Justice Breyer have to “come out?”
Recently, Justice Stephen Breyer seemed to mention that he has no religious affiliation. Breyer. like most Jewish people grew up in a Jewish household that did not observe the faith strictly. His daughter, Chloe Breyer, is an Episcopal priest. Judaism itself, unlike Islam and Christianity ha[...]
November 13th, 2013 - 3:06 am § in Science
Philippino Man Curses Climate Denialists
Climate denial is today’s blasphemy … once states banned blasphemy out of fear of God’s wrath … the wrath of science is MUCH worse.[...]
November 12th, 2013 - 1:06 pm § in Misc.
The Friendly Atheist
Dan Barker, USA’s leading Atheist and founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, debates Hamza Andreas Tzortzis on which is more rational, Islam or Atheism. His lesson has meaning for folks like my own brother who somehow see Judaism and Atherism as antagonists. CLICK TO LISTEN[...]
Afghanistan Approaches Freedom from Jews
Kabul – Last Jew In Afghanistan Faces Ruin As Kebabs Fail To Sell (photos) Kabul – Zabulon Simintov always removes his kippah, the skullcap worn by Jewish men, before entering his cafe in a dilapidated building that also… Read More »[...]
How Universities Use Athletes to Inflate Claims for Affirmative Action
FIND THE BLACK STUDENT WHO IS NOT AN ATHLETE! Imagine being an Ethiopian in Rome. Even imagine you are a citizen going to the coliseum where there will be more gladiators who look like you but few. if any, citizens with your skin. Imagine being a fan rooting for your gladiators. Do you think the[...]