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Archive for December, 2013
Helping Real Veterans: Democrats Lead Effort to Recognize Heroism
Republican Cowardice One of the weirdest think about the Reprican party is the number of faux heroes .. from Reagan who landed on D Day in the movies to Bush who went AWOL during Vietnam to the FAUX (and Fox) fed outrage when Reprican cuts forced Obama to close the WWII monument during tCruz led [&h[...]
December 11th, 2013 - 7:52 am § in Misc.
Eichmann, the Austrian, found guilty 13 years ago, today
What a contrast, as we celebrate Mandela’s life, we have the remaining stench from Eichmann. My own family has an odd tie to Eichmann’s story. While most of what I have written refers either to our origins in Spain or the current fight about my father’s role in liberating Buche[...]
December 11th, 2013 - 5:19 am § in Misc.
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December 11th, 2013 - 1:29 am § in Science, The Ave Scene
Climate Change: Precipitation
The Atmospheric Sciences Friday colloquium yesterday was delivered as a Ph.D. defense by Angeline Prendergast, titled “The Atmospheric Energy Constraint on Precipitation Change”. I’ve never interacted with her directly, but at some remove perceive her as active and bright. Sh[...]
December 10th, 2013 - 7:32 pm § in Misc.
THE Ave’s business.
As you know, THE Ave is a virtual pub. everyone is free to come here drink our free virtual beer and speak their mind. BUT ,,, we need to have some standards so … what do I do about a troll? A commentator here named Bob Raymond has been quite persistent about challenging my typos and [&hell[...]
December 10th, 2013 - 4:10 pm § in Uncategorized
Racist States: South Carolina Part 3.: Mandela was not an American!
Sheriff Rick Clark of Pickens County*, S.C., refused to lower his flag for Mandela, who “did great things for his country and was a brave man but he was not an AMERICAN!!!” The post did not comment on whether the sheriff was referring to the flags of the Union of the Confederacy. [...]
How White Men Count Coup
Arrogance of The White Man I ran across a story a few days ago that reminded me of the amazing arrogance of my American brothers and why I have always insisted on being called a Jew rather than a “Whiteman.” The story was told by a local historian in a small town, lets call it […][...]