FAUX News is unhappy. They were was outraged, outraged when Obama chose not to attend last year’s Gettysburg address. Reagan did not go. Bushes I and II did not go. JFK did not go. Roosevelt never went, nor Nixon, nor did Billy Bob Clinton. The only president EVER to attend, other than Lin[...]
Archive for March, 2014
March 4th, 2014 - 10:25 am § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 25: Buchenwald Survivors as of 2013
Last year, 2013, Reuters photographer Lisi Niesner interviewed some of the remaining survivors as they returned to Buchenwald to mark the , 68 years later anniversary of the liberation. We are now one month from the anniversary of Robert Schwartz Entering the camp and my brother, Hugh Schwartz, s[...]
Russian TV Host Speaks Out Against Invasion of Ukraine!
A leading host Russia’s English language TV RT, Abby Martin, last night by ending her Breaking the Set program with a clear and unapologetic denunciation of the Russian action in Ukraine:[...]
March 4th, 2014 - 8:41 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Kerry Arrives In Kiev, Announces $1B Aid Package For Troubled Ukraine Today
Meanwhile in Turkey, Tatars Protest Russians The Turkish government will not allow the tension in Russian-seized Crimea to trigger a crisis with Russia, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said, describing the crisis in the Black Sea peninsula as a problem for Ukraine and the international communi[...]
China: West should work with, not against, Russia in handling Ukraine crisis
Xinhua: Based on the fact that Russia and Ukraine have deep cultural, historical and economic connections, it is time for Western powers to abandon their Cold War thinking, stop trying to exclude Russia from the political crisis they failed to mediate, and respect Russia’s unique role in map[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Germany: ‘Ukraine crisis worst since Berlin Wall’
Ukrainian troops in their surrounded barracks talk with armed men, believed to be Russian soldiers, in the village of Perevalnoye, outside Simferopol. Photo: DPA The Ukraine crisis is the worst in Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall and diplomacy is now essential to avoid military escalation, G[...]
March 3rd, 2014 - 2:45 pm § in Uncategorized
White Man Accepts Oscar for Black Movie?
Man bites dog? At last night’s Oscars, 12 Year a Slave won the Oscar as the Best Picture. Accepting the award was . Brad Pitt! The faux feelings of political correctness were all too evident.[...]
March 3rd, 2014 - 12:36 pm § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: What is it?
A. A baby parrot B. Cartoon character from new Disney movie. C. Brazil’s mascot for the South American Football Championship D. Cloned T Rex from Regeneron’s Dinosaur Project E. Australian National Zoo’s new marsupial parrot. [...]
March 3rd, 2014 - 10:33 am § in Misc.
Seattle Times Editorial: Turns out the UW athletic department is not ‘self-sustaining’
How well does the UW Athletics Program serve the needs of Washington State kids interested in athletic careers? “To the extent that he thought about public colleges at all, it was only to revel in memories of 1969, when he captained the University of South Carolina football team” [...]
‘Does This Mean I Won’t Get A Nobel Peace Prize?’
Vladimir Putin is among the 278 individuals and organizations nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, according to CNBC. I’m not sure who nominated him, or what their motive was. I suppose you could argue that merely grabbing Crimea instead of nuking the whole of Ukraine in retaliation for o[...]