After Brandeis Reneged on an Honorary Degree to Ayan Hirsii Ali Because She Compares Islam to Other Forms of Intolerance, Brunei Shows the True Colors of Islam Today the sultan of tiny Brunei enacted Sharia as the national law of this tiny country. Sharia will be extended to Brunei’s 40,000 Chri[...]
Archive for April, 2014
April 22nd, 2014 - 10:38 am § in The Ave Scene
Liberals Can Be Hypocrites Too
As we legalize pot, we promote it as if it were a miracle medicine.[...]
BUCHENWALD 41: Passover in the South
On this last day of Passover 2104, there is great irony in remembering how easily Jews forget we are not just like other people able to ignore our history. Sue Eisenfeld has written an essay on celebration of Passover during the Confederacy. I hope her words will help my brother and sister u[...]
April 21st, 2014 - 11:41 am § in Misc.
A Look Within The Radical Right
Below are the video and links to the transcript of the Truth Revolt panel discussion at the Freedom Center’s West Coast Retreat, held at the Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, California from March 21-23, 2014: WARNING: If you are offended by the right extremists, do not read this or watch the video[...]
April 21st, 2014 - 9:09 am § in America
SOUTH CAROLINA: Why Would Anyone Choose to LIve There>
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April 21st, 2014 - 8:54 am § in Environment
BERKELEY BLOG: Will Blocking Keystone Be Good For the Environment?
Not building Keystone XL will likely leave a billion barrels of bitumen in the ground Maximillian Auffhammer, associate professor, agricultural and resource economics | 3/25/14 I am not a fan of blanket statements. Whenever oil sands come up in casual conversation, many of my economist friends argue[...]
April 21st, 2014 - 3:36 am § in The Ave Scene
What is Drinking LIberally LIke?
Here is a taste. Or come Tuesday.[...]
April 20th, 2014 - 2:37 pm § in Misc.
Buchenwald 40: The gentle harm done by bureaucrats
Student fought bureaucrats for Holocaust justiceAMSTERDAM (AP) – Charlotte van den Berg was a 20-year-old college student working part-time in Amsterdam’s city archives when she and other interns came across a shocking find: letters from Jewish Holocaust survivors complaining that the ci[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Persecutions of the unbelievers:
“How do I know who the true God is?” Alber Saber Ayad’s question was answered by the Egyptian government last week when the 27-year-old computer science student was convicted for “contempt of religion” in Cairo. In a video blog, he spoke of the importance of exercising critical reasoni[...]
South Carolina: A State Run By Old Fossils
South Carolina lacks an official state fossil, but has a surfeit of ex-officio fossils in its legislature. An 8-year-old girl wrote to her legislator suggesting the state adopt an official state fossil. He introduced a bill in the legislature. So far, so good. This shouldn’t be controversi[...]