Sir Nicholas Winton, who turned 105 last week, will receive additional state honors from the government of Czechoslovakia, where he is considered a national hero. Winton organized the Czech Kindertransport, which saved 699 mostly Jewish children from the Nazis in 1939. http://www.theguardian.com/w[...]
Archive for May 23rd, 2014
May 23rd, 2014 - 6:37 pm § in The Ave Scene
Politicals discover pastrami in Alki
PUBLICOLA FINDS PASTRAMI IN SEATTLE: Finding real Jewish meats in Seattle is more difficult than finding Republicans. But, my favorite Seattle politics site may be good at both. Over in West Seattle Kathryn Robinson reports on one of those yuppie meat markets, Terra Cole Butcher[...]
May 23rd, 2014 - 5:35 pm § in Misc.
Buchenwald 47: A sign in the camp after liberation
“my attention was drawn to the message painted on the wall of one of the buildings: “Hitler muss sterben, damit Deutschland lebt” pleaded the writer, “Hitler must die so that Germany may live”. Six days later Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the Führerbunker in Berl[...]
May 23rd, 2014 - 1:22 pm § in Misc.
Slur of the Day
Slope, slopehead, slopy, slopey (U.S. and Aus) a person of Asian (in Australia, especially Vietnamese; in America, especially Chinese) descent.[171][...]
May 23rd, 2014 - 10:33 am § in Schools & Colleges
Letter to UW Faculty
Dear Colleague Some of you may know about this gif. If not I hope your find it as funny as I do. I made it by surfing the web for all Husky branded stuff. I found over 200! Isn’t amazing to think that all of these are covered by someone’s claim of a copyright**? Here [&hellip[...]
May 23rd, 2014 - 9:09 am § in Misc.
Russia Does Not Want British Prince Comparing Russia’s Leader to The Fuehrer
Russia: Hitler comment is outrageous Foreign ministry says Charles’s use of media to spread propaganda against Russia is unacceptable and low Russian diplomats request UK talks over Prince[...]