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Archive for May, 2014

May 24th, 2014 - 10:09 am § in Misc.

THE Ave Challenge

 What alias did Nelson Mandela use while pretending to be a caretaker at Liliesleaf farm in Johannesburg? David Motsamayi The Black Pimpernel Mark Radebe Rolihlahla Ntoko[...]

May 24th, 2014 - 4:44 am § in Misc.

Summer Fun on the Intertubes

St. Petersburg, FL – Florida’s Beaches To Be Available On Google Maps St. Petersburg, FL – Florida’s 825 miles of beaches are coming to a computer near you. Visit Florida, the state’s tourism and marketing arm… Read More »[...]

May 23rd, 2014 - 7:24 pm § in Misc.

More Honors For British Holocaust Hero

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[...]

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 - 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[...]

May 22nd, 2014 - 3:33 pm § in Misc.

Phxizemon: Drug Company Mergers

PHXIZEMON: The final merger Pfizer, AstraZeneca Are Ripe for Pharma Deal: Real M&A Novartis and GSK trade assets as pharma industry reshapes Novartis will sell its animal health business to Eli Lilly of the US for $5.4bn.  Valeant Pharmaceuticals and activist investor Bill Ackman succeed in the[...]

May 22nd, 2014 - 3:14 pm § in Uncategorized

Red States Turn Right-To-Know Upside Down

All across the country, Republican legislators are passing laws that make it a crime to videotape the abuse of farm animals.  Now, in North Carolina, Republicans are trying to pass a law that will make it a crime to disclose the chemicals in fracking fluids. http://www.cnbc.com/id/101698191 The phi[...]