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Archive for September, 2014
September 6th, 2014 - 10:22 pm § in Politics
North Carolina GOP’s ‘Oops’ Moment
In 2010, the North Carolina GOP defeated a Democratic state legislator with a campaign flyer featuring mugshots of two black death row inmates and warning voters these “killers” might be “moving into your neighborhood sometime soon” because the legislator had “voted to [...]
September 6th, 2014 - 5:06 pm § in Misc.
The Rule of Connery Coming to Scotland?
With less than two weeks to go before the Sept. 18 vote, the latest poll puts the “Yes” to independence campaign on 51 percent, with the unionists on 49 percent, overturning a 22-point lead for the unionist campaign in just a month, the Sunday Times said. There is now the real prospect[...]
September 6th, 2014 - 11:22 am § in The Ave Scene
URGENT: Great Chance to End Your Summer With a Great Event
BUY YOUR TICKET NOW! Tomorrow will be the ceremonial launch of the Nawt-sa-maat Alliance at Daybreak Star. The event is intended to bring together the peoples of this place to act to preserve the Salish Sea, a heritage we are all lucky enough to inherit from the Chief Seattle and from Seattle̵[...]
September 6th, 2014 - 9:51 am § in Misc.
IS spreads its talons to Egypt
Reuters reports that the “Islamic State” has been working in Egypt with an illegal dangerous militant group, the Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, The Ansar group has killed hundreds of members of the Egyptian security forces over the last year. The success of Islamic State in se[...]
September 5th, 2014 - 11:11 pm § in Misc.
On Libertarian Cobra Fanciers
Someone lost his snake. A white cobra created a media stir this week by slithering through backyards in a Los Angeles suburb for several days. Animal control officers caught it Thursday and transported it to the Los Angeles Zoo, from where it was transferred to the San Diego Zoo, which is likely to [...]
September 5th, 2014 - 9:03 pm § in Schools & Colleges
A Lawyer’s View Of The Salaita Controversy
I don’t know if Prof. Steven G. Salaita plans to sue the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne for retracting its offer of a tenured faculty position because of his inflammatory “tweets” about Israel. But let’s pretend he does, just for discussion purposes. A legal out[...]
September 5th, 2014 - 3:29 pm § in Misc.
Charlotte Police Arrest Black Activist For Distributing Leaflets At Rally
ThinkProgress reports that Charlotte police arrested a black activist for putting voting rights leaflets on parked cars at a public park where a Labor Day rally was being held. http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/09/02/3477768/police-arrest-young-black-politician-at-moral-mondays-rally/ Umm, c[...]
September 5th, 2014 - 9:44 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
The Animal Farm Model for Running a University
U. of Illinois Chancellor, Phyllis Wise, after a less than exemplary ethical record as the UW Provost, now faces faculty outrage over the dismissal of a Palestiniam American as a candidate for the UI faculty. Steven G. Salaita is well known as a critic of Israel. Controversy erupted last month w[...]
September 5th, 2014 - 8:03 am § in Misc.
Whatt happened on this date?
September 5, 1698. Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposes a taxes on beards as part of a program to westernise his nobility. The Tsar had just returned from a tour of Europe (where most men were clean shaven) and was determined to revolutionise Russian society, culture and even fashion. As a result of[...]