Police, Pro-Democracy Protesters Clash On Busy Road… Tens Of Thousands Of Protesters, Dozens Of Arrests… Police Lob Tear Gas… Students Start Rally… Occupy Joins In… Beijing: ‘Illegal’… FLASHBACK: China Clamps Down On Hong Kong Democracy… Activist[...]
Archive for September, 2014
Sunday Revelations: The Russian Worm Turns Full Circle
Russians launch dedicated center to fight ‘atheist extremism’[...]
September 28th, 2014 - 3:30 am § in Religion
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Celebrating the Hadj
Hajj 2014 will fall between October 1 and October 6, insha-Allaah.[...]
September 27th, 2014 - 8:38 pm § in China
China: Imperialism
China to build 200,000-ton fish farming ship at Mischief Reef, territory claimed by Philippines Posted by chankaiyee2 ⋅ September 25, 2014 ⋅ 1 Comment i Rate This The following is translated from Chinese media: Chinese scientists are planning to intensify China’s exploitation of fish resource[...]
September 27th, 2014 - 3:23 pm § in Misc.
Japan’s Parliament Loses 100% of Its Cultural Diversity
The Ave previously noted that a Finnish born Japanese Citizen had been elected to the Diet, now … From Japan Times: Ol’ blue eyes isn’t back: Tsurunen’s tale offers lessons in microcosm for DPJ by Debito Arudou Spare a thought for Marutei Tsurunen, Japan’s first Europea[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Muslim Convert Brings Beheading to America
Shortly after being fired at Vaughan Foods, an Oklahoma food-processing plant, Alton Nolen used his work knife to behead a 54-year-old woman he had never met, Colleen Hufford. The 30-year-old had multiple religious tattoos: Jesus Christ across his chest, praying hands on his right arm, and ا[...]
September 27th, 2014 - 9:42 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Shall We End Tenure?
The President of the UW AAUP, Rob Wood, addressed the non tenure issues at UWB and UWT as a labor issue. (see below) I suggest that he is missing the point. There are two critical questions : 1. Are UWB and UWT vocational schools or research campuses? Despite the quality of faculty at[...]
September 27th, 2014 - 9:33 am § in America
Texas Court Rules Upskirt Shots are Art
#157608643 / gettyimages.com How can taking obviously invasive and pervy photos be protected by the First Amendment? READMORE about Texas writes a bad law.[...]
September 27th, 2014 - 8:43 am § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
Money and Hypocrisy Rules of Over Race in The Schools
Last Fall the State of Missouri gave the lie to the idea that racism was just about color. Hundreds of mostly poor African-American students had been able to use a Missouri law to transfer out of failing schools to much wealthier, better-performing schools close to their homes. Now they are [...]
September 26th, 2014 - 7:23 pm § in America
Employers Keep Making Life More Difficult For Workers
The retail and food service industries are being revolutionized by new software that allows managers to track real-time sales and fill their labor needs with “just-in-time” scheduling. This practice effectively puts all employees on call. This isn’t to be confused with dispatch sof[...]