Japanese swordmaking is an ancient art, more than 1,000 years old, that begins with making tamahagane, a type of steel produced from iron sand by traditional hand methods in charcoal-fired clay furnaces. Then highly skilled artisans, using hand forging methods, purify and shape this steel into exqui[...]
Archive for December 29th, 2014
Radical Republican: Racists too?
House Majority Whip Spoke At White Supremacist Conference In 2002 Twelve years before he was elected by his colleagues as House majority whip, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) spoke at a conference hosted by the white supremacist group European-American Unity and Rights Organization. Scalise spokesperson [...]
THE Ave Challenge: Who is she?
A. First Black female to head a US Bank B. Mother of Idris Elba C. Denzel Washington’s Mother D. Kissed Capt. Kirk E. Hugh Hefner’s First Chocolate Bunny[...]
It’s Time To Fire NYC Cops
Hundreds of NYPD cops continue to disrespect the mayor at every opportunity. The latest display occurred when officers booed him while he was giving a commencement speech at the city’s police academy. This involves more than a personal grudge, it’s a clash between police and civilian au[...]
RUSSIA .. losing Putin’s chess game
RUBLE DROPS ANOTHER 5% [...]
A Brave Man
Black NYPD’s Chief of Department Quits “you want set me up Like you did Obama and the other… The NYPD’s chief of department abruptly quit Friday rather than take a promotion from Police Commissioner Bill Bratton that the chief believed was a powerless… Where is the media?[...]
American Breeds: Race in America
The American concept of “race” is a farce. Some 40 years ago, as a medical student, I got into trouble when I asked my mentors why we were supposed to describe patients as Black or White? My mentors answered that there were genetic disorders. Excited by this idea, I began to take race hi[...]