Over at FB, Matt Taylor has criticized my harping on Al Sharpton’s role in the NY Police Demonstrations Anyone who starts shrieking about Sharpton in the face of peaceful and warranted protests, who acts as if Al Sharpton is in charge of all people of color, and who desperately tries to change[...]
Archive for December, 2014
December 27th, 2014 - 1:08 pm § in Misc.
al Shabab leaders Surrender
Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, a leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, who had a $3 million bounty on his head, surrendered in Somalia, a Somali intelligence official said Saturday. Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi surrendered to Somali police in the Gedo region, said the intelligence officer,[...]
December 27th, 2014 - 11:05 am § in America
Glad to live in WASTATE
I am very happy to live here rather than in the former confederacy. A state like South Carolina where some of my own family chose to live, disgusts me. Still, before getting too happy let me point out that our own state has a very racist history. When my wife and I moved here the Indian Fi[...]
December 27th, 2014 - 10:38 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge
define “tarantism” a. affection for dictators b. a severe form of Asberger’s c. a fascination with tarantulas d. an uncontrollable urge to dance e. a hate of the smell of tar [...]
December 27th, 2014 - 4:37 am § in Uncategorized
A Virtuous Oath on A Virtual Reader ?
New U.S. Ambassador Swore Her Oath on an E-Reader In a peculiar “sign-of-the-times” moment last Friday, Suzi LeVine was sworn in as the United States’ newest Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein by raising her right hand and placing the left on a digital copy of the Con[...]
“The Interview” = Idiocy Squared
By David Preston How bad was The Interview? It was so bad that 10 seconds into the film I was already rooting for the North Koreans. And I never stopped rooting for them until the bitter end. It’s not that I like those commie bastards, mind you. It’s simply that the Americans were such�[...]
December 26th, 2014 - 7:14 pm § in Uncategorized
Egypt bans ‘historically inaccurate’ Exodus movie
“Ridley Scott’s biblical film Exodus: Gods and Kings reportedly faces a ban in Egypt, where the country’s top censor called it historically inaccurate. In comments to reporters, the head of the Egyptian state censorship board, Abdul Sattar Fathi, said the $140 million retelling [...]
December 26th, 2014 - 2:10 pm § in America
Radical Republicans: will the GOP keep a felon as a Congressman?
Rep. Michael Grimm Pleads Guilty To Felony Tax Fraud Grimm, who represents Staten Island, initially pleaded not guilty, calling the charges a “political witch hunt” and vowing to fight “tooth and nail” to prove his innocence. Speaking to reporters outside the courthouse on Tu[...]
December 26th, 2014 - 12:15 pm § in Misc.
Surprise .. THE INTERVIEW is Funny!
THE INTERVIEW Went to the tiny Ark Lodge theater last night down on Rainier. Think this may have been the Ark’s biggest ever crowd, the theater crew was unctuous..saying how glad we came! I went with a new friend, Davis Preston. I think David is more adult than I, he seemed to find it unfunn[...]