With mountain snowpack at 5% of average, California Gov. Jerry Brown today issued an executive order imposing emergency water restrictions on the entire state. “Similar measures were considered during California’s 1970s drought but were never implemented,” CNBC reported. Despite [...]
Archive for April 1st, 2015
April 1st, 2015 - 12:34 pm § in America, Environment
California restricts water use; rationing imminent?
April 1st, 2015 - 12:09 pm § in Misc.
Cartoons making fun of bigots
This being April Fool’s Day, and all, we may as well disseminate levity by posting some cartoons making fun of bigots. Enjoy. (Source: CartoonStock.com)[...]
April 1st, 2015 - 11:34 am § in Politics
Memories Pizza of Walkerton, Indiana, announces its policy of discriminating against gays
Memories Pizza of Walkerton, Indiana, announced today they will serve gay customers but will not cater gay weddings, thereby earning the dubious distinction of becoming the first Indiana business to exploit that state’s new “religious freedom” law to openly discriminate against gay[...]
China: Government blocks restaurant promise of free food to the beautiful
In February, teams of security guards and demolition workers descended on the restaurant to remove the sign.. Authorities in Zhengzhou accused the restaurant of damaging the city’s image and claiming the garish sign did not have official permission.. Xue Hexin, the restaurant m[...]
April 1st, 2015 - 10:25 am § in The Ave Scene
Who was Ivar?
I hope everybody is aware that Ivar’s restaurant is named after Ivar the Boneless, the legendary Viking raider and for a while king of Northumbria. After being defeated by the Saxons, he moved to Seattle, and started a restaurant specializing in boneless salmon filets. John Gallant, U[...]
April 1st, 2015 - 9:39 am § in Politics
News Flash — Arkansas governor rejects Indiana-style hate law
Breaking News — CNN reports that Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson won’t sign the so-called “religious freedom” bill passed by that state’s GOP-controlled legislature this week, and will direct the legislature to change it so “the bill mirrors federal law.” I[...]
April 1 Eating Green
German media reported in 2007 that Kim Jong Il hoped to solve the famine in his country by breeding giant rabbits. An east German farmer who bred rabbits the size of dogs was apparently asked by North Korea to help set up a big bunny farm to alleviate food shortages. To get things going, he [&hellip[...]