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Archive for April 2nd, 2015
April 2nd, 2015 - 10:19 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Is this Peace in Our Times?
OBAMA about to appear on TV to announce.[...]
April 2nd, 2015 - 10:15 am § in America
FACEBOOK: Why Muslim Bakers Want to Live in Indiana
Chiho Fox from FACEBOOK If I went into a Muslim bakery, (is at a real thing?) and demanded a gay wedding cake they would have to bake one. But what if I demanded a cake with the picture of Muhammad on it? Would they be required by law to do that? Donald Paul Vincent As other […][...]
Indiana’s GOP pols cave on bigot law, and bigots are furious
There’s absolutely no doubt what the intent of Indiana’s “religious freedom” law was, or why Indiana’s Republican legislature and governor enacted it. The push for the law came from social conservatives who want to be legally shielded from lawsuits when they discriminat[...]
April 2nd, 2015 - 8:55 am § in Politics
Michelle Bachmann compares Obama to suicide pilot
Actually this headline probably should read, “Kid throws rock through window to get attention.” Photo: Just shut up already, Michelle. You’re embarrassing yourself, the GOP, Minnesota state, and above all the voters of your district who for inexplicable reasons elected and re-elect[...]
April 2nd, 2015 - 8:25 am § in Uncategorized
Islamic Terrorism in Africa
Niger: Muslims torch 68 churches March 31, 2015 4:03 pm By Robert Spencer Shhhh! “Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Musli[...]
April 2nd, 2015 - 7:30 am § in The Ave Scene
No tipping at Ivar’s
Last night my wife and I ate at IVAR’s to celebrate their new tipping policy. Ivar’s is going the whole way … raising workers to a real wage … $15/hr .. and doing away with tipping Management is serious about paying workers a fair wage. Prices on the menus will rise by 20%. T[...]
April 2nd, 2015 - 6:11 am § in America
How White Men Count Coup: Rural South Carolina, 1923.
The stories of the white American South in the 1920s and 1930s are ever more difficult to retrieve given the awful shadows cast by Jim Crow. This might change as streaming TV opens more channels to divers tastes. My suggestion is a story set in a place like this with an all white cast (except [&he[...]