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Archive for July 8th, 2015
July 8th, 2015 - 11:12 am § in Misc.
Strange pets and their weird owners
“Officials say a West Virginia man had been keeping two deer in captivity at his home for at least a year. … [A]uthorities … visited the … man’s home on July 4 after receiving a tip from a concerned citizen. … [T]he two deer had a healthy supply of hay availabl[...]
July 8th, 2015 - 10:38 am § in Uncategorized
What free-market capitalism looks like
Some people will do literally anything for a buck. This plastic cellphone case is being marketed to young people as “trendy, cool, stylish.” Do you want your teen walking around like this? Should government regulators keep such products off the market, or is that unduly interfering with [...]
July 8th, 2015 - 10:11 am § in Misc.
Russia imposes selfie rules
Russia, whose leader apparently is alarmed by how quickly his country is depopulating, has issue the following rules for taking selfies. As you would suspect, this is a list of “don’ts.” I assume this list will grow as ordinary Russians gain more experience with taking selfies: Whe[...]
66: Anniversary of Roswell
Sixty six years ago, according to believers, the US military captured a crashed alien aircraft outside Roswell in July 1947, but authorities insisted that the incident merely involved the recovery of debris from a top secret surveillance balloon. This photo, from the Air Force’s ‘[...]
July 8th, 2015 - 9:42 am § in The Ave Scene
UPDATE: Seattle Housing Taskforce Proposes Dissing Single Family Home Neighborhoods
“Drop single-family zoning”, “Seattle’s zoning has roots in racial and class exclusion and remains among the largest obstacles to realizing the city’s goals for equity and affordability.” Sarajane Siegfriedt, Facebook I can’t imagine anything more divisive. D[...]
July 8th, 2015 - 8:50 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Balmer’s Legacy
Microsoft to lay off 7,800 workers, most from weak mobile phone unit The layoffs will mostly affect employees in the former Nokia smartphone business, which Microsoft is also now attempting to restructure.[...]
July 8th, 2015 - 8:42 am § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 75: A Lesson In How a Family SHOULD Remember the Camps
Given the horrid behavior of my brother ans sister toward my father’s memory, destroying I was deeply moved by this FACEBOOK post: Amy Thetford Hi everyone – I got married last week, and I just wanted to share my favorite picture – it’s me wearing my grandmother’s ol[...]
July 8th, 2015 - 8:31 am § in Misc.
Get the Government Out of Marriage
Chiho Fox on FACEBOOK 1 The solution is simple; take government out of marriage and tax everyone on an individual basis. Problem solved. If you think about it, it’s really a form of government sanctioned singles discrimination! The Cato Institute There’s a marriage penalty to the income ta[...]
July 8th, 2015 - 1:35 am § in America, Environment
The Perils of Pot
A diver counts young salmon and steelhead in a tributary to the South Fork Eel River in Humboldt County in 2013. Some drought-stricken rivers and streams in Northern California’s coastal forests are being polluted and sucked dry by water-guzzling medical marijuana farms, wildlife officials say. | [...]