UPDATE: Revel’s post may be a hoax or a joke. One of her friends justposted on FB that she was making a joke. The comments thread suggest the joke was taken seriously. Revel Smith “JESUS RFID f****** Christ! ” said I when I learned the CPAP (sleep aid) machine has a sm[...]
Archive for July, 2015
July 13th, 2015 - 7:55 am § in Misc.
UPDATE: Why does ANYONE want to live in Marion County Florida?
So.. after posting the article below I emailed the two Jewish synagogues n Marion County, asking that they take a stand against the racist. I reminded them of the heroic role Jews played during Civil Rights. No response. Now, this morning, I woke up to read: Eight mile-long convoy of Confederate f[...]
UW Faculty Thanks State Legislature
Greetings, This will be my final message regarding the 2015 legislative sessions: one regular session and three special sessions that created the longest number of days in session in the history of the state: 176 days. Higher education became one of the most pressing points of negotiation in the[...]
July 13th, 2015 - 7:23 am § in Misc.
Then there were 31, Candydates that is.
GOP Candydates Skip Andrews Michael Bickelmeyer Kerry Bowers Jeb Bush Dr. Ben Carson Dale Christensen Chris Christie Ted Cruz Brooks Cullison John Dummett, Jr. Mark Everson Carly Fiorina Lindsey Graham Jim Hayden Chris Hill Mike Huckabee Bobby Jindal John Kasich Michael Kinlaw Dennis Michael Lynch G[...]
July 13th, 2015 - 1:18 am § in Misc.
Rename The College of Charleston
OK .. taking down the damned flag was a nice thing to do .. after the murder of nine good people. Here is a better step .. get rid of the racist President of the College of Charleston and rename the college after Charleston’s greatest hero … Jeremy Cato.[...]
July 12th, 2015 - 8:00 pm § in Uncategorized
Undemocratic laws, not tradition, keep “Southern Heritage” alive
By now, everyone knows a Confederate battle flag waved over South Carolina’s capitol grounds because of a law — enacted by the long-gone legislators of another era, in protest of the civil rights movement — and it took legislative action to legally remove it. (It was subjected[...]
July 12th, 2015 - 6:15 pm § in Misc.
Ridicule is the best way of dealing with BDS
Israeli caricaturists mobilize to fight BDS via Facebook News: A group of Israli caricaturists frustrated with ineffectiveness of hasbara are posting sarcastic caricatures to expose BDS supporters’ hypocrisy. YNETNEWS.COM[...]
July 12th, 2015 - 10:29 am § in America
William Quick of South Carolina Shares A Piece from The WAPO: In Praise of Deleting a Damned Flag
WAPO’s Kathleen Parker on the flag: “The past may not be past, as William Faulkner put it. But it sure seems to be leaving.” “As I watched the broadcast of the Confederate battle flag being brought down from its post on the South Carolina statehouse grounds Friday mornin[...]
July 12th, 2015 - 10:14 am § in Uncategorized
Graham: Trump is “wrecking ball”
Donald Trump’s unexpected popularity with the GOP grassroots has caught many Republican Party leaders by surprise — and perhaps demonstrates how far gone the GOP is. Trump is drawing good-sized crowds, mostly Tea Party types, and leads the GOP pack in some polls. Keep in mind, though, th[...]
July 12th, 2015 - 9:39 am § in Misc.
On Gay Marriage, The Court was right BUT
I fully support the right of association and therefore marriage and, BUT I believe the govt ought to just issues “pairing” licences to anyone who wants one. I think equating homosexual marriage with heterosexaul marriage should be a decision for religions, NOT the state. I especia[...]