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February 23rd, 2016 - 3:28 pm § in Misc., UW

2016 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships

Congratulations to the UW students who are among the winners of this year’s Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships: Emina Torlak, Computer Science Chris Laumann, Physics Matthew McQuinn, Physics[...]

February 23rd, 2016 - 3:03 pm § in Misc.

GOP to Obama: FU

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Tuesday launched an unprecedented blockade of President Barack Obama’s yet-to-be-named Supreme Court pick, saying they won’t give any nominee a hearing or even meet with the candidate. “I don’t know how many times we need to say this,&[...]

February 23rd, 2016 - 2:57 pm § in Misc.

Cure for all that ails you: YUK GAE JANG

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February 23rd, 2016 - 1:17 pm § in Misc., UW

BREAKING NEWS: UW email open to all

  Colleagues,We write to give you advance notice of an action the University must take that may result in your receiving more email you do not expect or may not want. Some months ago, the University received a public records request from an individual for the university email addresses of all f[...]

February 23rd, 2016 - 11:40 am § in Misc.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Michael Hood in Haiti

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February 23rd, 2016 - 10:46 am § in Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: Trump polls ahead of Kasich in Ohio

Donald Trump Leads John Kasich In Ohio Governor’s Home State: Poll Trump leads Kasich 31% to 26%, according to the poll TIME.COM[...]

February 23rd, 2016 - 9:47 am § in Misc.

Glenn Beck Responds to South Carolina Primary Results: ‘Join Me’ in a ‘Fast for Ted Cruz’

‎ Steve Bayne‎ FACEBOOK  Glenn Beck handed over the evangelical vote to Trump. Beck now qualifies as the Grand Pooh-Bah of that part of Christian America that over the years has been transformed into something resembling a cult more than the religion of the Englightement thinkers who brought us[...]

February 23rd, 2016 - 9:17 am § in Misc.

FOX NEWS: Wins award for bigotry

Fox News Declared Hate Group By Southern Poverty Law Center   In what should come as a surprise to no one, considering their coverage of unarmed black people being brutalized by the police, the Southern Pover FREEWOODPOST.COM[...]

February 23rd, 2016 - 1:45 am § in Misc.

Buchenwald 102: ” Sabrina Yona-edri BDE my heart breaks just to think what his eyes have seen what memories he had what sadness to live through such a horrible place in time. I hope and pray that he is reunited with his family in heaven I pray he is safe and at peace ? please G-D destroy all evil from this earth…. Never again is happening again”

I woke up on Shabbat to see this sad post on FACEBOOK. Meanwhile, my fathers’ pictures from Buchenwald rot because of the determination of my brother and sister to prevent Dad’s writings and photographs from ever being published.  This is not only about my Dad’s pictures rott[...]