Covenant of Protection from Prophet Muhammad Commands Muslims to Protect Jews and Christians Until the End of Time: Special to the Jewish Post Pave the Way Foundation (PTWF) has identified and brought to light an original document from the Prophet Muhammad, indicating that Muslims must protect the [...]
Archive for May, 2016
May 7th, 2016 - 10:21 am § in Misc.
BUECHENWALD 119: HYPOCRISY
The Quick and Sad of It So, last 5 May, my brother in law, Bill Quick, posted this example of crocodile tears: “It was a very moving experience.” The experience? Bill listened to a talk (below) by a Jew who had become Jewish even though his father has been a Nazi. I rather dou[...]
May 7th, 2016 - 8:47 am § in Politics, The Ave Scene
Revenge time at WA Auditor’s Office
Troy Kelley, Washington’s elected state auditor, walked out of court a free man last month. A federal jury acquitted him of 1 charge of “making a false statement.” But the jury couldn’t agree on 14 other charges, which included theft, money laundering, and tax evasion. While[...]
May 7th, 2016 - 8:22 am § in Uncategorized
‘What climate change looks like’
That’s the CNN headline this morning. Hot, dry, windy conditions have created a massive firestorm that’s consuming hundreds of square miles in Alberta’s oil sands region. “The fire raging in Fort McMurray, Canada sounds like something from the apocalypse,” CNN says. [...]
May 6th, 2016 - 11:08 pm § in Uncategorized
The myth of Sanders’ electability
Bernie Sanders argues he should get the Democratic nod because he polls better against Trump than Hillary. True, as far as it goes, but that’s not the whole story. Here’s why he does: “As The Huffington Post reported in mid-April, of the roughly $383 million spent on campaign telev[...]
May 6th, 2016 - 10:13 pm § in The Ave Scene
Erica C Barnett on Homelessness
Erica C. Barnett My latest piece at The C Is for Crank explores two responses to homelessness, and finds both of them lacking. The standard neighborhood response–offer services but lock up or sweep away those who refuse to go to treatment or shelter–accepts that we need systemic solution[...]
May 6th, 2016 - 12:55 pm § in Misc.
Tom Corbett Lands at Sea!
SpaceX/Handout via Reuters SpaceX again successfully landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea after launching it into space from Florida early Friday. The landing marks the third time SpaceX has recovered the booster post-launch and the second time the unmanned rocket has landed intact on t[...]
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