The seas around Monaco and other holiday hotspots for the super-rich are about to get even more crowded with the delivery of the world’s fourth longest superyacht. Owned by one of Arsenal FC’s majority shareholders, Dilbar measures 156 metres (511.8ft) and is the largest yacht in the world in t[...]
Archive for June, 2016
June 22nd, 2016 - 10:43 am § in Misc.
APPLESAUCE: I felt phone envy, just like back when I was in college.
You never forget your first. For me, it happened when I was in college. But then came the iPhone. They started appearing around campus. You’d see a professor playing with one on their lunch break, or a fellow student checking email while strolling to a morning class. My boss bought one and let[...]
[...] June 22nd, 2016 - 8:14 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Trump announces choice for VP! … Cornell West
Here on The Ave, we use the term “Repugnant” to describe the racism, climate denial, bible thumping and self serving politics that have become the Republican party. However, Democrats can be Repugnant too. So, this ,might have been expected. Cornell West, a self serving man and on[...]
June 22nd, 2016 - 7:37 am § in Misc.
A Ghost of the Early Space Era
Christopher Goodwin A satellite abandoned in orbit 49 years ago has suddenly switched itself on and has begun transmitting a lonely moan back to earth just before it’s 50th birthday. Poor lonely Lincoln, all alone for 50 years, watching everyone party on earth… ‘Ghost’ Satell[...]
June 22nd, 2016 - 7:20 am § in Misc.
At What Temperature Do People Melt?
Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 165 degrees, near world record WASHINGTONPOST.COM|BY JASON SAMENOW[...]
So Bubbelah .. isn’t Hollywood Run by Jews?
Hollywood’s Corporate Overlords: 8 People Who Pull the Strings Behind the Scenes 1. Prince Alwaleed The 61-year-old Saudi — known as the Arabian Warren Buffett — has his fingers in many pies. He has a 6.6 percent stake in 21st Century Fox (making him the company’s second-biggest shar[...]
June 21st, 2016 - 5:54 pm § in Misc.
Remember Christie?
TAKE MONEY FROM THE POOR SCHOOLS .. to fund lower taxes! Trenton, NJ – Republican Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday proposed redistributing billions of dollars in educational aid from the poorest districts to hundreds of other schools, calling the current funding formula “immoral” and a facto[...]
June 21st, 2016 - 10:29 am § in Misc.
How to carry a gun legally!
No fooling! Y’all can get permit good in 50 states! [...]
June 21st, 2016 - 10:22 am § in Misc.
Can Hillary Create the NDP?
Hillary Clinton Is On A Mission To Create the New Democratic Party? A 50-state strategy has been tried before. Her staff think they can do it right this time. M.HUFFPOST.COM[...]