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Archive for September, 2016

September 14th, 2016 - 8:20 am § in Misc.

US Navy sailor abruptly gives birth on aircraft carrier at sea

So this sailor had been complaining of stomach pain.  The she  give birth to baby girl aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, an aircraft carrier in the middle of flying combat missions over Iraq and Syria.  The mother claimed to be unaware of the pregnancy as well. According to Navy policy, a s[...]

September 14th, 2016 - 1:33 am § in Misc.

Radical Republicans

If you like science denial .. try this one:[...]

September 14th, 2016 - 1:15 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.

Trumpism of the Day: Donald Trump Loses Again

Emmys:  RuPaul Named Best Reality Host The Apprentice Snubbed The awards were handed out over two nights this weekend in Los Angeles. RuPaul won the Emmy Award for outstanding host of a reality or reality competition series on Sunday night for Logo’s RuPaul’s Drag Race.   American Idol[...]

September 13th, 2016 - 6:55 pm § in Misc., UW

The UW Falls in the Ranking: Is #54 Something to be Proud Of?

The Seattle Times today proudly ranks the UW as # 54 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 list of the best national universities.  We rank 16th among public universities in this list. I am unimpressed My issue here is completely different from the usual debate in our state about how can we s[...]

September 13th, 2016 - 10:30 am § in Misc.

TRUMPISM: Russian Style

Poltico: NIZHNY TAGIL—Felix Nikolaevich Kolsky knows war. His grandfather had five sons, and only one came back from World War II. Kolsky’s father was one of the ones who didn’t make it home, and Felix was born in his absence, shortly after he went off to the front in 1941. “My generation ne[...]

September 13th, 2016 - 9:37 am § in The Ave Scene

Paul Allen’s Octopus Featured in The Guardian

The ultra rich are getting poorer!  They control only  $19.3tn in assets, down from $22tn the year before.  But sales of super-yachts rose 40% last year! (abstracted from Julia Kollewe The Guardian) The global super rich continued to splash out on super-yachts and luxury goods last year, despite[...]

September 13th, 2016 - 7:31 am § in Misc.

Chinazor: Islam in NIgeria

This man has just added a second Rolls Royce to his fleet of luxury cars. He was recently involved in the kidnap and forced detention of a 14 year old female, 14, as a sex slave in his palace. In Islam, it is permitted to use non Muslim females as sex slave. Emir Of Kano […][...]

September 13th, 2016 - 1:02 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.

Washington Post : Donald Trump is a unique threat to American democracy

The Post’s View with Illustrations from THE-Ave.US DONALD J. TRUMP, until now a Republican problem, this week became a challenge the nation must confront and overcome. The real estate tycoon is uniquely unqualified to serve as president, in experience and temperament. He is mounting a campaign[...]

September 12th, 2016 - 5:45 pm § in America, Politics, The Ave Scene

Cost money to make money

A homeless man finally gets a job after months of searching. He was accused of not wanting to work, and even worse he was more or less exiled from his family due to his lack of employment. This is despite the fact that he has been looking for some time. More than willing to work, […][...]

September 12th, 2016 - 1:13 pm § in America

REAGAN: A New State of the New Confederacy

New Country Name ‘Reagan’ Douglas MacKinnon is a conservative columnist and former Reagan administration aide and he has written with a new book calling for Southern states to secede. In an interview with Janet Mefferd about his book, “The Secessionist States of America: The Blueprint for Crea[...]