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Archive for February, 2019

February 28th, 2019 - 1:41 am § in Misc.

THE Ave Challenge: What is it?

A. Last US shuttle, never finished B. Soviet shuttle C. Prop for new Star Trek movie D. North Korean shuttle E. Iranian shuttle[...]

February 28th, 2019 - 1:28 am § in Misc.

Can Israel Be a Moral JEWISH State?

I am a Zionist but have lost faith in Israel as our homeland  I was raised as a Zionist after my Dad, the man responsible for much of the liberation of Buchenwald returned to Boston. He got death threats because we were the only Jews in our suburb.  My family had our lives threatened. The [&hellip[...]

February 27th, 2019 - 5:43 pm § in Misc.

Netanyahu Indicted!

Attorney general reportedly set to notify Netanyahu of bribery charges Thursday TV reports say Mandelblit will announce plans to indict prime minister on breach of trust in two probes, bribery in one; premier’s spokesman says decision ‘absurd’[...]

February 27th, 2019 - 5:42 pm § in Donald Trump

Why the GOP’s strategy to discredit Cohen won’t work

Of course they won’t admit it, but I’ll bet there isn’t a single Republican ex-prosecutor in that hearing room who wouldn’t use Cohen as a witness to secure a conviction against a mobster. Why? Because between a rat and a godfather, most jurors will believe the rat. In the co[...]

February 27th, 2019 - 11:18 am § in China, Misc.

The state of academic free speech in China

Zhang Qianfan on Academic Censorship (Translation from China Digital Times): At the start of January, the office of the National Teaching Material Committee issued the “Notice Concerning the Launch of Comprehensive Fact-finding Work on University Constitutional Law Teaching Materials.” The notic[...]

February 27th, 2019 - 1:17 am § in Misc.

FRAUD: Truthfinders

About a year ago I needed to do a search on someone who I suspected had a criminal record. So I “googled” this person. good effn luck, instead of what I wanted Google routed me to a site called TRUTHFINDER.COM.   BEWARE! A year later, Paypal sent me a notice that i has  been billed al[...]

February 26th, 2019 - 3:39 pm § in Hypocrisy

Trumpie Pride

“I see your still talking about what happened more than 150 years ago as if that has any resemblance to were we are today. This country laid down 640,000 lives to fix that injustice and that should be to our credit, not to are shame. Justice won. we are not that same country anymore.It was [&h[...]

February 26th, 2019 - 9:34 am § in Donald Trump

Jewish Hypocrisy: Israel Honors Trump’s Favorite Team Owner

AS ISRAEL SENDS “GENESIS” TO THE MOON Israel honors Trump buddy accused of sex crime. (Edited and abstracted from the Jerusalem Post) News broke last friday that 2019 Genesis Prize Laureate, Robert Kraft, was accused by prosecutors in Florida of paying for sex in a police “sting” ope[...]

February 26th, 2019 - 6:45 am § in Misc.

Man Made Art

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February 26th, 2019 - 1:28 am § in Hypocrisy

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS: What do you think?

The Australian Press Council has ruled that a cartoon in the Herald Sun did not breach media standards and was “non-racist.” The cartoon showed Serena Williams jumping up and down with clenched fists alongside a smashed racquet, in reference to the furious bust-up that marred the American star&[...]