May 1, 2011 , the day President Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden was killed is eight years to the day from another significant date in the U. S.’ so-called war on terror. It was on this date in 2003, that former President George W. Bush delivered a speech aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, with [[...]
Posts Tagged ‘History’
May 3rd, 2011 - 6:02 am § in America
May 1st, eight years after Bush’s “mission accomplished” speech.
Yom Hashoah: Roger asks, Were Hitler’s crimes immense enough for you to make an exception for him?
Mon, May 2, 2011 …. Tomorrow is the Jewish holiday, Yom Hashoah .. the day of remembrance of the Holocaust. Because I do not believe in the death penalty, my friend Roger asked this question a few weeks ago: If Hitler had been captured alive, would you have supported executing him? Were his [...]
April 27th, 2011 - 12:16 am § in Schools & Colleges
MLA President’s call to action on federal budget plans
from Found in Translation BlogOf course, the languages here at Udub are threatened. Who needs them? As a scientist, I sure don’t. Anywhere I go my colleagues damn well better speak English and write it well .. or no one will be able to talk with them. Funny to watch .. a Chinese and a [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Passover: From Gestapo to West German Spy, Nazi who arrested Anne Frank
“Why pick on me after all these years? I only did my duty. Now I am suspended and I have just bought some new furniture and how am I going to pay for it?” By Tony Paterson in Berlin, The Independent The Gestapo officer who arrested the Holocaust victim Anne Frank was one of hundreds [&he[...]
April 16th, 2011 - 8:54 am § in Environment, Religion
Frank Lutz: How to Keep NPR Funded!
from the Dianne Rheems show: There are five different types of people for you to reach out to. Rejecters, Disagreeables, Neutrals, Accepters and Embracers. Each one of those terms means something. You need to forget the Rejecters because there’s nothing you can do to influence them. “The[...]
A Wish For Passover
Ed. Passover is now a week away. A wish for Passover from Americans for Peace Now. Ed. BRS and I are long term members of PeaceNow and striongly recommend it to all of our friends, Muslims, Jews, Zionists, and Palestinians. Their stand for Peace is why I am so upset by the death of Mer [&helli[...]
April 6th, 2011 - 10:59 am § in China
The Boss Comes to Beijing
Ed. Today’s edition of Xinhua News announces that Dylan is giving a concert in Beijing. Unfortunately, world famous artist, Ai Wai Wai, will not be able to attend as he is in prison for casting aspersions on the good intentions of the oligarchy. from Inquirer.Net, 3/12/2011: BEIJING &[...]
April 4th, 2011 - 12:49 am § in Misc.
April 4 Anniversary
On April 4th, 1968 Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot while he stood on the balcony of a Memphis motel. Despite the fact that James Earl Ray had plead guilty to the murder, he spent the rest of his life trying to reverse his plea. Many theories exist which claim that Ray was not […][...]
April 2nd, 2011 - 3:32 pm § in Uncategorized
Glen Beck Opposes Slavery
From Huff Post: Glenn Beck exploded at Chris Matthews for his comments denigrating Michele Bachmann and her views of American history. Matthews called Bachmann a “balloon head” on Tuesday for saying that the Founding Fathers “worked tirelessly to end slavery.” He noted that, [...]
The Wedge: A Chilling Tale of a Possible Future
The sun shone on another day of Summer Session on campus in a small college town. In a large yet somewhat stuffy lecture hall in one of the oldest buildings, the professor had reached a favorite part of his lecture on this period in European history. His voice didn’t drone on—it rose as [...]