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September 21st, 2013 - 12:09 pm § in America, Hypocrisy

President Romney Puting Work First

President Romney “We Were Too Nice to the Hungry,  I applaud the Congress for insisting that the poor, even the working poor, be given the incentive of hunger to motivate them to find work.” Text of signing speech for the 2103 Farm Bill, section on reform of food stamp program. “I[...]

September 20th, 2013 - 4:45 am § in Hypocrisy, Politics

Tea Party Takes on The Debt LImit

HO– USE PLAN TOO CRAZY FOR SENATE REPUBLICANS[...]

September 19th, 2013 - 9:30 pm § in Misc.

THE Ave Challenge: What is “inVentiv?”

Can you figure out what a company called “inVentiv” might do?  I was looking on LinkedIn at a relative’s CV and found that he was working for a firm that got bought out by these folks. Do not cheat by searching for the name .. that is too easy and you will miss the graphics [&hell[...]

September 14th, 2013 - 12:21 pm § in Hypocrisy

President Romney: Gramps #23

The First Lady made a humorous mistake today, welcoming her 23rd grandchild as her 22nd.  “Our 22nd grand child was officially adopted today: Kieran James Romney. cc: @AnnDRomney pic.twitter.com/7t1ZFxOJS4″ Mr. Romney corrected his wife: “Our Josh and Jen also had a new baby boy y[...]

September 6th, 2013 - 4:11 am § in The Ave Scene

Remember the Hydros?

Billionaire death race overawes Seattle’s Seafair ”’ world’s most dangerous sailboat vs the old thunderboats Capsized yachts and a sailor’s death cast a pall over this week’s finals A typical 1960s Lake Washington summer day consisted of a “thunderboat “race.[...]

September 6th, 2013 - 12:20 am § in Misc.

Lessons in Jourrnalism

This is something you MUST see … unless you do not want to learn the truth about Scientology.[...]

September 1st, 2013 - 8:38 am § in Hypocrisy, Misc., Science

SUNDAY REVELATIONS: God Destroyed The Vegans!

Our meat-eating ancestors survived, by the Grace of the Designer, while the Designer let a vegetarian branch of the human family tree go extinct around 1 million years ago. The conservative website, The Caller,  reports that scientists from France .. the land of foie gras and steak  “au poiv[...]

August 24th, 2013 - 12:42 pm § in The Ave Scene

Portland’s Teeth

Oh, Portland, don’t ever change: Portland voters choose rotten teeth over fluoridation, by a vote of 60 to 40 percent, the Oregonian 1111 × 548 – healthdecide.orcahealth.com    [...]

August 13th, 2013 - 12:57 pm § in America, The Ave Scene

Why did Jeff Buy a Newspaper?

Bezos name as a the buyer of the Washington Post could be very misleading.  He is a masterful entrepeneur and may have “bought” the “paper” for other reasons.  Some of these are mundane. For example, on friend suggestd Mrs. Bezos asked him ot buy a paper on the way home. He[...]

August 11th, 2013 - 5:43 pm § in America

Tea Party Eats Gop, Kantucky Style

Mitch McConnell’s campaign manager is Jesse Benton. Benton worked for the radical right Rand Paul’s successful senate Senate bid and now  seems to not think much of his Boss. A recording of a conversation between Benton and a conservative activist surfaced: (QUIZ: How well do you know Mitch McC[...]