Havana, Cuba – State media say prosecutors will seek a 20-year jail term for detained American contractor Alan Gross for “acts against the integrity and independence” of Cuba. The state-controlled website Cubadebate says that a trial date will be set shortly and that Gross’s family and U[...]
Posts Tagged ‘humor’
February 6th, 2011 - 11:36 am § in Politics
Al Qaeda’s Odd Silence on Egypt
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we are seeing the dawn of the first Arab democracy? There is an historic irony here. Islam’s explosion out of Arabia under Umar, was more than a military conquest. The Byzantine empire was a rotten relic of Rome. It fell to a more rational, more “modern&[...]
February 4th, 2011 - 12:27 am § in Politics
Egypt:Hats of Revolution
Images shamelessly lifted from the Guardian.[...]
January 31st, 2011 - 7:16 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
BARK: Husky Students Protest Cuts
Click here for more on B.A.R.K.[...]
January 20th, 2011 - 12:55 pm § in Uncategorized
Old Harvard Rubes Can Not Figure Out the Intertubes
Just got this email from the Harvard Alumnae Assn. They want “$100 to support the extra production and mailing costs of this weighty, hardcover tome” .. ie.e the 50th anniverart report for my graduating class (’63). How quaint! I would donate $100 to a shcolarship fund if Harva[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Pope’s Blood Now a Relic
(Huff Post) WARSAW, Poland — A vial containing blood drawn from Pope John Paul II shortly before he died will be installed as a relic in a Polish church soon after his beatification later this year, an official said Monday. Ed. comment This might be more quaint and benign if we are NOT still recov[...]
January 8th, 2011 - 8:28 am § in Misc.
WA WINS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
= The EWU Eagles celebrate the national championship game win over Delaware. They brought along a section of their red turf for luck. Click image for full story.[...]
UW Senate: Future of The University of Washington
Bruce Balick is the former Chair of the Faculty Senate and currently Chairs the Senate Committee on Planning and Budgeting What follows is his committee’s recommendations to Provost Lidstrrom for how we should manage the budget crisis. I am struck by this document’s lack of priorities.[...]
January 4th, 2011 - 3:47 pm § in Uncategorized
Evolution: There WAS a plan!
Now we know that the design part of intelligent design is true … the problem is the design is unintelligent. One of the most common bits of nonsense from the creationists and ID folk is the claim that there are no missing links. They suggest that species arise all of suggen by the Intelligen[...]