A view of what the Curitiba City Hall is calling the world’s longest articulated bus, as it was presented to the press before going into service on the city’s public transportation grid, in Curitiba April 5, 2011. The bus, made in Brazil by Volvo with a Neobus chassis, has a capacity of[...]
Posts Tagged ‘humor’
October 13th, 2014 - 5:55 am § in America
A Statue for Peoria
Richard Pryor Gets the Last Laugh in Peoria Richard Pryor used his birth place, Peoria, as a prop for biting comedy about American racism. Now the only memorial to Pryor in this town is a street sign, but the sculptor Preston Jackson is changing that. In the town that Pryor talked about, dr[...]
October 10th, 2014 - 8:41 am § in Misc.
Malala Shares Nobel Peace Prize
Children’s rights activists Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India and have won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the two “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to educatio[...]
October 10th, 2014 - 8:29 am § in Religion
Again, Non Christians Get Nobel Prize
The Norwegians ignored Vladimir Putin and gave the Nobel prizes to a Muslim and a Hindu. Indian Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani Malala Yousafzai Win Nobel Peace Prize This is the second time the Norwegians have ignored Mr. Putin, a man who has restored the state and fostered Russian patrioti[...]
October 7th, 2014 - 6:45 pm § in America
PRESIDENT ROMNEY Retasks GITMO to deal with EBOLA.
Surgeon General Benjamin Carson has announced that he will personally travel to Guantanamo to oversee President Romney’s plan to house Americans suffering from Ebola on the Cuban territory. Dr. Carson said this will allow the federal government to fully isolate people from the American popul[...]
September 23rd, 2014 - 6:12 pm § in The Ave Scene
The Stranger Needs a Writer!
After firing Goldy and having Dominic Holden quit, the Stranger needs a writer! “We’re looking for a widely curious, energetic news junkie who wants to report on the fastest growing large city in America™ for Seattle’s only newspaper™. Must have a black belt in time management [...]
September 8th, 2014 - 1:04 am § in America
Back From Canada
Got quite a different view of the US.[...]
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