Working During the Winter Holidays There were many ways to exterminate prisoners by work in Buchenwald, the official goal of Buchenwald was the destruction of the prisoners by that work. During the entire summer of 1937, the SS forced the prisoners to use their “free time” to carry huge [...]
Posts Tagged ‘SMS family’
North Korea: Demonization has consequences
North Korea announced Friday that it has executed Jang Song Thaek. The announcement called the uncle of leader Kim Jong Un, calling him a “traitor for all ages” with his “wild ambition” who was “despicable human scum” and “worse than a dog.” Uncle Jang was executed after admit[...]
Now THAT is copyright infringement
I am still waiting to find out who filed a complaint about THE Ave log. In the meantime, I think this is a great misuse of copyright … they also offer the Apple logo![...]
Eichmann, the Austrian, found guilty 13 years ago, today
What a contrast, as we celebrate Mandela’s life, we have the remaining stench from Eichmann. My own family has an odd tie to Eichmann’s story. While most of what I have written refers either to our origins in Spain or the current fight about my father’s role in liberating Buche[...]
THE Ave’s business.
As you know, THE Ave is a virtual pub. everyone is free to come here drink our free virtual beer and speak their mind. BUT ,,, we need to have some standards so … what do I do about a troll? A commentator here named Bob Raymond has been quite persistent about challenging my typos and [&hell[...]
North Korea: Family feud revises history
North Korea aired a doctored rerun of a TV documentary on Saturday about its leader Kim Jong Un that disappeared the face of Kim’s uncle, the recently disposed Jang Song Thaek. The deposed general’s face was invisible and entire scenes were re-edited to remove him. Makes me wond[...]
Behavior: Skinner vs Freud
This topic came up because I was trying to explain Skinner’s views of family conflicts to a Freudian. If you know some Freud, try clicking the card, otherwise here is a good place to start.[...]
Did Freud Kill His Father?
OEDIPUS ? Today is Freud’s birthday . Whether one is or is not a “Freudian,” his idea that a large part of family conflict arises out of failed efforts to resolve developmental issues seems to be true. In my own family, my father was utterly committed to his practice and rarely [...]
Buchenwald 11: Aerial Photo .. but allies did not know the slave camp was in the woods!
Photograph from the National Archives, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives.An aerial photograph of Buchenwald concentration camp showing the destruction of the munitions factory and storage area of the camp by American bombers. (August 24, 1944)[...]
Of Leeches and Turkeys
This is Thanksgiving week but two weeks ago The Ave ran a post about a Proverb that describes humans as leeches. The saddest part of this is that human leeches hurt others while they feed their insatiable hunger. Look at corporate denial of global warming. I doubt the Kochs (who fund a LOT f good [...]