The Strategic Retreat

New York City “Ground Zero” Mosque

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Radius of attempted No-Muslim Zone
Proposed No-Muslim Zone

Let’s make this quick:

The Muslim cultural center is 2 blocks away from what many call “Ground Zero”.

A block in New York is 1/8th of a mile.

Lower Manhattan is wicked small.

New York City has a population Density over 65,000 per square mile.

The cultural center is very close to City Hall.

Muslims who must go to City Hall have limited accommodations for prayer.

If you are against Amendment One of The Bill of Rights then you hate America.

2010; Least Self Referencing Decade of The Century

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Elmer Pikop

Welcome to the 2010s, the teens or whatever the hell we’re calling this collection of ten years. And that’s the whole thing, it’s not about what we call it; it’s that we won’t call it and we won’t talk about it. We couldn’t shut up about the me-me 80s or the go-go 90s. “Well it is the 90s”, “with the coming of a new millennium”, “turn of the century” and all that.

Who talked about the aughts? Nobody, that’s who. We didn’t even call those years the aughts. We may start doing so though. It’s easier to refer… Read the rest

Mistake on the Lake

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Madison Convention Center

Here’s a picture of the Madison Convention Center, taken a year or so ago. Madison is a nice little town. It thinks it’s Portland. It is not.