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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Genocide Remembrance Day - Եղեռնի զոհերի հիշատակի օր

Posted on 9:10 AM by Unknown
Today is a big day in the Armenian community.  I know this because where I purchased my doughnut today I commented on the music and the woman behind the counter explained it all.

The systematic killing of the Armenian population by the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I is remembered today across the world  as Turkey slaughtered 1.5 million Armenian's.  This was the very first recorded genocide where an entire race was  systemically almost exterminated.

Entire cities were rounded up and marched hundreds of miles into desert without food and water and left to die.  Many others were loaded onto barges, towed out to sea and sunk. 

If you know an Armenian  he or she is a child or grandchild of a survivors
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I watched VEEP last night on HBO and was disgusted with the word "retard" used seven times in jokes.  It totally put a damper on the night and all other comedies fell angry ears.  Oddly "nigger" is frowned upon but "retard" can be used in jokes!  I had expected more out of Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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I've started watching Boardwalk Empire and am totally hooked.  Too bad I can only get it on HBO GO and not Netflix.  I have to watch it on my computer. Not really a good way for the two of us to sit down for a evening of 1920's entertainment.   I love the fact that Steve Buscemi who is just butt ugly and is now a star. They make if look pretty good BE. 



OK - this is just silly.  There is a restaurant in Las Vegas called the "Heart Attack Grill".  They have delicacies like the Quadruple Bypass Burger, four half-pound beef patties, eight slices of American cheese, a whole tomato and half an onion served in a lard-coated bun.

Well, since February there have been two heart attacks.  The place is CASH ONLY BTW.  I guess the 4000 calorie double bypass" burger was just a little too much for the woman.
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Gotta run
cheers

 

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