Medina residents propose building a 12′ wall to protect its borders. Nancy Reid followed with, “They’re sneaking their kids into our schools, I don’t volunteer three hours a year to tutor the slow kids form Clyde Hill.” Her neighbor, Helen Windham shared a similar point of view, “S[...]
Archive for February, 2011
February 14th, 2011 - 11:36 am § in America
Medina to Build a Wall to Keep Out “Illegals” from Clyde Hill
February 14th, 2011 - 7:34 am § in Uncategorized
Boosting a levy 99% in a Great Recession: The Seattle Way
By JOEL CONNELLY SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF With apologies to Chairman Mao, who wasted China’s economy with The Great Leap Forward, Seattle’s proposed 2011 Families and Education Levy should be dubbed “The Great Leap Upward”. Mayor Mike McGinn and a levy advisory committee want to b[...]
February 13th, 2011 - 2:52 pm § in Politics
Egyptian Waves Spread to Tehran
from vosizneias.com Tehran, Iran – Iran’s opposition on Sunday renewed its call for a rally in support of protesters in Tunisia and Egypt despite a government warning of repercussions if demonstrations take place, a reformist website reported. In a statement published on Kaleme.com, the oppo[...]
Candidate for UW Presidency: How does he view WA state Faculty Code?
Duane Storti on the AAUP blog has raised an important point. Unlike some other universities, the UW uses neither individual contracts not a union contract to hire faculty. Instead, we are very lucky to have a Faculty Code, written by our own Faculty Senate and endorsed by the President and Regen[...]
A 74 Year Old German, writes about his life in Egypt
Volkhard Windfuhr, 74, has been living in Cairo since 1955. He joined SPIEGEL as its Middle East correspondent in 1974. Since then, he has reported on the major crises in the region and met and interviewed nearly all Arab leaders, including the three Egyptian presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sad[...]
February 13th, 2011 - 1:37 am § in Uncategorized
Today’s News from North Korea. Far, Far From Tahrir Square
Kim Jung Il’s Birthday Floral Basket from Chinese Party National Fine Arts Exhibition Opens Two Million Visit Oun Revolutionary Site for Decade Congratulations from Foreigners Floral Basket from Chinese Korean Film Shows Held in France and Thailand Kimilsungia Exhibition Opened in Guinea DPRK [...]
February 12th, 2011 - 10:08 pm § in Politics
Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – “The first priority, no question about it, is security. An equally important priority is to provide the elements needed for the daily life of citizens,” Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq told Egyptian state television. “The government and the citizen must unite in[...]
AZ Dems look to Giffords for Senate seat
Amazing, with the announced retirement of John Kyl, Kathy Giffords could emerge as an unbeateable candidate for Senate from Arizona. read more in POLITICO read more On THE Ave[...]
February 12th, 2011 - 8:19 pm § in Politics
Everywhere Tahrir
I, like not a few Americans, am excited and perplexed. To help me understand these times — and you, if you like — I’ve spent the last couple hours collecting and collating the best short-term, Englishlanguage accounts I could find on what’s happening right now across the Greater Middle East [...]