Seattle Hotels Have Gotten the City to Add a Two Dollar Tax to Advertise the Hotels? Share 10 McGinn, Constantine, Godden and Burgess announce new hotel taxes Tuesday. Scenario: So, I was in Seattle last week for my company’s annual convention. Great city! Martha and I went up in the Spa[...]
Archive for July, 2011
July 12th, 2011 - 9:07 pm § in Misc.
Microsoft is Big Player in Android Market
Microsoft Aims At Samsung To Continue Milking Android Cash Cow by Jordan Crook on July 6, 2011 According to the math, Microsoft has made around $150,000,000 from HTC-built Android phones, compared to the roughly $30 million received from Windows Phone licensing. There’s absolutely no reason why Mi[...]
July 12th, 2011 - 11:22 am § in Misc.
The Royal Thong!
The Duchess of Cambridge leaves Calgary Friday, ending a royal tour of Canada. (ANDRE FORGET/QMI AGENCY) QMI Agency’s national photographer Andre Forget was following the royal couple at Calgary’s Airport when he captured Duchess Kate’s barely-seen Marilyn Monroe moment — far from any[...]
July 12th, 2011 - 10:24 am § in Misc.
Gaddahfi Countdown
Libyan Rebels Keeping Track of Who’s Helping Now Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo | VOA Photo: Reuters Canada’s Foreign Minister John Baird (L) exchanges gifts with the head of Libya’s National Transitional Council Mustafa Abdel Jalil, during his first visit to the rebel-held city of Bengh[...]
July 11th, 2011 - 11:58 pm § in Misc.
Is anyone gonna run against Cantwell?
Run, Susan, Run! Posted by Goldy on Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:47 PM at the SLOG Apparently, a lot of Democrats are really excited about the prospect of Susan Hutchison challenging US Sen. Maria Cantwell in 2012: Hutchison said she gets asked about the Senate race “virtually daily” by “[...]
July 11th, 2011 - 5:06 pm § in America
BREAKING NEWS: URGENT: CALL FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
Please act quickly on Social Security URGENT Please act quickly and get as many of your members and friends to act as quickly as possible. Please contact the White House, Senators Murray and Cantwell, and your congressional representative immediately with the message: To the White House: Do n[...]
July 11th, 2011 - 1:17 pm § in Misc.
What is wrong with this picture?
A. Muslim women are not supposed to touch bananas B. This is a food market in Medina, the women are not fully veiled C. Bananas are forbidden in Islam D. The bananas were grown in Israel E. Nothing, I just got you![...]
Two Views: Is McKenna hiding from cameras?…… campaigning in the closet?
Frightened by a camera, Rob McKenna retreats to the “cupcake table” from HorsesAss by Darryl, 07/08/2011, 11:01 AM The King County Young Republicans met at the North Bellevue Community Center last night to hear Rob McKenna speak. It didn’t go as planned. The event was held in a public venue, a[...]
July 11th, 2011 - 3:03 am § in Uncategorized
Israel: Finding polite words for unpleasant things
Israel – The Hebrew Language Academy is looking for Hebrew words for terms like “compost” and “composter.” Its committee on environmental terminology, which includes representatives from the Environmental Protection Ministry, has come up with a number of options, but is now asking for [...]
China Accounts for Majority of New StartUps in 2011
Chinese Firms Account for 61% of Global IPOs In the first six months of this year, Chinese companies raised a total of US$ 35 billion on domestic and international exchanges[...]