Ana Mari Cauce is. among more important things, the author of the title of this site .. “The AVE” was her idea. I remember Ana Mari suggesting that we use a name that combines the idea of a physical place, “The Ave,” with the idea of a venue for public discussion! That sp[...]
Archive for November, 2011
November 21st, 2011 - 6:08 pm § in Misc.
On November 26, $25 FREE!!!!!!!!!!!
Spend $25 at a local business, get $25 back from American Express Small Business Saturday. Spend at least $25 via Amex card at any local, non online, non chain independently owned local business and Amex will give you a $25 credit on your statement. You need an eligible American Expr[...]
November 21st, 2011 - 5:00 pm § in America
BREAKING NEWS: Supercommittee to admit defeat today
update @ 1/21 1700 Huff Post The failure of the panel, formally known as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, has left behind a separate house full of orphans that Congress must find a way to deal with before January 1, or else taxes will soar on the middle class, jobless benefits will e[...]
Rhodes Scholars from WASTATE and the Udub!
This is a big event for the UW’s new South Lake Union Campus. Cameron Turtle, a student in Mike Regnier’s laboratory at the UW Center for Cardiovascular Regernative Medicine is one of of two UW students to win a 2012 Rhodes Scholarship! Cameron and Byron Gray, another UW senior w[...]
The Economy: China Inc. may understand POGO!
While the Republicans seem to think that the US economony is a chess piece in their politics, the world economy is the victim. In contrast. not troubled by messy concepts like Democrtacy, the Chinese see a long-term global recession as certain to happen and China Focus on domestic problems. BEIJING [...]
What Happens When Ideology., Hypocrisy, Reality and Children’s Welfare Come Together?
I totally support the public schools … but!!!!!!!! What happens when the best of parents meets reality? If the schools are SO bad for other people’s kids that they merit serious reform, how can a parent send her own kids to the same schools? Emanuel To Send Kids To Private School Mayor[...]
November 20th, 2011 - 10:54 pm § in America
Man Who Lied About WMD “Believe me, there was no other way to bring about freedom to Iraq. “
The defector who convinced the White House that Iraq had a secret biological weapons programme has admitted for the first time that he lied about his story, then watched in shock as it was used to justify the war. Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, codenamed Curveball by German and American intelligence o[...]
November 20th, 2011 - 10:53 pm § in Misc.
Breaking News: Hope and Change in Myanmar
Suu Kyi to run for Myanmar parliament seat YANGON – Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will run in a parliamentary by-election expected by the end of the year, a top party official said Monday, three days after her popular movement ended its boycott of the country’s political syst[...]
November 20th, 2011 - 9:41 am § in Religion, Saudi Arabia
Sunday Revelations: Saudi Arabia’s Religious Police Outlaw ‘Tempting Eyes’
Saudi Arabia has announced that it has the right to cover women’s eyes—’especially the tempting ones.’ David Keyes on how they’re defending the outrage. … from the Daily Beast The Eyes Are Too Tempting (David Keyes, Daily Beast), Sheikh Motlab al Nabet, spo[...]
November 20th, 2011 - 12:17 am § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Libya
REUTERS EXCLUSIVE-By Marie-Louise Gumuchian The capture of Gaddafi’s son Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:56am GMT * Captors offer first reconstruction of Gaddafi son’s life on run * Anonymous tipster betrayed Gaddafi’s caravan – captor * Gaddafi denies having tried to negotiate with ICC *[...]