The Everett Herald has a superb list of places to contribute. I have included some of them here. I would also suggest that donations should be best given to organizations that are local. Often national charities, like the American Red Cross, use these occasions to collect gifts to their nation[...]
Archive for March, 2014
BREAKING NEWS: China’s Crimea
The Philippine government sent a ship through the blockade placed by the Chinese coast guard around an island off the Philipines’ coast. The ship brought food and fresh troops to a marooned navy ship the Philippines uses as a base to secure their claim to the islands located over thousand mile[...]
March 29th, 2014 - 7:45 am § in Misc.
Russia Retaliates, Moves Ownership of NBA Team To Russia
The Brooklyn Nets may soon become a Russian subsidiary Russian billionaire businessman Mikhail Prokhorov is worth $10.4 billion. Nearly a billion of that is invested in the Brooklyn Nets, Now Prokhorov is transferring ownership to Russia. T he Nets, valued at $780 million, make the team the fi[...]
March 29th, 2014 - 3:43 am § in Environment, The Ave Scene
Our Street Is Going to Become a Highway? … for bikes!
21st Ave East will now become the Great North South BIKEWAY across Capital Hill! Seattle is building bikeways across the town, north to south, east to west and ways in between. From The Capital Hill Blog: The route will begin at I-90 and pass up through the Central District along 26th and 25th Ave b[...]
March 29th, 2014 - 12:57 am § in Misc.
Oso! Incompetence! Scandal!
Anne K. Block, an attorney who lives and practices in Gold Bar, has posted a comment on David Goldstein’s blog, Horsesass.org, comparing Snohomish County’s director of emergency services to President George W. Bush’s disastrous appointment to FEMA of the incompetent “Brownie&[...]
Jewish Self Hatred
“It is beyond absurd that the only country that has a standing place on the Human Rights Council’s agenda is not Syria, not North Korea, and not Iran, but Israel” As Richard Falk, a Jew and a US law professor, leaves his job as the special rapporteur on human rights in the Pales[...]
March 28th, 2014 - 10:29 am § in Misc.
TUES: Drinking Liberally Comes to the Roanoke
Drinking Liberally has found a new tavern for our Tuesday night meetings. Next week come to the Roanoke Tavern on tenth .. 8PM. These sessions are very informal and attract a variety of folks .. writers for The Stranger , the PI, HorsesAss, Daily Kos, and .. of course THE Ave. Last week we had [...]
March 28th, 2014 - 8:55 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Seattle Mudslide and MH370 Site
Planes flying over new the most recent site for the crash of MH370 have spotted debris, confirming satellite data and computer simulations that this may be the actual site. This image is the first from an airplane to confirm Satellite data. The number of fatalities in a mudslide in Washington state[...]
March 28th, 2014 - 4:41 am § in Misc.
What IS Gay Marriage?
What happens when a gay man marries a straight woman? What happens when a married woman finds she is a lesbian while still loving her husband???[...]
Podments Are a Bad Idea
As Amazon Spreads Podments in Seattle, New York already deals with podment neurosis: increased claustrophobia, domestic abuse, and alcoholism. (abridged and commented from NY Observer) Even though Mayor Michael Bloomberg has championed the micro-unit, some experts are concerned that living in 25[...]