Three Venezuelan Air Force Generals Arrested in Coup Plot Granma 25th March 2014.— Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro announced today that three generals of the Venezuelan Air Force have been arrested, after they were denounced by lower-ranking officials for their involvement in alleged coup plan[...]
Archive for April, 2014
April 8th, 2014 - 8:46 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Coup attempt in Venezuela, Maduro says US Acting Like Russia!
April 8th, 2014 - 8:20 am § in Science
$9,000,000,000 Finding Against Lilly and Takeda
Jury finds that diabetes drug, Actos, causes bladder cancer. Assuming that the data are correct, Actos increased the risk of bladder cancer by three fold. The other issue here, as in all such cases, is the question of why we use the vastly expensive and over burdened court system, with lawyers gone[...]
Sometimes The Right is Right!
Teacher’s Union Opposes Testing Because Washington School Districts Have Huge Amounts of Money Ron Hebron, Sound Politics Many people were shocked when Senator R. McAuliffe opposed the bill she sponsored. Seattle Times SB 5246 would have modified state teacher evaluation to be in line to get a[...]
April 8th, 2014 - 2:20 am § in America
South Carolina: Why does anyone live there?
Google “Why is South Carolina the most racist state?” and you will find this: South Carolina– The Most Racist State? We all know that South Carolina has a dismal history when it comes to how it’s treated African-Americans, but few are aware just how racist South Carolina’s [...]
April 7th, 2014 - 4:26 pm § in Misc.
Husky Basketball WINS! Point Guard Speaks Out For Union As Team Wins NCAA Championship
Star Point Guard, Gets Award As Outstanding Player, Needs Food Shabazz Napier, point guard for the national Div. 1 Husky basketball champs and the outstanding player in Monday’s final game, recently told reporters he understands why student athletes need a union: Napier told reporters th[...]
April 7th, 2014 - 1:12 pm § in Misc., The Ave Scene
What is wrong with King County Prop1?
Prop 1 is a last resort effort to pay for public transit in King County. It is a last resort because all other rational alternatives have been closed by the Replican dominated state legislature. I will vote for this but am pissed off at having to do so. The Prop would add .1% to the […][...]
April 7th, 2014 - 10:42 am § in Misc.
South Carolina: THE Ave candidate pulls ahead of Tea Party opponents to Linsey Graham!
Lindsey Graham looks to be in deep trouble according to a recent poll of likely Republican Primary voters in South Carolina. Lee Bright is dominating the crowded field of challengers, and both trends seem to be building. Bright, who polled more than Nancy Mace, Bill Connor and Richard Cash [...]
April 7th, 2014 - 9:50 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Do UW Students Need Busses?
Over at the AAUP listserv, Robert Wood notes: I saw this interesting article in the Seattle Times about how the possible KC Metro transit cuts may negatively affect students, especially those with long commutes: I note also that The Seattle Times appears to be taking a neutral stand on Prop 1, whi[...]
Feminism Gone Crazy
14 women have tried Marines’ Infantry Officer Course. All of them have failed. The sad part of this is the bizarre, liberal, feminist idea idea that men and women are identical rather than equal. This is the equivalent of demanding that Hooters, the Bunny Ranch or the Bolshoi ballerinas accep[...]