The goal was laudable enough: Catch a hacker emailing bomb threats to an Olympia-area high school. And the FBI did get their man, er, boy. (The perp was a 15-year-old.) That was in 2007, seven years ago, when a different sheriff was running the Department of Justice, the FBI’s parent organizat[...]
Archive for October, 2014
October 28th, 2014 - 9:26 am § in Misc.
Are You Reading The Seattle Times, Or Is The FBI Reading Your Computer?
October 27th, 2014 - 2:31 pm § in Hypocrisy
Guess What, Taxpayers Will Pay For Steve Ballmer’s Basketball Team
Steve Ballmer wasn’t so crazy to pay $2 billion for a basketball team. It turns out taxpayers will pay at least half of the purchase cost. “Steve Ballmer stands to gain as much as $1bn in tax benefits as a result of his $2bn purchase of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team, helping to [...]
October 27th, 2014 - 10:12 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Why Do Some UW Professors Feel Voting Is Beneath Them?
One of my contacts at the University of Washington told me this weekend some of his colleagues won’t vote in next week’s election. I asked him why — after all, you expect intellectual types to be socially and politically engaged — and he said because once they’ve got th[...]
October 27th, 2014 - 8:31 am § in China
CHINA: Hong Kong Update
Man arrested over assaults on journalists at anti-Occupy rally Police have arrested a 61-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting journalists during an anti-Occupy Central, pro-police rally in Tsim Sha Tsui on Saturday. A city divided: Occupy protest and rally by opponents mark a society split by pol[...]
October 27th, 2014 - 8:20 am § in Misc.
Donate to Burke .. Beat Scott Walker
For Walker, a loss would last Walker could be a real contender in 2016. But only if he wins reelection first.[...]
October 27th, 2014 - 4:17 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: What is it?
A. Back drop for new Star Trek TV series B. Print for Bollywood sari C. Mars, 2.5 billion years ago D. Water meter cover E. Ebola effect on bacterial plate [...]
About Anthony Washington
Last Fall, THE Ave ran a post by a UW Husky, a student athlete whose career in Basketball failed. Now Anthony writes about trying to live on the wage he is paid as a UW cook. Anthony Washington was once described as the next big thing for Husky Basketball. With great PR in the Seattle media, [...]