Mona Haydar FACEBOOK Today I stepped out of my comfort zone and stood out in a public space holding a box of donuts in front of signs that my husband Sebastian made. “Talk to a Muslim” “Free coffee and donuts” “Ask a Muslim” “Free conversation.” Every[...]
Archive for January, 2015
January 31st, 2015 - 1:26 am § in Misc.
Commuters sue WSDOT for SR-520 toll penalty gouging
Three Seattle law firms have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Transportation challenging how it fines commuters who don’t pay SR-520 tolls. WSDOT’s fines are a gouge. The penalty starts at 10 times the toll amount, and can quickly morph into thousan[...]
January 30th, 2015 - 6:39 pm § in Misc.
Key West cops still deny fault after city’s insurer pays death claim
A healthy man dies after being arrested, and the city’s insurer pays the family $900,000, but Key West police still insist their cops did nothing wrong. Charles Eimer, 61, was pulled over for a traffic infraction. He initially complied, but then took off in his vehicle and led police on a low-[...]
January 30th, 2015 - 1:42 pm § in Misc.
Bully cop arrests public defender for representing her client
A San Francisco cop who is already a defendant in a federal civil rights lawsuit — filed against him by a black cop who was racially profiled and arrested while off duty — arrested and handcuffed a public defender in court Tuesday for refusing to allow him to violate her client’s c[...]
January 30th, 2015 - 12:58 pm § in Uncategorized
Vicious hockey fan who harassed Native American kids will face criminal charges
The 57 Native American grade-school kids from South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation earned a special trip to a hockey game as a reward for their classroom achievements. Some redneck asshole who thought he was being funny by taunting them with racial slurs and spraying beer on them has been ID&[...]
January 30th, 2015 - 12:01 pm § in Uncategorized
This is funny, but not quite fair
An Oregon gay couple who bought the “JebBushForPresident.com” domain name in 2008 don’t intend to give it up. They plan to use it for a website about LGBT issues. This is maliciously funny, in an ironic way, of course; but I honestly think people shouldn’t be allowed to do th[...]
January 30th, 2015 - 11:46 am § in Politics
GOP insiders quietly admit their party has nothing to replace Obamacare
If the Supreme Court guts Obamacare this term, Republicans have nothing to replace it. This is hardly shocking as the GOP did nothing about America’s escalating health care crisis during their 30 years in power that began with Reagan’s election in 1980. And GOP electeds are loathe to adm[...]
January 30th, 2015 - 11:19 am § in Uncategorized
Pre$ident Rmoney bows out of 2016
Mitt Romney is out. (Probably couldn’t get Koch money.) There won’t be a Pre$ident Romney in 2017. Not that there would’ve been anyway. Photo: Das ist kaput.[...]
January 30th, 2015 - 10:54 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: Who killed this man?
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January 30th, 2015 - 10:23 am § in Misc.
FACEBOOK: Countdown to Superbowl
Steve Silver ·I’ve been holding back with my Super Bowl prediction for as long as I could, so here it is. I’m not worried about Belicheck or the New England Patriots. The Tom Brady the Seahawks will be facing, isn’t the same Tom Brady from 10 years ago or even 3 years ago. He[...]