Demonstrators took to the streets in Cleveland this morning after a white judge acquitted a white police officer who killed the unarmed black occupants of a vehicle by standing on the hood and firing through the windshield. Police had chased the car after hearing a backfire noise they thought was a [...]
Archive for May, 2015
May 23rd, 2015 - 8:37 am § in Uncategorized
Protests erupt in Cleveland after judge acquits killer cop
May 22nd, 2015 - 4:49 pm § in Uncategorized
Why Santorum isn’t qualified to be president
How can we trust him to deal with Putin or Kim Jung Un if he can’t even stand up to a raving lunatic in a townhall meeting? Watch this video, then compare Santorum’s deer-in-headlights stunned silence with how Sen. McCain handled a similar situation in the video below: In a rationale wor[...]
May 22nd, 2015 - 1:35 pm § in Uncategorized
Huckabee defends child molester
GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee “is standing by the Duggar family” of TV reality show fame — and called the Duggars an “example of something that’s wholesome and wonderful” — after Josh Duggar “issued an apology Thursday [for] allegedly mol[...]
May 22nd, 2015 - 12:14 pm § in Misc.
The LRID: Better than Mother-in-Law Apartments
I have mixed feelings about the proposal to create mother-in-law apartments in my (expensive) neighborhood. Similar neighborhoods in Boston and Chicago seem to be developing multistory buialdings that fit in with single family homes. I do not know how these buildings are bing built but it seems[...]
May 22nd, 2015 - 9:04 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Scene: Wine Tasting
Event The Washington State AVA Wine Tasting Series 7 Featuring Walla Walla Valley, Part 2 World Trade Center Seattle – Holland America Line Room Seattle, WA Jul 20, 2015 4:30 PM Join us for our second round of wine tasting from the Walla Walla Valley. With over 300 wineries in this inte[...]
May 22nd, 2015 - 8:57 am § in The Ave Scene
THE Ave Scene: Paella!
Event A Night In Spain! – Paella Dinner Experience a night in Spain! A delicious, authentic meal of tapas, sangria, seafood paella, and sorbet de champan, followed by a ravishing flamenco performance! Jun 20, 2015 6:00 PM $20 Wallingford Center Featuring Chef Jim Yragui [...]
May 22nd, 2015 - 7:58 am § in America, The Ave Scene
FACEBOOK: Does Seattle Need To Build Poorhouses?
Sarajane Siegfriedt FACEBOOK Erica C. Barnett wrote, “Cognitive dissonance is strong with these candidates. Most of the eight had no problem saying they want to see lots more affordable housing in one breath, and saying that they also support higher taxes on all new development in the next.&#[...]
May 22nd, 2015 - 2:26 am § in Misc.
Hundreds protest Olympia police shooting
A white police officer shot 2 black stepbrothers in Olympia, Washington, early Thursday morning after they allegedly assaulted him with a skateboard after trying to shoplift beer at a Safeway store, prompting large protests Thursday evening. The suspects were hospitalized, one in critical condition,[...]
May 21st, 2015 - 11:10 pm § in Israel/Palestine
Repugnant Jews: The Torah Gives Israel to The Jews?
(Times of Israel) Tzipi Hotovely, Israel’s deputy foreign minister, the country’s de facto top diplomat, told Israeli diplomats Thursday not to hesitate in asserting to their foreign counterparts that the entire Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people. In an unapologetic speech to incoming F[...]
DAVEY JONES: A Life Boat Gets Its Motor Stolen