Rev. Matthew Makela, formerly an associate pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Midland, Michigan, led a salacious double life. Read about it here and here. [...]
Archive for May, 2015
May 21st, 2015 - 9:46 am § in Uncategorized
Was WalMart’s anti-union video made with union actors?
https://youtu.be/_eQuIWmi9h8 A similar “training film” made for Target a few years ago was. (You can read about it here.)[...]
May 21st, 2015 - 9:34 am § in Misc.
Suspect led cops on 100 mph chase, but they didn’t kill him
He’s constantly in trouble with the law, but not much ever happens to him. Wonder why? Maybe because he’s Conrad Hilton, the younger brother of Paris Hilton, and because we have a three-tiered criminal justice system in this country: One for the rich, another for whites, and a third for [...]
May 21st, 2015 - 8:52 am § in Misc.
Nebraska legislature votes to abolish death penalty
Nebraska’s single-house legislature voted 32-15 yesterday to abolish the death penalty. This is a large enough majority to override an expected veto from GOP Gov. Pete Ricketts. Those voting to abolish included 18 Republicans, 13 Democrats, and 1 independent. The vote came the same day a popular O[...]
May 21st, 2015 - 7:28 am § in The Ave Scene
Small, Rational Steps To Help Seattle’s Crisis of Affordable Rentals
From the Stranger: Fix the just cause eviction rules. Close the tenant relocation assistance loophole. Make landlords give tenants more notice in “no-fault” evictions.[...]
May 21st, 2015 - 4:13 am § in The Ave Scene
Wa Bud Light
Should WA State “Bud-lightify” WA Bud ? ? Now that WA state has legalized weed, the time has come to decide if the state should market its brand. Annie Lowrey at the New York Times Magazine has written about the inevitable, brand named products, where two joints with the same brand name wil[...]
May 21st, 2015 - 1:03 am § in America
Your Soul Has a Gender, Given by God
DelBene Supports First Federal Ban Mandating That Gender Preference is Innate. Nest step? Maybe the right will solve global warming by passing a law that changes the chemistry of CO2? Or maybe the left will pass a law making opium non addictive? Congress ought not legislate scienc[...]
May 20th, 2015 - 7:01 pm § in Uncategorized
Chris Christie: “I’m not wealthy”
Chris Christie and his wife (who works on Wall Street) have income of at least $600,000 a year, according to their state financial disclosure reports, yet the bombastic New Jersey governor and White House wannabe insists they’re “not wealthy.” That’s news to minimum-wage work[...]
May 20th, 2015 - 3:24 pm § in Politics
It’s amazing what happens when dittoheads think about what they’re supporting
“Luis Lang, who is currently crowdfunding for medical expenses that he can’t afford because he didn’t sign up for insurance under Obamacare, has become a viral sensation. However, the 49-year-old South Carolina resident says he doesn’t want to be the poster child for the Republican Part[...]
Can’t defend Evil
I recently got into an argument about whether or not the Islamic State was fighting for justice. Not sure why I entertained statements made by someone who I thought was intelligent on this subject. How do people sympathize with a group that enslaves women and children? According to the Islami[...]