WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that he doesn’t expect to confirm any of Obama’s circuit court nominees for the remainder of his time in office, a blow to White House efforts to fill empty federal court seats despite working with a Republi[...]
Archive for June 4th, 2015
June 4th, 2015 - 9:40 pm § in Misc.
Repugnants
Duggars tell Fox’s Megyn Kelly: It was ‘nothing like rape,’ it was ‘just inappropriate touching’[...]
June 4th, 2015 - 6:38 pm § in The Ave Scene
Sawantism: The नेता* Explains Her Stand on Hamas Vs Israel
David Goldstein, a friend and fellow Jew, has castigated me for criticizing Kshama Sawant’s support for the Boycott Israel “Peace” Movement. (नेता* is leader in Hindi) He challenged me to react to the motion she unsuccessfully tried to get the Seattle City Council to pass c[...]
June 4th, 2015 - 6:36 pm § in Misc.
The Gun for Two
269 Double Barrel Pistol By: Arsenal Firearms The AF2011-A1 Double Barrel Pistol is a first on two counts. It’s the first ever double barrel semiautomatic pistol manufactured for sale (not available yet, but on deck for Fall 2012). And, after getting a load of the “Twenty…[...]
June 4th, 2015 - 3:47 pm § in Misc.
Putin on Hillary
“It’s better not to argue with women. But Ms Clinton has never been too graceful in her statements.” ………. When people push boundaries too far, it’s not because they are strong but because they are weak. But maybe weakness is not the worst quality for a woman.”[...]
June 4th, 2015 - 10:26 am § in Misc.
Will Monday’s debate address Seattle’s Apartheid?
Next Monday night there will be another debate among the candidates for City Council for Seattle’s District 3. I hope the debate will be a good time to discuss the issue of apartheid … not in Gaza or Soweto, but in Seattle. Here in Seattle, apartheid is politely called “ge[...]
June 4th, 2015 - 9:24 am § in Misc.
Perils of June Weddings … no sex!
A new study reveals that 24 percent of couples admit that they skip the lovemaking because the groom is too drunk; 13 percent skip it because their bride is too wasted. Take that, marriage vows![...]
June 4th, 2015 - 9:17 am § in Misc.
Disney Abuses Immigrations Policy to Fire US Citizens
Last Task After Layoff at Disney: Train Foreign Replacements American tech workers in Orlando found their jobs and desks transferred to immigrants brought in under H-1B visas by an Indian firm. NYTIMES.COM|BY JULIA PRESTON[...]
CHINA: Ai WeiWei
How can China be free when he is still treated like this? READMORE The film starts with Ai Weiwei returning home after 81 days in detention for tax evasion, which is basically the Chinese government doing a cover of Eliot Ness because they’re tired of the artist speaking out and you can’t blac[...]