Historic South Carolina paper rips pro-Confederate lawmakers: It’s ‘chilling’ how much they sound like KKK The largest newspaper in South Carolina’s capital city pointed out this week the “chilling” similarities between lawmakers who defended the Confederate flag and members of the Ku Kl[...]
Archive for July, 2015
July 16th, 2015 - 12:37 pm § in Misc.
Spokane-area mayor is a hate-filled racist, sexist, and bigot who wishes President Obama and the First Lady were dead
Patrick Rushing, mayor of Airway Heights (a Spokane suburb), gained national notoriety this week for posting the following remark about the President and First Lady on his Facebook page: “Gorilla face Michelle, can’t disagree with that. The woman is not attractive except to monkey man Ba[...]
CHINA: No Effin Civil Rights Here You Ugly Americans
Report Inside China’s human rights crackdown As nearly 150 rights activists are locked up or questioned in China, Reuters correspondent Sui-Lee Wee speaks about talking to one of them, lawyer Wang Yu, in a recent interview.[...]
July 16th, 2015 - 9:18 am § in The Ave Scene
SEATTLISH: Slave Wages at the meh Space Needle
Space Needle employees are finally getting a raise (but the Space Needle still sucks) After 11 attempts at mediation, the Space Needle has apparently been worn down enough to give raises to some of its employees, retroactive to 2011 when they first started getting up to their union-busting bullshit.[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Japan Returns?
Japan’s lower house of parliament OKs expanded military role[...]
July 16th, 2015 - 8:44 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Obama Brings Broadband To Seattle!!!!!!!!!!!!
ConnectHome, a low income initiative by the Obama administration, will bring high-speed broadband access to over 275,000 low-income households across the US. According to the White House, the pilot program will launch in 27 cities including New York, Boston and Seattle, as well as the Choctaw Tri[...]
July 16th, 2015 - 7:00 am § in Misc.
ED Clark ON HALA (Seattle’s new zoning proposal)
(FACEBOOK) The newly proposed HALA up zoning plan will destroy Seattle’s way of life, and in particular take the future of our wonderful neighborhoods out of the hands of neighborhoods. I live in Madison Valley, and I see places all over it where higher buildings and denser housing will be ok[...]
Michelle’s cousin, Capers Funnye to represent African Jews in Israel
Cousin of Michelle Obama to serve as ‘black chief rabbi’ Relative of first lady to serve as ‘titular head of a worldwide community of Black Jews’ Rabbi Funnye leads a congregation of African Americans who have converted to Judaism and is working in Nigeria to encourage Igbo people to beco[...]
On Abortion
I am a devout atheist and a scientist. But I understand that religious people live in an alternative reality. Whether that reality is Fox, Ayn Rand, Marx, Medical Marijuana or fundie Islam, the only “rules” I can make are 2. 1. Your reality can not interfere with mine. 2. You can no[...]