China won’t accept Hague sovereignty arbitration: FM 07-14 16:38 China will refuse to recognize the conclusion of the arbitration requested by the Philippines over the two countries’ maritime sovereignty dispute, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, after an international tribunal heard the m[...]
Archive for July, 2015
July 14th, 2015 - 1:37 am § in The Ave Scene
America’s Worst Racists? Come to the Northwest
Racism knows no region. POLITICO: Confederate sympathizers have nothing on the ‘Northwest Front.’ By CASEY MICHEL Want to meet America’s worst racists? Come to the Northwest Much of the national debate over racism in the aftermath of last month’s mass murder in Charleston, S.C., has fo[...]
CHINA: The End of Pretensions of Democracy and Rule of Law
China Detains Dozens Of Rights Lawyers.. These Are Portraits Of 8 Of Them[...]
July 13th, 2015 - 10:15 pm § in Uncategorized
NYC to pay $5.9M to Eric Garner’s family
New York City has settled a lawsuit arising from the police killing of Eric Garner for $5.9 million, CBS News reports. Garner was killed when police accosted him for selling cigarets and a cop put him in a chokehold. The family previously had rejected a $5 million settlement offer. Click here for st[...]
July 13th, 2015 - 6:41 pm § in Misc.
Iowa cops sued for highway robbery
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Iowa cops who seized $100,000 of cash from two professional gamblers on their way home to California from a World Series of Poker event. The men were pulled over for allegedly failing to signal before passing another vehicle. The problem is, [...]
July 13th, 2015 - 3:35 pm § in The Ave Scene
Pam vs Kshama
A colleague of mine is leaning toward a vote for Kshama Sawant. Here is my advice to him: Ed. May I suggest you meet each of them before deciding on Pam vs Sawant. There is no comparison. Pam grew up in a single family home. Her mom was a Chinese/Japanese lady who died when […][...]
July 13th, 2015 - 2:30 pm § in Misc.
Sawant: Cut off Their Heads
As usual, today Kshama Sawant blew her stack after the Mayor and Seattle City Council reached an agreement to address the need for zoning reform. The focus of the Mayor and the Council , as usual, is on finding ways to use development to enhance rather than destroy our existing neighborhoods. [...]
July 13th, 2015 - 11:16 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: What is missing from this picture celebrating Andrew Jackson?
With all the self congratulations due in South Carolina, I will not be impressed until we all see the evil of a mural like this that somehow erases slavery from our memory along with Jefferson Davis Day and cotillions of white bells dressed like slave mistresses. According to my brother in law, Will[...]
July 13th, 2015 - 10:27 am § in Misc.
“No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed.”
Carl Mack, FACEBOOK The Constitution of The Confederate States of America Did the Confederacy really want SLAVERY? I’ve hung my hat on the words of the Vice President of the Confederacy, Alexander Stephens in his infamous, “Cornerstone Speech”. But now, let’s review the Con[...]
July 13th, 2015 - 8:45 am § in Misc.
Josh Feit Pontificates on Single Family Housing
PUBLICOLA I presume that the intent of the person who leaked the draft to the Seattle Times was to sabotage the idea by outing it to an anticipated chorus of uniform boos. There’s some telling symbolism in their evident misread of the situation on the ground. The people who are intent on preservin[...]