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Archive for July, 2015
July 11th, 2015 - 8:38 am § in The Ave Scene
Commentary by SMS: A Sawantista Accuses Me of Racism, Classism and Obesity!
John Retherford Stephen seems to me to just be expressing a sense of class privilege, and anxiety that someone in power seems to be challenging the entitlement businesses feel to have exclusive access to the ears of their political representatives. How dare a politician ignore them and focus all the[...]
July 11th, 2015 - 1:37 am § in Misc.
Housing Crisis: Look at Vancouver!
Soaring Vancouver home prices “Average, hardworking Canadian residents are being forced to compete for housing with the global wealthy,” Sinophobia comes to Vancouver BC … “In interviews, five real estate agents who primarily sell homes on Vancouver’s exclusive west[...]
July 10th, 2015 - 5:55 pm § in Misc.
Bill Nye on GMOs
“My take on it now is genetically modified food is actually, in general, — genetically modified plants, in general, — are not only not harmful, they’re actually a great benefit.” Bill Nye Bill Nye Explains Why He Changed His Mind About GMOs Bill Nye made waves last Marc[...]
July 10th, 2015 - 2:07 pm § in Misc.
Those Oregon bakers weren’t fined $135,000 for refusing to sell a cake
Aaron and Melissa Klein, owners of Oregon bakery Sweet Cakes By Melissa, have been ordered to pay $135,000 to Laurel and Rachel Bowman-Cryer, but not for refusing to sell them a wedding cake. The $135,000 is compensatory damages for harassment and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The K[...]
July 10th, 2015 - 1:06 pm § in Misc.
Kentucky governor tells holdout county clerk to resign
This jerk is using a public office to impose his personal beliefs on the people of an entire county. He’s refusing to issue marriage licenses, not just to same-sex couples, but to all couples, which means no one in his county can get married. The governor told him that violates his oath of off[...]
July 10th, 2015 - 12:45 pm § in Uncategorized
Trump the flip-flopper
What a difference 16 years makes. When Donald Trump ran for the centrist Reform Party’s presidential nomination in 2000, he was pro-choice, open-minded about gay marriage, endorsed single-payer health care, and supported a wealth tax on billionaires and millionaires. Like wine, some people imp[...]
July 10th, 2015 - 12:32 pm § in Misc.
Fragrance retailer dumps Trump
Perfumania, which operates a chain of retail outlets in malls, has joined the growing list of entities who want nothing to do with the GOP’s loose cannon candidate. Click here for story. Photo: Kiss ’em goodbye; America’s largest fragrance retailer won’t be selling these Trum[...]
July 10th, 2015 - 12:10 pm § in Uncategorized
This is how a Yankee lowers a Confederate flag
https://youtu.be/9jRFIQDwqNY[...]
July 10th, 2015 - 11:55 am § in Uncategorized
Confederates finally surrender and haul down their flag in South Carolina
https://youtu.be/bi5rCgHkkmo But some diehards are expected to continue holding out in the hills and hollows. [...]