China Media analysis … Fischer 5 1. Introduction This analysis describes Chinas media system and should give insight in the media situation in China, it includes the historical development of the media system, a DESTEP analysis, a description of the mass media infrastructure and environment[...]
Archive for October 7th, 2015
October 7th, 2015 - 10:11 am § in Misc.
“Tweety Bird” lectures on gun control and Asperger’s
A gun aficionado using “Tweety Bird” as her online persona lambasted “lame” state gun laws in her postings, e.g., treating a full magazine the same as a loaded gun: “I keep all my mags full. I keep two full mags in my Glock case. And the ARs & AKs all have loaded m[...]
October 7th, 2015 - 9:45 am § in Misc.
Why Rx drugs cost so much
Big pharma wants you to believe high drug prices are necessary to fund the R & D that results in new cures. That’s false. Few, if any, private pharmaceutical companies perform basic research, which is funded mostly by taxpayers, and then private companies profit from the commercial exploit[...]
October 7th, 2015 - 9:26 am § in Misc.
Huffington Post Employees In Talks To Unionize
Imagine that! [...]
October 7th, 2015 - 9:02 am § in Hypocrisy, The Ave Scene
Sawant accuses Tamara Murphy of Being a Kulak
Kshama Sawant is attacking Tamara Murphy, owner of a successful restaurant in my neighborhood, According to Sawant, Tamara is a capitalist tool because she owns a business. This is well within Sawant’s claim to be a Trotskyite and the tradition of demagogues of throwing mud on their[...]
October 7th, 2015 - 9:01 am § in Misc.
Images of the 21st Century: French Post Cards: 5
SEEMORE OF THE FUTURE, from the fin de siécle.[...]
October 7th, 2015 - 8:20 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Seattle’s Refugee Problem
From FACEBOOK Christopher Goodwin Has anyone really considered the impact of the tech refugees on our culture here in Seattle. I recently read that Schools in Bellevue are asking children to only bring the latest model smart phones out of respect for the refugee children. Both their culture and the[...]
October 7th, 2015 - 8:08 am § in The Ave Scene
SEATTLE: Cars do not need streets.
Seattle to kill two busy lanes, claims traffic won’t suffer BY JASON RANTZ, KIRO Radio Host | October 5, 2015 @ 3:20 pm Even though the First Hill streetcar is embarrassingly over-schedule and over-budget, the Seattle Department of Transportation is pushing for another streetcar. (SDOT) Commen[...]