FACEBOOK: David Neiwert My full report from Las Vegas. I have to say, there’s nothing quite as surreal as surrounding yourself with a roomful of people who live in an alternative universe in which facts simply don’t apply. Gaffney’s ‘Summit’ in Nevada a Nonstop Procession of Extre[...]
Archive for December 16th, 2015
December 16th, 2015 - 11:16 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Paul Ryan Breaks the Rule of the MInority
RYAN SANTA BUDGET FULL OF GOODIES DEMS TO BE MAJORITY VOTES [...]
December 16th, 2015 - 2:27 pm § in The Ave Scene
THE-Ave Scene: Capitol Hill
Vulcan in evaluation agreement, eyeing Central District’s Promenade 23 Seattle real estate giant Vulcan has entered into an agreement to evaluate for purchase the property around 23rd and Jackson, home of the Promenade 23 and… CAPITOLHILLSEATTLE.COM[...]
December 16th, 2015 - 1:50 pm § in Religion, Schools & Colleges
Religious education in Tennessee
Several local school boards in Tennessee are objecting to a state curriculum that mandates teaching public school students about world religions, i.e., religions other than Christianity, and specifically, Islam. Read the story here. Below, a newspaper advertisement inviting citizens to attend a priv[...]
December 16th, 2015 - 11:52 am § in Uncategorized
Of Jewish DNA, and lobster trap Christmas trees
A Great Essay on The Winter Holidays at Panbo by Ben Ellison, posted on Dec 31, 2014 I hope that Panbo readers everywhere enjoyed Hanukkah, the winter solstice, Christmas and/or any other way you celebrate the holiday season. We deserve all the light and cheer we can find, especially when the[...]
December 16th, 2015 - 11:18 am § in The Ave Scene
Snoqualmie Falls ..and the rain goes on, more than 40 days and nights
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December 16th, 2015 - 10:48 am § in Misc.
Anybody got a goude?
Michael Hood This is the sorry state of Haitian currency. everyone kvetches about it, not just foreigners. The feel is like limp fabric; the bills’ dishragitude defies them orderliness in a stack or a wad- and it’s tres necessaire to have stacks and wads in order to live and pay for it h[...]
Bill Quick “This toad should crawl back into his swamp and stop annoying the world with his misinformation and bigotry.”
Bill Quick, my brother in law, is at it again. Bill responded, on FACEBOOK, to a post I made here on THE Ave about a bridge in Charleston South Carolina. The bridge is named after a flagrant racist, Arthur Ravenel, Jr. I asked how a Black citizen must feel driving over this bridge. The[...]