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Archive for January, 2016
January 11th, 2016 - 12:44 pm § in Misc.
Amiri Baraka Dies
Amiri Baraka, Polarizing Poet and Playwright, Dies at 79 Mr. Baraka’s work was widely anthologized, and he was also long famous as a political firebrand, with critical opinion divided in every arena.[...]
January 11th, 2016 - 11:50 am § in Misc.
CHEAP OIL
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was down $2.06 at $31.10 per barrel by 1:20 p.m. EDT (1820 GMT), having briefly dipped below $31 to the lowest level since December 2003. Brent crude futures were down by $2.15 at $31.40 a barrel, after falling to the lowest level since April 2004. [...]
January 11th, 2016 - 10:45 am § in Misc.
PRESIDENT ROMNEY: First Commercial of Reelection Campaign
ROMNEY RYAN 2016 releases first commercial of re election campaign ;[...]
January 11th, 2016 - 10:22 am § in Politics
Pennsylvania’s pigeon-shooter judge
Using live pigeons as targets is a cruel and barbaric sport. (It also was an Olympic sport, over a century ago, but no longer.) Once common, Pennsylvania is the only state where the sport remains legal. Consequently, Pennsylvania hosts all three U.S. gun clubs where live pigeon shoots are still cond[...]
Will SCOTUS DESTROY SEIU/UW?
A major argument against SEIU at UW is that the union’s role in politics is in conflict with the faculty’s mandate and long history of being apolitical. The US Supreme Court may change that argument. The Court’s decision could affect us in three ways: Dues structure: Of the [...]
Anthony Washington: I thought Metro Drivers treated me horribly because I was Black.
A white man, with long dirty blonde hair, unshaved, and rocking a fresh shiner on his left eye, was stopped on a metro bus, route 11, headed towards downtown Seattle via Madison avenue, around 7 o’ clock, on a Saturday evening. He was stopped by a middle aged, African American Female Metro bus dri[...]
January 10th, 2016 - 9:33 pm § in Uncategorized
Trump wants violent football and insults NFL referees
Presidential candidate Donald Trump thinks football is boring because it has become soft, and liked the game better when it was more violent. He has harsh words for NFL referees: They “throw flags to impress their wives watching at home.” He whined, “Who wants to watch these crummy[...]
Anthony Washington: Where folks sleep
Can you imagine having to sleep outside like this? Not enough shelters in the city, missed the hot meal, provided by the Union Gospel, laying on a ground just as cold as the air a blanket is suppose to protect you from. Constantly at risk of being robbed, harrased by the police, or worse murdered. [[...]