Paula Spina FACEBOOK I had a conversation with one of my dearest friends yesterday, someone who leans a little right. He commented on how I seemed to be particularly political this year. I explained that it is because I am scared to death of where our country and society is heading. Many of you mi[...]
Archive for February, 2016
February 22nd, 2016 - 7:40 am § in Misc.
Bush’s Failed SCOTUS Candidate Castigates Repricans For Blocking Obama’s Nomination
Alberto Gonzales: There Is ‘No Question’ Obama Must Fill Scalia’s Supreme Court Vacancy Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States under President George W. Bush, said on Monday that President Barack Obama had an “obligation” to fill a vacancy on the Suprem[...]
February 22nd, 2016 - 1:50 am § in The Ave Scene
BACKLASH: Democrats lose after passing $15 wage!
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Liberal Antisemitism
A letter to the anti-Israel Left Sunday, February 14, 2016 Julie Nathan writes: We see you, we hear you, day after day, making your ignorant, bigoted and malicious accusations against Jews and Israel. You claim to be speaking for human rights and for justice, but your words and actions betray you. Y[...]
February 21st, 2016 - 2:16 pm § in Uncategorized
Why Trump is popular …
… and his fans will be disappointed. Mother Jones puts it this way: “Trump didn’t win in spite of being a boor, a bigot, and an analog internet troll; he won because he was proudly all those things. For all the diversions (who picks a fight with the pope, anyway?), he articulated a[...]
February 21st, 2016 - 12:13 pm § in Misc.
Portland Airport Lost & Found
This time, it’s the passenger who can’t be found …[...]
February 21st, 2016 - 11:48 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Education, Texas-style
Remember the Texas State Board of Education? They bought textbooks calling Southern slaves “workers.” Makes you wonder who gets elected to TBSE. Meet Mary Lou Bruner, a retired teacher running for a TSBE position! If this isn’t the education you want for your kids, you’d bett[...]
Our Legislature sees higher education as vocational school.
Katherine Long at the Seattle Times reports that our legislators are likely to pass a bill reducing the time needed for a bachelor’s degree to three years. Under the bill, Degree in Three , Central Washington University, Western Washington University, Eastern Washington[...]