Even in the context of the American right’s current Islamophobia, this is over the top. James “Donny” Payne served as interim city manager of SeaTac, Washington, for only a few months — from January to April of 2016. But during his brief tenure, Payne quickly became controver[...]
Archive for May, 2016
May 24th, 2016 - 10:54 am § in Politics
SeaTac’s ex-city manager denies asking for “tactical map” of Muslim residents
May 24th, 2016 - 10:01 am § in Misc.
An All Wives Ticket for the GOP
Top GOPers push for Trump-Gingrich ticket: Six wives mean they ‘certainly understand women’ Some GOP insiders are predicting “the announcement of a Trump-Gingrich GOP ticket.” Rollins, who is a former Gingrich staffer, explained that Trump was open to the idea.[...]
May 24th, 2016 - 9:37 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle’s Housing: Where to put the mother in law?
Erica C. Barnett A compromise in the works would bring back the requirement that property owners who build backyard cottages or basement apartments must live in one of the units for at least one year after construction. The proposal, which comes from city council member Mike O’Brien, is intend[...]
May 24th, 2016 - 12:08 am § in Misc.
Chaos in Venezuela
While the American Presidential Campaign focuses on transgender bathrooms and mania over Bernie, no one is discussing the real issues of foreign policy in places like .. Venezuela. Once one of the richest and safest nations in Latin America, the Venezuelan government is falling apart. Lights f[...]
May 23rd, 2016 - 8:06 pm § in Misc.
Fourteen Months Till Your Next Chance to Visit Mars
From Universe Today A year on Mars lasts almost 689 days. In other words, a Martian year is 1.88 times as long as an Earth year. For every time Mars completes a single orbit around the Sun, Earth has almost gone around twice. A Mars Opposition occurs when planet Earth passes in between the Sun [&h[...]
May 23rd, 2016 - 3:26 pm § in Uncategorized
Idaho must pay activists’ legal bills in “ag-gag” case
A federal judge has ordered Idaho to pay $250,000 to animal-rights activists for their legal bills incurred in challenging an unconstitutional “ag-gag” law that made it a crime to video abuse of farm animals. Read story here. Several Republican-dominated farm states have passed such laws[...]
May 23rd, 2016 - 10:38 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
FRANCIS JACOBSON: The Donald vs. The Bernie
FRANCIS JACOBSON It seems that two Presidential candidates have gained strength by reaching out to people who have been losers in the New Economy and Globalization. They differ widely, however, in what each wants to do about it, their sincerity and what aspects of the New Economy and Globalization h[...]
May 23rd, 2016 - 9:53 am § in Misc.
Obama Plants The US Flag In Hanoi
Obama told a joint news conference with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang that disputes in the South China Sea should be resolved peacefully and not by whoever “throws their weight around”. But he insisted the arms embargo move was not linked to China. HANOI (Reuters) – In sharp warning [...]
A Dialog with Anthony on Race
Do we realize that there are over a billion people of African descent on this planet! We are socialized to think that we are not even kin to those just south of us in the Caribbean let alone the black men and women in Australia, Papua New Guinea, shit Africa!. Not realizing that slavery was [&hellip[...]