“Hitler’s only kidding about the antisemitism” New York Times, 1922″ “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” -Maya Angelou “Several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler’s anti-Semitism was not [...]
Archive for November 21st, 2016
Be Afraid: The NY Times on Hitler,
November 21st, 2016 - 1:54 am § in The Ave Scene
David Brewster: Is the Seattle boom a bubble?
David Brewster Here’s an admirably complete and nuanced story by Paul Roberts on the Seattle economy, and whether the signs of a mild slowdown could turn into another one of Seattle’s periodic busts. The signs would indicate the wisdom of a cautious path in government spending and projec[...]
November 21st, 2016 - 1:52 am § in Misc.
Steve Balmer’s Failures
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told CNBC on Friday that he tried to buy Facebook when it was “itsy-bitsy” for $24 billion. Ballmer left Microsoft in 2014 and is now the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers and an investor in Twitter. Facebook fielded a lot of offers in its early days, a[...]
Would Trump’s Son In Law Get Into the UW?
WHY THE UW MATTERS Jared Kushner, husband to Ivanka Trump and now the apparent consigliere of the Trump White House, was admitted to Harvard, but he might not have been accepted at UW. Over at FACEBOOK, UW President Ana Mari Cauce glows with pride that our university ranks among the top 20 in [...]
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