Tax data geek-out time: All real estate agents & brokers statewide paid $47.3M in taxes on $3.1B revenue. This includes B&O taxes, the primary business tax that companies pay. This is the tax agents pay on their income from real estate transactions. Seller fees for transaction are not [...]
Archive for May, 2017
May 12th, 2017 - 11:49 am § in The Ave Scene
Who is making a buck of off the Seattle real estate bubble?
May 12th, 2017 - 7:54 am § in Donald Trump
BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP TWEET THREATENS TO REVEAL TAPES OF COMEY DISCUSSIONS
Perhaps Mr. Trump needs a refresher course on the Nixon Impeachment? During Trump’s Friday morning Twitter rant , the White House recluse Trump also suggested he may stop press briefings. [...]
May 12th, 2017 - 7:09 am § in Misc.
A Healthcare Proposal
It’s just a theory I’ve been working on for a long while: Good health care is an agreement between doctor and patient. I believe good coverage is an agreement between providers and people. Healthcare can’t be passive, people need to be involved. When they feel involved people [...]
REPUGNANTS: Alt Right
Mike Cernovich is getting his moment in the sun And he deserves every glittering sunbeam. This is Cernovich. He got to appear on 60 Minutes, which has led to more media exposure. Cernovich’s allegiance to the “alt-right,” a self-descriptor for a faction of the white nationalist movement, has b[...]
May 11th, 2017 - 11:43 pm § in Misc.
NEXT MONDAY AT DRINKING LIBERALLY: “LEARNING LAW IN CHINA”
NEXT MONDAY, MAY 15 at Drinking Liberally. Gail Stygall is anything but your image of the typical UW English Professor. Professor Stygall has just returned from a law school in China where she worked with Chinese lawyers on how to write real laws in their restrictive system. Gail is interesting f[...]
May 11th, 2017 - 12:29 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: FBI Raids GOP Fundraising Firm
THE FBI just raided a GOP fundraising firm in Annapolis. Word is now that this is just one of numerous Trump-Russia warrants that are being executed. “FBI confirms agents are executing a search warrant at the office of GOP Fundraiser/Consulting firm in Annapolis”READMORE[...]
May 11th, 2017 - 11:03 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
Censoring the Free Press
IN WHAT COUNTRY DO POLICE ARREST JOURNALISTS FOR ASKING QUESTIONS? HHS secretary says police ‘did what they felt was appropriate’ in arresting a West Virginia journalist Dan Heyman “was causing a disturbance by yelling questions” at HHS Secretary Tom Price and Kellyanne Conway, according to [...]
May 11th, 2017 - 10:03 am § in Misc.
Call Mitch McConnell: He Needs to Hear Thar Protecting Trump From an Investigation is Unamerican
It seems people are having difficulty reaching Sen. McConnell at his DC office. Here are some more numbers from his state offices… Washington, DC adr: U.S. Senate, 317 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC205100001 ph: (202) 224-2541 fax: (202) 224-2499 Bowling Green, KY adr: Federal [...]
May 11th, 2017 - 10:01 am § in Donald Trump
WHY TRUMP FIRED COMEY: Why Comey has described Mr. Trump, the President of the US, as crazy
TRUMP CONFIRMS THAT HE FIRED COMEY Comey’s refusal to his Senate testimony for Trump aides was seen as an act of insubordination In an interview with Lester Holt on NBC today, Trump revealed that the effort of his own White House to blame others for firing Comey was false. Moreover, i[...]
May 11th, 2017 - 8:45 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
TRUMP: VOTER FRAUD WAS AMERICAN, NOT RUSSIAN
Trump Is Launching A Commission To Investigate Widespread Voter Fraud Even Though There’s No Evidence It Exists BUZZFEED.COM|BY MIKE HAYES[...]