News leaked Thursday afternoon that President Trump is firing his national security adviser, Gen. H. R. McMaster, and will replace him with John Bolton, an abrasive hardcore rightwinger loathed as a warmonger by liberals. Bolton was a principal architect of George W. Bush’s ill-fated invasion [...]
Archive for March, 2018
March 22nd, 2018 - 8:42 am § in Donald Trump
Trump’s Russia probe lawyer quits
John Dowd, the lawyer representing Trump in the Mueller investigation, resigned Thursday over frustration that his client was ignoring his advice, the New York Times reported. Read story here. This is a developing story.[...]
March 22nd, 2018 - 1:59 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle Nostalgia
“Seattle Nostalgia” is usually a symptom of about five people who claim to represent The People and protest developing new housing or replacing a rickety bar no one uses. Sadly, we rarely see such affection for such things as Lake Union, the waterfront, Pioneer Square, the Northwest arti[...]
March 21st, 2018 - 8:03 am § in Misc.
Austin bomber dead
A bombing spree that killed 2 people and injured several others in Austin, Texas, over the last three weeks apparently ended this morning when a cornered person of interest blew himself up in his own car. Police identified him from store receipts and located him in a motel outside Austin. He attempt[...]
March 20th, 2018 - 8:51 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Who used the stolen Facebook data to elect Trump? It was Bannon.
Steve Bannon, who managed Trump’s presidential campaign against Hillary Clinton, also oversaw Cambridge Analytica’s use of stolen Facebook data, the Washington Post reported Tuesday night. “Cambridge Analytica, which worked for Trump’s 2016 campaign, is now facing questions about all[...]
March 20th, 2018 - 5:59 pm § in Misc.
Funny how this never happens to white people.
Sacramento police shot and killed Stephon Clark, 22, in his own backyard on Sunday while searching for a car prowling suspect. They claimed they thought Clark’s cell phone was a gun. Read story here. Hey cops, can I have your attention for a minute? Let’s review: This is a cellphone. Th[...]
March 20th, 2018 - 5:04 pm § in Politics
GOP candidate threatens to use Democrat for “target practice”
Carl Nett, a Republican running for Kentucky secretary of state, threatened to use Rep. John Yarmouth (D-KY) for “target practice” after Yarmouth said he’s proud of his “F” rating from the National Rifle Association. Nett, a former Secret Service agent, has said in the [...]
March 20th, 2018 - 4:43 pm § in Politics
Fox military analyst quits in disgust, calls network “propaganda machine”
Retired Army Lt. Col. Ralph Peters quit his role as a Fox military analyst Tuesday, and ripped into the network in an email to his colleagues, in which he said, “I feel that Fox News is assaulting our constitutional order and the rule of law, while fostering corrosive and unjustified paranoia [...]
March 20th, 2018 - 1:13 am § in Foreign Affairs, Hypocrisy
Being a Trump Female Visiting Saudi Arabia
Deena Loveland FACEBOOK I WAS IN SAUDI ARABIA a few years ago and this would be worth your time to read. There is a place in the center of Riyadh called “CHOP CHOP SQUARE”. This is where, on Fridays, various body parts are chopped off.. Fingers, hands, heads etc, or other forms of tort[...]