“Medicare for All” is a slogan, not a policy. If there is any real lesson to come from the Trump Presidency, the lesson may be the dangers of trying to base policy on a campaign slogan. In 20 years, politicians will use the slogan “Remember the Wall” to accuse their competi[...]
Archive for January, 2019
January 30th, 2019 - 11:02 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
Kentucky’s GOP governor: Let kids freeze
He compares closing schools to Chamberlain appeasing Hitler Kentucky GOP Gov. Matt Bevin is decrying his state’s school closures during a polar vortex that is sending temperatures plunging into the minus teens. In a radio interview on Tuesday, he accused America of “getting soft” a[...]
January 30th, 2019 - 10:14 am § in Donald Trump
Second INAUGURAL: First Lady Plans Space Pharce Uniforms and Drill Team
The Seapeas’ Drill Leader will wear a red sash in honor of President Trump. (TA News, Jan 20. 2021) In preparation for her husband’s second inauguration, First Lady Melania Trump is working on a uniform for our new Space PHarse to wear as they drill to perform at the inaugural.”[...]
January 28th, 2019 - 9:35 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
Howard Schultz for president???
I can’t say it better than Seattle’s own inimitable Dave Horsey, so here’s Dave: You gotta ask yourself, if Howard wants to run, why not as a Democrat? Maybe because his views on entitlements will turn off a lot of Democratic voters. Perhaps toying with an independent run that give[...]
January 27th, 2019 - 7:18 pm § in The Ave Scene
Birth of the Crablopa —
(TA News, Seattle 1-27-19) The University of Washington announces that Professor Amphitrite Geōrgíou Demetriádou of Bioengineering and Fisheries has developed a Dungeness crab/Maine lobster hybrid. The new crustacean, said to be delicious and adapted to Northwest waters, is going to be marketed a[...]
January 27th, 2019 - 12:30 pm § in Christianity
FB Dialog: What is Christianity
Christianity is a religion and a culture that defined Europe after it became the enforced religion under the Roman and later Holy Roman Empire. Off shoots include America, the missionary spred versions in Africa, Asia and the Americas. Ideologies derived from Christianity include Communism and Fasci[...]
BREAKING NEWS: American Gothic Arrives in the White House