The people of Deal would like a Brexit deal. This town on the Channel near the British port of Dover voted strongly for Brexit. Now, after the endless debates the townsfolk are in crisis … their economy lacks a rudder and with no agreement to the Channel waters are rough! “Potentially [...]
Archive for March, 2019
March 12th, 2019 - 10:21 pm § in Donald Trump
No, the bartender didn’t tell him to leave because of his MAGA hat
You may have heard a story about a man allegedly being kicked out of a New York City bar for wearing a MAGA hat. That’s the narrative promoted by rightwing website Daily Caller. But it’s not what happened. The man’s name is Dion Cini and he’s a professional troll with a pench[...]
March 12th, 2019 - 2:12 pm § in Misc.
BOEING: After the 737 MAX disaster, Boeing announces planes for President Trump will be a new model .. the 747 MAGA!
All Boeing 737 MAX Flights Have Been Suspended Across Europe: TRUMP RESPONDS In an effort to support Boeing after the crash of two of the company’s signature 737 MAX jets, President Trump has encouraged the flying publish to “fly America! “ “The time has come to FLY AMERICAN.[...]
March 12th, 2019 - 1:01 pm § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
BREXIT DIES A SECOND TIME! Resurrection Impossible?
UK MAY BECOME A PERMANENT, INDIVISIBLE PART OF THE EU THE SUN NY TIMES SKY NEWS GUARDIAN RT BLOOMBERG: CALL A NEW VOTE! ♠ TRUMP [...]
March 12th, 2019 - 11:07 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
A UW Student complains that she is not getting an education.
A relative of mine, a very well educated man, actually left his university as a sophomore. This relative, a he I will call Bjorn, ended up in tech because Bjorn is very bright and was offered a job after his sophomore year. Bjorn left his university (not the UW) not because of the tech courses[...]
March 11th, 2019 - 11:16 am § in Misc.
“When the hell will someone in this government tell the public that Israel is a country of all its citizens”
Wonder Woman takes on Netanyahu edited from YNET “When the hell will someone in this government tell the public that Israel is a country of all its citizens,” Rotem Sela,wrote on Instagram, referring to Netanyahu’s frequent talking point that his political rival, Benny Gantz[...]
March 11th, 2019 - 9:15 am § in The Ave Scene
REMEMBER THE LID? WHY NOT EXTEND SEATTLE’S TUNNEL FROM BC TO OREGON?
Opponents of Seattle’s new tunnel kvetched … how can it be paid for? Property owners were aghast that they should pay… after all they were going to be hurt! Property owners are going to pay a LID (local improvement district tax). The $160 million tax means a one-time hit of $[...]
March 10th, 2019 - 1:09 am § in America
A figure in a translucent kimono coyly holds a fan. Another arranges an iris in a vase. Are they men or women?
As a mind-bending exhibition that opened Friday at the Japan Society illustrates, they are what scholars call a third gender — adolescent males seen as the height of beauty in early modern Japan who were sexually available to both men and women. Known as wakashu, they are one of several examples i[...]
March 9th, 2019 - 5:49 pm § in Politics
Don’t mess with Senator Granny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=797ll6TkNfc[...]
March 9th, 2019 - 5:34 pm § in Misc.
Greater China
Why China will “reclaim” Siberia Expanded China-Siberia map showing possible claims China might make China has made no secret that it will one day enforce its claims on much of Eastern Russia, which it sees as rightfully belonging to China. With Russia fast becoming the weaker partner[...]