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Archive for October, 2019
October 18th, 2019 - 8:52 am § in Misc.
A Trump Truth
In the fusillade of Trump’s miasma, there are some truths. One is that we need to change how our schools work. Trump’s assertion that U.S. taxpayers don’t get enough bang for their relative buck, when our students’ test scores are ranked worldwide, checks out. The most recent numbers p[...]
October 17th, 2019 - 5:05 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
GOP fundraising mailers scam citizens by posing as census surveys
The Republican National Committee is trying to raise money for Trump’s re-election by sending out bogus surveys designed to look like census forms, the Washington Post and Huffington Post reported Thursday. “Two civil rights groups demanded that the Republican National Committee immediat[...]
October 17th, 2019 - 4:41 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Rick Perry reportedly will resign
Administration sources have confirmed that Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who is implicated in the Ukraine scandal, has informed President Trump that he plans to resign. Perry’s comments to the Wall Street Journal earlier this week suggest a departure date after Thanksgiving and before the end [...]
October 16th, 2019 - 1:23 am § in Economics, The Ave Scene
MEDINA GOING BROKE WHILE SEATTLE CANNOT PAY FOR THE HOMELESS
Last Saturday I attended a talk about the costs of dealing with Seattle’s homeless. I learned that the rest of King County pays almost nothing to deal with this while bragging that they, the folks in those communities, have no homeless problem. Then I read about the problems facing Medina.[...]
October 15th, 2019 - 2:44 pm § in Misc.
AMERICA CELEBRATES SLAVERY AND EXTERMINATION OF CALIFORNIANS
Really? An AMERICAN coin celebrating the brutality and horror of Father Serra?? What Next? 20 dollar bill celebrating Andrew Jackson? Jefferson Davis Highway dedicated in Washington state? A military school dedicated to the murderers of Jemmi Cato? A monument to celebrate General Sherman’s e[...]
THE Ave Challenge: Who said that?
“The Third World is being required to pay a debt of $2.5 trillion, which is utterly unpayable under the present conditions. And yet $1 trillion is being spent every year on increasingly more sophisticated and lethal weapons. Why and for what?”[...]
The Limits of Military Commitment to Democracy in The Era of Trump
The lack of military willingness to speak out about the unconstitutional abuse of our forces is frightening. About sixty years ago at Harvard, I attended a career night where a General came .. obviously, at Harvard we would get a General. This impressive, learned man was telling us why we ought to c[...]