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November 16th, 2014 - 9:51 pm § in Schools & Colleges

Who Paid For $unday’s Seattle Times Ad Promoting WSU Medical School?

WSU has a half-page, full-color, advertisement promoting its proposed medical school on page A6 of the Sunday, Nov. 16, 014, edition of the Seattle Times. The ad features a photo of a smiling woman doctor examining a little girl with a stethoscope under the headline, “Washington needs more doc[...]

November 16th, 2014 - 3:06 pm § in Uncategorized

President Romney Sends Ground Troops To Iraq

President Romney said today the U.S. must send ground troops to Iraq to fight ISIS terrorists. He waffled a lot, saying stuff like, “No one wants that,” and “No one wants to see our ground troops there,” before saying “it would be wrong to rule out ground troops,”[...]

November 16th, 2014 - 2:49 pm § in Misc.

Pit Bull Owner Sues Victim Of Vicious Attack By Her Dogs

This is a man-bites-dog story (pun intended). A Texas woman has filed a $1 million tort claim against a neighbor whose dog was killed by her pit bulls for injuries she claims to have suffered while trying to restrain her dogs. Her dogs got through a hole in a fence into the neighbor’s yard and[...]

November 16th, 2014 - 12:57 pm § in China

CHINA: Can the US be forced out of East Asia?

Fate of U.S. airbase unclear as opponent wins Japan’s Okinawa governor election 11-16 23:21 Takeshi Onaga, a 64-year-old former Naha mayor and an opponent of the U.S. Futenma airbase relocation plan, on Sunday won the gubernatorial election of Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, [...]

November 16th, 2014 - 12:06 pm § in Hypocrisy

Where Prayer is Forbidden

While the rest of Israel has free speech, prayer by Jews is prohibited on the Temple Mount. Police patrol near the Temple Mount  Photo: REUTERS Thirteen Jewish worshippers were detained and questioned by police at the Temple Mount Monday morning following two separate incidents of civil disobedien[...]

November 16th, 2014 - 11:38 am § in Uncategorized

SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Nome May Be First Town In U.S. To Tax Its Churches

Taxing Churches Nome, Alaska, is a tiny town of less than 4000 people. Despite its size, its name is well-known, showing up in popular culture venues from “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” of the 1950’s, to “The X-Files,” to “The Simpsons Movie.” And Nome is the [...]

November 16th, 2014 - 11:13 am § in Uncategorized

Global Warming Deniers Are Unpatriotic

A Forbes article this weekend makes clear the Pentagon has regarded global warming as a national security threat since the 1980s: “The Military Advisory Board is dismayed that discussions of climate change have become so polarizing and have receded from the arena of informed public discourse[...]

November 16th, 2014 - 8:58 am § in Misc.

RADICAL REPUBLICANS

Rep. Trey Radel resigned from Congress on Monday, ending a once promising career that collapsed after the Florida Republican was caught buying cocaine from a federal law enforcement agent. Mr. Radel made a name for himself advocating drug testing food tamp recipients.[...]

November 16th, 2014 - 7:11 am § in Misc.

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November 16th, 2014 - 7:04 am § in America

CHINA: One Country, One Travel System

 Alex Chow, Nathan Law and Eason Chung —three Hong Kong students from the Occupy Movement have been  denied permission to  go to Beijing to meet with top Chinese officials.  The students arrived at the Hong Kong airport greeted by dozens of well-wishers holding up yellow umbrellas, but  they[...]