As US power wanes, the radical right is blaming Obama. I do not blame anyone. I think the flag wavers for American power are living in a fantasy land where Washington DC is the most recent capital of the Roman Empire … a claim made before by Rome, Constantinople, Moscow, Vienna, and Lo[...]
Archive for April 6th, 2015
April 6th, 2015 - 3:16 pm § in Misc.
Animal shelters kill pets to force poor owners to pay abusive fines
Millions of Americans have spent these recent years living under financial stress thanks to criminal bankers; now, some are being victimized again by another group of predators: Heartless animal shelters that hold pets’ lives hostage to collect extortionate fines the owners can’t pay. &#[...]
April 6th, 2015 - 12:07 pm § in The Ave Scene
Celebrate the REAL TEA PARTY, Next Weekend in Seattle
Free program sharing the cultural & food traditions of Chief Seattle’s Duwamish Tribe. Serving Native & English tea, scones & finger sandwiches with a NW Native twist. Your hostess is Princess Angeline’s great-great-grand-niece, Cecile Hansen, the Duwamish Tribal Chairwoman. Tast[...]
April 6th, 2015 - 11:05 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Conservatives Go Bull Shit Over Seattle’s Minimum Wage
Here is a response and fact check to the story that Ray Tennison posted and other conservatives bought hook line and sinker. Turns out like so much of their crap on minimum wage to not be true. Minimum Wage Increase Killing Seattle Restaurants? Anatomy Of A Lie From Inside The Bubble It all began [...]
April 6th, 2015 - 10:08 am § in The Ave Scene
FREE: Public Discussion of Minimum Wages
Minimum Wage History Saturday, April 11, 1:00 pm Speakers: * KSHAMA SAWANT, Seattle City Council * JAMES GREGORY, Professor of History, University of Washington * SARAH CHERIN, Political Director, UFCW 21 * HEATHER WEINER, YES! for Sea-Tac Campaign Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room (225), UW Seattle. Free[...]
Bani Sadr: An Iranian President Sees The Lausanne Agreement as a Major Blow to Iran’s Theocratic Rulers.
For the US, the news is very good. For Israel, not so much. The Global Post has a very important interview with Abolhassan Bani-Sadr:, the first President of the Iranian Republic. Bani-Sadr was forced to into exile because his views on the US were too moderate for the radicals who had fermented [...]
Passover is a JEWISH holiday
Why Christians Should Not Host Their Own Passover Seders By Rebecca Cynamon-Murphy read more at Religion Dispatches A Christian woman explains how insulting it is to Jews when Christians take the seder as theirs. To those of you who are Christians, most synagogues have list of families willing to [...]