Amazon’s founder adds $10.2 billion to his net worth this year Warren Buffett falls $4.7 billion from peak during Trump rally[...]
Archive for the ‘The Ave Scene’ Category
March 30th, 2017 - 5:08 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
Jeff Bezos Is Now the World’s Second Richest Person
March 29th, 2017 - 8:01 am § in The Ave Scene
Greater Seattle Houses Dearest in Nation
Greater Seattle home costs soared at 11.3 percent, the fastest pace in three years, the fastest in the US. The region has taken the top spot in the national rankings in every month since September, and price growth has only been speeding up as of late . Portland was behind, again, with home pr[...]
March 27th, 2017 - 5:24 pm § in The Ave Scene
Trolley Obsession in Seattle
David Brewster Cities are crazy about streetcars and trolleys, but they often turn out to be a bad investment. Here’s a primer on what works, with a lot of warnings to a city such as Seattle. They need to be where people want to go; they need to be less pokey; you need to keep […][...]
March 20th, 2017 - 10:55 am § in The Ave Scene
Which Black Lives Matter and to Whom?
Charlie James Two times I have called Black Lives Matter and never got a response. But over and over I have seen their marches and noticed the absence of Black people..or more accurately Black men. The only black men embraced on their web site are ” Trans brothers” which is cool, but [...]
Northwest Islamophobia
A week ago, Tuesday afternoon, Jason Kendall burst into Al Aqsa Fine Middle Eastern Cuisine in Salem Oregon and, alkeedly. began striking an employee with a pipe while spewing racial epithets. Kendall was not a customer at the time when he spotted an employee who appeared to be Middle Eastern in the[...]
March 15th, 2017 - 7:46 am § in The Ave Scene
A Liberal Against Taxes!
Robert Sargent Dear State of Washington and county & city governments: NO MORE REGRESSIVE TAXES AND FEES! Seattle sales tax up .6 cents, so total is now 10.1¢ starting April 1. Seattle considering a soft drink tax. State wants a 15¢ gas tax. Stop it. Just fucking stop it! How about a wealth ta[...]
March 14th, 2017 - 12:13 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
FACEBOOK: Experiencing Trumpism
RR Anderson FEELING GROSS Spying a human body rummaging inside wife’s new car this AM provoked emotions of anger, fear and immediate need for vengeance… ran outside barefoot in my pajamas to curse at this person. Only to find it was a newly released mental patient still with gown &am[...]
March 11th, 2017 - 9:16 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle Antisemitism
Tracy Rector FACEBOOK This was left on my son’s school today which is part of Temple De Hirsch Sinai. It breaks my heart that the students, especially the middle schoolers, had to face this hatred in what’s supposed to be a safe space. FYI, in the last 50 days since the Dictator and hi[...]
UPDATE: Disaster in The Broughtons
For the last three years we have cruised north to the beautiful Broughton Archipelago near the north end of Vancouver Island. This AM I read of a disaster: Diesel spill at the Burdwood fish farm has contaminated most of the Broughton Archipelago including many traditional clam beaches, during the [...]
I Go To Court and Get Effed by My Insurance Company
Now a year later, I get a mail from my insurance company claiming I was at fault and my insurance is being cancelled! I was involved in a serious car accident. Without going through the details there was a lot of damage and with a few changes someone might have been killed. No one was […][...]