Posted on November 25, 2016 by David Preston Photos of anti-Trump protests in Chicago and Seattle tell two very different stories about political culture. The Chicago crowd (above) is large, varied, and rowdy. The placards there are hand-made, and each one bears a different message, unique to its [...]
Archive for the ‘The Ave Scene’ Category
November 20th, 2016 - 1:36 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
FOOD BANKS AT THE UW
New food banks pop up in unexpected place: the UW The idea of college students living on cheap Ramen noodles has become a trope. But officials on the UW campus say a surprising number are struggling to balance costs, and flocking to a new food-bank program. By Claudia Rowe Seattle Times staff report[...]
November 19th, 2016 - 10:55 am § in The Ave Scene
WWSD AFTER TRUMP
Afer campaigning for a year against Mrs. Clinton, Seattle Trotskyite City Council person … wants us to boycott Trump’s election[...]
November 18th, 2016 - 11:19 am § in The Ave Scene
Paul Allen: Flipping Seattle Trump Style
Vulcan Flips Amazon building in S. Lake Union for $244 million I guess the next step will be for Vulcan to work with Trump to develop his proposed Trump Club. Amazon office building at 400 Ninth Ave N. (Vulcan Real Estate) Paul Allen’s Vulcan Real Estate has unloaded another part of its[...]
SCROTUS: Supreme Court Republicans of the United States
What happens if SCOTUS deadlocks 4-4?[...]
November 15th, 2016 - 1:21 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Redhook’s owner lays off half of Woodinville brewery production staff
Seattle’s Red Hook Suffers From Corporate Malaise Rainier and Red Hook Beer are iconic symbols of Seattle, When my wife and I came here. Rainier beer was awful but the big R on the brewery along I5 was great. Even better were the the commercials featuring Mt. Rainier, with a motorcycle comi[...]
November 12th, 2016 - 1:33 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle’s Ezell’s: #2 Best Chicken in USA
The 10 Best Fried Chicken Joints in America, Ranked Many don’t burn chicken, and neither do these spots. SPOONUNIVERSITY.COM[...]
DelBene Leads Effort to Fund NIH
DelBene Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging $2 Billion Boost for NIH More than 160 House members signed the bipartisan letter urging congressional leaders to prioritize biomedical research by increasing funding for NIH. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) led more than 160 Hou[...]
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David Brewster: Is the Seattle boom a bubble?