I may be a bit unusual as a diabetes patient. I am 78 year old, MD PhD and a Professor. I am also a type II diabetic who is grateful for my DEXCOM glucose monitor, But, in my state, Washington, that pretty much means having to buy the DEXCOM G6 from a “medical Device Provider” […][...]
Archive for the ‘The Ave Scene’ Category
January 20th, 2020 - 9:22 am § in The Ave Scene
Lets BAN Cock Fights in the Democratic Party
STUPID is a six letter word. Is this sort of behavior white male? When women or blacks or hispanics enter politics do they/we need to wear jockey shorts .. as in “get a set of balls.” I am perpetually pissed of by the ohso liberal claims of moral superiority in politics. This is espe[...]
January 6th, 2020 - 2:46 pm § in Saudi Arabia, The Ave Scene
Fox News Applauds Assasination of Solemeini
Soleimani’s killing ignites Russia-vs.-Iran schism in Syria Hollie McKay of Fox News tries to explain why Solemeini’s death was justified. The death of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, at the orders of President Trump last week, not only has cast a murky shadow on the futur[...]
November 16th, 2019 - 11:28 pm § in The Ave Scene
MahGawd … she is a Congresswoman!
“A president should not be impeached over accusations of wrongdoing. I believe they (the accusations) must be proven.” Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, WA Representative Herrera Beutler is the first Representative to give birth while serving in Congress and a rare GOP me[...]
Microsoft and Amazon Fund Free Tuition for Most WA State Families!
From the Seattle Times: Washington opens wider the door to higher education with new College Grant program While Seattle’s ohso liberal community came out to vote against Amazon- supported candidates last week, maybe these same folks need to read this editorial in the Seattle Times. Evil Jef[...]
November 9th, 2019 - 2:41 pm § in The Ave Scene
Sawant wins, District 3 and Seattle Lose.
As a resident of District 3, I can say Sawant has no interest in where I live. She is never seen here and knows zilch about the issues of black flight, terrible local transportation, and dying schools. . She wins by bringing in huge amounts of outside money to organize a voting block. Her office [[...]
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 10th, 2019 - 7:59 am § in Racism, The Ave Scene
Seattle’s Great Southern Chef
“When you think other careers like an engineer, no one says, ‘I’m a great black engineer.’ No. Just, ‘I’m a great engineer.’ My fear was that people would recognize me as a black chef instead of just a great chef.” – EDUARDO JORDAN (Huff Post by ByTamara Gane, G[...]
WHY SEATTLE’S EFFORTS TO MAKE SLU A BIOTECH PARK FAILED
How Massachusetts Built A Booming Biotech Ecosystem and Washington Failed Original text appeared as an advertisement on 538 sponsored by WE WORK. The text written by Satta Sarmah-Hightower is abstracted for this post and commented by me in blue. The original premise of South Lake Union was that [...]
How the UW Could Fix the Emmert Mess
The scandals surrounding former UW President Mark Emmert began before he came here and were deepened before he left for his real job as NCAA commissioner. The Washington Post calls NCAA President Mark Emmert “the lord of a feudal state that knows its time is over. “ My two cents: Colle[...]