The first typewriter to be commercially successful was invented in 1868 by Americans Christopher Latham Sholes, Frank Haven Hall, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sholes soon disowned the machine and refused to use, or even to recommend it. It looked “like something [...]
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September 22nd, 2016 - 9:44 am § in Misc.
Kshama Sawant Plays the Trump Card: Attacks the UW for studying the $15 minimum wage
“It is professionally irresponsible to draw such a conclusion from the data at this time.” Kshama Sawant The Seattle Times Reports: Professor Jacob Vigdor and other members of a UW team published a preliminary study of the effects of the $15 minimum wage in Seattle. Whatever good that has d[...]
150th Anniversary of Death of Tesla (The Man Not the Car!)
WOMEN The female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that capacity will be expanded; the average woman will be as well educated as the average man, and then better educated, for the dormant faculties of her brain will be [...]
June 7th, 2016 - 1:09 pm § in The Ave Scene
150th Anniversary of the death of Chief Seattle
Chief Seattle .. he is buried across the Sound. This statue of the Chief sits in Downtown Seattle, under the monorail. Four roads intersect around the tiny plot of concrete and grass beneath the statue. Cars and trucks spew fumes and only a daring pedestrian would try to cross the street to look c[...]
February 29th, 2016 - 8:57 am § in The Ave Scene
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December 6th, 2015 - 4:36 pm § in Misc.
The 13th Amendment was ratified 150 years ago today
The 13th amendment permanently abolishing slavery was ratified and became part of the Constitution on December 6, 1865. (The 1863 Emancipation Proclamation only applied to “states in rebellion,” and was an executive order that could be rescinded by a future president.) It passed Congre[...]
November 20th, 2015 - 8:46 am § in Misc.
Anniversary of Spain “outlawing” slavery in the Americas, 1542
On The Black Top: The Founding Fathers Views on Slavery Carl Mack: from facebook Before I get started class, just a something to make you go hmmmmmm. Did you know that 12 U.S. Presidents were slave owners & 8 of them owned slaves while serving? Hmmmm my azz, SHYT!!! WTF!!! Now for today’s [...]
November 8th, 2015 - 1:03 am § in Uncategorized
World GDP, 1980-2015, in a chart
As you can see in the IMF chart below, the world’s economic growth rate hit a plateau in 2012 and is now stagnant. Also, China and other emerging economies have been the principal drivers of the global economy since about 2000.[...]
July 11th, 2015 - 10:18 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: NAACP Ends 15-Year Boycott Of South Carolina
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