This article contains news and commentary. You either believe it, or you don’t. It isn’t very believable; it’s most likely Russian disinformation. But rightwing tabloids like NY Post and Daily Mail seized on it, and Trump is miffed that mainstream media haven’t. Reputable jou[...]
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October 18th, 2020 - 5:14 pm § in Misc.
Rescued hiker’s incredible tale of survival begins to emerge
I’ve never hiked Zion National Park, but I know people who have. It’s a rugged canyonland where a person can get lost, flash floods can roar through narrow canyons without warning, and there are cliffs to fall from. Holly Courtier, 38, of Woodland Hills, California, got lost after hittin[...]
June 19th, 2019 - 12:38 am § in Misc.
MH-370 five years later
It’s been over 5 years since Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 vanished without a trace, but there’s enough evidence to draw firm conclusions about what happened, how, and why. According to a new article in The Atlantic, MH-370’s pilot turned off the transponder, killed the passengers[...]
October 15th, 2016 - 4:52 pm § in Misc.
Typhoon Hits Seattle Tonight
Mega-storm packing 150 mph winds and 50-foot waves set to pummel West Coast Packing 150 mph sustained winds, a storm some meteorologists are calling the “biggest storm in history” will hit coastal regions of the U.S. this Saturday,generating 45-foot waves, and dumping multiple feet of rainfall[...]
October 4th, 2016 - 12:39 am § in Misc.
Trump is not alone in GOP attitudes toward women.
While GOP stars are demanding Trump step down for his attacks on women, the sexism is deeply embedded in their party. Promises and Covenants By Thomas B. Cotton, The Crimson October 3, 1997 Men are simple creatures. It doesn’t take much to please us. The problem is women. How does an utte[...]
July 23rd, 2016 - 9:12 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Iniitiative 123: Xanadu comes to Seattle
Christopher Goodwin Initiative 123 is a plan to build a new viaduct on the site of the existing viaduct and make it into an elevated park from Pier 70 all the way to the stadiums. They are claiming that this will be exactly like New York’s Highline park. In 1980 a rail company gave the […][...]
May 31st, 2016 - 6:37 pm § in Uncategorized
Explaining the Trump phenomenon in a paragraph
“Trump is running not to be president of all Americans, but to be the clan leader of white Americans. Those white Americans who respond to his message hear his abusive comments, not as evidence of his unfitness for office, but as proof of his commitment to their tribe.” — David Fru[...]
February 9th, 2016 - 9:47 am § in Misc.
The SEIU Debate Is Bitter
James Tweedle from AAUP listserv There is so much confusion in Sarah Stroup’s latest treatise that it would be impossible to respond to all of it. A few points will have to suffice. First, she agrees that The Seattle Times opinion piece by Ed Lazowska and Paul Hopkins is marked by what she calls a[...]
July 27th, 2015 - 9:22 am § in Uncategorized
Obama rebukes GOP’s extreme rhetoric
The GOP’s presidential candidates amped up their frenzied rhetoric over the weekend, with Mike Huckabee comparing President Obama’s Iran policy to Hitler marching Jews “into the ovens,” following on Donald Trump’s attacks on Sen. John McCain’s military service; an[...]
February 28th, 2015 - 11:01 pm § in Politics
Book Review: Praising sweatshops
Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy, by Benjamin Powell (Cambridge University Press, 2014) Okay, I haven’t read it, I’ve only read the review in Barrons magazine, so this is really a review of a review. Benjamin Powell is a very conservative (actually libertarian) academic [...]