from David Preston at the Blog Quixotic A Leader of Seattle’s Homeless Industry The Bill Kirlin-Hackett Story Mr. Mild The first impression one gets of the Reverend Bill Kirlin-Hackett is of someone we’d expect to find singing kum-ba-ya around the campfire or handing out coffee and hugs at[...]
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A Dialog on Antisemitism
Chinazor Onianwah s The most powerful media platform, not controlled by Jewish interest – I’ve often wondered how long it would take to attempt a hostile takeover of the Internet itself. Stephen Schwartz Chinazor is an antidsemite, sadly. The idea that we control the media is persistent [...]
August 3rd, 2016 - 11:01 am § in Misc.
Iran: For Official Washington, it is the American arms traders, the politics that drive it, and the companies that profit from it that should have the final say in the running conflict. They never want to discuss peace, much less analyse the devastating impacts of arms transfers to their “moderate” agents and favoured allies.
TEHRAN (FNA)- When you hear US government officials criticising calls for civilians to evacuate the besieged city of Aleppo in Syria through humanitarian corridors, it’s not that they want to save lives; they want a continued conflict so they could live the good life. In much the same way, the war[...]
No Professorships For You!
Open Letter to My Students: No, You Cannot be a Professor also posted No, You Cannot be a Professor–the Reactions and For New Readers: Northwest History’s Greatest Hits.] In a way it is the greatest compliment a student can give. I ask them what they want to do with their history degree.[...]
When Chanukah fell on Shabbat, across the street from Nazi Headquarters
It was the eighth night of Chanukah in Kiel, Germany, a small town with a Jewish population of 500. That year, 1931, the last night Chanukah fell on Friday evening, and Rabbi Akiva Boruch Posner, spiritual leader of the town was hurrying to light the Menorah before the Shabbat set in.Directly across[...]
The U.S. Constitution treats belief and behavior differently
A Richland, Washington, florist is digging in for a legal fight she’s likely to lose. Meanwhile Seattle’s new police chief has imposed restrictions on what the department’s employees can post on social media, and the usually combative leader of the police union is counseling his [...]
April 7th, 2014 - 10:42 am § in Misc.
South Carolina: THE Ave candidate pulls ahead of Tea Party opponents to Linsey Graham!
Lindsey Graham looks to be in deep trouble according to a recent poll of likely Republican Primary voters in South Carolina. Lee Bright is dominating the crowded field of challengers, and both trends seem to be building. Bright, who polled more than Nancy Mace, Bill Connor and Richard Cash [...]
March 21st, 2014 - 4:50 am § in Uncategorized
The Death Penalty: Revenge Or Justice?
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. — Romans 12:19 (KJV) On May 15, 1916, a 17-year-old black farmhand named Jesse Washington went on trial in Waco, Texas, for the murder of his employer[...]
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