As predicted on TA. Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, a self described Troskyist Socialist, has begun mooting her candidacy for Congress. She does not currently live within the 7th District, but at least acc. to the Seattle Times) congressional candidates are not required to live in the d[...]
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January 6th, 2016 - 7:17 am § in Misc.
UPDATE: Sawant, as predicted, is mulling her chances to run for the MickeyD seat!
January 4th, 2016 - 10:27 am § in The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Jim McDermot steps down
Sunny Jim is expected to resign, after 14 terms. As someone with nearly 50 year old roots in this place and webs between my fingers, I am peased that this is finally happening. In my opinion Jim has been more of a figurehead for Seattle’s self image than an effective representative. While[...]
November 10th, 2015 - 12:21 pm § in Misc.
On Facebook, David Brewster predicts that Sawant and Sawantism will now wane in Seattle.
I think David is naive, Her popularity may wane but it is likely not important because the underlying issue is not Sawant as Savant, policy, it is power. SEIU is trying to establish itself as a big player in Seattle’s power structure. Here is what I expect to happen: SEIU/SA mo[...]
November 7th, 2015 - 11:27 am § in Misc.
David Brewster: Is Sawant Running For Jim’s Seat?
David Brewster : Josh Feit of Publicola has an important take on the election: Sawant won re-election but lost the election. She proved to have few coattails for other candidates and may find she has only one real ally among the 9 councilmembers, namely Mike O’Brien. This outcome reminds me[...]
The Danger to The UW of an SEIU Union: BY THEIR FRIENDS SHALL YE KNOW THEM
….Matthew 7:16 The SEIU brings with it an agenda that few faculty are likely to accept and that certainly will turn off most legislators. The post on the left shows the problem . The organizations on this post are no more likely to get what the UW faculty wants from the legislature than an [...]
July 24th, 2015 - 8:31 am § in The Ave Scene
SEATTLE APARTHEID: Is Seattle Segregated?
A couple of days ago on TA , Ed Clark responded to the Seattle Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) charge that Seattle’s zoning is rooted in and responsible for racial segregation in Seattle. In my opinion, the HALA statement was race baiting and flawed by a fundamenta[...]
July 15th, 2015 - 10:16 am § in Misc.
The Stranger’s Wierd Endorment of Kshama Sawant (emphasis added)
Council District No. 3 Kshama Sawant Kshama Sawant KELLY O Comrades! Let us take another step forward in the righteous, people-powered, scent-free struggle to overthrow the greedy capitalists and create a Socialist utopia on Puget Sound, a place where a giant state apparatus will ensure that you hav[...]
May 28th, 2015 - 8:26 am § in Uncategorized
Chicago PD didn’t want you to see this photo
It’s a Polaroid snapshot ca. 1999-2003 of two cops posing with rifles over a black guy wearing antlers. It was released this week by a Chicago judge over police officials’ objections, according to CNN (click here for story). Neither of the cops, Tim McDermott and Jerome Finnigan, is stil[...]
Speak loudly and carry a small stick: The Logan Act and American foreign policy
By rights, the Logan Act should never have never made it onto the Internet chat circuit. Approved in 1799 by a sharply polarized Congress, the Act was seen, even at the time, as nothing more than a gesture to put an upstart state legislator (Dr. George Logan) in his place for schmoozing the French. [...]
Losing the UW, Losing a President
Higher-ed spending in Texas lured UW’s president With a stable endowment from oil revenues and a new governor who talks of lifting the state’s public universities into the top tier, Texas proved a powerful draw for University of Washington President Michael Young. By Katherine LongSeattle[...]