The Trump administration wants to make massive cuts in research while claiming to spend MORE money on science. The TRUMP Government, led by The Secretary of HHS and the Director of the OMB, have previously proposed draconian cuts to the NIH budget. Now we know the vehicle for the cuts .. an att[...]
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June 20th, 2017 - 10:42 am § in Donald Trump, Politics, Schools & Colleges, Science, The Ave Scene, UW
Major Threat To UW and Hutch By Trump
February 7th, 2016 - 1:24 am § in The Ave Scene
Republicans: Does Seattle Have Anyone Like Doug Burgham?
A Former Microsoft Exec Doug Burgum Wants to Be Governor of North Dakota I have no desire to be a politician. I do want to be an elected leader. RE/CODE REPORTS THAT Doug Burgum, founded Great Plains Software and ran it for 18 years before selling to Steve Balmer at Microsoft for $1.1 billion,[...]
January 22nd, 2016 - 1:46 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: Who lives here?
A. Steve Balmer B. Donald Trump C. David Koch D. Salman Al Saud E. Vladimir Putin[...]
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 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[...]
September 27th, 2015 - 2:01 am § in Misc.
Time to Break Up the GOP?
Boehner’s resignation may be the break we have all needed. I do not think the term “conservative” makes any sense as applied o the current Repugnant party. Going back in history, the GOP is not rooted in the Federalists of Hamilton, the Lincoln Republicans, or in Taft, Eisenhower[...]
July 21st, 2014 - 3:47 am § in The Ave Scene
The Microsoft Layoffs
In 1995 Bill Gates wrote, “The Internet is a tidal wave. It changes the rules.” That memo was all too correct. The consequences of Steve Balmer’s failure to rise to the challenge are now in the hopefully agile hands of CEO Satya Nadella. Nadella was expected to lay off five or six t[...]
May 6th, 2014 - 12:31 pm § in Misc.
Bill Gates Shares in Microsoft Dwindle to Nill
In 1986 Bill Gates owned 49 percent of Microsoft at its initial public offering. Today Bill has a fortune of about $77 billion even after his gifts of tens of billions ot the Gates Foundation. Unless Gates stops his regular program of selling stock, soon, however, none of Gates’ fortune[...]
April 13th, 2014 - 3:29 pm § in The Ave Scene
Paul Allan’s Tech Advisor is Quickly Gone
Paul Allan Fires Loses Tech Advisor Paul Allen, after making his billions alongside Bill Gates and Steve Balmer, has not been very successful on his own in tech. After leaving Microsoft, a series of investments in tech have been less than impressive, suggesting that the man who owns much of S[...]
HORSESASS: Goldy calls out the Seattle Times over Taxes
Over at HorsesAss, David Goldstein rags on an editorial in the Times. The editorial complains that Seattle may loose another corporate headquarters and blames that loss on our lack of state moneys for infrastructure and education. Goldy, as usual. says that the Tokes ought to support an income tax[...]