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September 30th, 2019 - 8:36 am § in Misc.

THE-Ave Challenge: What do all these people have in common?

Roy Cohn Kim Jung Un Bill and Hillary Clinton Andrew D’Amato Mike Flynn Thomas Barrack Muhamud ibn Salman Sholom Rubashkin Rodrigo Duterte Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno Kenneth Shapiro Allison Giannini Sebastion Gorka Steve Feinberg Steve Bannon Richard  LeFrak Howard Stern Marla Maples Chri[...]

September 18th, 2019 - 1:43 am § in The Ave Scene

The Man Who Could Have Been Apple, Jean-Louis Gassée, Writes About Jeff Bezos

Bezos: A CEO Who Can Write Jean-Louis Gassée writes an amazing essay about Jeff Bezos in the website Medium as part of his series of posts called Mondaynotes. Gassée played a major role in the history of Apple and what might have been a very different history of the entire tech world. In 1985, as [...]

September 14th, 2019 - 12:07 am § in Misc.

Why The U.W And Nike Are A Threat To America’s War In Afghanistan

After discussing with Prof. Schwartz the U.W.’s relationship with Nike, I feel confident a meritorious argument can be made that the University’s arrangement with Nike is incestuous.  The incest arises from the fact the University’s finance office and its academic departments are first cousin[...]

July 4th, 2019 - 1:16 am § in America, Christianity, Hypocrisy

The Sacrilege of the Pledge of Allegiance UNDER GOD

As an Atheist, a Jew, and a patriot, I Cannot Recite America’s Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The original pledge I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of Ameri[...]

July 4th, 2019 - 1:14 am § in Misc.

JULY 4: The sacrilege of the pledge of allegiance!

Today, as an American, grateful for all that has come before, I will celebrate our anniversary. Sadly, as an Atheist, as a Jew, and as a  patriot, I will not be able to recite America’s Pledge of Allegiance. I would gladly recite the original words of the Pledge: “I pledge allegiance to[...]

June 26th, 2019 - 11:25 am § in Israel/Palestine

Can Kushner Make Peace?

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April 14th, 2019 - 1:35 am § in Misc.

SUNDAY REVELATION: God Speaks Out About Trump

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April 10th, 2019 - 1:00 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene, UW

The Scandal of Online Education

Highline, a new online magazine from the Huffington Post has a disturbing article on the abuse of higher education by private, for profit, online education services.   The author,  Kevin Carey is the director of education policy program at a  policy institute, New America.  His key points [...]

March 24th, 2019 - 4:26 pm § in Misc.

Tyee Swap Meet

The Tyee table at Fisheries is all set for next Saturday!  Come by and sit in (we would like more company). Just say hello and walk around. There will be a hundreds or more booths selling stuff from old charts to rigging gear.  Meet boaters from world sailors to  the folks you saw on the [&hellip[...]

January 27th, 2019 - 12:07 pm § in Misc.

FB Dialog: When “Privilige” Becomes a Racist Epithet

  May I assume you understand why judges knock down folks who ask leading questions? Over on FACEBOOK, Chad Zichterman is trying to rip me a new hole because he wants to convince me that I am a bad person because I do not think he has the right to accuse me of being privileged.  […][...]