The late 18th century treaty reached by America with certain Muslim pirates of the African coast states: As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion,-as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Mu[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bill of Rights’
February 4th, 2018 - 12:29 am § in Uncategorized
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The Treaty of Tripoli Celebrates America as a Jesus Free State
July 13th, 2017 - 7:59 am § in Foreign Affairs, Hypocrisy
BREAKING NEWS: China’s Civil Rights Leader Dies As a Political Prisoner
Liu Xiaobo Dies A chair sat empty for Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo in Oslo in 2010. The rights activist was imprisoned in China in 2009. Heiko Junge/AFP/Getty Images Prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo, the only Chinese citizen ever to be awarded a Nobel Prize while still residing in China, has di[...]
July 4th, 2017 - 12:36 pm § in Uncategorized
A Wonderful Essay on Becoming a US Citizen
The Country I Love By PRAMILA JAYAPAL JULY 4, 2017 SEATTLE NY Times- Seventeen years ago, I celebrated my first Independence Day as a United States citizen. I couldn’t have predicated then that I would one day have the enormous privilege of being the first Indian-American woman to serve in the[...]
June 16th, 2017 - 12:01 am § in Hypocrisy, The Ave Scene
Legal Thuggery Under the Bar
Law student who turned her life around can’t take bar exam because of her past Tarra Simmons, a nurse and mother of three, survived drug addiction, divorce, loss of her house and served 20 months behind bars. In prison she became excited by lawyers. She went on to win virtually every acade[...]
June 9th, 2017 - 6:00 am § in Hypocrisy, The Ave Scene
Black and Jew, Then and Now
As we see angst over a Jewish professor caught in the poisonous mix of white guilt and racism at Evergreen College, it is useful too look back a hundred years when the progressive Jewish newspaper, The Forward, introcuced WEB DuBois to what was then the Jewish left. “When the immigrant from [...]
Racism at Evergreen, WASTATE’s Ohso Progressive Campus
50 EVERGREEN FACULTY CALL FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST BIOLOGY PROFESSOR These faculty call on the College to: Demonstrate accountability by pursuing a disciplinary investigation against Bret Weinstein according to guidelines in the Social Contract and Faculty Handbook. Weinst[...]
May 9th, 2017 - 8:21 am § in Foreign Affairs
Neofascism: Turkey Blocks Access to Wikipedia
The government of Turkey has blocked access to Wikipedia after two Wikipedia entries described links between the Erdogan government Turkey and Islamist militant groups . The ministry accused Wikipedia of running a “smear campaign” against the Turkey. saying some articles purported tha[...]
JOIN US …. March For Science …. APRIL 22 …. Cal Anderson Park
Do you know that there are about 20,000 people in Seattle’s scientific community? Do you know that science fellows often make less than school teachers even after earning a PhD? Do you know that it takes as much as ten years after college, at low wages, to train to become a junior faculty memb[...]
April 11th, 2017 - 8:23 am § in America
UPDATE: United drags doctor off plane to give his seat to employee
We all know commercial air travel sucks, but United has sunk to a new low in despicable treatment of passengers by violently dragging a paying passenger off a Chicago-to-Louisville flight to make way for a United employee traveling standby. The airline first asked for volunteers, and when it got non[...]
Glenn Greenwald Preaches Caution to The Left
Key Democratic Officials Now Warning Base Not to Expect Evidence of Trump/Russia Collusion Glenn Greenwald FROM MSNBC POLITICS shows to town hall meetings across the country, the overarching issue for the Democratic Party’s base since Trump’s victory has been Russia, often suffocating atte[...]