Steve Balmer has been fired! The media are being very polite about this but the message is clear … Balmer is leaving because of a failure to lead. He may be a wonderful business man .. probably would be good as the boss at IBM, Oracle, or SAP… but Microsoft is in competition with A[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Seattle Scene’
August 13th, 2013 - 12:57 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
Why did Jeff Buy a Newspaper?
Bezos name as a the buyer of the Washington Post could be very misleading. He is a masterful entrepeneur and may have “bought” the “paper” for other reasons. Some of these are mundane. For example, on friend suggestd Mrs. Bezos asked him ot buy a paper on the way home. He[...]
August 5th, 2013 - 1:59 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Bezos Buys WASHINGTON POST!
The Washington Post Reports That It has Been Sold to Amazon’s Founder, Jeff Bezos! Bezos, is buying the Post and its affiliated publications for $250 million in cash. Amazon will have no role in the purchase. Bezos, all of a sudden, is gong to become a voice competitive with Rupert Murdock! Th[...]
Have you voted yet (for Mayor of Seattle?)
I Endorse Peter Steinbrueck Your vote is due Tuesday. …There are four viable candidates .. McGinn, Harrel, Murray and Steinbrueck. Why Steinbrueck ? Seattle is at a juncture where it may become a major world class city where no one lives or visits except for business. The Vulcanizarion[...]
July 26th, 2013 - 4:07 am § in The Ave Scene
Packing People Into Seattle
Why Live in Seattle If It Is A Sardine Can?[...]
Commentary by Anthony: The Term “Student-Athlete” Is A Joke.
As a former “Student-Athlete” at the University of Washington I always thought this term was a joke. Coming into the University of Washington from Garfield High School, my GPA was unacceptable by Udubs academic standards. I had a 2.3 and my SAT score was an 890. Frankly, this was wa[...]
July 9th, 2013 - 3:25 pm § in Politics, The Ave Scene
Primer on Seattle Mayor Race
CLICK THE HAND or go here to see where the cash is![...]
July 8th, 2013 - 10:59 am § in Politics
Right Wing Governor SUPPORTS Academic Free Speech
Scott Walker, best known as a right wing Republican radical, has used his line item veto to support academic freedom at the University of Wisconsin! Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker issued a line-item veto to strike an unconstitutional ban on faculty speech and research from the Wisconsin state budge[...]
June 25th, 2013 - 11:37 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Seattle City Council Supports the D Word
DEMOCRACY Yesterday the Seattle City Council put public financing plan on the November ballot. This is Step One on an effort to make the City Council a more democratic (small d) body. Currently, candidates need to raise about $250,000. In effect. a new person running for Council needs to get t[...]
Remember the Hydros?
Billionaire death race overawes Seattle’s Seafair ”’ world’s most dangerous sailboat vs the old thunderboats Capsized yachts and a sailor’s death cast a pall over this week’s finals A typical 1960s Lake Washington summer day consisted of a “thunderboat “race.[...]