Over at Crosscut Marcie Sillman has an intriguing history of Seattle as a city of innovation. Here is a taste of what she covers: Boeing Nirvana Amazon Microsoft Starbucks Slate Immunex I found the list somewhat sad. For example SEALAND and United Parcel, both of which loom hugely in today̵[...]
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October 11th, 2011 - 12:11 am § in Hypocrisy
Perry: Marijuana is a State’s Rights Issue
Rick Perry is surprising in one way .. he is consistent about states rights and, sometimes, very rational. In his book, Fed Up!, Perry wrote “When the federal government oversteps its authority, states should tell Washington they will not be complicit in enforcing laws with which they do not agr[...]
October 6th, 2011 - 12:17 pm § in The Ave Scene
More on Applesauce.
Over at SLOG David Goldstein is defending his love for the new iPhone and mourning the loss of Steve Jobs. The odd thing about Job’s death is the wierd comparisons to Einstein, Edison, … even Aristotle. A better caparison is to the Beetles. I think David confuses the Beetles’[...]
October 1st, 2011 - 12:18 am § in The Ave Scene
New Art Theater Opens in Seattle
Via Moira Macdonald at The Seattle Times: The Uptown Theater, one of Seattle’s oldest movie houses, is about to begin a new chapter. The Seattle International Film Festival announced Saturday night it has taken over the Queen Anne theater’s lease from the AMC chain, which had closed the [...]
Rosh Hashana: Heir to British Throne Will Be Jewish!
email I received: family tree of Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William and future Queen of England *Kate’s mother is Carol Middleton, daughter of Ronald Goldsmith and **Dorothy Harrison (both Jews)* * * *The parents of Dorothy Harrison are Robert Harrison and Elizabeth Temple (both Jews),[...]
September 28th, 2011 - 8:56 am § in Uncategorized
BREAKING NEWS: An objective analysis of the Romney campaign
Last weekend I wrote a somewhat impressionistic piece about the current Repuboican campaign, comapring it to an over written script for a Hollywood movie. Nate Silver, the highly objective political analyst at the NY Times has wroitten a more objective view that I highly recommend. My point was th[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Iran and Turkey: Allies against statehood for Kurds!
Ankara, Turkey – Middle East Headache: Turkish PM Signals Joint Operation With Iran Today 03:43 PM Ankara, Turkey – Turkey’s prime minister has signaled a joint military offensive with Iran against their common enemy: Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq. Recep Tayyip Erdogan says[...]
September 27th, 2011 - 8:38 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
BREAKING NEWS: NIH budget has modest cuts .. so far
The Senate Appropriations Committee has proposed to trim the budget of the National Institutes of Healthby .6 percen, This would leave the NIH at $30.5 billion ,The Committee also proposes $582 million to launch the National Center for Advancing Translational Research, while eliminating the [...]
September 27th, 2011 - 7:29 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Paul Allen a No Show at $1.2 billion dollar SLU party, but Josh is still impressed
Josh Fiet at Publicola blogs: I got to South Lake Union about 9:30 on Sunday morning for breakfast and 1) We had to circle around to find parking and 2) There was a line out the door at the restaurant, Portage Bay Café. I guess I wasn’t the only one who wanted to be in/see/test […][...]
People of color should not vote with everybody else!
Majority-minority? by N in Seattle at HorsesAss has a great post on the effort to increase a “majority minority” Congressional district south of Seattle … you know where all of those black, yellow, brown, people live unless they are Korean, Indian, Lummi, or Chinese. The proponents[...]