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August 31st, 2015 - 9:00 am § in The Ave Scene

Nicknaming Seattle

Over at Crosscut they are going through yet another peri0dic effort find a nickname for Seattle.  When we came here the nickname was Queen City.  The burghers decided that was too gay.  So they had a context and came up with The Emerald City.  Gakhhh …. seems like a joke where  our natura[...]

August 25th, 2015 - 6:02 am § in America, Hypocrisy, Politics

Tribute and Attribute

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July 15th, 2015 - 6:33 pm § in Misc.

When Jews Drink Tea with Republicans

  Stand with Us is a Jewish movement that does a good job of combating the antisemitic, pro Hamas boycott movement (BDS).  Unfortunately, SWU has been sipping too many Glessel Tea with the Tea Party and seems have fallen under the rhetorical table of the Republican extremist reaction to the Iran [...]

July 12th, 2015 - 1:06 am § in America, Christianity

SUNDAY REVELATIONS:Buchenwald 76, Anniversary of the camp opening.

  Eighty Years Since The Opening of the Buchenwald Camp I believe the Christian concept of forgiveness is central to Nazi and American racism. Knowing you can turn to your God for forgiveness not only makes the deed forgivable it makes you a superior being.[...]

July 3rd, 2015 - 3:21 pm § in Politics

The American Taliban

This video clip is from a TV show, but sometimes fiction speaks more clearly than journalism.[...]

July 1st, 2015 - 4:49 pm § in America

South Carolina approves KKK’s pro-Confederate flag rally at capitol

 Do I know The Guy Holding the Flag???????????? Photo: Getty Images The white supremacist Ku Klux Klan has received approval from South Carolina officials to hold a pro-Confederate flag rally at the state capitol, a newspaper reported on Monday, less than two weeks after a white man shot dead nine [...]

June 12th, 2015 - 12:52 pm § in Misc.

RADICAL REPUBLICANS

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May 13th, 2015 - 7:24 pm § in Misc.

Republican Fantasy

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May 5th, 2015 - 1:43 am § in America, Religion, The Ave Scene

Hate Groups in Washington State

We have much to be ashamed of in our own state. The abuse of farm workers in the State has been as bad as that in any other agricultural state dependent on immigrant labor. The Tea Party of Washington State has the same racist hatred of President Obama as any Tea Party from Texas or South […[...]

April 12th, 2015 - 1:15 am § in Christianity, Religion

Before ISIS: The Sack of Constantinople by The Crusaders

On 12 April 1204 the Crusaders of the fourth Crusade attacked Constantinople.  (Click image for Wikipedia) The Crusaders looted, terrorized, and vandalized Constantinople for three days.   The famous bronze horses from the Hippodrome were sent back to adorn the facade of St Mark’s Basilica [...]