On Feb. 8, a drone was seen flying above Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor .. home to the Pacific Fleet’s 14 ballistic-missile submarines. Each can carry up to 24 missiles with multiple nuclear warheads. The Navy said, “It’s our intent to support the investigation and prosecution of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘WA’
February 26th, 2016 - 4:08 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: WA state Senate fails to support Republican effort to just pay fines imposed by WA Supreme Court
Reuven Carlyle On Senate floor debating Democratic amendments to Republican budget. Sen. Christine Rolfes’s plan to simply acknowledge and include $21 million in fines by Supreme Court under the McCleary ruling failed along party lines. Wow, just wow.[...]
February 22nd, 2016 - 12:56 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Darcy is back!
Darcy Burner Well, it’s official. I’m running for Washington’s 5th Legislative District Position 2. Washington State has a history of being on the leading edge of progressive change: we gave women the right to vote in 1910, kicking off the successful national campaign; we decided t[...]
December 10th, 2015 - 5:06 pm § in Misc.
RACISM IN WASTATE
FACEBOOK: “Gorilla face Michelle, can’t disagree with that. The woman is not attractive except to monkey man Barack. Check out them ears. LOL” SALON: Airway Heights, WA, Mayor Patrick Rushing refuses to resign “If they’re offended I apologize. It was not meant to be offensive to[...]
WASTATE SENATE BANS GUNS .. in ITS lobby!
State Senate bans openly carried guns in public gallery Lt. Gov. Brad Owen announced Friday that the public will no longer be able to openly carry firearms in the state Senate chamber’s public viewing area. seattletimes.com[...]
December 10th, 2014 - 12:01 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
WASTATE: Pay as you go?
REUVEN CARLYLE: Want a tax break? Publicly share your “pay as you go” ideas. “Pay as you go” is a budgeting principal that has been tried in Congress and in many states and failed in almost as many places. It’s popular on the left and right during good times but understandably struggles[...]
November 24th, 2014 - 9:43 am § in Uncategorized
WASTATE .. how to find three to five billion dollars?
Legislators hear about the 3 to 5 billion dollar school-funding challenge[...]
Why Not Use WSU to Train Students for Service in the “Doc in The Box” clinics?
Here in Washington state our two research universities are having a fight. The University of Washington, located in Seattle, has what is rated as the number one program for primary-care and rural medicine. To a large extent the high rating results from the fact that the UW offers a degree that can b[...]
October 26th, 2014 - 12:11 pm § in Religion, The Ave Scene
Is Religion an Issue in Elections Here?
I do not know Mark Miloscia at all, but why shouldn’t a strong religious stand be an issue for any candidiate? Religions do take moral and political stands … as do certain companies (AKA Hobby Lobby or Koch). Does anyone seriously doubt that Mitt Romney ‘s religion was an appro[...]
May 8th, 2014 - 1:31 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
WAZZU ,,, being investigated for sex abuse!
WSU joins Harvard Law as Subject of Investigation for Sex Abuse The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released today a list of the higher education institutions under investigation for possible violations of federal law over the handling of sexual violence and harass[...]