“The Covid outbreak is so bad in Washington state that hospitals are running out of intensive care beds,” CNBC reported on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 (read story here). This mirrors the situation in other states, where the surging Delta variant — which now accounts for nearly all U[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Washington State’
September 20th, 2020 - 1:42 pm § in Politics
Is Loren Culp a human sacrifice?
This article contains biting liberal commentary. Not literally. But in politics, the term “human sacrifice” is often applied to unserious candidates who not only have no chance of winning, but no chance of making a respectable showing. They’re typically nominated as ballot filler i[...]
March 19th, 2018 - 10:23 am § in The Ave Scene
Jew Down The Price
The origin of this saying, this feeling that Jews cannot be trusted and will do the dirty work of “money-changing”, goes back hundreds of years (a couple thousand actually). This is not innocent. Who is familiar with the Shakespearian play, Merchant of Venice? ‘Jew down the price’: G[...]
June 27th, 2017 - 8:07 am § in The Ave Scene
GOOD NEWS FROM OLYMPIA
Reuven Carlyle We appear to be moving toward a state budget and the largest reform of education finance in our state’s 128 year history. #waleg Regardless of how it unfolds, I’m grateful for the enormous dedication of budget writers working 7×24 for a responsible agreement. And yet [...]
June 23rd, 2017 - 8:55 pm § in Misc.
Chart: Washington’s giver and taker counties
Unless you live in Columbia, King, Kittitas, San Juan, or Skagit County, you’re getting more from the state than you’re paying in state taxes. If you live in Seattle, over a third of your state taxes go elsewhere. Here’s the breakdown (click on image to enlarge):[...]
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 13th, 2017 - 7:48 am § in The Ave Scene
Is Donald Trump About to Sell Off the San Juan Islands?
Lovers of Our San Juan Islands Beware. We are so lucky to have the San Juans as a place where the poorest citizen can come and camp and I can bring my 34ft Aquila to anchor in skull cove. Now the Donald Trump administration is threatening to make the 27 national monuments , including the San [&he[...]
May 8th, 2017 - 12:17 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Of the UW, Hype, Racism and Fundraising
Describing another much welcome gift from Paul Allen, the University of Washington School of Engineering ‘s latest “Trend” newsletter describes it benefactor : “[Paul] Allen has a longstanding connection to and affinity for UW CSE [Computer Science and Engineering]. As a stud[...]
May 1st, 2017 - 11:06 am § in The Ave Scene
A Hero Dies
Former Washington Gov. Mike Lowry has died Lowry, a Democrat, was Washington governor from 1993-97 and served in Congress before that. He was 78. SEATTLETIMES.COM[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS:Of Nuns And Popes
Is Pope Frank for Real? In 2012, the Vatican accused U.S. nuns of taking up such “radical feminist themes” as social welfare and political action. The Romans saw income inequality as a distraction from Roman Catholicism’s issues of contraception, abortion and same-sex marriage. There[...]