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[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Washington State’
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[...]
March 29th, 2017 - 1:01 am § in Misc.
Why is North Seattle Attractive to Encampments?
Encampment Complaints: A suspicious pattern March 23, 2017 The document in the link below was produced by Seattle’s Customer Service Bureau (CSB) in response to a public disclosure request from Safe Seattle. The document shows how many citizen complaints the City got in a six-week time period. The[...]
March 11th, 2017 - 9:16 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle Antisemitism
Tracy Rector FACEBOOK This was left on my son’s school today which is part of Temple De Hirsch Sinai. It breaks my heart that the students, especially the middle schoolers, had to face this hatred in what’s supposed to be a safe space. FYI, in the last 50 days since the Dictator and hi[...]
March 3rd, 2017 - 1:04 am § in The Ave Scene
Homeless in Seattle
David Preston . When we see homelessness, we tend to think of it as a static thing. We assume that the way we perceive a homeless person now is how they’ve always been. And always will be. In contrast to that, this short film elegantly expresses that homelessness is as variable as the people i[...]
March 1st, 2017 - 7:30 am § in The Ave Scene
Lynching in WASTATE?
Family looking for answers after son found hanging from tree in Lake Stevens SEATTLE — The family of an 18-year-old Lake Stevens man is pleading with the… Share Q13FOX.COM|BY Q13 FOX[...]
Patty Murry, Democrat Superstar!
WASHINGTON ― A few weeks after the 2013 government shutdown, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) compared the Republicans in the House to the preschoolers she once taught. To deal with a bunch of fractious, obstreperous 4-year-olds, she said, you need a plan. When Murray made her comparison, she was about[...]
February 13th, 2017 - 2:28 am § in The Ave Scene
The State Bank
Here’s a video of the committee hearing Thursday on SB 5464-Creating the Washington Investment Trust (State Bank). Please contact members of the FII committee and ask them to pass the bill out of committee: Sen. Bob Hasegawa – Washington State Senate Democrats – VIDEO: Public hearing for b[...]