CIA Director John Brennan has ordered a reorganization of the spy agency that will shift its focus from Bush-era counterterrorism back to its traditional Cold War-era intelligence gathering role, the Seattle Times reports. Thousands of CIA employees will be reassigned and chains of authority will be[...]
Archive for March, 2015
March 7th, 2015 - 3:19 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Bringing Northwest Art Back Home to the Northwest
How do you mail a 37-foot totem pole? With a flatbed truck – and your help! Take part in our effort to bring a remarkable story pole back to the Northwest by making a donation today. Visit our project page at Power2give.org or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/p2gburke. Thank y[...]
March 7th, 2015 - 1:01 am § in The Ave Scene
How to make a LOT of money, TAX FREE!
The NY Times has a disturbing article on a scam being run by “non profit” universities. The scam is pretty simple and has three parts. 1. Non profits escape scrutiny. The federal government has focused on false promises that for profit schools make to train a student to get a[...]
March 6th, 2015 - 11:57 pm § in America
The News Tribune on Creating a Cougar School of Medicine
The media war over where to spend state dollars on medical education continues in the pages of Tacoma’s News Tribune. Mikal Thomsen, a WSU graduate, writing at the explicit request of WSU, talks about his surviving a stroke and goes on to make the absurd claim that he might not have survived [...]
March 6th, 2015 - 10:05 pm § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
Whites don’t riot, they party!
From a CNN, Nov. 20, 2014: “In mid-October, during the annual Pumpkin Festival in the small New England town of Keene, New Hampshire, some white college kids apparently had too much to drink and turned violent. “They were hurling broken glass and rocks at police (as well as, apparently, pum[...]
March 6th, 2015 - 9:29 pm § in America
How Ferguson robbed its citizens
The DOJ report on Ferguson’s extortion racket, as reported by CNN, details how city officials conspired to shake down poor black residents: Police were threatened with discipline for not issuing enough tickets, and competed to issue the most tickets. By 2013, the city was raising $2.43 million[...]
March 6th, 2015 - 7:52 pm § in America
What hath Obama wrought?
Obama’s Recovery: For The First Time In 30 Years, Unemployment Fell In EVERY State In 2014 Looks like the Obama recovery is really picking up steam. addictinginfo.org[...]
March 6th, 2015 - 7:02 pm § in Misc.
How will they hold the Iditarod Race when the arctic is gone?
“Much of the start of the world’s most famous sled dog race is covered in barren gravel, forcing Iditarod organizers to move the start farther north where there is snow and ice. … The nearly 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race starts Saturday with a ceremonial run through Anch[...]
March 6th, 2015 - 6:35 pm § in Uncategorized
Will Ferguson’s police chief be next?
Timeline for one of America’s worst police departments: August 9, 2014: Ferguson cop Darren Wilson kills black teenager Michael Brown. Later that evening, a cop allows his dog to urinate on a makeshift memorial, inflaming gathering crowds. August 10-12, 2014: Police respond to protests by depl[...]
March 6th, 2015 - 3:42 pm § in Uncategorized
Ferguson heads roll for racist emails
“Two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, resigned Thursday over racist emails discovered during the U.S. Department of Justice investigation of the police department, city spokesman Jeff Small said on Friday, citing the city attorney. Small identified the officers as Rick Henke and William [...]