Spearchucker A term used for an African American, or other person of African descent.[175][...]
Archive for March, 2015
March 3rd, 2015 - 12:53 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Netanyahu slams Obama’s Iran policy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today did exactly House Speaker John Boehner recruited him to do: He attacked President Obama’s foreign policy. He told Congress to reject the nuclear deal Obama is trying to negotiate with Iran, saying “no deal is better than this deal.” T[...]
March 3rd, 2015 - 12:36 pm § in Misc.
Slur of the Day
Sioux Crow term used alike the N word for Lakota people of the Dakotas. Now used by Lakota themselves.[...]
March 3rd, 2015 - 11:07 am § in America
Toys For The Wealthy
Fly from New York to LA in just 2.5 hours as incredible new private supersonic business jet aims to cut journey time in HALF The US forbids civilian planes from the sound barrier – about 750mph per hour – while flying overland due to noisy sonic booms, but the AS2 model will fly at sub[...]
March 3rd, 2015 - 4:17 am § in Misc.
Slur of the Day
Seppo, Septic (Australian/British) An American. (Cockney rhyming slang: Septic tank – Yank)[166][...]
March 3rd, 2015 - 1:47 am § in America, The Ave Scene
A Review of Seattle’s Most Dangerous Politician
Daniel Beekman at the Seattle Times has a very fair appraisal of Seattle City Council 3rd district candidate, Kshama Sawant. A few quotes: “… the bully pulpit, not the legislative sausage factory, is where Sawant is most effective and where her star power is an asset. ” “W[...]
March 2nd, 2015 - 10:35 pm § in Environment, The Ave Scene
Nobody Drives to Work IN Seattle?
Only 31% of people who work in downtown Seattle drive alone to work. That is a continuing decrease from an estimated 50% in 2000, 35% in 2010, and 34% in 2012. [...]
March 2nd, 2015 - 7:21 pm § in Misc.
Obamacare critic’s healthcare plan is panhandling
“The States do not have to take or support or pay for Obamacare or anything else from Washington DC,” rightwing firebrand Richard Mack exhorted his fans on his website. Struggling with medical bills, he added on his GoFundMe page, “It is difficult and humbling to say that we need y[...]
March 2nd, 2015 - 6:58 pm § in Politics
Republicans propose to ban history
With Republican-controlled legislatures in several states poised to ban the teaching of history in their public schools, and replace it with a requirement that students read Reagan speeches, we are reminded that, “Conservative contempt for academia has long been established” and “a[...]
March 2nd, 2015 - 6:35 pm § in Politics
More Bill O’Reilly Lies Surface
The Washington Post reported on Friday, “O’Reilly has said he has reported from Northern Ireland, where the sectarian ‘Troubles’ resulted in nearly 4,000 deaths and thousands of injuries over 30 years — before a peace settlement was reached in 1998. In his 2013 book, ‘Ke[...]