“in practice, rent control may actually provide greater benefits for higher income renters.” City Commentary By Joe Cortright As housing affordability becomes an increasingly challenging and widespread problem in many US cities, there are growing calls for the imposition of rent contr[...]
Archive for February, 2017
February 4th, 2017 - 1:13 am § in The Ave Scene
Does rent control work? Evidence from Berlin
February 3rd, 2017 - 7:28 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.
El Qaeda’s Big Idea
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a… Share THEONION.COM[...]
February 3rd, 2017 - 6:39 pm § in Donald Trump, The Ave Scene
Federal Court in Seattle Issues restraining order Halting Trump’s immigration ban
“No one is above the law — not even the president,” Atorney General, Bob Ferguson U.S. District Judge James Robart sided with Washington State’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson to issue an injunction halt implementation and enforcement of President Trump’s immigration ban. The temporary re[...]
February 3rd, 2017 - 4:02 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Eric Trump Spends $100,000 of Tax Dollars to Promote Trump Brand in Uruguay
Eric Trump traveled to Uruguay to promote a Trump Organization investment. As reported by The Washington Post Trump was in the country to “mingle with real estate brokers” while he was enjoying the beach and attending “ultra exclusive” parties. The trip resulted in almost $100,000 in[...]
[...] February 3rd, 2017 - 1:22 pm § in Misc.
Slur of the Day
Snowback a Canadian working, studying, living, or immigrating illegally to the U.S. or a Canadian spending the winter in the US. Also known as a frostback.[...]
February 3rd, 2017 - 10:34 am § in Misc.
Join TA at next Monday”s DL in Seattle
Our guest is David Neiwert.. David is an author and reporter, Join us at 7, Click the link for more details on FACEBOOK. Recently David has reported on the conflict at the UW when the Young Republicans invited an alt right fascist speaker.[...]
February 3rd, 2017 - 10:18 am § in Politics
Baghdad Barbie cites non-existent massacre
In order to lend credibility to Trump’s Muslim ban, Kellyanne Conway aka Baghdad Barbie “has blamed two Iraqi refugees for a massacre that never happened,” according to AOL News. “Conway is building a reputation for citing falsehoods, untruths and outright lies as ‘alte[...]