Last week, two reports on Seattle’s minimum wage ordinance reached opposite conclusions. Researchers at the University of Washington found that Seattle’s minimum wage is costing jobs. A second report, requested by the the Mayor’s Office, claimed that the UW study was false. The Universit[...]
Archive for June, 2017
June 27th, 2017 - 7:27 am § in The Ave Scene
UW Report of Minimum Wage Law in Seattle Loss of Jobs Disputed by U Cal Researcher
June 27th, 2017 - 1:41 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: 6/27
After Trump: Santa Barbara is struggling with labor shortages, which have ranged from 15 to 26 percent. Farmers, therefore, must leave crops to rot in the fields. An estimated $13 million of strawberries, broccoli, leafy greens, and other unharvested produce were plowed under last yearReuters Is D[...]
June 27th, 2017 - 12:32 am § in Donald Trump
BREITBART’S PATH AFTER ELECTING TRUMP
The sale was made, but as has been frequently the case with Trump, the buyers have started to suspect they may have been played for fools. (Excerpted from NEWSWEEK) Breitbart (and, really, the entire right-wing media establishment) is now faced with a bungling chief executive who has embraced[...]
June 26th, 2017 - 10:46 am § in Uncategorized
SCOTUS takes wedding cake case
This doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll reverse the lower court ruling in favor of a gay couple discriminated against by a baker who also happens to be a religious bigot, but it raises the possibility. Well, ask yourself this: If a baker can refuse to sell a cake to a gay couple, then why [...]
June 26th, 2017 - 8:59 am § in Misc.
WONDER WOMAN
HOW CAN I GET A PLACE TO RENT ON THEMYSCIRA? by Gracie Bucklew SOUTH SEATTLE EMERALD [Note: This column contains spoilers for the movie Wonder Woman] I guess they’re right — women really are hyper-emotional. At least I was, along with many other women, while watching Wonder Woman at Ark Lodge Ci[...]
June 26th, 2017 - 5:20 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: 6/26
SCOTUS: MUSLIM BAN TO GO FORWARD. Exceptions for individuals with a bona fide relationship to the United States. Full review next session. TRUMP TO MEET WITH PUTIN: threatens to withdraw from intermediate missile treaty, the INF treaty, signed by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mihkail G[...]
June 26th, 2017 - 3:01 am § in Misc.
Medicine After Trump: Doctors used to literally ‘blow smoke up your ass’ with 18th Century medical treatment
A Simple Guide To The GOP Health Care Bills Senate Republicans released their draft health care bill Thursday, unveiling a proposed rollback of Medicaid expansion and funding while ensuring hefty tax cuts for the wealthy and health care companies. Among other things, the bill reduces the number of[...]
June 26th, 2017 - 12:19 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
TRUMP and KIM throw insults at each other
Following Trump’s comments blaming the death of American student Otto Warmbier on North Korea, Kim Jung Un’s regime labelled Trump a “psychopath.” Pyongyang’s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper said the US president was in a “tough situation” at home and claim[...]
June 25th, 2017 - 9:49 am § in Hypocrisy
Alt Truth: Naturopaths spread anti-vaxxer myths
There is growing concern about vaccination rates in Canada. .…. In some parts of (Canada), the vaccination rates have fallen below the level needed to achieve herd immunity. The reasons for less-than-ideal vaccination rates are complex and multifactorial, but the continued spread of anti-vac[...]