Monthly Archives: April 2025

Hooked on the Mariners?

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Jim deMaine
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First They Came – by Pastor Martin Niemöller

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Jim deMaine

from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust First they came for the CommunistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a CommunistThen they came for the SocialistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a SocialistThen they came for … Continue reading →

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Need to smile? Enjoy the one-liners!

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Ed M.

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What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal.

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Ed note: This “call to action” by David Brooks is a challenge to us all. What steps strategically will help to slow the tsunami of dysfunctional destructive edits coming from the White House? Doing nothing, thus caving in, isn’t an … Continue reading →

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Among the prisoners

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mike C.

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‘This Should Be Shocking:’ Read a Federal Appeals Panel’s Sharp Rebuke of the Trump Administration

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Jim deMaine

By Adam Liptak and Alan Feuer in the NYT Ed note: I hope we all have a chance to read this beautiful 7 page ruling below from the conservative Judge Wilkson. It states in clear language that we all (citizens or not) have … Continue reading →

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Ordering your eggs

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Jim deMaine
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One Simple Hack to Ruin Your Easter

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Jim deMaine

The price of eggs has some online creators suggesting that potatoes are a suitable alternative. Please believe me, they are wrong. By Kaitlyn Tiffany in the Atlantic (thanks to Mary M.) Like countless others who have left their hometown to live … Continue reading →

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News Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Ed note: Heather Cox Richardson’s newsletter gives context to current events that is more readable and incisive than most commentators. I’ll try to more frequently post her essays because of the need to put the daily chaos into some kind … Continue reading →

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Taxes

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to MaryLou P. A fine is a tax you pay for doing wrong, and a tax is a fine you pay for doing all right. Everybody should pay his income tax with a smile. I tried it, but they … Continue reading →

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Ai Wei-Wei’s movie: “Never Sorry” – Thursday

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Jim deMaine

On Thursday this week in the Cascade Room we are showing Ai Wei-Wei’s movie“Ai Wei-Wei: Never Sorry.” 7:30 pm. Spread the word. Thanks to Don C. From 2008 to 2010, Beijing-based journalist and filmmaker Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to … Continue reading →

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The tragic story of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Jim deMaine

by Heather Cox Richardson (thanks to MaryLou P. and others) This evening, lawyers for the Department of Justice told a federal court that the administration does not believe it has a legal obligation to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to … Continue reading →

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Love being a right winger?

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Bob P.

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Adventures with CARE-MEDICO and the Peace Corps in Afghanistan in the 1960’s

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Jim deMaine

I’ve been asked if we could share our slides from the recent talk at Skyline that Lourdes and I gave. Unfortunately the talk wasn’t recorded, but here are the slides if interested.

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Letters about the joys of aging

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Tim B.

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Savannah Bananas – giving tradition the slip

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Jim deMaine
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How to Be a Happy 85-Year-Old (Like Me)

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Jim deMaine

By Roger Rosenblatt in the NYT Illustrations by Janik Söllner In 2000, I published a book called “Rules for Aging,” a sort of how-to guide for navigating the later years of one’s life. I was 60 at the time and thought that … Continue reading →

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‘Don’t Fight the Stupidity’ and Other Relevant Bonhoeffer Advice

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Jim deMaine

by Tim Snyder in Sojourners (thanks to Mary Jane F.) As a theologian, I get nervous when reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer becomes all too relevant. I’m the kind of theologian who would rather not find myself in what some scholars refer … Continue reading →

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Malou Chavez, Executive Director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, on 4/15 at 11 am

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Jim deMaine

From Dan and Linda S. Dear Skyline Friends – We are writing this save the date alert for an important upcoming event at Skyline. We have helped organize the appearance of Malou Chavez, Executive Director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, … Continue reading →

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Capitol Hill’s Seattle Asian Art Museum collecting Legos for dissident Chinese artist Weiwei

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mike C. Seattle Police were investigating a BMW peculiarly parked at the base of the steps of the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park earlier this week. Authority has a nose for dissidence, it seems. The car, it turns … Continue reading →

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OK?

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P.

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King K. Holmes, 87, Dies; Researcher Destigmatized Study of S.T.I.s

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Jim deMaine

He took a down-to-earth approach to sexually transmitted infections, a subject no one wanted to discuss, arriving at novel methods of treatment and prevention. By Michael S. Rosenwald – in the NYT (thanks to many residents who forwarded this article) King … Continue reading →

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View Historic City Council Meeting – Unanimous Approval of Skyline’s Skybridge!

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Jim deMaine
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The signs say it all

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Bob P. More protest signs for your entertainment – click here!

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The tariff question

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Jim deMaine

David J. Lynch – Washington Post (thanks to Mary M.) The tariff barrage that President Donald Trump unleashed this week on the world economy marks a decisive end to an era of freewheeling globalization that was shaped by American policymakers, … Continue reading →

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