Author Archives: Jim deMaine

Me: “Write a sonnet Shakespeare style about the COVID variant s ChatGPT responds: “Upon this world, a silent foe doth creep, A variant, unseen, in shadows hide, Its surge, a tempest, doth the nations sweep, And hearts with fear and … Continue reading →

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Published 01/01/24 06:00 AM ET by John LeBoutillier in The Messenger Like every new year, 2024 will be filled with surprises, especially in the political world. The U.S. presidential election — specifically, the legal, political and behavioral travails of Donald … Continue reading →

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An unwelcome start to 2024. For more photos click here. Thanks to Put B. – view from their apartment

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by Frank Brunei in the NYT Thanks to Mike C. who chose this one out of the group – (click here for the article). “…. in The Mort Report, Mort Rosenblum despaired: “Too many voters today are easily conned, deeply biased, … Continue reading →

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Hope for a better 2024 By DAVID B. WILLIAMS – (thanks to Mary M). David is the son of a Skyline Resident On August 1, 2005, I flew as far north as I had ever been, to a barely visible … Continue reading →

By David Horsey Seattle Times cartoonist Hamas terrorists’ vicious Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israeli civilians took 1,200 lives, making it, in proportion to Israel’s small population, far worse than the 9/11 attacks on the United States in 2001. Attendees at … Continue reading →

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Thanks to Mike C. – letter from a Skyline Resident Re: “Dr. Abe Bergman treated Seattle and the nation” [Dec. 13, Opinion]: The editorial recognized Dr. Abe Bergman’s formidable achievements as a child advocate but failed to pass on his … Continue reading →

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from Ralph Waldo Emerson “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

Thanks to Mary M. The PNC Christmas Price Index® is an annual tradition which shows the current cost for one set of each of the gifts given in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” It is similar to the U.S. … Continue reading →

DAN RATHER AND ELLIOT KIRSCHNER Another circle around the sun… A time to take stock, and fill stockings. To mark abundant candlelight, and dwindling sunlight. To look backward, and forward, and backward once again. We remember those who have passed.And the headlines that … Continue reading →