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PERRspectives Blog
- The Very Troubling Partisanship of Chief Justice Roberts

[Mar 10, 09:47 PT]  [Image] Speaking to students of the University of Alabama law school, Chief Justice John Roberts launched a blistering attack on President Obama's State of the Union criticism of the Court's Citizens United decision. Calling Obama's prime-time ...read more
PubliCola
- 'No Matter How Many Moats You Have.'

[Mar 10, 09:16 PT]  [Image] 1. Remember the uproar over the surveillance cameras when former Mayor Greg Nickels proposed installing them in four Seattle parks? Update: City council staff say the cameras'which cost the city just over $400,000 to install'have actually ...read more

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Cliff Mass Weather Blog
- Seattle, Bellevue, and Issaquah: School Districts Versus Good Math Education

[Mar 9, 22:52 PT]  If you are a parent in cities such as Bellevue , Issaquah or Seattle, your kids are being sh ort-changed--being provided an inferior math education that could cripple their future aspirations--and you need to act. This blog will tell the story of an ...read more
PubliCola
- Amazon Drop-Kicks Colorado Affiliates

[Mar 9, 11:02 PT]  [Image] Yesterday, Amazon.com gave Colorado the boot from Amazon’s Associates program'a program that lets local online retailers earn a share of the revenue when it refers customers to Amazon. Here’s why Amazon dropped its Colorado ...read more
NPI Advocate
- Low-performing schools face tough love

[Mar 8, 12:09 PT]  What's not to love about President Obama's focus on turning around our nation's lowest performing schools? Most Americans would agree that a good education makes us better workers and citizens. Our future labor force and voting public need strong ...read more
Seattlest
- Good News, Bad News

[Mar 7, 13:00 PT]  [Image] First, The Good News: A Yakima County deupty is, amazingly, unhurt after being fired on more than a dozen times. A bill curtailing the shackling of pregnant inmates in Washington state who are in their third trimester or giving birth passed ...read more
howieinseattle
- "Student Protests" (with video/audio)

[Mar 6, 08:38 PT]  [YouTube Video] Darryl, with video from The Young Turks (05:14): Today it felt like I was in Madison in 1970 again. From my fourth story office at the University of Washington I could hear chants, bullhorns, cheers, and boos. Apparently, it happened ...read more
The Rambling Taoist
- Pushed Around

[Mar 5, 11:18 PT]  There is a story coming out of Eastern Washington that a recently arrested 17 year old high school student had been plotting a Columbine-like massacre at Chelan High School. As is too often the case in plots and actions of this sort, the youth ...read more
The Daily Score
- Washington Policy Center Doubles Down On Mistakes

[Mar 3, 12:16 PT]  In a cringe-inducing response to my corrections to his memo on the state's hazardous substance tax, Washington Policy Center's Brendon Houskeeper defends his mistaken math. It's a little embarrassing. For Washington Policy Center, that is. Look, ...read more
Boise Guardian
- Fraud Alert To Educators'Xpress Flex

[Mar 1, 16:54 PT]  We are posting this memo sent to Nampa School District employees as a public service to alert others who may do business with Xpress Flex. No word on the scope of the damage, but certainly not good news to folks who thought they were making a wise ...read more
NPI Advocate
- House Democrats release revenue proposal

[Mar 1, 14:34 PT]  It's been a long, pot-holed road to get to here, but with today's release of the House Democrats' revenue plan, the Washington legislature now has the tools it needs to create a supplemental state budget that will sustain core services. The Senate ...read more
morialekafa
- Without Fidel - book

[Feb 28, 22:33 PT]  Without Fidel A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana, and Washington, by Ann Louise Bardach (Scribners, N.Y., 2009). Ann Louise Bardach is an award-winning investigative journalist who has covered Cuba and Cuban politics for almost twenty years. In this ...read more

Transportation
Seattle Transit Blog
Legislature Poisons, Steamrolls Transit Funding

[Mar 10, 05:20 PT]  Update: Chopp may be reconsidering, there could yet be support for the Liias amendment if he gets enough pressure. Please call him – that’s on SB 6774! The bill we need calls to Gregoire on is SB 6381 – we want her to veto the ...read more
PubliCola
- Bellevue Council Members Allege Open-Meetings Violations

[Mar 9, 17:04 PT]  [Image] At last night’s drawn-out meeting of the Bellevue City Council, at which the council voted 4-3 to support the southern portion of freshman council member Kevin Wallace’s so-called "Vision Line": The three council members in the ...read more

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Seattlest
- The Zoo's Night Exhibit Orphans Need Your Help!

[Mar 9, 12:15 PT]  The Woodland Park Zoo forever closed their popular Night Exhibit on March 1, 2010, part of a series of cost-savings measures to reduce annual zoo expenses by $800,000 to $1 million. While some of the nocturnal animals were shuffled to other ...read more
PubliCola
Bellevue Council Votes for South Section of 'Vision Line'

[Mar 9, 11:45 PT]  [Image] [Image] The B segment of East Link. The B7 alignment is off to the east. At what one observer described as a "circus" of a meeting last night, the Bellevue City Council moved one step closer to endorsing a light-rail line through Bellevue ...read more
Seattle Transit Blog
- Signaling on MLK (II)

[Mar 9, 10:26 PT]  [Image] "Waiting to cross", by Oran Here are some miscellaneous questions and answers from my interview with SDOT Senior Engineer Darlene Pahlman. For the most part, these words are paraphrases. See also Part I of this report. What can ...read more
HorsesAss.org
- Tim Burgess Makes the Case for Districts

[Mar 9, 08:00 PT]  Tim Burgess is pushing a measure to outlaw panhandling near ATM’s, or parking meters. One of the reasons he says that people from the rest of the city and elsewhere are afraid to come downtown. "The visitors do not feel comfortable walking ...read more
Seattle Transit Blog
- Bellevue Picks B7 as "Preliminary" Preferred Alternative

[Mar 8, 22:03 PT]  [UPDATE 3/9 Adam Parast] Here are some informational links aboutFreedom of Information Laws, of which the Open Public Meetings Act is included. In this situation the sticker is usually about wether an "action" was taken. Details about what is ...read more
Seattle Transit Blog
- Bellevue City Council Meeting Right Now

[Mar 8, 20:53 PT]  As this posts, the Bellevue City Council is in the midst of another "extended study session," including another council/staff discussion on East Link. You can stream it here. If you attended you can share your report and impressions in the comments. ...read more
Seattle Transit Blog
- More on the License Fee Amendment

[Mar 8, 15:33 PT]  [UPDATE 8:45pm: The legislation page says the Senate has officially "refused to concur" with the House amendments, which moves the bill to a conference committee back to the House, where it can "insist" or not.] If you’re interested in why the ...read more
OlyBlog
- Down with Ivy! Volunteer ecological restoration event at TESC

[Mar 8, 12:39 PT]  Start: Mar 10 2010 - 1:00pm End: Mar 10 2010 - 5:00pm English ivy is an invasive species that kills forest ecosystems, replacing them with ivy monocultures. All through the Northwest ivy threatens the health of forests, as well as the wildlife that ...read more
The Daily Score
- Industrial Strength Stormwater Fix

[Mar 2, 10:10 PT]  Editor's note 3/9: This profile is now available in PDF format here. [Image] On Seattle's 8th Avenue South in the Georgetown neighborhood, empty school buses and recycling trucks rumble by. Semis squeeze past each other. Cars are parked on the ...read more
5/17
- school bus ad bills dead

[Mar 1, 20:28 PT]  A while back I noted a few legislators' novel idea to raise revenue: ads on public school buses. Today, Slog reports that both such bills died in committee, and will not be resuscitated. (The initiative to legalize pot is still clinging to life ...read more

2010 Legislative Session
Seattle PostGlobe
Commentary: Is a special session necessary to balance budget, raise taxes?

[Mar 9, 14:22 PT]  [Image] Running against a constitutional clock to adjourn in a few days, some lawmakers are openly discussing the need for a special session to balance the budget and raise taxes on recession-strained Washingtonians. As noted by the Seattle Times: ...read more
Politics Northwest
Feel free to feed the deer

[Mar 9, 13:48 PT]  OLYMPIA -- Want to share your lunch with Bambi? Nobody will stop you, though some members of the state Legislature had wanted to try. House Bill 1885 would have put in place a law that told people not to feed "potentially habituated wildlife," ...read more

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NPI Advocate
- Eric Liu ends challenge to Adam Kline

[Mar 9, 10:53 PT]  Looks like State Senator Adam Kline won't have to worry about facing a serious challenge from a fellow Democrat this year: Author and activist Eric Liu, who declared his intention to run against Kline in the 37th District (and was to be to Kline's ...read more
HorsesAss.org
- Nothing addresses aggressive panhandling like eliminating GAU

[Mar 9, 10:41 PT]  On the one hand, the Seattle Times’ editors have long complained about aggressive panhandlers, some of them "mentally deranged," while explicitly praising candidates from Mark Sidran to Joe Mallahan for taking a tough stance on the issue. Yet ...read more
The Daily Score
- WA Approves First Copper Brake Pad Ban

[Mar 9, 09:37 PT]  [Image] Washington is now the first US state to restrict the amount of copper in brake pads used in cars and trucks. On Monday the state Senate approved the final version of the legislation (SB 6557, with analysis here), which now goes to Gov. Chris ...read more
Politics Northwest
Life as a Republican in Olympia

[Mar 8, 14:02 PT]  Ask Washington Senate Minority Leader Mike Hewitt what it's like to be a Republican in Olympia and his answer is simple: "It's not very much fun." [Brightcove Video] Hewitt leads a caucus of 18 senators, a slim number compared to the 31 Democrats. ...read more
Politics Northwest
- Seattle elections watchdog spared by Senate

[Mar 8, 12:31 PT]  OLYMPIA -- The state Senate has blocked a proposal that could have severely weakened the authority of the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission. Senate Bill 6243 started out as a plan to reduce redundant paperwork requirements for political ...read more
Seattle PostGlobe
- WA state considering deep cut in child care subsidies; would affect thousands of families

[Mar 6, 21:28 PT]  With time running out in the Washington State legislative session, a cut in child care subsidies for poor families remains a $30-million part of a House plan to balance the budget, though the Senate appears to support more funding. The House budget ...read more
Politics Northwest
Senate approves bail amendment, after nudge from Gregoire

[Mar 5, 11:16 PT]  Update: 3:30 p.m. The Senate voted 48-0 in favor of the amendment. House is expected to concur. Update: 6:36 p.m. House and Senate negotiators both say they're pleased with the compromise. Senate Judiciary Chairman Adam Kline, D-Seattle, had favored ...read more
The Daily Score
- Myths and Realities of Cap and Trade

[Mar 2, 20:30 PT]  Worries about 'gaming' or market manipulation often crop up as objections to climate and energy legislation. While these concerns are understandable, they are not warranted ' and they can be addressed in a well-designed system. So let's look at some ...read more
Politics Northwest
Governor's budget director leaving for state investment board

[Mar 2, 17:31 PT]  Victor Moore, the governor's budget director, is leaving next month to take a job as chief operating officer with the Washington State Investment Board. Moore has headed the Office of Financial Management since Gov. Chris Gregoire's first term ...read more
East of the Curtain
- Gregoire's budget chief steps down

[Mar 2, 15:38 PT]  Victor Moore, director of the Office of Financial Management and Gov. Chris Gregoire's budget chief, is resigning from his position to take a job with the Washington State Investment Board.

OREGON & IDAHO

OR: 2010 Legislative Session
BlueOregon
- Desperate much?

[Mar 10, 08:47 PT]  Matt Davis at Blogtown: Oregon Republicans Using Robocalls To Find CANDIDATES Classic. They're running in two districts, one in Portland, one in Eugene, confirms Bob Tiernan, chairman of the Oregon Republican Party. Here's what they say, according ...read more
RoguePundit
- In Search of Liability

[Mar 10, 01:10 PT]  The following was a horrifying accident, and it's obvious that the family couldn't afford the resulting medical bills. But, it also explains some of the "legitimate" inflation in insurance rates. Six years ago, Diana Yuleidi Loza-Jimenez, now 14, ...read more

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Blog Town, PDX
- Oregon Republicans Using Robocalls To Find CANDIDATES

[Mar 9, 17:20 PT]  Classic. They're running in two districts, one in Portland, one in Eugene, confirms Bob Tiernan, chairman of the Oregon Republican Party. Here's what they say, according to one astute reader who transcribed his message: This is Bob Tiernan, Chairman ...read more
BlueOregon
- Filing Day: All the news that's fit to break

[Mar 9, 10:05 PT]  OK, rather than overwhelm the site with a gazillion posts, we'll be updating filing day news here. Let's kick it off with a big one: 9:50 a.m.: Former State Treasurer Jim Hill has filed to run for his old job. He was first elected State Treasurer in ...read more
Blogolitical Sean
- Remembering Ben Westlund

[Mar 8, 23:00 PT]  Portland, Oregon-- I think it was Ben Westlund's enormous humanity and the openness with which he shared his feelings, his sincerity, that made him larger than life, so widely respected and so effective as a legislator and as a public servant. I ...read more
Jeff Mapes on Politics
- Rick Metsger runs for treasurer's job

[Mar 8, 11:47 PT]  Oregon State Sen. Rick Metsger, who is retiring from the Legislature, is the first to jump into the race for treasurer following the death of Treasurer Ben Westlund. Candidates have to file by Tuesday for election to the last two years of Westlund's ...read more
The Daily Score
- Bisphenol A Ban Passed in WA

[Mar 5, 07:44 PT]  [Image] Washington lawmakers this week passed a ban on bisphenol A, or BPA, in baby bottles, sippy cups, food and beverage containers for children under 3, and sports bottles. The state becomes the second in the US to ban BPA from sports bottles, ...read more

OR: 2010 Governor Race
Jeff Mapes on Politics
- Wheeler, Macpherson and Oregon Democrats

[Mar 10, 08:18 PT]  Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski adds to the Democratic bench strength in Salem by naming Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler as treasurer.
Isaac Laquedem
- Ted Wheeler becomes the state treasurer

[Mar 9, 09:02 PT]  It's official: Governor Kulongoski has appointed Ted Wheeler as state treasurer, in place of Ben Westlund, who died this weekend. Mr. Wheeler is the chair of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. The political jockeying for position now has ...read more

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BlueOregon
- With mixed emotions, Wheeler takes over as State Treasurer

[Mar 9, 08:58 PT]  [Image] This morning at the PDX Airport Conference Center, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski announced that he is appointing Multnomah County Commission Chair Ted Wheeler to fill the State Treasurer's job vacated by the death of Ben Westlund. Kari has ...read more
BlueOregon
- Breaking: Ted Wheeler appointed new State Treasurer

[Mar 9, 07:16 PT]  [Image] Governor Ted Kulongoski has just announced that he is appointing Ted Wheeler as the new State Treasurer. Currently, Wheeler is the chair of Multnomah County. In a statement, Governor Kulongoski said: 'Ted Wheeler brings the perfect balance ...read more
Jeff Mapes on Politics
Bradbury, Kitzhaber both get opportunity from OEA endorsement

[Mar 7, 09:46 PT]  Former Secretary of State Bill Bradbury got a big boost for his Democratic primary campaign for Oregon governor when he won the endorsement of the Oregon Education Association. But if former Gov. John Kitzhaber wins the nomination, it might help him ...read more
Jeff Mapes on Politics
- Kitzhaber wins AFL-CIO endorsement

[Mar 5, 15:24 PT]  Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber picked up the endorsement of the Oregon AFL-CIO in his bid to reclaim his old office. Kitzhaber and his chief Democratic primary rival, former Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, will now battle Saturday to win the ...read more
WashBlog
- Hearing on state bank held 3/2

[Mar 3, 02:59 PT]  Front paged: NM Hearing on the state bank bill HB 3162 (HJR 4224) 3-2-2010 Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee Presentation by Rep Bob Hasegawa (D-LD11) Reasons for establishing a state bank * Better access to capital for small businesses ...read more

OR: Taxes
BlueOregon
Behind the OEA Endorsement

[Mar 9, 19:40 PT]  By Julie Fahey of Eugene, Oregon. Julie is a business consultant and a member of the 2010 class of Emerge Oregon. She observed the OEA convention as a member of the public (not as a member of OEA). The OEA-PIE convention was held on Saturday in ...read more
Blog Town, PDX
- Steve Novick, Jeff Cogen For County Chair

[Mar 9, 09:51 PT]  With the filing deadline at 5pm, the race to replace Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler is on. Steve Novick's fanpage is off and running, while County Commissioner Jeff Cogen is also in the running, according to Big Jimmy Pitkin at WW—who ...read more

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Boise Guardian
- Bruneau Dunes Could Be Abuzz with ATVs

[Mar 9, 08:15 PT]  During the Vietnam War an Army officer explained a village had to be burned 'in order to save it.' [Image] Idaho Parks Director Nancy Merrill finds herself in that same situation today as she considers allowing dune buggies to chew up the tallest ...read more
RoguePundit
- Selfishly Avoiding Protests

[Mar 9, 00:10 PT]  I'd begun to think that most major media outlets had given up covering protests. Ahhh, but campus protests bring fond flashbacks to many who are now part of the establishment. However, the following is from a somewhat more acerbic take on the ...read more
BlueOregon
- Republican Treasurer Candidate: Chris "Mystery Money" Telfer

[Mar 8, 21:20 PT]  It's thoroughly depressing to see that the one Republican who claims she's running for Treasurer is State Senator Chris Telfer. Telfer's the one who claimed that a Secretary of State audit said that the State had billions of extra dollars lying ...read more
Politics Northwest
Idaho governor says he'll woo Washington businesses turned off by tax increases

[Mar 8, 18:01 PT]  OLYMPIA -- Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter put out a "love letter" today to businesses in Washington and Oregon, saying Idaho would love to woo any of them turned off by their homes states' tax increases. Otter, a Republican, wrote that phones in his ...read more
BlueOregon
- The task of finding Oregon a new State Treasurer

[Mar 8, 15:08 PT]  Those of us who closely follow Oregon politics and policy are deeply saddened by the death of Oregon State Treasurer Ben Westlund. He was a kind, giving man whose independent spirit and dedication to our state will be greatly missed. Unfortunately, ...read more
t.a. barnhart
- Financial State of the State, and other lessons you need to learn

[Mar 7, 12:58 PT]  A beautiful early Spring Saturday afternoon: sunny, blue sky, light breeze, almost warm. Of course what people want on a day like that is to spend 90 minutes listening to policy wonks talk about the state of Oregon's finances. What better way to ...read more
Preemptive Karma
- Intel Forgot To Leave Oregon Too

[Mar 7, 09:24 PT]  Via Kevin in the comments of the last missive, it's clear that Intel doesn't understand they're supposed to cry and leave Oregon either: The potential $25 billion Intel will spend upgrading its Hillsboro and Aloha facilities will be spread over the ...read more
Preemptive Karma
- Someone Forgot To Tell Boeing That Taxes Were Supposed To Drive Them Out Of Oregon

[Mar 6, 08:42 PT]  The news is, that Boeing's Portland plant (located out at 181st and Sandy in Gresham actually) is going to be expanding: Boeing Co. plans to pour up to $120 million into its Gresham operation, replacing a 30-year old chemical processing plant and ...read more
Jeff Mapes on Politics
- Oregon GOP's Tiernan cranks up heat on Jenson, Smith

[Mar 5, 09:01 PT]  Oregon Republican Chairman wants two GOP legislators - Bob Jenson of Pendleton and Greg Smith of Heppner - to leave the Republican Party because of their pro-tax votes. Tiernan is newly incensed that a public employee union is coming to the aid of ...read more
Seattle Examiner
- State senate leader talks taxes - again

[Mar 4, 18:19 PT]  [Image] Senate Majority Leader, Lisa Brown (D-Spokane) Photo: Leg.Wa.Gov Well it would appear that State Senate Majority Leader, Lisa Brown is at it again. In a blog post publish today, the Spokane Democrat, with less than two weeks remaining in the ...read more
RoguePundit
- Not So Smart Growth

[Mar 3, 01:40 PT]  Advocates don't label something "smart" if they're trying to invite in-depth analysis of what they're selling. A comprehensive study of per capita emissions in Australia based on household consumption of all products and services appears in the ...read more

ID: 2010 Legislative Session
43rd State Blues
- Who's running for Dist. 19 Senate?

[Mar 9, 07:07 PT]  Kevin Richert posted an interesting item about Boise's District 19 on his Idaho Statesman blog yesterday (and it ran in this morning's print edition). Apparently Nicole LeFavour intends to return to the House, and wants Rep. Brian Cronin to run for ...read more
The MountainGoat Report
Do They Endorse Violence?

[Mar 5, 11:40 PT]  Who could vote against condemning a terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Two U.S. Congressmen did. One is coming to Idaho in three weeks. Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a resolution condemning the terror attack by suicide plane on ...read more

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Boise Guardian
Mayor Hotline February 20 ' 26

[Mar 5, 07:41 PT]  DOGFIGHT WITH F-35, TRASH TALK, PHOTO OP AT REDLIGHTS, SNEAKY SMOKERS Dan Buerstetta 5473 S. Broad Wing Way Boise, ID 83716 336-4464 F-35: I attended the meeting that the government put on regarding the F-35, I've read articles,and I'm very much ...read more
Boise Guardian
- ITD Workers Apparently Broke Secret Rules

[Mar 4, 12:34 PT]  Despite the best efforts of the GUARDIAN, the alleged violations on the part of 22 Idaho Transportation Dept. workers for "misuse of equipment" remains a secret. The Daily Paper broke the story earlier this week. We were initially impressed with ...read more
Ridenbaugh Press
- Priorities

[Mar 4, 12:06 PT]  Money decisions are where your priorities hit the road. Talk is cheap; when you decide how money is allocated, you’re putting something closer to your true self out there. That seems to be hitting home with Idaho state Senator Nicole LeFavour, ...read more
IdaBlue
- I have a dream

[Mar 4, 07:18 PT]  This is how our Idaho Republican party rolls. They take care of their own personal issues to the detriment of the people of the State of Idaho. Two examples. As Governor, Jim Risch jammed through a shift of taxes from property to sales. This was his ...read more
The MountainGoat Report
- He Googled It!

[Mar 3, 05:52 PT]  As others have pointed out, in a week full of hilarity at the Idaho Statehouse, this has to be one of the most hilarious statements made by an Idaho Legislator. This week, that's saying something. It comes courtesy of the Idaho Press-Tribune and ...read more
The Political Game
- Season Opener & the NL East

[Mar 2, 20:14 PT]  (Editor's Note: I can't seem to bring myself to work on a certain writing project and I am completely disappointed in the Idaho Legislature today as I've watched their votes grow increasingly more dumb by the hour (the voter ID bill yesterday and ...read more
IdaBlue
- Inconsistency in Wingnuttistan

[Mar 2, 06:42 PT]  Of course, that's nothing new. Mike Moyle's bill to require voter ID has passed the House and is headed for the Senate. I suspect it will probably become law. This statement in Betsy Russell's report is telling: Moyle said there's no way to know if ...read more
The Political Game
- Smorgasbord Saturday

[Feb 27, 17:37 PT]  Did you know that there is a Peeps Diorama Contest? Not only is there such a thing, this year will be the fourth annual contest! Seriously. I couldn't make this up if I tried. As a follow up to Thursday's post regarding an ISU campus protest, I ...read more

NATIONAL

Unemployment
Blog Town, PDX
- I'm Uncomfortable With Bikes Plan Kickstart

[Mar 10, 10:35 PT]  Mayor Sam Adams has this morning requested just 15 minutes from council to discuss his plan to redirect $20million in funding from the Bureau of Environmental Services to kickstart his $600million Bicycle Master Plan. News reporter Sarah Mirk has ...read more
Jack Bog's Blog
- The chefs at Cafe Creepy

[Mar 10, 08:25 PT]  Sam Adams is at it again -- telling a totally preposterous story, hoping no one will notice how patently absurd it is. Today he's babbling that although he wants $20 million immediately diverted from the sewer bureau (a.k.a. Bureau of Environmental ...read more

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PubliCola
- Democrats and Enviros Clash on Renewable Energy Tax Break

[Mar 9, 19:11 PT]  He said-She saids aren’t my favorite, but I’m pretty mesmerized by this one. As we reported over the weekend, environmental advocates in Olympia are at odds with the Senate over the fate of the renewable energy tax incentive'one ...read more
BlueOregon
- Thank goodness the filing deadline passed at 5 pm!

[Mar 9, 17:25 PT]  The number of candidates filing for Ted Wheeler's former seat since being named state Treasurer was like watching water gushing out of a fire hydrant into a very small bucket which bounced.Steve Novick in, then out of the bucket standing on the ...read more
Progressive Alaska
- The Drummond Resolution - AR No. 2010-91

[Mar 9, 17:18 PT]  Submitted by: ASSEMBLY MEMBER Drummond For reading: March 23, 2010 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA AR NO. 2010'91 A RESOLUTION OF THE ANCHORAGE MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY TO AUTHORIZE ENGAGING THE SERVICES OF INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL TO REVIEW AND REPORT TO THE ASSEMBLY ...read more
PubliCola
- Oil Industry: 'No Deal.'

[Mar 9, 13:26 PT]  Yesterday, we wrote about a "deal" on the proposed hazardous substance tax, a plan environmental lobbyists are pushing to increase the existing voter-approved tax on toxic materials, like petroleum, that contribute to water pollution. Initially, ...read more
HorsesAss.org
- The strange case of Eric Massa

[Mar 9, 12:51 PT]  Rep. Eric Massa, D-NY, who just resigned yesterday amidst charges of sexual harassment, and who went insane on a New York radio station over the weekend, is supposed to appear on the Glenn Beck cable television show today. Some righties think this ...read more
OlyBlog
- Volunteer Saturday and Chicken Workshop at Left Foot Organics

[Mar 9, 12:23 PT]  Start: Mar 20 2010 - 10:00am End: Mar 20 2010 - 3:00pm Left Foot Organics operates a 5 acre horticultural therapy farm that works to employ people with developmental disabilities in order to give them meaningful, paid employment. On the third ...read more
Jack Bog's Blog
- Revolving door keeps turning

[Mar 8, 17:47 PT]  Hey, guess what! State Senator Rick Metsger wants to be the new state treasurer. Mildly amusing, especially in light of his position on a bill in the recent regularly scheduled "special" session of the legislature, which would have forbade the ...read more
Outside The Interzone
- E-Mails From An A-Hole

[Mar 8, 12:19 PT]  I participate in a discussion group with some of my old high school classmates; mostly politics, but other stuff too, from time to time. Earlier, one of the posted a link to the site E-mails from an Asshole. Said A-hole lures in unsuspecting victims ...read more
The Oregon Economics Blog
- Econ 539 - Public Policy Analysis: Minimum Wages, Part 2

[Mar 8, 09:38 PT]  Quite a while ago now, a 'f riend-of-the-blog' in the restaurant industry e-mailed to ask about what I thought of the relatively high minimum wage in Oregon and the additional aspect of Oregon's minimum wage that it cannot be reduced for those that ...read more
Boise Guardian
- All Public Records Should Remain PUBLIC

[Mar 7, 11:35 PT]  Freedom of Information in Idaho is being attacked by some of the people who have taken an oath to uphold the constitution and the laws of Id aho–coppers. The police bill approved last week by the senate state affairs committee would allow ...read more
Seattle PostGlobe
- Seattle students join "National Day of Action" to protest tuition hikes

[Mar 6, 20:41 PT]  [Image] Students in Seattle, Bellingham, Olympia, Portland, Berkeley and in college towns across the nation Thursday raised voices and waved protest signs against rising tuition and fees that threaten access to higher education. It was called a ...read more
t.a. barnhart
- Boeing adds Gresham jobs, did not get message about "job-destroying" M67

[Mar 6, 09:34 PT]  Apparently Boeing did not pay attention to the Cascade Policy Institute, FreedomWorks and the Oregon GOP. The passage of Measure 67 means that Oregon is a bad place for business, that our taxes will destroy jobs and that companies will flee Oregon ...read more
Strange Bedfellows
- Constantine speech to detail 'restructuring' of labor talks

[Mar 5, 19:51 PT]  There are two new guys in the top jobs in local politics, but only one has been getting attention.
Seattle PostGlobe
- Commentary: Pass climate legislation now -- just be sure poor aren't harmed. Here's how...

[Mar 5, 19:03 PT]  [Image] With great attention on Copenhagen and the international climate negotiations last December, it is tempting to think that the issue begins with complicated science and ends with the fate of distant polar bears. We believe that science and ...read more
Outside The Interzone
- Hopeful Horse Pies

[Mar 5, 13:37 PT]  I just opened my afternoon update email from The NYT, and this is the lead story: Jobless Rate Holds Steady, Raising Hopes of Recovery By PETER S. GOODMAN and JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ The economy in February shed 36,000 nonfarm jobs, fewer than forecast, ...read more
Ridenbaugh Press
- The semi-remembered past

[Mar 5, 13:16 PT]  I was involved once with a political campaign in which the candidate had a long history of newspaper columns. One of the first jobs out of the launch: Review them all. Who knew what ticking time bombs might await? In that case, as it happened, there ...read more
The Oregon Economics Blog
- US Unemployment: Another 36,000 Jobs Lost

[Mar 5, 08:26 PT]  [Image] NY Times graph. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Horizontal axis shows months. Vertical axis shows the ratio of that month's nonfarm payrolls to the nonfarm payrolls at the start of recession. Note: Because employment is a lagging ...read more
Seattlest
- Made In Seattle: Orange Box Jewelry

[Mar 4, 15:30 PT]  [Image]   [Image]   [Image]   [Image]   [Image]   [Image]   Lots of people make jewelry. Krissy Maier makes jewelry - necklaces, rings, earrings, hairpins - by rescuing discarded and/or broken vintage pieces, folding in ...read more
The Oregon Economics Blog
- Unemployment and Mortgage Delinquency

[Mar 4, 11:31 PT]  [Image] From the Calculated Risk blog this graph to which I added the label for Oregon's datapoint. Oregon is among the highest unemployment rate states, but is well below other states with similarly high unemployment rates in mortgage delinquencies ...read more
The Daily Score
- The Real Cost of Cap and Trade

[Mar 3, 16:01 PT]  [Image] We're finally starting to see results from the first year of RGGI -- the economy-crushing, job-destroying carbon cap-and trade-program in the northeast US: ...said David Littell, commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental ...read more
RoguePundit
- Smog Versus Climate Change

[Mar 3, 13:11 PT]  While folks have long eyed turning cow manure into methane and using it to produce energy, most continue to struggle with how to make it cost effective. It generally takes a large scale and/or threat of significant environmental penalties--plus of ...read more
The Political Game
- Gov. Evans & the Idaho Council on Developmental Disabilities

[Mar 3, 11:58 PT]  The Council on Developmental Disabilities was signed into law by then-governor John Evans in 1978. Perhaps it comes as no surprise that the loudest advocate for its continued funding is Governor Evans himself. In an opinion piece penned by Evans ...read more
Jesus' General
- Sen. Bunning guest posts: "Let Them Eat Corn"

[Mar 2, 21:48 PT]  Today, I have a special treat for you. Sen. Jim Bunning has agreed to do a guest post. This is all new to him, so please be kind in your comments. --Gen. JC Christian, patriot [Image] Thank you, General. I thought McCain was just bullshitting me ...read more
WashBlog (Diaries)
- Help our state representatives figure it out

[Mar 2, 16:03 PT]  I read a recent letter to the editor in the (Tacoma) News Tribune and it got me thinking. It was from a fleet manager from a local dealership. In these tough times, he was questioning why the Department of Social and Health Services was asking for a ...read more
The Oregon Economics Blog
- Oregon January Unemployment: 10.7%

[Mar 2, 13:33 PT]  The Oregon unemployment rate has been stalled for a while and remains at a high level in January, which saw an unemployment rate of 10.7%. The good news is that on a seasonally adjusted basis, the economy finally gained some jobs, 1,100 to be exact, ...read more
The Daily Score
- Sixty or Fifty?

[Mar 2, 11:20 PT]  [Image] 60 or 50? So much depends on those numbers. The news went barely noticed a few weeks back: almost every school district in the state of Washington that put a levy or bond measure on the February ballot won voter approval. Despite the worst ...read more
Boise Guardian
- Eagle Mayor Quits Amidst Controversy

[Mar 2, 06:58 PT]  After the GUARDIAN provided a forum for critic Saundra McDavid’s revelation that Eagle Mayor Phil Bandy was holding two government jobs the legacy media picked up on the issue and Bandy suddenly resigned his position as mayor Monday. ...read more
PERRspectives Blog
- The Bunning Linguist

[Mar 2, 01:05 PT]  [ComedyCentral Video] As the lone objector standing in the way of a bill extending unemployment benefits for Americans hard hit by the recession, Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning may at this moment be the most hated political figure in the United ...read more
Chad Lupkes' Soapbox
- Bill Phillips and I had some fun!

[Mar 1, 17:15 PT]  I am the very model of a modern Junior-Senator [Pirates of the Senate] I am the very model of a modern Junior-Senator I know the rules of filibuster and adore the mainstream media Now should I talk some Baseball you know I am quite historical From ...read more
The Oregon Economics Blog
- Econ 539-Public Policy Analysis: Minimum Wage

[Mar 1, 08:49 PT]  For the last week of classes before our series of rapid-fire in-class presentations (my there are a lot of you) we will study the minimum wage using the methods and ideas presented in class. We will study the standard neo-classical theory of labor ...read more
Progressive Alaska
- UA Statewide Withholds Finalists' List for UA President Even After the Names are Published in the Press!

[Feb 28, 21:08 PT]  [Image] --- By Susan B. Andrews and John Creed commentary KOTZEBUE'We are not making this up. The UA President's Office and the Board of Regents for days have been refusing to release the names of the six finalists for the position of president, ...read more
The Rambling Taoist
- Wen Tzu - Verse 156, Part I

[Feb 28, 14:31 PT]  from Verse One-Hundred Fifty-Six Laws are originated to assist justice; to take laws so seriously that justice is abandoned is to value the hat and shoes while forgetting the head and feet. ~ Wen-tzu: Understanding the Mysteries ~ [Image] In modern ...read more
Ft. Boise
- The alternate universe

[Dateline Unknown]  [Image] Good column by Paul Krugman today, debriefing the end of Jim Bunning's one-man show in the U.S. Senate. "[W]hile the blockade is over, its lessons remain. Some of those lessons involve the spectacular dysfunctionality of the Senate. What I ...read more

Health Care
howieinseattle
- Howard Dean: "We're going to fight for a public option until we get one."

[Mar 10, 10:25 PT]  DemocracyFo rAmerica:Democrats in Washington think that if they pass healthcare reform by the end of March, they'll be done no matter what's in the bill. But they're wrong. If the bill doesn't include a public option, we're not going away and we ...read more
howieinseattle
- ED Tangles with Kucinich on HC (video) (Updated)

[Mar 10, 09:23 PT]  [Flash Object] MSNBC, video (05:46). Howie P.S.: Norman Goldman agreed with Kucinich today while subbing for ED on radio. Matt Ygl esias:Progressives should be working to pass this bill, then working to pass Grayson's Medicare buy-in law down the ...read more

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Blog Town, PDX
- Good Morning, News!

[Mar 10, 08:51 PT]  Actor Corey Haim (not Corey Feldman!) is dead at the age of 38 of a possible drug overdose. Updates to come. Americans polled about health care still like Obama, but really detest Congress. German Catholics launch a sexual abuse investigation... ...read more
howieinseattle
- Grayson and Obama on HC (with video)

[Mar 10, 07:46 PT]  [YouTube Video] Rep. Alan Grayson: Vote Now on the Public Option, video (05:35):This is Rep. Alan Grayson arguing for a vote for HR 4789, a bill to allow anyone to buy into Medicare. Obama: 'Bounty Hunters' Will Help Fight Health Care Fraud With ...read more
Seattlest
- Can't Miss It: Wednesday

[Mar 10, 06:00 PT]  [Image] "Orson Welles 1937.jpg" by Carl Van Vechten ME AND ORSON WELLES: Early on in the Prodigal Sons, we learn that the director, Kimberly Reed, was once known as Paul, a star quarterback in high school before her sex-change operation. Reed's ...read more
Boise Guardian
- School For Pregnant Teens Cheaper Than Welfare?

[Mar 9, 21:39 PT]  We’re going to take a big step and post the following information which comes from Andy Hedden-Nicely, a one time Democrat politico for the U.S. senate, and one time founder of the Boise WEEKLY. As with any one-sided post from outside the ...read more
HinesSight
- Jim Huffman out of touch with Oregonians

[Mar 9, 21:35 PT]  I doubt that our senior senator here in Oregon, Ron Wyden, is losing sleep over Jim Huffman's announcement that he's seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Wyden next November. At least, I assume Huffman is running as a Republican. ...read more
howieinseattle
- "Whos' the Leading Man? It Ain't Rahm or Ax."

[Mar 9, 20:26 PT]  [Image] David Corn (Politics Daily):Did you know that mega-film director James Cameron has infiltrated the White House? Yes, he lent Rahm Emanuel one of the "link" machines from "Avatar" that allows the White House chief of staff to "drive" another ...read more
Strange Bedfellows
- Limbaugh: I'll move to Costa Rica

[Mar 9, 17:12 PT]  Talk show host Rush Limbaugh threatens to leave America, and move to Costa Rica, if America passes and implements health care reform.
Preemptive Karma
- Limbaugh Will Go To Costa Rica if Health Care Reform Passes?

[Mar 9, 14:35 PT]  Thast what he said. Oh, there's always conditions with these people: I'll just tell you this, if this passes and it's five years from now and all that stuff gets implemented ' I am leaving the country. I'll go to Costa Rica. First thing I'm ...read more
Outside The Interzone
- Costa Rushbo

[Mar 9, 14:31 PT]  I had seen this bit at EB Misfit's place, where her attitude was "call Fatso's bluff on this one." She didn't point out, until responding to a commenter, that Costa Rica, where dimbulb is threatening to relocate if the health bill is passed, also ...read more
blatherWatch
- The no. 1 best reason to pass healthcare...

[Mar 9, 10:10 PT]  [Image] I'll just tell you this, if this passes and it's five years from now and all that stuff gets implemented ' I am leaving the country. I'll go to Costa Rica. ~ Rush Limbaugh, 3-9-10 Too bad Rush never does what he says he'll do.
howieinseattle
- "The Source of Obama's Trouble"

[Mar 9, 06:49 PT]  Bob Herbert:The Obama administration and Democrats in general are in trouble because they are not urgently and effectively addressing the issue that most Americans want them to: the frightening economic insecurity that has put a chokehold on ...read more
Strange Bedfellows
- Palin: We went to Canada for health care

[Mar 8, 19:19 PT]  A fiery critic of President Obama on health care, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tells Calgary audience that her family crossed the border to get medical treatment in Canada while she was growing up.
Seattle PostGlobe
'I just spent 6 hours at IHS just for them to give me Tylenol'

[Mar 8, 14:27 PT]  [Image] How does a health care agency listen to patient complaints in the era of social media? Well, the easiest thing to do is to ignore complaints or to explain them away. The best practice: Treat complaints as critical nuggets of information. ...read more
The Left Shue
- 2009-2011 WA Budget - What would you do?

[Mar 8, 13:36 PT]  With just over a week to go before the scheduled close of the 2010 legislative session in Olympia, proposals for balancing the 2009-2011 biennial budget are flowing at a frantic pace - as is the rhetoric surrounding those proposals. I wrote just the ...read more
Seattle Examiner
- 2009-2011 WA Budget - What would you do?

[Mar 8, 12:16 PT]  With just over a week to go before the scheduled close of the 2010 legislative session in Olympia, proposals for balancing the 2009-2011 biennial budget are flowing at a frantic pace - as is the rhetoric surrounding those proposals. I wrote just the ...read more
homesteadbook.com
- Sarah Palin's family used to cross the border to use Canada's free healthcare

[Mar 8, 10:37 PT]  Sarah Palin recently went up to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to give a little speech. Alberta is Canada’s Texas, so her politics were well-received up there. One little tidbit she dropped was the following: "We used to hustle over the border for ...read more
RoguePundit
- Random Nature #253

[Mar 8, 04:49 PT]  Bowel-Related: Celiac (or coeliac) disease is often referred to as a gluten intolerance, but that needs some clarification. - Glutens are seed storage proteins which are actually composites of starch and two types of protein--gliadin and glutenin. ...read more
blatherWatch
- Dori monson vs. widders & orphans

[Mar 7, 12:55 PT]  [Image] Monson, the mighty mite of KIROFM daytime, keeps trying to out-Limbaugh his own self to perchance attract the kind of mainstream headlines Big Pants gets when he says things that offend great swaths of people. Dori was once the King Of ...read more
Persuasion, Perseverance, and Patience
- Sunday morning toons: Special "Meddling with the very fabric of time itself" edition

[Mar 7, 07:34 PT]  That's the theme this week, and it starts with the possibility of an end to Saturday mail delivery. Where can it lead? Only time can tell. Let's start with this week's Daryl Cagle toon round-up. p3 Picks of the Week: Mike Luckovich, Daryl Cagle, Pat ...read more
blatherWatch
- With democrats like bart stupak...

[Mar 7, 00:28 PT]  [YouTube Video]
morialekafa
- Genocides

[Mar 6, 22:54 PT]  Woman driver shaving her private parts before meeting boyfriend causes two-car crash. Bubblehead: It is comforting to know you are still around and looking after Bush/Cheney and Minnick. As far as Minnick goes, I believe he is basically a Republican ...read more
Majority Rules Blog
- Republican Reconciliation Hypocrisy

[Mar 6, 14:20 PT]  The Republican myth making nonsense that there is something wrong with Obama and the Democrats in the US Senate using the reconciliation process to resolve the health care impasse is finally being challenged. And the Republican mirage is being shown ...read more
NewWest.Net Boise
- Utah Gets Uppity

[Mar 6, 06:54 PT]  Utah's current legislative session is and has been considering a number of bills which would limit the federal government's powers under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution. To whit: A bill which would allow Utah to opt out of federal health ...read more
Strange Bedfellows
- Fighting Meth: Bill would track sales of cold meds

[Mar 5, 17:03 PT]  Pills in a large bag inside the mock methamphetamine lab at the new National Clandestine Laboratory Training and Research Facilitat the DEA Training Academy in Quantico, Va. (TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) The state Senate on Friday passed a bill that ...read more
Shannyn Moore
- Are We There Yet, Senator Begich?

[Mar 5, 15:42 PT]  Senator Mark Begich arrived back in Alaska Friday afternoon and I had a chance to ask him about Open [Image] Left reporting he was the 50th Senator for reconciliation. "Health care reform has already passed the Senate by a 60 vote super majority. If ...read more
WashBlog (Diaries)
- Murray and Cantwell for the Win?

[Mar 5, 11:51 PT]  PCCC's Public Option Initiative shows us two Senators from the state of Washington are now on the record with their support. This is, well, something at least. Of course it comes on the day that Chris Bowers of Open Left tells us that that Senator ...read more
Jesus' General
- The Opinuary Column

[Mar 4, 21:30 PT]  [Image] The Opinion "While American Christians continue to struggle to come to grips with their rampant homophobia, hypocrisy, and constant judging of their fellow human beings, the real menace to a world that needs aid and assistance is liberal ...read more
seajane
- Cantwell & Murray Sign the Public Option Letter

[Mar 4, 14:46 PT]  According to Open Left Senator Cantwell signed the Bennett letter to pass the public option through reconciliation. Senator Murray signed earlier this week so we're 2 for 2!! [Image]
PERRspectives Blog
- Romney vs. Pawlenty on the GOP's ER Health Care Plan

[Mar 4, 09:44 PT]  [ThinkProgress Video] Tom Delay took Bush's health care clown show overseas. Speaking in the UK, Delay announced: "By the way, there's no one denied health care in America. There are 47 million people who don't have health insurance, but no American ...read more
The SuperSpade
- Empathy is the best policy

[Mar 4, 08:17 PT]  The Atlantic Monthly chronicle of the long-term effects of unemployment demonstrates why empathy matters in policy. [Image] Losing your job impacts more than just your income. Don Peck’s How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America lays this ...read more
Hominid Views
- Time to Threaten Congresscritters

[Mar 3, 23:14 PT]  There seems to be an element of threat in this: Two senior administration officials said the White House is telling Democrats reconsidering their support for health care reform that they will pay the price for their original vote no matter what ...read more
morialekafa
- More Guns

[Mar 3, 22:37 PT]  Naked Tacoma woman found tied to a tree was part of a 'consensual rendezvous.' I am not opposed to people owning guns, even handguns, although I have real problems with AK 47's, .50 caliber machine guns, and 'anything big enough to be towed by a ...read more
The MountainGoat Report
- The Vote That Kills

[Mar 3, 18:08 PT]  Today the Idaho Statesman reports that Congressman Walt Minnick "would have no trouble being the vote that kills President Barack Obama's health care plan ' if it still doesn't include the aspects he'd like to see." So what exactly are the aspects ...read more

Don't Ask, Don't Tell
The Stranger Blog
- Too Early For Interior Design? Currently Hanging: Cremaster of the Universe

[Mar 10, 09:42 PT]  [Image] I hate to gay up Slog with comments about decorating, but: I don't really mind white walls. And I prefer knotty pine to stained slatting. But I see his point. Don't much care for the chandelier though. UPDATE: Oh, right: NSFYW. Sorry about ...read more
Blog Town, PDX
- Headline of the Day

[Mar 10, 09:28 PT]  NYT: Ex-Congressman Describes Tickle Fights With Aides I prefer the version in this morning's print edition: Congressman Who Quit Says He Had Tickle Fights Ex-Rep Eric J. Massa has admitted to tickling a male congressional aide until the aide ...read more

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The Stranger Blog
- Headline of the Day

[Mar 10, 08:12 PT]  NYT: Ex-Congressman Describes Tickle Fights With Aides I prefer the version in this morning's print edition: Congressman Who Quit Says He Had Tickle Fights Ex-Rep Eric J. Massa has admitted to tickling a male congressional aide until the aide ...read more
OlyBlog
- "Travel Queeries" Olympia premiere, Sat. April 3rd @ The Capitol Theater

[Mar 10, 04:38 PT]  Start: Apr 3 2010 - 9:00pm End: Apr 3 2010 - 11:00pm FOR IMMEDATE RELEASE DATE: March 10th, 2010 CONTACT: travel queeries@gmail.com Post-Gay Productions presents 'Travel Queeries' Olympia Premiere Screening Followed by Q&A with Director/Producers ...read more
The Stranger Blog
- Who Is Joy Behar's Favorite Gay?

[Mar 9, 16:07 PT]  It's our own Dan Savage, on the teevee with her AGAIN tonight at 6 p.m. (rebroadcast at 9) on HLN. If you look up "behar" in Merriam-Webster's online, this is what you will find: Main Entry: Cooch Be·har Pronunciation: \k&# 252;ch-b-här\ ...read more
Blog Town, PDX
- It's Happening Tonight!

[Mar 9, 15:40 PT]  [Image] HOOPS—In the ever-changing landscape of the Western Conference, teams like the once-laughable Sacramento Kings are now formidable foes for the Portland Trail Blazers. Led by super star-in-the-making Tyreke Evans, the Kings are looking ...read more
Blog Town, PDX
- Good Morning, News!!

[Mar 9, 08:36 PT]  WHAT THE EFF??! "Gov. Ted Kulongoski has chosen Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler to be the new Oregon state treasurer, filling the vacancy left by the death Sunday of Treasurer Ben Westlund." [Image] TED WHEELER: HOPEFULLY AS STATE TREASURER ...read more
Hominid Views
- Another Gay Conservative Republican?!?

[Mar 8, 23:47 PT]  It goes without saying that it is okay that this gentleman is gay. In fact, we should celebrate that he no longer has to live pretending to be somebody he isn’t. What is wrong is the sheer hypocrisy: In 2005, Ashburn, like all but one other ...read more
The Daily Weekly
- Microsoft Makes Gay OK on Xbox

[Mar 8, 14:20 PT]  Xbox Live is the online world in which Microsoft owners meet to compete, trashtalk and frag the hell out of each other. It's also, as of very recently, no longer a Don't Ask-Don't Tell comm...
Seattlest
- The Amazing Adventures of Michael Chabon

[Mar 8, 14:15 PT]  [Image] Michael Chabon will be in town Tuesday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. as a part of the Seattle Arts & Lectures 2009-2010 Literary/Arts Series. Tickets range from $10-70. We've been waiting to see Michael Chabon since last September when we first ...read more
Boise Guardian
- Time To Send Legislature Home

[Mar 4, 15:59 PT]  Silly season has arrived at the Idaho Legislature with the Antichrist Dems voting in lockstep against God of all things. This comes after a resolution to encourage God and English passed the House Thursday on a 50-17 vote, according to a story by ...read more
Faith NOT Freedom News
- Pam's Blend of Perversion Tries to Out Our Agenda

[Mar 4, 14:06 PT]  It should be of no surprise that the radical lesbian (or should I just say "lesbian") Pam Spaulding tries to out my hero Gary Randall. She is determined to expose conservative Christians as being bigoted, and supporting the use of violence against ...read more
NPI Advocate
- Marriage equality realized in the District of Columbia; Roberts won't help fundamentalists

[Mar 2, 19:49 PT]  This afternoon, Chief Justice John Roberts issued an order announcing that the United States Supreme Court will not interfere with the enforcement of the District Columbia's Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act. This means ...read more
Jesus' General
- Fighting for the God-given right to lynch

[Mar 1, 21:36 PT]  [Image] Pastor Gary Randall fights for Christians' right to lynch: In a blog post today, Randall attempts to make Christians (a massive numerical majority in the United States) appear to be the objects of intolerance because Miss USA contestant ...read more
NPI Advocate
- Farewell, readers... and thanks to my friends at the Northwest Progressive Institute

[Mar 1, 20:28 PT]  As NPI reported last week, the King County Council appointed me to a newly created judgeship in the King County District Court. I was appointed on February 22nd, will be sworn in on March 4th, and will take the bench on March 8th. I want to take ...read more
WashBlog (Diaries)
- Gary Randall: Opposing death sentence for gays is "Perverted Tolerance"

[Mar 1, 14:11 PT]  [Image] Pastor Gary Randall is an anti-gay activist best known for his efforts to keep Washington's gay citizens despised, feared and second-class under the law. Today he can't put down his bloody anti-gay bludgeon long enough to effectively play ...read more
WashBlog
- On Assigning Blame, Or, "So, You Think I'm Retarded?"

[Mar 1, 12:46 PT]  LANGUAGE WARNING: Today's story is un characteristically blunt, and from this moment forward we will be using lots of inappropriate language in making our points. Gentle Reader, you have been of ficially...warned. With that in mind, if you take ...read more
The Royal (Northwest) Mounted Valise
- Are Right-Wingers a Different Species?

[Feb 27, 12:59 PT]  No More Mister Nice Guy Blog asks the question, "Are right-wingers even the same species as the rest of us? He asked the question in response to right-wing reaction to a story New York representative Louise Slaughter told during the Health Care ...read more

Tea Baggers
NPI Advocate
- Coffee Party meetups this weekend

[Mar 9, 18:34 PT]  This weekend, the recently formed "Coffee Party USA" is holding nationwide meetups around the country to bring Americans who believe in a functioning democratic government (what a concept!) together, face to face. (For readers unfamiliar with the ...read more
Progressive Alaska
- Saradise Lost - Book 4 - Chapter 59 - What Does The Bible Say About Liars, Sarah...?

[Mar 8, 22:19 PT]  [Image] For about 14 years, I've had a hunch she believed she had a closer relationship to God than any of the rest of us. Last week, Palin almost removed all remaining doubt: Sarah Palin continues to try to explain away why she had to write her ...read more

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howieinseattle
- Sunday Funnies: Nukes, Canada, Perpetual War and Rahmbo (Updated)

[Mar 7, 06:49 PT]  [Image] UPDATE: Today's NY Times turns the spotlight on David Axelrod: "Message Maven Finds Fingers Pointing at Him." [Image] Eric Margolis (Toronto Sun):Obama must scrap costly nukes---American 'Peace President' lacks courage to pull the plug on ...read more
Ridenbaugh Press
- The available candidates

[Mar 5, 21:31 PT]  A Dudley greeter at Dorchester, early on/Stapilus There was a tea party and Sarah Palin presence of sorts (the latter being a cardboard cut-out) at this weekend’s Republican Dorchester Conference. But they weren’t in the Necanicum Room, ...read more
HinesSight
- "Coffee Party" movement fits my tastes

[Mar 3, 14:52 PT]  I like coffee more than tea. And I like the Coffee Party movement hugely more than the Tea Party version. The Coffee Party got brewed up by Annabel Park via a status update on her Facebook page.  let's start a coffee party . . . smoothie ...read more
Jeff Mapes on Politics
- Perry's Texas win: It's about the economy

[Mar 3, 07:18 PT]  Texas Gov. Rick Perry won his heated primary Tuesday night. But the focus of his victory should be on his state's enviable unemployment rate, not how he worked the Tea Party movement.
howieinseattle
- Netroots on fire for Bill Halter, Blanche Lincoln's AR foe (with video)

[Mar 2, 06:09 PT]  [YouTube Video] "AR-Sen: You want to change DC? It all begins in Arkansas" (Markos), with video (02:23):2009 was a rough year, no doubt about that, and 2010 isn't looking much better. We worked our asses off the last two cycles, helping turn around ...read more
The Royal (Northwest) Mounted Valise
- At the Risk of Inflaming Class Warfare

[Mar 1, 23:07 PT]  [Image] Seriously! The IRS has just released the latest figures on America’s top 400 incomes. These are the figures through 2007, so they include the ultra-wealthy corporate CEOs, Hedge Fund owners and other Wall Street kingpins before the ...read more
t.a. barnhart
- Wheeler gets Tea Party-associated opponent

[Mar 1, 13:18 PT]  Mike Darger of Gresham has filed to run against incumbent Ted Wheeler for Multnomah County Chair. Darger, who apparently sells insurance (I can find no information online) and is either a current or former truck driver, lists "Americans for ...read more
The Political Game
- Tar & Feathers of the Tea Party

[Mar 1, 00:16 PT]  For some time, the discourse emanating out of the local tea party crowd has teetered on the edge of rationality. The more vocal members of the Pocatello Tea Party have written screeds in the local paper, the Idaho State Journal , and many of those ...read more
The Royal (Northwest) Mounted Valise
- Idaho Friends of Liberty'Patriot Movement?

[Feb 28, 22:04 PT]  [Image] I admit I have a hard time taking the Tea Party movement seriously. Wacko-fringe is the term that comes to mind. But, after reading Frank Rich’s column, The Axis of the Obsessed and Deranged, I suffered a short, involuntary shudder of ...read more
t.a. barnhart
- Progressives v Tea Partiers: is govt good or evil?

[Feb 28, 11:43 PT]  By now, you've read Frank Rich's latest warning about the Tea Party movement. You share his concern — fear might be a more accurate word — that a cadre exists within the movement, however loose it may be, that will have no qualms about ...read more
born live love die
- Frank Rich

[Feb 28, 07:45 PT]  I want to see Frank Rich go toe to toe with George Will on the Sunday morning TV shows. Rich would float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. It would be beautiful. I think that Rich is pretty good with the right cross too. No one knows what ...read more

Sarah Palin
Progressive Alaska
- Saradise Found - Chapter 29 - "The Palin Channel"

[Mar 8, 00:44 PT]  [Media Matters Video] [Image]
Hominid Views
- Divine Palms

[Mar 6, 23:15 PT]  Oh…that explains it. Now Sarah Palin is suggesting she was being like God when she wrote talking points on her palm. [YouTube Video] But…would God need a TelePrompTer or graven hands to address a Teabagger convention?!? (Via Political ...read more

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Progressive Alaska
- Dan Sullivan Offers to Donate $193,000 to Kids' Cancer Research if Sarah Palin Shaves Her Head

[Mar 6, 09:43 PT]  [Image] Well, we can wish, can't we. But Alaska progressive blogger, Linda Kellen Biegel will be getting her head shaved for kids' cancer research at Dan Sullivan's bar, McGinley's Pub at 2:00 p.m. today. And she's going to challenge dapper Dan to ...read more
morialekafa
- Single Issue Voters

[Mar 4, 22:59 PT]  Swiss condom manufacturer designs small condoms for the 12 year-old crowd. I am wrestling with the problem of single-issue voters, or voters who consider one or two, or perhaps even three issues to override all else. Granted there are many, many ...read more
Progressive Alaska
- Two Banally Retentive Grifters Again Make the News

[Mar 4, 07:26 PT]  [Image] Two stories have emerged today that shed light on how much alike Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan and Sarah Palin are when it comes to seeming to have different sets of rules for themselves and their families, than they hold others must adhere ...read more
Shannyn Moore
- Knock Yourselves Out

[Mar 2, 23:40 PT]  Sarah took time to boost ratings for Jay Leno. Yes, the same guy who said John Edwards knocked up Bristol. Satire police need not rush i t…it’s working for her this time. Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin is funny. Sarah Palin doing Sarah Palin ...read more
Progressive Alaska
- Alaska University Educators Critical of Whirlwind Tour for UA President Finalists

[Mar 2, 05:33 PT]  [Image] If it weren't for Alaska bloggers, many would be unaware that the three finalists for the upcoming vacancy at the top of the University of Alaska system made the rounds of UAF yesterday, will appear briefly at UAA today, and at UAS ...read more
Shannyn Moore
- Sarah's 17% Don't All Love Her

[Mar 1, 02:50 PT]  My friend Mudflats put up a post boiling down the latest Palin poll in Alaska: It would appear that it's 17%. That would leave 83% of Alaskans who think that's a bad bad idea. BUT, I would submit to you that I know many progressive Alaskans who ...read more

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Chile Earthquake
Outside The Interzone
- Quake in Turkey

[Mar 8, 16:59 PT]  [Image] I'm fascinated by how quickly news becomes "olds" these days, and I'm sure you've heard of the 5.9- to 6.0 quake that occurred in Turkey last night. I'm pleased to report that most of the stories I've glanced over are correctly mentioning ...read more
Outside The Interzone
- Tsunami

[Mar 6, 15:38 PT]  Despite my background in geology, like many others I used to picture tsunamis as large versions of standard waves- you know, with the curl and break and so on. It was the swarm of videos that came out in the aftermath of the 2004 Boxing Day ...read more

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Progressive Alaska
- What Would Another Great Alaska Earthquake do to Southcentral Alaska?

[Mar 6, 08:46 PT]  [Vimeo Video] Chile tsunami timelapse in Seldovia, Alaska from Bretwood Higman on Vimeo. That's the Chilean earthquake's tsunami, as it mildly hit Seldovia Harbor. Here's Bretwood Higman's description: All I can say is that I may have seen a ...read more
Isaac Laquedem
- Chile gives the Intrepid Traveler 8.8 reasons to remember this trip

[Mar 5, 14:55 PT]  It's been a while since the Intrepid Traveler (a long-time friend of the Laquedems) has appeared in these pages, not because she hasn't been traveling, but because I haven't been keeping up with her. The last time she appeared here was in 2004, when ...read more
NPI Advocate
- Ring of Fire quakes: An ominous warning?

[Mar 3, 22:00 PT]  Earlier today, Taiwan was rocked by a 6.4 earthquake. This followed the massive 8.8 earthquake in Chile on February 27th, which was preceded by a 7.0 earthquake off of Okinawa, Japan a day earlier. On January 12th, Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 ...read more
The Daily Score
- Cracking the Code

[Mar 3, 08:12 PT]  [Image] In a post called 'We've Upped Our Standards, Now Up Yours,' I wrote about a great pilot program in Victoria, BC that is taking the first step toward requiring energy efficiency ratings at the point of sale for single family homes. Programs ...read more
The Oregon Economics Blog
- Economist's Notebook: Poverty and Risk

[Mar 2, 09:00 PT]  [Image] The recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile present an interesting contrast between the deleterious effects of a major earthquake in one of the richest countries in the western hemisphere and in the poorest. It may surprise you that Chile is ...read more
morialekafa
- What is Newsworthy?

[Feb 27, 22:32 PT]  Mozambique goat owner demands traditional dowry from two men who had sex with his goat. I think we need to give more consideration to what is 'news.' Here is the definition from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary: 1 a : a report of recent events ...read more
NPI Advocate
- Catastrophic 8.8 magnitude earthquake strikes central Chile, spawns tsunami

[Feb 27, 12:32 PT]  A huge earthquake, the seventh strongest on record, struck Chile this morning: [Image] A deadly 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, collapsing buildings, shattering major bridges and highways across a long strip of the ...read more

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NewWest.Net Boise
- First Grilling of the Season

[Mar 8, 09:05 PT]  Still digesting the first grilled food of the season. Every time I burp it smells like burnt moth wings. Of course I cleaned the grill, but most of my efforts went into the surfaces the food will be touching. Now that we've got that first grilled ...read more
Cliff Mass Weather Blog
- The Big Wet Chill

[Mar 6, 21:18 PT]  [Image] Well, we were all getting a little smug about this spring . Day after day of warmer than normal temperatures, bulbs and trees blooming roughly a month early, and drier than normal conditions. El Nino winter was here and Seattle City Light ...read more

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The Daily Score
- Carbon Neutral Caution

[Mar 3, 16:44 PT]  [Image] There's been a lot of ambitious talk lately about carbon neutrality. It's exciting stuff, but it's worth pausing to consider just how huge that challenge is. And what, precisely, does it mean? Zero emissions, or lots of offsets? I thought it ...read more
Seattle Examiner
- The candidates respond: Diana McGinness

[Mar 2, 14:19 PT]  In my most recent offering I indicated that I had submitted the following query regarding the FY2011 federal budget to all four of the announced candidates for Congress from the 2nd CD. In fact I first submitted this query to Rep. Larsen in writing ...read more
Seattle Examiner
- The candidates respond - Larry Kalb

[Mar 1, 21:30 PT]  In my most recent offering I indicated that I had submitted the following query regarding the FY2011 federal budget to all four of the announced candidates for Congress from the 2nd CD. In fact I first submitted this query to Rep. Larsen in writing ...read more
The Left Shue
- Candidates respond: Diana McGinness

[Mar 1, 09:56 PT]  In my most recent offering I indicated that I had submitted the following query regarding the FY2011 federal budget to all four of the announced candidates for Congress from the 2nd CD. In fact I first submitted this query to Rep. Larsen in writing ...read more
The Left Shue
- Candidates respond: Larry Kalb

[Mar 1, 08:36 PT]  In my most recent offering I indicated that I had submitted the following query regarding the FY2011 federal budget to all four of the announced candidates for Congress from the 2nd CD. In fact I first submitted this query to Rep. Larsen in writing ...read more
Seattle Examiner
- Questions for the Candidates: Of bombs, bullets, and compassion

[Mar 1, 05:34 PT]  On Thursday I watched and listened to the president’s bi-partisan conference on his proposal for healthcare insurance reform (as best I could while I was at my day job). While everyone in the room took their own turn delivering their ...read more
Hominid Views
- Weekend Read

[Feb 27, 22:57 PT]  The best read of the weekend comes from Nobel laureate, Al Gore: It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on the science of global warming actually indicated that we do not face an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive ...read more
HinesSight
- Sensuous climate science: most beautiful curves on the planet

[Feb 27, 22:02 PT]  The Earth has gone through big climatic changes in its multi-billion year history. Global warming deniers point to these and say, "See, nature continually warms and cools the Earth, so there's no need to worry about what people are doing to ...read more
The Left Shue
- Of bombs, bullets, and compassion

[Feb 27, 16:57 PT]  On Thursday I watched and listened to the president's bi-partisan conference on his proposal for healthcare insurance reform (as best I could while I was at my day job). While everyone in the room took their own turn delivering their sides' talking ...read more


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Politics Northwest
Governor's budget director leaving for state investment board  

[Mar 2, 17:31 PT]  Victor Moore, the governor's budget director, is leaving next month to take a job as chief operating officer with the Washington State Investment Board. Moore has headed the Office of Financial Management since Gov. Chris Gregoire's first term ...read more
 
Seattle Transit Blog
Bellevue Friday Forum  

[Mar 4, 20:06 PT]  If somehow you haven’t heard enough about the Bellevue Link alignment, Transportation Choices is hosting a forum Friday in Bellevue with some knowledgeable and/or influential figures: Panelists: Don Billen, East Link Project Manager, Sound ...read more
 
Politics Northwest
Life as a Republican in Olympia  

[Mar 8, 14:02 PT]  Ask Washington Senate Minority Leader Mike Hewitt what it's like to be a Republican in Olympia and his answer is simple: "It's not very much fun." [Brightcove Video] Hewitt leads a caucus of 18 senators, a slim number compared to the 31 Democrats. ...read more
 
Politics Northwest
Senate approves bail amendment, after nudge from Gregoire  

[Mar 5, 11:16 PT]  Update: 3:30 p.m. The Senate voted 48-0 in favor of the amendment. House is expected to concur. Update: 6:36 p.m. House and Senate negotiators both say they're pleased with the compromise. Senate Judiciary Chairman Adam Kline, D-Seattle, had favored ...read more
 
Seattle PostGlobe
Commentary: Is a special session necessary to balance budget, raise taxes?  

[Mar 9, 14:22 PT]  [Image] Running against a constitutional clock to adjourn in a few days, some lawmakers are openly discussing the need for a special session to balance the budget and raise taxes on recession-strained Washingtonians. As noted by the Seattle Times: ...read more
 
Politics Northwest
Senate abandons tax on used car trade-ins  

[Mar 5, 17:16 PT]  OLYMPIA -- Senate budget writers have backed off some controversial parts of an earlier tax proposal, ditching their plan to repeal a longstanding sales-tax break on used car trade-ins. The trade-in tax break was created by a voter initiative in ...read more
 
Politics Northwest
Idaho governor says he'll woo Washington businesses turned off by tax increases  

[Mar 8, 18:01 PT]  OLYMPIA -- Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter put out a "love letter" today to businesses in Washington and Oregon, saying Idaho would love to woo any of them turned off by their homes states' tax increases. Otter, a Republican, wrote that phones in his ...read more
 
Boise Guardian
Mayor Hotline February 20 ' 26  

[Mar 5, 07:41 PT]  DOGFIGHT WITH F-35, TRASH TALK, PHOTO OP AT REDLIGHTS, SNEAKY SMOKERS Dan Buerstetta 5473 S. Broad Wing Way Boise, ID 83716 336-4464 F-35: I attended the meeting that the government put on regarding the F-35, I've read articles,and I'm very much ...read more
 
The MountainGoat Report
Do They Endorse Violence?  

[Mar 5, 11:40 PT]  Who could vote against condemning a terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Two U.S. Congressmen did. One is coming to Idaho in three weeks. Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a resolution condemning the terror attack by suicide plane on ...read more
 
10  Politics Northwest
Watch Thursday's income tax hearing  

[Mar 5, 10:46 PT]  OLYMPIA -- As Andrew Garber reported in this morning's paper, Senate Democrats had a hearing Thursday on a bill that would impose an income tax on the wealthy while cutting the sales tax. You can check out TVW's video of the fairly entertaining Ways ...read more
 

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