RoguePundit
- Recruiting More Non-Residents[Mar 11, 00:51 PT] So often, we hear our university leaders here in Oregon worrying about finances. It's understandable though that they'd want to sound more positive when selling the merits of our institutions elsewhere. The following is from a somewhat schmoozy ...read more 5/17
- No Curriculum Left Behind[Mar 10, 20:31 PT] The last time I blogged about the nationalization of American education: a year ago, almost exactly. A year ago, it was ratch eting-up-rhetoric. But words have a way of translating into action: Maryland and several other states are pushing rapidly ...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 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
The MountainGoat Report
- Ravings of a Lunatic[Mar 10, 08:13 PT] Apparently, in the nether regions of Glennbeckistan there's a commie or Nazi hiding under every bushel and churches who do good works, you know helping the poor, the afflicted, the downtrodden, well, they're probably using, gasp, "code words" to ...read more blatherWatch
- Glenn beck boycotting 'hurt locker'[Mar 9, 00:08 PT] [Image] (photo: Glenn Beck, right, in the only uniform he's ever worn, Puyallup Fair, 1973. credit, Skagit Valley Herald) Declaring it an 'anti-troop movie' by Hollywood elites, Glenn Beck (KTTH m-f, 6-9a said on his radio show Monday he won't ...read more Outside The Interzone
- Goof-Ball Alarm[Mar 8, 17:33 PT] Ringing loud and clear. [Image] Glenn Beck Urges Listeners to Leave Churches That Preach Social Justice:On his daily radio and television shows last week, Fox News personality Glenn Beck set out to convince his audience that "social justice," the ...read more Ft. Boise
- Glenn Beck is coming after ME now[Dateline Unknown] [Image] Will this man stop at NOTHING?! This CNNBC news report has the details from the broadcast of Le Bebe-Homme Pleurant. (Sorry about the volume too loud and the lame controls on the Flash... this is the best I could do. Thank me for not ...read more Strange Bedfellows
- Poll: Income tax in Washington good idea[Mar 10, 17:29 PT] A bill introduced in the state Legislature would introduce an income tax on high earners and lower the sales tax by a penny a dollar. It's highly unlikely anything will happen with this bill this session, but a recent poll found people in Washington ...read more HorsesAss.org
- WA = LA? WTF?[Mar 10, 09:46 PT] Forgive me for answering a question with a question, but when the headline of this morning’s Seattle Times editorial asks "Does Washington state want a sales-tax rate higher than L.A.’s?", the only reasonable response I can muster is ...read more Politics Northwest
- Gregoire to Idaho: Bring it on![Mar 9, 15:01 PT] OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire responded Tuesday morning to Idaho Gov. Butch Otter's "love letter" to Washington businesses, in which he suggested Idaho could lure away firms turned off by tax increases here. "I'm not an expert on Idaho," Gregoire ...read more HorsesAss.org
- Senate Dems propose flat tax[Mar 8, 14:19 PT] There are two ways to look at state Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown’s income tax proposal. I suppose you could, as her office has done, brand it a "high earners income tax," and in many ways, it is just that. Or, it would also be quite ...read more 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 The Stranger Blog
- Extended Legislative Session in Olympia[Mar 10, 15:35 PT] Looks like it's gonna happen: "Let's face it, we don't have an agreement yet. It would be more than a miracle," House Majority Leader Lynn Kessler said Wednesday morning. "I think we will probably do that (a special session)." Cory Curtis, Gov. ...read more Politics Northwest
Feel free to feed the deer[Mar 9, 16:01 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 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 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 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 PubliCola
- Tilikum Place Cafe: Seattle, Get On This[Mar 10, 16:35 PT] [Image] Tilikum Place Caf (407 Cedar St, 282-4830), has been open, relatively quietly, since November 2008. I say quietly because while I hear its name tossed around constantly by Seattle foodies, writers, and chefs, its popularity doesn't seem to ...read more PubliCola
- Car-Rail Collision in Rainier Valley[Mar 10, 16:16 PT] [Image] A car collided with a southbound light rail train at the intersection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way and Elm Grove about half an hour ago, Sound Transit spokesman Bruce Gray confirms. Gray says the accident has been cleared, but that trains ...read more Seattle Transit Blog
- Breaking: Car-Link Collision[Mar 10, 16:02 PT] [Image] Train and car after the collision, photo courtesy of KOMO News [UPDATE 4:36pm According to Metro the accident is cleared, meaning Route 8 is back to normal. One can only assume the same is true for Link. Good job, emergency services, and ...read more PubliCola
- How They Roll In Florida[Mar 10, 14:10 PT] [Image] [Image] Between 2002 and 2008, within a few blocks of the spot in Florida where I sit writing this, a single developer completed four high-rises with a total of 459 luxury condos and 253 hotel rooms. But contain your excitement, all you ...read more Seattle PostGlobe
- School buses invade downtown Seattle[Mar 10, 11:18 PT] [Image] [Image] School buses invade downtown Seattle, tying up some streets. Here's why, according to a state Department of Transportation press release... SEATTLE – Today and tomorrow, March 10 and 11, students are attending the Seattle ...read more 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 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 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 |
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 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 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 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
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 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 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 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 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 |
Hominid Views
- The Republican War on the Unemployed[Mar 10, 23:34 PT] Given their reckless stewardship of the economy for the eight years leading up to America’s second most catastrophic economic downturn, you’d think Republicans would have some remorse. Some empathy. Some guilty sense of shame. Nope! ...read more Blog Town, PDX
- I'm Uncomfortable With Bikes Plan Kickstart[Mar 10, 10:35 PT] Update, 1:34pm: Anna Griffin has a quickly-written column up on the subject: "Sometimes, when the mood strikes, city leaders chuck the process, declare an emergency and do whatever they want." "And our leaders wonder why nobody trusts government." ...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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
morialekafa
- Greed[Mar 10, 22:45 PT] A New Jersey 'Midnight Knitter' Is covering tree branches and lampposts with miniature sweaters. It must be just plain greed. I have no other explanation for much of human behavior, especially the kinds of behavior we are seeing at the moment here ...read more 43rd State Blues
- Idaho's Health Care Idiocy[Mar 10, 13:15 PT] Gang, its a target rich environment out there and I just don't have the time to address all the lunacy coming out of the legislature. In order to clear some space on the browser I'll share some links. The senate passed the Idaho Health Freedumb Act, ...read more The Daily Score
- I (Don't) Want Candy[Mar 10, 12:51 PT] [Image] Seeing the Easter candy displays pop up in my local grocery two weeks ago'immediately replacing Valentine's Day candy, which immediately replaced Christmas candy, and so on'has got me thinking about the seemingly arbitrary lines we sometimes ...read more howieinseattle
- OFA on HEALTH CARE--"THE COST OF INACTION"[Mar 10, 11:58 PT] [Image] "Final March Day 1: Spread the Facts" (OFA): It's time to show the insurance lobbyists that no smear campaign can match the power of millions ready for change and committed to the truth. If you haven't already, please download the fliers and ...read more 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 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 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. 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 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 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 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 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 NPI Advocate
- Grayson strikes a blow for real Americans[Mar 10, 11:33 PT] Yesterday, U.S. Representative Alan Grayson introduced a bill that would provide a buy-in option allowing access to Medicare for anybody who wants it. Read that again, and let it sink in. It's an amazingly simple bill. Not even four pages long, and ...read more 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 |
The Left Shue
- Obama's War[Mar 11, 05:29 PT] Afghanistan Body Count: 03/11/2010 Americans Killed: 1,017 Americans Wounded: 9,496 Post Obama Inauguration Americans Killed: 387 ''We will finish the job'' Pres. Barack Obama Latest Confirmed Casualties: *Sgt. Marcos Gorra, 22, of North Bergen, NJ ...read more PubliCola
- Into the War Zone[Mar 10, 16:20 PT] [Image] Tonight: San Francisco band Or, the Whale may be the primary upholders of contemporary beard culture. They’re named after the greatest bearded novel in literary history. Their florid steel guitars and strong female harmonies make their ...read more morialekafa
- Suckered Again?[Mar 9, 22:35 PT] Reviewing his cell phone history, she reaches for knife and stabs ex-husband. Dennis Kucinich is apparently refusing to vote 'yes' on the Health Care Bill. He says it is merely a huge gift to the Insurance companies who are themselves the problem. ...read more Hominid Views
- Troglodytes[Mar 2, 19:25 PT] Via The Telegraph: Pakistan’s army has discovered a complex network of 156 caves used by the Taliban and al-Qaeda dug into rocky mountains close to the Afghan border. The tunnels…were carved into sheer rock within view of the snow-capped ...read more
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 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 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 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 |
