Seattle Transit Blog
- The Transit in Surface/Transit[Jul 31, 08:06 PT] [Image] Surface/Transit Option (WSDOT) The comment thread of this Dan Bertolet post reveals some confusion about the transit aspects of the deep-bore tunnel plan and the most recent iteration (December 2008) of su rface/transit/I-5. The Deep-Bore ...read more Seattle Transit Blog
- TCC Fundraiser August 5th[Jul 30, 07:16 PT] [Image] There’s a "State Public Transportation Partnerships Conference" at the Westin Thursday afternoon, and Transportation Choices Coalition (TCC) is taking advantage of that to have some bigwigs give talks: Join us for Summer Party with our ...read more Seattle Transit Blog
- Feds May be Warming to Tolling[Jul 28, 15:10 PT] Federal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has hinted the Obama administration may be warming to tolling highways as a way to raise revenue for the federal highway trust fund. That trust fund also pays for transit projects. Transportation Secretary ...read more EFFin' Unsound
- Night Life[Jul 25, 11:07 PT] Post by Carl Ballard If you were going to write a piece on McGinn’s night life initiative, you might write a thoughtful piece about how this will work as a harm reduction strategy. Sure you might point out that the county does bus service, and ...read more
PubliCola
 On PubliCola Today[Jul 30, 19:11 PT] 1) Morning Fizz. 2) KOMO Cola. 3) Public puts pot atop Governor’s to do list. 4) Murray tops Rossi. Barely. 5) Bertolet has a humble request. 6) Gregoire denies she gave Chopp the cost overruns idea. And Chopp’s office cannot document ...read more HorsesAss.org
- Who wants to meet Dino Rossi?[Jul 30, 18:03 PT] Dino Rossi is holding another one of his last minute, barely publicized, "underground" meet-ups this weekend, and if any of my HA regulars would like to politely attend, maybe make a small donation to Dr. Coday to assuage suspicions, and ...read more Politics Northwest
- Clint Didier's life as a country song[Jul 30, 16:30 PT] Hat tip to Jordan Schroeder at the News Tribune for noticing this first today: Some pals of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Clint Didier have written and recorded a country song about the former NFL tight end. It's called "Hell to Pay" and you can ...read more Seattlest
- Extra, Extra[Jul 27, 18:00 PT] [Image] President Obama is headed to the Puget Sound area next month for the first visit of his presidency. He's going to address some economic issues, but also stump for Democratic Sen. Patty Murray as she tries to fend off Dino Rossi. The White ...read more EFFin' Unsound
- Neverending Revival[Jul 26, 15:38 PT] post by tensor Jim Miller describes how we have always been defeating Eastasia: In 2008, you could have made a good argument that the Republican party was in serious trouble, just by looking at Gallup’s party ID, by state. However, you could ...read more Upper Left
- Speaking of lists…[Jul 21, 00:59 PT] …recycled Republican candidate Dino Rossi's got himself on one, too. CREW's 2010 "Crooked Candidates" is pretty exclusive, with only eleven on the list and not just any eleven. As CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan explains, "…these 11 candidates ...read more Hominid Views
- Dino Rossi Honored[Jul 20, 22:57 PT] CREW is working on a new list: the most crooked of crooked congressional candidates. They are asking for nominations, but their preliminary list contains Dino Rossi, the real estate speculator and perennial Washington state candidate, who is running ...read more Seattlest
- Extra, Extra[Jul 28, 18:00 PT] [Image] no news is good news by Taylor Hain from our Flickr pool A woman suspected of fleeing police after being involved in a fatal car crash earlier this week was previously convicted of selling her baby for approximately $2,000. [Seattle Times] ...read more Seattlest
- City unleashes 60 goats to clean up hill climb[Jul 27, 11:00 PT] [Image] Hello, Goat by Espalier from our Flickr pool The steep slope and precarious stairway between Alaskan Way and Western Avenue can be difficult for humans to navigate (especially after a few drinks). Now imagine trying to mow the sucker. The ...read more Ridenbaugh Press
- Overrun end run[Jul 26, 21:02 PT] Thing is, massive construction projects tend to – customarily do run over estimated costs. That’s the way it usually goes. Small projects often, too, but this one – the Alaskan Way Viaduct reconstruction in Seattle – is ...read more The Daily Score
- Would You Like Transit With That Tunnel?[Jul 26, 09:58 PT] [Image] If the deep bore tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct does get built it's supposed to come with about $200 million in additional investment in transit infrastructure. Where does that number and notion come from? It comes from the big ...read more |
BlueOregon
- Independent Party primary election results[Jul 30, 22:01 PT] Yes, it was election day today - at least for the 55,000+ voters who are registered with the Independent Party of Oregon. 2290 voters participated, making for roughly a 4% voter turnout - roughly a tenth of the turnout for the May primary. Not ...read more BlueOregon
- OR-Gov: Kitz awakens?[Jul 30, 18:47 PT] Early this week, I made note of the apparent tight race for Oregon Governor between John Kitzhaber and Chris Dudley. I'm not sure if that post heard 'round the state lit a fire under Dr. John or if their britches were already smoking, but the ...read more t.a. barnhart
- John Kitzhaber: Looking forward[Jul 29, 12:07 PT] [YouTube Video] Please visit the Kitzhaber for Governor website for more information and to volunteer. If we want a future that is good for all Oregonians, we must make sure Kitz is our next governor. The alternative is not a good one; just ask ...read more t.a. barnhart
- Oregon biz renew attacks on workers' rights[Jul 23, 09:44 PT] Jeff Mapes reported in yesterday’s Oregonian on a business roundtable held by GOP candidate Chris “The Vacation Man” Dudley. While Mapes focused on Dudley’s avoidance of controversial policy initiatives, it was the nature of two of those suggestions ...read more
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IdaBlue
- BSU vs. U of I[Jul 28, 06:43 PT] The Statesman has a front page story today quoting BSU President Bob Kustra as saying that he doesn't care is BSU football ever plays U of I football again, because "it's a culture that's nasty [and] inebriated." Ouch. I'm sure that UI fans are ...read more The Daily Score
- The "Audacity" of "Pragmatism"[Jul 23, 06:54 PT] Here's President Obama in April 2009: Now, the choice we face is not between saving our environment and saving our economy. The choice we face is between prosperity and decline. As of yesterday, it looks like we're gonna go with decline. Prosperity ...read more
Upper Left
- You may have noticed…[Jul 22, 21:57 PT] …the exhaustive coverage of the Shirley Sherrod story. I have a full basket of resentments and sympathies regarding it myself, but when all's said and done, Greg says it all... Conservative activists will lie about anything, no matter how vile, for ...read more morialekafa
- There Oughta be a Law[Jul 20, 22:17 PT] There oughta be a law but apparently there isn’t. At least I believe this must be true because what just happened has happened before and I have seen no attempt at holding anyone accountable. I am speaking of Fox media propaganda (I cannot bring ...read more seajane
- We've Got to Quit Dancing to Their Sick Music[Jul 20, 19:12 PT] [Image] Don't we all remember Bush's greatest Bushism: "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." This was one lesson ...read more t.a. barnhart
- WHI & zero-sum politics[Jul 30, 10:05 PT] July 29. I’m starting this draft sitting in the gallery of Portland City Hall. In 20 minutes, the Council will receive public testimony on the report of the West Hayden Island Community Working Group. Following that, they will vote on Mayor Adams’ ...read more BlueOregon
- Metro: Bob Stacey rocks it on land use[Jul 28, 22:07 PT] Having spent many a night poring over documents and testimony and maps related to the Urban and Rural Reserves, I was interested to read about the North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce breakfast forum held last week between Metro Chair candidates Bob ...read more The Rambling Taoist
- Tao on the Issues - Bipartisanship[Jul 28, 10:16 PT] Good weapons are instruments of fear; all creatures hate them. Therefore followers of Tao never use them. The wise man prefers the left. The man of war prefers the right. Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them ...read more morialekafa
- Scrapped[Jul 21, 22:12 PT] Autopsy tools used to embalm Elvis Presley for sale at auction. Scrapped, I guess that has what has happened to those unfortunates who have exhausted their 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. That’s what it means, they have no further benefits, they ...read more The Left Shue
- Alan Grayson tells it like it is...AGAIN![Jul 20, 19:45 PT] On the day that my wife came to the end of her 6 months of state funded unemployment insurance, senate republicans (and Ben Nelson) decided that she, and millions more of their fellow citizens, were not deserving of extended benefits to help them ...read more The Rambling Taoist
- Is This Crazy or What?[Jul 30, 21:29 PT] Last June I began the process of having dentures made in anticipation of having all my teeth pulled. Over the next 13 months, I had numerous appointments. The first group of these involved the measurement portion. Once the dentures were made and my ...read more The MountainGoat Report
- Idaho: Home Of Free-Range Crazy[Jul 27, 10:02 PT] Recent headlines and news from around Idaho: When it isn't enough: Idaho leads national increase in food stamp use Idaho No. 1 in nation in state government job cuts Idaho near the bottom in education spending Idaho in eighth place in foreclosure ...read more Seattlest
- Extra, Extra[Jul 23, 18:00 PT] [Image] Window to 2004 by Grundlepuck from the Seattlest Flickr Pool Sentencing has been delayed in the case of Samuel and Brittainy Labberton, the Bellevue couple accused of starving their baby because they didn't want the infant to look fat and, ...read more morialekafa
- Slums[Jul 22, 22:27 PT] Utah man ordered not to contact estranged wife writes letters to her cat. My blog of last night caused me to start thinking about slums. I am by no means an authority on slums, but I have seen slums in Mexico and the Philippines and a few other ...read more HorsesAss.org
- Has Dino Rossi been radicalized?[Jul 30, 11:08 PT] It sometimes seems like Dino Rossi has been running a nonstop campaign for more than six years now, so it’s easy to understand why journalists and voters alike feel that we know the man so well. Too well, perhaps. But in light of his hard, ...read more HorsesAss.org
- It’s worth emphasizing…[Jul 29, 15:56 PT] I know it’s been mentioned elsewhere, and the Dems have certainly attempted to pound it home in their press releases, but it really is worth emphasizing that the first (and so far, only) Republican senatorial candidate to come out for ...read more Boise Guardian
- Potential Reduction For 2C Bus Service[Jul 26, 21:05 PT] Our transportation expert paints a sad picture of mismanagement and missed opportunities in the following GUARDIAN EXCLUSIVE special report. By Jimmy D. Bus Guardian Transportation Correspondent Canyon County residents face the prospect of reduced ...read more Peace Tree Farm
- A progressive economic vision[Jul 24, 20:44 PT] Our luncheon guests are, in a word, impressive. Leading off was a true rock star of financial reform—the d amn-well-better-be first leader of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau created by the just-passed banking bill. Yep, ...read more The MountainGoat Report
- Too Small To Matter[Jul 24, 18:50 PT] No thanks to Idaho's entire congressional delegation, soon unemployment benefits will be restored to those whose were exhausted over the last seven weeks, as President Obama signed legislation on Thursday extending the federal program through the ...read more The Political Game
- Fiscal "Responsibility" & Fake Democrats[Jul 23, 15:04 PT] There must be other progressive bloggers who receive email from organizations like Open Left and find themselves 100% on the same page as those that the email was intended for. As the following snippet suggests, there are plenty of us who are indeed ...read more NPI Advocate
- LIVE from Las Vegas: Primaries matter![Jul 22, 10:10 PT] Good morning from Fabulous™ Las Vegas, Nevada! The fifth annual Netroots Nation Convention is just kicking off here at the Rio All-Suites Hotel, where thousands of activists have gathered to talk about — and work on — strengthening ...read more The Stranger Blog
- BP Hires Porky Pig[Jul 30, 15:09 PT] This is how we do it! [YouTube Video] Incoming BP chief executive Bob Dudley has said it is time to scale back some parts of the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico. If only our generals had BP's dedication to an exit strategy. [ Subscribe to ...read more Upper Left
- They've warned us…[Jul 28, 12:59 PT] …what they're going to do with a majority. The Republican Tea Party Contract On Ame rica... 1. Repeal the Affordable Care Act (Health Insurance Reform) 2. Privatize Social Security or phase it out altogether 3. End Medicare as it presently exists 4. ...read more The MountainGoat Report
- Hay Fever[Jul 28, 10:50 PT] According to Agri-Pulse Communications, last week Idaho Representatives Mike Simpson and Walt Minnick were signatories on a letter from 75 members of the U.S. House of Representatives to Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting that an interim ...read more The Rambling Taoist
- Oil Spill Blues[Jul 27, 22:57 PT] Two news articles on Reuters caught my eye today. The first one, BP oil spill to cost U.S. taxpayer almost $10 billion, should really surprise no one. In fact, my guess is that it will cost all of us far more, both in economic and ecological terms. ...read more morialekafa
- Six Years![Jul 25, 22:17 PT] Good grief, can another entire year have passed so quickly? Morialekafa has now completed its sixth year. Last year on this date I published a list of what I think were the most interesting essays, short stories and reviews of that five year period. ...read more HinesSight
- Dems give up on climate change legislation[Jul 23, 22:24 PT] Soon after I learned that the Senate Democratic leadership, surely with Obama's blessing, had given up on trying to pass any meaningful sort of climate change legislation, I got another email from Organizing for America -- asking for donations ...read more blatherWatch
- Talk host is losing in Arizona[Jul 30, 00:02 PT] [Image] How close were we to having another talk radio host join Al Franken in the Senate? Not very, looks like. Former KFYI, Phoenix talk host J.D. Hayworth, tea bag and Sean Hannity favorite is trailing the tea bag-despised Senator John McCain by ...read more Washington Outsiders
- DNC Web Ad: 'ONE AND THE SAME'[Jul 29, 20:19 PT] ''Yes, the Republicans have stopped pretending that the TEA Party isn't just the Republican Party with funny hats. They're crazy, they're mean and they want to drag America backwards into the nineteenth century.'ONE AND THE SAME' The Rambling Taoist
- What Plan?[Jul 29, 19:04 PT] I don't remember exactly what I was reading, but the other day in a news article there was a quote from some fellow involved in the Tea Party movement about the Christian God's blueprint for humankind. The guy said something like, when good or bad ...read more 43rd State Blues
- Republican Tea Party Contract on America[Jul 29, 13:15 PT] Here's a DNC list of the Republican agenda. Watch for the very last one which is complements of the Idaho State Republican Party Platform. Way to go Idaho Republicans. [YouTube Video] Detailed list below the fold. Sourced here. read more » Upper Left
- Couldn't happen to a nicer Party.[Jul 29, 13:00 PT] Well, they're not actually nice at all, of course, but Republican Tea Party is headed off the rails. For example ... Roy Blunt is birther-curious. Roy Blunt says maybe the government "should have never have gotten in the health care business" with ...read more Strange Bedfellows
- Sen. Jim DeMint: I'm for Dino[Jul 29, 12:21 PT] A Tea Party champion in Congress, Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, endorses Dino Rossi for GOP Senate nomination in Washington: DeMint is famous for wanting to make health care into President Obama's "Waterloo." Hominid Views
- An Optimistic Liberal[Jul 28, 23:23 PT] The DCCC released a memo suggesting that Republican will fall short of expectations during the upcoming midterm elections. The analysis pretty much matches my feelings for awhile…as summarized by Greg Sargent: The argument in the DCCC memo, ...read more Jesus' General
- Playing the race card[Jul 28, 21:01 PT] Once again, a god-fearing Teabag-American has been unfairly accused of being a racist. This time, the accuser is Rachel Maddow, a news woman whose commitment to the heterosexual lifestyle is highly suspect. She suggests that Tea Party Comix is a ...read more 43rd State Blues
- Correct the Record[Jul 28, 17:11 PT] As a follow up to Election Year Ammo I have a couple quick links to assist in correcting the record for the upcoming election which should be useful to candidates, bloggers or commenters when challenging their opponents, the media or tea baggers. ...read more EFFin' Unsound
- What if They Aren’t As Crazy As I’d Hoped?[Jul 27, 19:59 PT] Post by Carl Ballard Over at The Chicken Wing, Roberta is worried that there may not be enough teabagging going on in Washington DC, even if teabaggers win. This week, former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, made it clear what the plan is for ...read more The Political Game
- Smorgasbord Saturday[Jul 24, 16:36 PT] Here's a rundown of some things happening in the world of baseball, politics and current events that I've read and liked or simply had my eye on this week. Enjoy! Politics/Current Events The shame of right-wing "jour nalism"/Salon.com, Joan Walsh ...read more The Political Game
- Let's Talk Strasburg[Jul 30, 10:17 PT] We can all blame this need to talk baseball on Marc Johnson of the Johnson Post. He was at Nationals Park this week to catch Stephen Strasburg , who was scratched from the lineup less than an hour before the Nats took the field with the ...read more BlueOregon
- Jeers - Update on Esquivel in Arizona[Jul 30, 08:07 PT] Medford Mail Tribune: Jeers — to State Rep. Sal Esquivel, R-Medford, who has announced he will travel to Arizona to support that state's battle with the federal government over immigration enforcement. We have no quarrel with his stand on the ...read more Jesus' General
- The Opinuary Column[Jul 29, 22:34 PT] [Image] The Opinion "Jesus of Nazareth was not a zombie" has died, having been murdered by a variety of Christians who threw his lifeless corpse to the turf and tore to shreds what was left of his dessicated corpse. He was believed to be 57 years of ...read more BlueOregon
- State Rep Sal Esquivel Stands With Arizona[Jul 29, 12:34 PT] Where is Medford's Republican State Representative going? He's headed to Arizona to speak and paricipate in a two day rally with the group Stand With Arizona on July 30th and 31st. He's joining author and blogger Michelle Malkin, P.L.E.A. president ...read more 43rd State Blues
- Will Idaho follow Arizona?[Jul 28, 22:08 PT] I just heard on the news tonight that some legislators are planning to introduce a bill that is similar to Arizona's illegals deportation law, which just went into effect today, minus most of the enforcement teeth that was written into it. read more ...read more PERRspectives Blog
- Republicans Party Like It's 1861[Jul 26, 09:19 PT] Until this week, Republican Congressman Zach Wamp's claim to fame had been breaking his term limits pledge. But now, the Tennessee gubernatorial candidate is making voters a new promise: secession. And as it turns out, Wamp has plenty of company in ...read more |
EFFin' Unsound
- Teaching Thermodynamics 101[Jul 31, 15:22 PT] - posted by demo kid I feel sad that Jonathan didn’t even name-check me when writing up a new (and scientif ically-inadequate) blog post about heat transfer and global warming. I’ve posted my comment to his post below, in case he’s ...read more Outside The Interzone
- This... Is Getting On My Nerves[Jul 27, 18:28 PT] [Image] Okay, on the face of it, it is kind of cool, but this set of imagery has been floating around for at least a few weeks now, and I haven't seen any discussion of it beyond "Wow, this is really cool." And just when I thought it had gone and ...read more The Daily Score
- The Real Worth: Puget Sound[Jul 27, 10:18 PT] [Image] Here's a case for saving Puget Sound that you can take to the bank. The Sound and the land, rivers, and lakes surrounding it provide benefits worth $9.7 billion and $83 billion every year, according to a new study called "Valuing the Puget ...read more Outside The Interzone
- So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish[Jul 22, 17:31 PT] From The NYT Economic Scene:According to NASA, 2010 is on course to be the planet’s hottest year since records started in 1880. The current top 10, in descending order, are: 2005, 2007, 2009, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2004, 2001 and 2008.So we're ...read more The Daily Score
- Potential Energy[Jul 22, 08:33 PT] [Image] Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) has introduced legislation that would expand the existing tax credit program for renewable energy, create a bond financing tool, and support a grant program for district energy. The bill is a really ...read more Outside The Interzone
- Portents of The Apocalypse[Jul 21, 14:06 PT] Climate change creating 'super marmots' that are bigger and more abundant [Image] I, for one, welcome our new alpine rodent overlords. Gotta love The Telegraph (UK) "Earth" and "Science" stories... the stories themselves are typical recycled press ...read more
Seattlest
- Tatjana Soli on Her Debut Novel, The Lotus Eaters[Jul 30, 15:00 PT] [Image] Tatjana Soli will be reading from her debut novel The Lotus Eaters at Elliott Bay Book Company on Saturday, July 31, at 2:00 p.m. Tatjana Soli's debut novel The Lotus Eaters is not your average "war story." Rather than being told through a ...read more Upper Left
- Things that make me go hmmm...[Jul 29, 17:39 PT] Via CNN ... The top U.S. military officer said that the founder of WikiLeaks was risking lives to make a political point by publishing thousands of military reports from Afghanistan. The military, on the other hand, risks lives to make a political ...read more Upper Left
- Quote of the day.[Jul 28, 13:14 PT] My own personal former Congressman, Jay Inslee , who joined my own personal current Congressman in voting against the Defense Supplemental for Afghanistan... "It is wrong to be borrowing money from China, laying off American police officers, to ...read more The Left Shue
- Obama's War[Jul 27, 05:22 PT] Afghanistan Body Count: 07/27/2010 Americans Killed: 1,207 Americans Wounded: 10,000+ Post Obama Inauguration Americans Killed: 577 “…We will finish the job…” Pres. Barack Obama Latest Confirmed Casualties: *Cpl. Paul J. Miller, 22, of Traverse ...read more The Left Shue
- Obama's War[Jul 21, 07:08 PT] Afghanistan Body Count: 07/21/2010 Americans Killed: 1,195 Americans Wounded: 10,000+ Post Obama Inauguration Americans Killed: 565 “…We will finish the job…” Pres. Barack Obama Latest Confirmed Casualties: *Sgt. Matthew W. Weikert, 29, of ...read more |
