by Mark Hurwitt

Date:     Sunday 3/18/2012 Time:     2:30 pm Where: The Capitol Theater.  360.754.6670 | 206 5th AVENUE SE, OLYMPIA WA, 98501 Sponsor:  Olympia Film Society Notes:     Dir: Francis Causey, Donald Goldmacher / 2011 / US / 90 min / High Definition digital A new, groundbreaking feature documentary about the roots of the American economic…

Then Charles Koch’s voice is on the left. My voice is on the right.

The LA Times is reporting: Soldier held in Afghan killings was from troubled U.S. base Dozens of recent cases of killings, suicides and assaults have been linked to combat troops from sprawling Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Reuters reports:  U.S. home base of Afghan massacre suspect scarred by scandals And CNN: Washington base back…

Over the past two and a half  years I have daily been collecting news feeds from about 70 news organizations and blogs, including Fox News, The Nation, NewsBusters, OpEdNews, NewsMax, Washington Post, CNN, Truthout, ThinkProgress, and the Wall Street Journal. All together, there are over 636,000 articles (some consisting of only the abstracts, some having…

See Publicola’s article Superior Court Judge Hears Challenge to Eyman’s Two-Thirds Rule. It’s telling that the AG is defending I-1053.  If the courts rule that I-1053 is unconstitutional, I bet Eyman will try to amend the constitution.

(except that Republicans wouldn’t admit they broke it — they’d try to blame others) And, yes, some Democrats too helped and are helping break things even now. In Washington State, the budget crisis is a Republican wet dream. Here’s their chance to destroy public education and the social safety net, so they can further enrich…