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Why is this billionaire happy? 0

Why is this billionaire happy?

Because of tax cuts and loopholes favoring  the rich.  Because of outsourcing of jobs overseas.  Because of union busting.  Because they’ll cut Social Security and other social programs to pay for his tax breaks...

Quickie: Rick Perry's extremism revealed 0

Quickie: Rick Perry's extremism revealed

In The message from Rick Perry’s book: Repeal the 20th Century Seattle P-I columnist Joe Connelly describes the extreme anti-government views of Rick Perry. The 1930s are in the crosshairs. Social Security has been...

Journal editor resigns over 'problematic' climate paper 0

Journal editor resigns over 'problematic' climate paper

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14768574 The editor of a science journal has resigned after admitting that a recent paper casting doubt on man-made climate change should not have been published. The paper, by US scientists Roy Spencer and...

"I have a gun and I'm NOT afraid to use it." 0

"I have a gun and I'm NOT afraid to use it."

The attitude of conservatives nowadays is: “I have a gun and I’m not afraid to use it.”   They have lots of power and they’re willing, in fact, eager to destroy much of what we...

Right wing propaganda books 0

Right wing propaganda books

While shopping in Issaquah today, I stopped at Barnes & Nobel to look for the book “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power” by Jeff Sharlet.     As I...

Medicare for none? 0

Medicare for none?

Many activists on the Left want Medicare for all.  But the way things are going, it seems we’re more likely to get Medicare for none.   Many conservatives believe that last year’s health care reform...

Quickie: Fanning the flames of racial hatred for profit 0

Quickie: Fanning the flames of racial hatred for profit

$42 Million From Seven Foundations Helped Fuel the Rise of Islamophobia in America This is not to say there aren’t legitimate problems with Islam or with immigration, but some people have an ideological or...