ZENN car: Zero Emissions, No noise
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Meta-news brief #1: poor Seattle P-I
The home page of the Seattle P-I today is a sad reminder of the decline of a once great newspaper. The main headline today has a photo of a baby tiger, Cute alert! New baby at the zoo (photos). The headlines immediately to the right are: LATEST NEWS 11:18 p.m. Report: Teens’ sex act filmed at…
State Rep. Roger Goodman to run againt Dave Reichert
The Kirkland Views reported on Jan 28, 2011 that State Rep. Roger Goodman (D) to Challenge Incumbent Dave Reichert (R) for U.S. Congress What Goodman says on his website seems generic: I am listening so that I can do my best to negotiate those issues most important to you. Like you, I strongly believe in:…
Poll shows strong support for repealing WA tax breaks to fund Basic Health
From the Democratic Underground: The ElderCare Alliance included a question in the statewide Elway Poll conducted last week with regard to the new proposal to repeal a set of tax breaks and use the money generated to fund the Basic Health Care Program. The question describes the plan contained in House Bill 1847 introduced by…
Drinking Liberally: get local, get real
Monday night I attended the local Drinking Liberally meetup in Newport Hills, Bellevue. DNC super-delegate Sharon Mast made a good case that Democrats need to field more candidates for local positions, such as school boards, planning commissions, and various tax districts commissions. These positions are unglamorous but they’re the way that activists can get name…
Second Life, Dexter Morph, and the Peace Movement
Second Life is a 3d virtual world in which players control virtual selves called “avatars.”    You can choose the gender and looks (body shape, hair, etc) of your avatar, and you can select the clothes your avatar wears. Once in the world, you can chat, dance, fly through the sky, build houses, teleport, and visit…
Summary of bills to eliminate tax loopholes
A cluster of bills introduced into the Washington State House and Senate would raise revenue for vital human needs by eliminating tax exemptions. The main obstacle to eliminating exemptions is Tim Eyman’s (unconstitutional) I-1053 and its 2/3 super-majority requirement on legislative votes to raise revenue. The House bills, HB-2078, HB-2087, and HB-2102, overlap. HB-2078 would…
You gotta choose your battles
How progressive should a group like Washington Liberals be? If it’s too progressive — too anti-war, too hard on centrist Dems, too uncompromising, and too open to certain controversial views (such as Palestinian grievances) — then it risks alienating potential allies. On the other hand, if it’s too conventional, fearful and meek, it’ll betray progressive…
Inspire Seattle: whither progressives?
How can we meet basic community needs during difficult (if not desperate) economic and political times? This was the question addressed at a meeting of Inspire Seattle on Saturday night, at the home of David and Shamah Gamrath in West Seattle. During the first hour or so, people networked and ate the pot-lucked food. (It…