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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...