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Dems' Resolution Opposing Common Core Standards
WHEREAS the copyrighted (and therefore unchangeable) Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a set of controversial top-down K-12 academic standards that were promulgated by wealthy private interests without research-based evidence of validity and are...
Look who doesn't pay their fair share
Using aggregated income tax data from the IRS for 2012, I calculated some statistics about zipcodes in Washington State and nationally. As you can see from the first chart near the end of this...
Who's to blame for the 2014 election debacle?
A group called American Voices of Reason posted the following on facebook. It is time for Democratic voters to hold party leaders accountable. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is a complete FAILURE as leader of the Democratic...
Survival of the friendliest: how cooperation plays a positive role in evolution
The dominant story about biological evolution is a bloody tale of competition and survival of the fittest. There’s no purpose or morality in nature. There’s no Creator imposing an Intelligent Design. Rather, random mutations during...
Badass Teachers target Microsoft for avoiding taxes
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation promotes the privatization of public schools and were influential in donating in support of the Washington State charter schools initiative, I-1240, in 2010. The registered sponsor for the...
Microsoft's tax avoidance schemes: national and in Washington State
(revised, 2014/10/28) Bloomberg reported in 2012: “A U.S. Senate committee memo said Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) used aggressive international tax maneuvers to avoid billions of dollars in taxes over the past three years. … Microsoft...
Brouhaha about Freedom Socialist Ad
On a right-wing email list I monitor I saw a message claiming that the Freedom Socialists in Seattle we’re offering $13/hour for a web developer position while, at the same time, demanding $20 for...