"Substantial reason to believe" allegations against Rep. McMorris Rodgers
ABC New is reporting: The onetime employee was Todd Winer, a former spokesman for McMorris Rodgers who told the ethics office that he wrote campaign speeches for her on his work computer during business hours, and that he and other staffers frequently wrote news releases and did other work for the campaign on government time….
T.U.I.F.: Thank Unions It's Friday
People often say. T.G.I.F. (Thank God It’s Friday.) But it’s the labor movement that brought us five day work weeks. So I propose T.U.I.F: Thank Unions It’s Friday
Joan McBride: I am a Democrat and a progressive
Former Kirkland mayor Joan McBride spoke Sunday at the Legislative Action Committee meeting of the King County Democrats. McBride is challenging Rodney Tom for the state senate seat in the 48th LD. Contrary to rumors that had been spreading around facebook, Ms. McBride never was a Republican. She is apparently a real Democrat and a…
Fact-checking a claim about Koch versus union spending
I signed a petition from Credo Action “urging PBS affiliate WGBH to remove David Koch from the Board of Trustees and Science Visiting Council because of his anti-science positions.” After I signed the petition, it through up a fund-raising appeal from ActBlue containing the following claim: The Koch brothers spent over $400 million in 2012—more…
Use boycotts and protests to oppose tax avoidance
Americans for Tax Fairness sent me email asking me to sign a letter demanding: Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan: Release the Names of American Tax Dodgers. How about setting up a boycott of Swiss products, tourism, athletes, conferences, academics, etc? And protest around the Swiss embassy in D.C. and consulates? Similar actions against companies like…
European Socialist Germany kicks US ass
From a comment on huff post: Larry K. (elfish) Political Pundit · 5,047 Fans Funny: Germany is one of those European-Style Socialist countries that the Republicans are always warning us about. Germany’s population is one quarter the US, yet they have a more productive economy, they export more goods, their citizens don’t work as hard,…
The Anti-Wisdom of Eckhart Tolle
Many spiritual teachers and pundits say things similar to what Eckhart Tolle said: “The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but [always] your thoughts about it.”  In other words, suffering comes from yourself, not from your perceived enemies. While it’s true that much suffering is self-made, it’s a gross and perverse exaggeration to…