Wednesday evening over 400 people attended the hearings in Seattle organized by the Climate Legislative and Executive Workgroup. It seems that most of attendees wanted to testify. People were chosen at random, by number, and the numbers chosen ranged has high as the low 400s. My number did not come up. Here is the testimony I…
Trick-or-treat aboard the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior! When: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 11:00am until 3:00pm. Where: Vancouver Landing, West of 100 Columbia St., Vancouver, WA 98660 Click for the Facebook page of the event. Open Boat Tour of the Rainbow Warrior When : Saturday, November 2, 2013: 10am-5pm and Sunday, November 3, 2013: 10am-5pm Where: Vancouver…
Pope Francis called right-wing Christian fundamentalism a sickness
Wednesday evening in Seattle there will be a public hearing on strategies to address climate change, under the auspices of the state Climate Legislative and Executive Workgroup. Governor Inslee is supposed to be there. October 23, 6:00 – 9:20 p.m. | Agenda and Information (PDF) | Bell Harbor International Conference Center – 2211 Alaskan Way…
The Hanford Challenger newsletter is reporting: As of this date, U.S. taxpayers have paid $40 billion for the cleanup at Hanford. Despite this staggering amount of money not one drop of radioactive high-level nuclear waste has been removed, treated or disposed of from the failing underground waste tanks , nor is there currently a credible…
Please sign this MoveOn petition calling on Gov. Inslee to educate Washingtonians about our upside-down tax system. To be delivered to: The Washington State House, The Washington State Senate, and Governor Jay Inslee Petition Statement Washington State has one of the most regressive tax systems in the country. In order to fix our broken, upside-down…
Courtesy of TalkingStickTV Talk by Ray McGovern, 27-year veteran of the CIA, on “The Real Agenda of the American Empire” recorded October 17, 2013 at the Common Good Cafe at University Temple United Methodist Church in Seattle.
The LA Times is reporting today: Air pollution causes lung cancer, World Health Organization says. Not much of a surprise there. It’s been known for years that people who live near major freeways have reduced lung capacity and suffer various ailments. I commute every day by bike and bus. While waiting for the bus and…
The Bellevue Reporter is the local freebie weekly newspaper. It has some real reporting, as well as editorials and letters-to-the-editor.  In the past the Bellevue Reporter has been quite conservative: they ridicule taxes and government, and they’ve written articles in favor of Rodney Tom and Tim Eyman. But recently, I’ve sensed some moderation. This week…