People are too nice
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...
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Letter-to-the-editor in the conservative Bellevue Reporter
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...
Quickie link: Koch Brothers and ALEC Target SeaTac $15 an Hour Minimum Wage Initiative
Goldy at the Slog is reporting: If you want a good indication of how much is truly riding on SeaTac’s $15 an hour minimum wage initiative, you need look no further than who is...
Fundraiser for Sen. Nathan Schlicher, with Attorney General Ferguson, this Wed in Seattle
1107 1st Ave, Downtown Seattle, 6:30 – 8:00 PM. It’s important that Sen. Schlicher wins the race against ALEC co-chair Jan Angel.
More anti-I-522 propaganda from Big Ag
Yesterday I again got a glossy flier in my mail box containing propaganda against I-522, Washington State’s initiative to require GMO food labeling. At the bottom of the flier, it says, “Top five contributors:...
Coal train hearing Oct 17 in Tacoma
STOP the coal trains in their tracks WHAT: Scoping Hearing On the Millennium Bulk Terminal in Longview, WA. WHEN: October 17th!! (Doors open 4:00 p.m.; Hearing starts at 5 p.m.) WHERE: Tacoma Convention Center...
Sen. Rodney Tom to be featured speaker at far-right WPC event
The far-right think tank Washington Policy Center has announced a Solutions Summit on November 12 featuring Democrat-in-Name-Only Senator Rodney Tom. “This half-day conference will kick off with a breakfast featuring Senate Majority Leader Rodney...
Cheer the Majority Coalition if you like ….
Enjoying the gridlock on I-405 and I-5? Wanna see more bridges collapse, like the Skagit River Bridge did earlier this year? Happy about the mentally deranged man who stabbed two people in Pioneer Square,...
Anarchism, libertarianism, and the way forward
In Are Occupiers aiding Grover Norquist? I presented a critique of anarchism, claiming that anarchist Occupiers were unwittingly aiding right-wing libertarians and ignoring the benefits of government. Dave Fryett responded to my analysis in...