Quickie link: Medical Marijuana Use Sprouting In Israel
Medical Marijuana Use Sprouting In Israel
Quickie: McKenna aide: 'Shut up and speak English'
McKenna aide: ‘Shut up and speak English’ Kathlyn Ehl, a policy advisor to McKenna, sent out the following tweet on Jan. 25: “shut up and speak english #asians.”
In a breathtaking act of betrayal, Democratic Rep. Deb Eddy endorses Republican Steve Litzow
The other day I got a glossy campaign mailing from State Senator Steve Litzow (Republican, 41st LD). It says front center: Dear Neighbor, As community leaders and mothers concerned for our children’s futures, we urge you to support re-election of Steve Litzow to the State Senate. His record of independent leadership on education and the…
Resolution opposing New Sports Arena in Seattle
[This resolution is being considered by the King County Democrats; my inclination is to support the resolution.] Resolution in Opposition to Locating a Professional Sports Arena in Seattle’s Industrial Maritime District WHEREAS tens of thousands of dollars have been spent in support of building a third sports complex in Seattle’s maritime industrial district, with virtually…
DCCC supporting DINO Blue Dogs who vote with Republicans
Digby reports: “The 17 House Democrats who voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt last week have received more than $1.3 million in financial aid from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee since the start of 2009, a review of campaign finance records shows. That total constitutes roughly one out of every nine…
Darcy Burner and Suzan DelBene, candidates for the 1st CD
In her 2006 and 2008 campaigns for Congress, Darcy Burner did not stake out strongly progressive views — presumably because she needed to appeal to conservatives in the southern part of the old 8th CD. This year Darcy is sounding much more progressive, as well as being a much better speaker. But is Suzan DelBene…
Afghan journalist tells of the sorry state of the disastrous war in Afghanistan
The New Yorker article After America Will civil war hit Afghanistan when the U.S. leaves? quotes Abdul Nasir, a journalist: “The Americans have failed to build a single sustainable institution here. All they have done is make a small group of people very rich. And now they are getting ready to go. … The Americans…
Small Business Baloney from the GOP
FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in the Media) is reporting: Small Business Baloney GOP tax claims should be factchecked Barack Obama’s July 9 announcement that he would extend the Bush tax cuts for income below $250,000 prompted the expected response from Republican politicians and presidential candidate Mitt Romney: This is a tax increase on “small businesses.”…
America the greatest country in the world?
from the beginning scene of the new HBO series The Newsroom.
Duke energy's rip-off of the public
Five hundred thousand dollars a minute. That’s not a figure about government spending or global banking transfers. That’s the latest outrageous payout to a corporate CEO. Bill Johnson was CEO of Duke Energy for all of twenty minutes before he picked up a paycheck for $10 million — part of a severance package totaling more…