With politicians’ heavy thumbs upon the scale of the 777X decision, the Machinists have spoken. Again. In 1894, railroad magnate George Pullman crushed a strike, declaring that “workers have nothing to do with the amount of wages they shall receive; that is solely the business of the company.” Labor relations are much more genial today….
I attended the candidates forum for the chair of the state Democratic Party Sunday (see report), and there was one issue which the candidates did not directly address: As party chair, how would you balance the needs of the progressive and centrist wings of the party? On the left, many voters are disillusioned with what…
Candidates for state Democratic Party chair spoke Sunday at the IAM union hall in south Seattle. The candidates were Jay Clough, Jim Kainber, Dana Laurent, and Jaxon Ravens. Most of the time was spent answering short questions from representatives of the following 13 caucuses: African American, Native American, Labor, Disability, Stonewall Democrats, Hispanic/Latino, Veterans &…
I bought the domain name leftipedia.org with the idea of making a progressive (and factual) alternative to wikipedia and to conservapedia.com. Some of the politically sensitive articles on wikipedia are edited/hacked by conservatives and do not reflect the truth. See, for example, Battle over the facts concerning Chuck Hagel. The site conservapedia.com, which is written…
In late December, while marriage equality became law in New Mexico and Utah, a Washington vice principal and coach at a Catholic school got fired for marrying his partner, and a Philadelphia Methodist minister was defrocked because he performed a wedding ceremony for his son. Earlier in the month, Notre Dame University filed suit to ensure that…
Via Vandana Whitney and Linda Newton: Rep. Susan DelBene (District 1) has not chosen to sign the Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and George Miller (D-Calif.) letter to the President regarding Democrat opposition to Fast Track Authority. We have had two meetings at her Bothell office with staff members but she has not taken a position for…
From Guy Gets Sick, Spends Few Hours in Hospital Then This Happens….
Black Box Voting forums, archives, documents shut down through denial of service attacks; also, see below for update on current indictments and law enforcement investigations pertaining to the voting machine industry and a tampered election. OLD SITE HACKED The vast, carefully-organized, and important ten-year work product at BlackBoxVoting.org was attacked by an unprecedented and relentless…
The top headline on news.google.com today concerns denial of evolution by Republicans: Skepticism of evolution grows among Republicans, according to new poll Republicans’ belief in evolution plummets, poll reveals One-third of Americans reject evolution, poll shows Survey: The number of Republicans who believe in human evolution has declined Belief in evolution among Republicans has dropped…