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Meetings about replacing PSE with a publicly owned utility
Saturday, February 1st – TWO EKC PUD Launch EVENTS – Bellevue & Woodinville: 1. EKC Public Utility District # 1 Launch (Bellevue, Mercer Island, Beaux Arts, Clyde Hill, Hunt’s Point, Medina, Yarrow Point) See official web page about the Bellevue event here: https://www.ekc-pud.org/calendar Eastshore Unitarian Church – 12700 SE 32nd St, Bellevue, WA 98005, 10:00…
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Interactive 3D visualization of U.S. Military Bases Worldwide
Click here for an interactive 3D visualization of U.S. military bases worldwide, using three.js. (Alternative location is here.) The visualization includes data from 1746 bases. About 700 of the base are in U.S. states and territories; the rest are on foreign soil. The data comes from public sources and is approximate; it does not cover…
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Visualization of U.S. Military Bases (Version 2)
This is a 3d visualization of U.S. military bases worldwide. The data is approximate and does not cover all bases. Source of data: https://public.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/military-bases/export/ https://worldbeyondwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/basesabroad.xlsx https://worldbeyondwar.org/bases/ Suggestions for improvements?
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A Warning, by Anonymous: a summary
Anonymous, a self-styled “senior Trump administration official,” has written a book A Warning (Hachette Book Groups, Inc., 2019) as a follow-up to his (or her) September, 2018 op-ed in the New York Times, “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration.” Anonymous describes himself as a committed Republican and not a never-Trumper. He…
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Disastrous NDAA: “near complete capitulation”
The National Defense Authorization Act bill negotiated by Rep. Adam Smith and passed by the House Dec 11, 2019 (377 to 48) was an almost total sellout to the the MIC and the Republicans. The NY Times article House Passes $738 Billion Military Bill With Space Force and Parental Leave says: Mr. Trump appeared to…
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The Dems caved in on important NDAA amendments
(Revised 2019-12-10) Democratic negotiators have agreed on a NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) that omits all or most of the progressive anti-war amendments they had proposed earlier this year. The version passed by the House of Representatives this summer had amendments for restricting participation in Saudi Arabia’s war with Yemen, withdrawing the Authorization for Military…
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Bernie in the Oval Office versus Trump in the Oval Office
Much better than:
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Thoughts on the survey from Rep. Adam Smith
I got constituent email from Rep. Adam Smith that included a link to a survey about what issues are important to me as a constituent. The survey page asks “What issues matter most to you that you would like updates on?” and lists the following issues and no others. Taking meaningful steps to fight climate…
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The Scale of the Universe of Money
Military budget of the United States Tuition-Free College Could Cost Less Than You Think Fortune 500 Companies Hold a Record $2.6 Trillion Offshore ‘Eye-Popping’: Analysis Shows Top 1% Gained $21 Trillion in Wealth Since 1989 While Bottom Half Lost $900 Billion The Cost to End World Hunger America’s Defense Budget Is Bigger Than You Think