Of Diversions, Fabrications, and Red Herrings
My e-mail seems to have two recurring themes lately, each from the opposite side of the political spectrum. It goes like this: “Hey, have you seen this? Anonymous claims to have hacked Karl Rove’s...
Washington Liberals Blog
Gregoire calls for new revenue; smarty pants elitist liberal minces no words in telling the truth
On January 5, 2012, the Washington Supreme Court ruled: “We affirm the trial court’s declaratory ruling and hold that the State has not complied with its Article IX, section 1 duty to make ample...
Cool animation of changes over time in health and wealth of 200 nations
From: Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy of Stats – BBC Four
Soul Train NOT Coal Train – Sat. Nov. 24 Musical Benefit for Backbone Campaign
Website ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Soul Train NOT Coal Train! A Funky Musical Benefit for the Groovy Backbone Action Brigade Defending NW Communities from Climate Cooking Criminals Pushing Pollution for Profit. 8pm Saturday, November 24 at the...
Weird right-wing conpsiracy theory
It’s fun to see what whacko conspiracy theory the right wing comes up with. (Same for the far left, I suppose.) Here’s one that’s making the rounds. I saw it on a conservative email...
No deal is better than a bad deal
Stand Strong. Add your name here: http://bit.ly/WipgS1 But the Tea Party contingent is even worse than Boehner.
Anti-progressivism in D.C. and Olympia
Having won re-election thanks to the strenuous efforts of millions of Democrats and progressives, President Obama is now freed from the pressures of campaigning. I fear that he will do what he really wants...
Driving a car is like smoking in a nursery
Twenty years ago, smoking was permitted in most restaurants and public buildings. Nowadays, smokers have accepted that they have no right to force nonsmokers to put up with secondhand smoke. In a similar way,...
Right wing website Newsmax suppresses embarrassing survey results about Medicare
Right wing website Newsmax held a survey in which they asked whether to cut Medicare. Respondents overwhelmingly responded, No, don’t cut Medicare. So Newsmax removed those results and replaced them with results of a...