The election season is in full hysterical mode. The dems are beating on progressives who are fleeing to Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson, the repubs are beating on the dems with all the corporate money and psycho-linguistic technology they can muster and behind the scenes somewhere we have a bunch of faceless (poor things, they…
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Activist, anarchist, writer, organizer – Scott Crow – is going to be in Olympia for a few speaking engagements over the next few days. He will be at South Puget Sound Community College on Oct 25th at noon, Room 102, Building 26 Then he will be at Last Word Books on Friday, Oct 26th at…
Right wing website Newsmax held a poll in which they asked people how to reduce the deficit. Below are the results (copied from here): To close the federal deficit, Congress and the President should: Raise taxes  85,099( 08%) Cut spending 274,206( 27%) Cut taxes and cut spending 593,479( 59%) Raise taxes and increase spending 38,066(…
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From The Many Faces Of Mitt
Click here for Poll: Should Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson withdraw from the race, to avoid a repeat of 2000?
Three quotes for the day, courtesy Liberty Quotes. “It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.” — Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) “If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for…
Daniel Ellseberg has called on progressives living in swing states to vote for Obama.   Noam Chomsky (also no fan of Obama) has expressed similar sentiments. If I lived in a swing state, I’d probably reluctantly vote for Obama. If Obama loses by, say, 1%, I suppose Democrats will want to blame Jill Stein and Rocky…
Announcements: Carrie Bogner urges InspireSeattle members to volunteer their time or make a contribution to help Democrat Jay Inslee in his race for governor and Democrat Bob Ferguson in his race for state attorney general. Both races are tight and both candidates can use your help. National Geographic photographer James Balog was once a climate-change skeptic. …