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A Plowshares activist was released today after serving the majority of her sentence, only to be promptly arrested for allegedly violating the terms of her probation. Lynne Greenwald was released earlier today from the...
Rick Perry presided over the execution of an innocent man “As Governor of Texas, Rick Perry oversaw the execution of an innocent man. But the media is failing to do its job and make...
Signed a petition this morning online through PDA to ask the super committee to save a trillion dollars by fixing Medicare Part D. The change requested would allow the Feds to negotiate drug prices...
Once again The Fates have come our way to provide a story, and once again, we have a contender for the “Ironic Story Of The Yearâ€. It’s got everything you need for serious irony:...
According to Kucinich to face Dem primary in new Ohio district: U.S. Reps. Dennis Kucinich and Marcy Kaptur jumped into re-election campaigns in the same newly redrawn congressional district across northern Ohio on Wednesday,...
Republicans are hailing their special election victory in the heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District in New York as a sign that the voters have rejected the policies of Barack Obama. But the actual vote...
The budget deficit The wrong steps taken by the Bush and Obama administrations and enabled by Congress following 9/11 by as yet unproven individuals has compromised America’s economy and actually weakened its security. The...
Here are the maps: http://www.redistricting.wa.gov/maps.asp They will appear on the screen in a reduced format. You can set the size to 100%. If you scroll to the right there is a Puget Sound map....
So, there is lots of discussion about how scary it is downtown. It’s not just dirty, with houseless people urinating on the sidewalks, it’s just downright scary!! It has been pretty clear for generations...
Many states have super-majority requirements (60% or 2/3) for raising taxes. Some people have proposed that there be super-majority requirements for establishing or extending tax exemptions. I propose that a super-majority requirement of 2/3...
