It’s day 23 of a second special session in Olympia, since legislators couldn’t agree to a state budget before the end of the regular session. Now they have only 16 days left until the new two-year fiscal term. It will be hard to start that without a budget! The cause for delay is a disagreement…
Multiple credible sources have reported that the Seattle police harassed counter-protesters but protected anti-Sharia marchers participating in Saturday’s anti-Sharia law march in Seattle. https://patch.com/washington/seattle/seattle-anti-sharia-protest-counter-protest-15-pictures http://komonews.com/news/local/anti-muslim-rally-counter-protests-expected-in-seattle I got permission to copy the post of a friend of friend, below.  My apologies for the anonymity and “hearsay” nature of this evidence. Someone at my work attended…
https://www.facebook.com/ATTNVideo/videos/1710752399229714/ In 2008 when John McCain ran for president, he ran a campaign ad that “sounded the alarm on global warming.” Since then virtually the entire GOP establishment have become climate change deniers. What happened? Politics How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science “Those divisions did not happen by themselves. Republican…
Sweden’s economy has outperformed its OECD peers over the past two decades High taxes, strong unions and an equal distribution of wealth. That’s the recipe for success in a globalized world, according to Magdalena Andersson, the Social Democratic economist who’s also Sweden’s finance minister. The 50-year-old has been raising taxes and spending more on welfare…
Hi, I’m God the Almighty, Creator of the Universe, also known as Jehovah, Allah, and Brahaman. Pretty cool, eh?Actually, it’s not so cool. I have to listen to a lot of tiresome prayers. Don’t you people realize that I already know what’s best for you? Lord knows: I don’t need to be reminded. Secondly, the…
Sports are like religion: an opiate for the masses. They distract people from political engagement. I don’t understand why people “root” for a team. Why should Seattle’s team be better than any other city’s team? And why should residents here take pride in victories? Sports must exploit some deep-seated need of humans to belong and…
Trump really said these things, on twitter: The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2012 An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud. — Donald J….