I have already made my comment about Darcy Burner‘s bad speech a Netroots. Joel does a much better job at the PI. I am supporting Delbene.[...]
Archive for June, 2012
June 14th, 2012 - 9:38 am § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Chaos in Egypt
Egypt’s Parliament Dissolved By Court; Election Ruled Unconstitutional[...]
June 14th, 2012 - 9:35 am § in Misc.
APPLESAUCE
Foxconn Suicide: Company Says Plant Worker Jumped From Apartment How long until we hear that Apple is moving production to North Korea?[...]
June 14th, 2012 - 7:31 am § in Misc.
UPDATE: Gubernatorial debate now available from TVW
As promised before, the full video of the Washington State Governor and AG debates is available at TVW. You can read previous posts on the subject by clicking on the image of me. From what I see, McKenna may have aced this one. Jay did come across as a real east sider .. farm boy […][...]
June 13th, 2012 - 11:06 pm § in Politics
Inslee and McKenna take very different positions on higher education
After experiencing THE GRIM, ANTI-ACADEMIC ATMOSPHERE OF THE STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, I am becoming utterly confused by the governor’s race. I am very troubled and want to ask myself what Thomas Jefferson would do? Is this another choice between centrist conservatives .. like Washingto[...]
June 13th, 2012 - 8:16 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Greeks hord euros.
Greeks withdraw euros ahead of cliffhanger vote ATHENS – Greeks pulled their cash out of the banks and stocked up with food ahead of a cliffhanger election on Sunday that many citizens fear will result in the country being forced out of the euro.[...]
In Rove’s world, $10,000 is a small donor.
Karl Rove announces he’ll do more of the only thing he’s good at: Spending rich people’s money by Jed Lewison, Daily Kos Crossroads GPS and American Crossroads announced Wednesday they will spend a combined $4.6 million to run ads on broadcast and cable television in Missouri, Nort[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Science
2012 Millennium Technology Prize goes to stem cell scientist Shinya Yamanaka Yamanaka received the award jointly with Linus Torvalds, the developer of the the open source operating system, LINUX. The comparison is startling. While Torvalds’ achievements are impressive, they are part of wha[...]