Seattle PI: Rep. Marko Liias running for Congress Dennis Kucinich will speak this Thursday at the annual convention of the Washington State Labor Council. Kucinich is looking at running here because he is likely to lose his seat as the Buckeye State downsizes by two congressional districts. Kuci[...]
Posts Tagged ‘radical left’
Dear Jim, sorry,
I just received the email below from Jim McDermott. While I doubt he cares, I am not sending him money. My reasons are after his letter below: Dear Friend, Summer is (finally) here, and things are heating up in DC. There is so much at stake right now, from the nation’s[...]
June 27th, 2011 - 12:06 pm § in Politics, The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Netroots Come to Seattle!
Ed. “Netroots” is an ingroup word for liberals and progressives who see the web as their primary tool for bringing about political action. The community is very, very impressive and I strongly recommend anyone interested in poltics attend this. It is also a great chance to meet Jay Insle[...]
BREAKING NEWS: A Capitalist Tells Repricans “Get Real!”
Bond King to Congress: Get Real! from Talking Points Memo This is really a must-read piece. Not because of the message but the messenger. The hyper attention to the country’s debt is supposed to be in reaction to the bond market, the people who buy our debt. But the biggest bond guy in the cou[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Kuncinich the choice of Washington’s alien vioters!
Seattle Salmon: Congressman who saw UFO in Washington is moving back to run for congress Lynnwood-There has been much discussion over why Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich is suddenly visiting the burbs north of Seattle so much. By all accounts, he is not exploring the artful nuances of Alderwood M[...]
Open Season on Politicians Who Plagiarize
Guttenberg has since lost his Ph.D. and completely withdrawn from public life. from Der Spiegel by Oliver Trenkamp It started with Germany’s defense minister. But once Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg lost his job, many of the researchers who uncovered his plagiarized dissertation have moved on to n[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Kucinich to Run in Seattle?
Speculation: Is Dennis Kucinich Exploring McDermott’s Seat? The Seattle Times reports that Dennis Kucinich is pondering re-rooting his career west of the Cascades. The Times says that Kucinich might run in the the yet to be drawn new WA 10th Congressional District or for Democratic U.S. Rep. J[...]
April 28th, 2011 - 8:28 am § in America
Exactly How Stupid is Our Governor?
Ans. How Stupid Is the Marijuana Community?? from HorsesAss Lee, 04/27/2011, Ed. Occasionally I cross post from Lee Rosenberg to show how the political madness is not restricted to Donald Trump and the Tea Party. My reason for doing this has nothing to do with the issue of marijuana. Legalizing mari[...]
Who is Morozov? Amazing ideas about education, freedom, and the internet!
This cartoon is awesome. I can not summarize what is in this cartoon … ritalin, the enlightenment, radical right classist efforts to restrict education, … get some coffee, tea or a glass of wine and WATCH! from a comment at YouTube: “It would be nice to see the President (us[...]
PETITION: Free Ai Weiwei
On April 3, internationally acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was detained at the Beijing airport while en route to Hong Kong, and his papers and computers were seized from his studio compound. Now the Guggenheim Foundation is leading the call for his release. Update: The Museum of Contemporary Art[...]