Washington
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8:47 a.m.
Two days ago on my morning trip down to the coffee shop to get a little wisdom at the ORG (Old Retired Guys) Table, a driver blasted right through a stop sign and almost made it my last day on a bicycle. So what did I do? Two things. First, since I ended up about five feet from the driver's window, I did not yell or make obscene gestures, not even any dagger eyes, Instead, I waved and smiled a...
New West Columbia Gorge - 8:04 a.m.
Will the "new" KIROFM be talk teams of two? Dave & Luke, Dori & Jessica, Frank & Dori's dog, Star? (photo: Star) Maybe. We doubt PD/GM/BFD Ryan Hatch has made a final decision, but he sure's played the teams card......
BlatherWatch - 2:02 a.m.
History repeats it's self, people are getting their lacy fucking panties in a twist because some folks are flying the Gadsden flag, again.How many fucking times have we been down this road, just in my lifetime? Get a fucking grip people . It is part of our heritage and according to Wickipedia, it was one of the first flags associated with our Marine Corps. Of course, this is Faux News sti...
Ornery Bastard - 1:24 a.m.
AP National Political Writer Liz Sidoti wonders ... Is the tea party the new Republican Party? Since you asked, no. It's the same old Republican Party with new packaging. ...
Upper Left - Wed 11:43 p.m.
I thought I got rid of the fucker but I see it is back. It started last night, was here with a vengeance this morning when I woke up, afternoon, whatever. Now it is back again. I might have to result to the Rush Limbaugh cure. No, ya fucking perverts, I ain't talking about little boys from foriegn countries. I have one of those little pills he likes so much. Jesus, not the blue ones, you people ...
Ornery Bastard - Wed 11:29 p.m.
I am one of those people who will actually watch those boring, boring, hearings on C-SPAN that most of us flip right on past while watching TV, and this past week I've been watching one of the longer events the channel broadcasts...but it's been far from boring. The Coast Guard and what used to be the MMS were in Houston looking into what caused the Gulf oil spill and they're taking testimony fro...
Washblog - Wed 10:29 p.m.
Post by Carl Ballard So the other night I was trying to explain to someone at Drinking Liberally what it Effin’ Unsound is, and after giving the standard spiel (”It’s a local metacommentary blog looking at the right wing and mainstream media, with dick jokes”) I tried to list some blogs we make fun of here, [...]...
Effin' Unsound - Wed 6:48 p.m.
Or so he says... Jessica Gottesman, KIRO newsie, and new Dori Monson (KIRO m-f, 12-3p) gal-pal, came right out and asked the little man this afternoon: is Dori a girl's name? No, he reportedly said, it's a manly Icelandic name.......
BlatherWatch - Wed 3:28 p.m.
For all the complaints about Apple and its closed systems (their rigid control of the App Store, their refusal to allow Flash on iOS devices, etc.), if there’s anything we’ve learned from today’s introduction of the next generation AppleTV, it’s that the Hollywood studios should thank their lucky stars that they have a friend in [...]...
HorsesAss - Wed 12:21 p.m.
– posted by thehim If you haven’t been following the latest conversation between the General and Prince Shannon of the ‘Right Wing Extreme Militia’, you should check it out. Here’s the video the General put together after their first phone conversation: ...
Effin' Unsound - Wed 11:47 a.m.
I’ve always been a bit of a traditionalist; it’s just that I like to create my own traditions. For example, when traveling, rather than the usual touristy shots, I liked to have my photo taken while throwing out trash in front of a famous monument. Me throwing out trash in front of Notre Dame. Me throwing [...]...
HorsesAss - Wed 11:09 a.m.
The Cascade Chapter of the Sierra Club has come out against Initiative 1053. This is Tim Eyman's 2010 initiative trying to impose a 2/3 vote requirement for Washington State Legislators to pass revenue measures and close special interest tax exemptions. The measure is unconstitutional. An initiative can not amend the Washington State Constitution. Article II, Section 22 of the Wa...
MajorityRulesBlog - Wed 10:50 a.m. - 5 clicks 
Willy Cunningham (KVI Sundays 7-10p) is one of the most truculent, vile, right-wing talk hosts in America. He's telling listeners he'll do election night radio from "... the portico of the Speaker of the House’s office in the U.S. Capitol.......
BlatherWatch - Wed 1:20 a.m.
(non-re)post by tensor The Washington Policy Center suffers from desperation by proxy: Charles Krauthammer will speak at this year’s Washington Policy Center dinner, October 6 in Bellevue. But, Charles Krauthammer Day is in April! Perhaps that’s why you (still) can’t get anyone to go see him in October? The WPC does excellent research on public policy issues, promoting market-ori...
Effin' Unsound - Tue 11:30 p.m. - 7 clicks
My fucking furnace kicked on two weeks ago in the middle of the night, in August. Nasty smelling shit went through the joint for a couple of minutes, you know what I am talking about. Hey, at least it still works. It has been getting down into the fifties at night around here for a while now. I just kicked it on for a few minutes to knock the chill off. We had a weird assed Summer around here thi...
Ornery Bastard - Tue 10:21 p.m.
Mission Accomplished! So stuff some socks down your flight suit and join us on the deck of the U.S.S. Drinking Liberally for an evening of political machismo under the influence. We’ll “bring it on” at the Montlake Ale House, 2307 24th Avenue E. beginning at about 8:00 pm. Some of [...]...
HorsesAss - Tue 6:09 p.m. - 5 clicks
I’m guessing by the time ballots are cast this November, most voters will know that Initiative 1098 would raise taxes on households earning over $400,000 a year. But what most voters might not realize is that I-1098 will save the vast majority of us money, especially homeowners and small business owners. For example, I’ll save $173.00 [...]...
HorsesAss - Tue 4:45 p.m.
KIRO staffers must be even more uneasy reading today their parent company in Salt Lake City is cutting The Deseret News staff by nearly half and moving what's left of the paper five blocks away into the cubicle farms at......
BlatherWatch - Tue 3:20 p.m.
All of this , but especially this... In the 1960s they burned black churches. Now it's mosques. But it comes from exactly the same impulse. I take some small comfort in remembering that we beat them back the last time. There is always, however, work to do. ...
Upper Left - Tue 2:27 p.m.
Atrios ... There's this weird chatter about how crazy it would be for mildly disgruntled democrats to stay home in November and not vote. I agree! Totally crazy! Me too. Stay home? Nuts! I'll be voting, and I'll be pestering all the right thinking people I know to vote. If enough of us do that, we'll win. You're either getting out the vote or you're part of the problem. ...
Upper Left - Tue 1:48 p.m.
In an article in Newsweek's The Gaggle on Press, Politics and Absurdity, Arthur Romano details how the Republican agenda for the economy doesn't hold up when examined. The article is entitled " Estimates Say Fewer Jobs, Larger Deficits if Republicans Were in Charge" . Romano examines and calculates the figures based on stated Republican positions and actions they have proposed. The article no...
MajorityRulesBlog - Tue 1:48 p.m. - 2 clicks
The lies that President Obama tells to his baby girls, every night just before bed, are the same lies that the Bush’s, the Clinton’s, the Bin Laden’s and the Reagan deity, told to their offspring. President Carter told Amy that America is a place full of smart, decent and free-willed folks, who if given half [...] ...
The Vigilant Lens - Tue 10:42 a.m.
It looks like I’m not the only one who fears that new anti-bullying policies might be abused by schools to squelch the free expression of their students, but I’m not sure I like the new company I’m keeping: Focus on the Family has a message for gay rights activists: stay off the playground. Candi Cushman, an education [...]...
HorsesAss - Tue 10:42 a.m.
Dear SDOT, Thank you, I guess, for doing whatever it is you’re doing at the corner of Rainier Ave. S. and MLK Jr. Way, but… um… how long does it take to pave 50 feet of roadway? It’s been nearly a month since you shut down the southbound right lane approaching the intersection, creating mile-long backups [...]...
HorsesAss - Tue 9:28 a.m.
The great farcical tragedy of our unemployment situation is that there's so much work to be done, and there are so many workers who need something to do, yet no one has brought forth any means of paying those workers to do that work. And so no connection is made. The situation that threatens to undermine the upcoming Oct. 2 One Nation Working Together March for Our Future is that those who...
DailyKos (Washington) - Tue 7:44 a.m. - 6 clicks
God, I hate mornings. I have been kicking my own ass for thirty fucking years because of a god damn job. Since I have been out of one, I find myself awake at all hours of the night and not waking up until after noon. I fucking love it. ...
Ornery Bastard - Tue 5:10 a.m. - 2 clicks
Fucking ants. God Damn, they are pissing me off. I bombed this joint after the old woman cat took the long hike , twice. The mother fucking fleas went the way of the dinosaur but the fucking ants keep coming back. No, this isn't some little, "Oh my, there is an ant", the fucking cocksuckers keep running up my arm in my bed. Little tiny fuckers. That is enough to make me go "nooklear". Yes, I take ...
Ornery Bastard - Tue 2:43 a.m. - 2 clicks
post by tensor Fresh from his failed attempt to tell us about heat and entropy, Jonathan Gardner tells us not to worry about resource depletion. Will this effort succeed any better? Sadly… Thanks to the power of free markets, we are all but guaranteed an inexhaustible supply of resources. How do “free markets” guarantee resources? Read on: The way [...]...
Effin' Unsound - Tue 12:30 a.m. - 2 clicks
We're going back on DeathWatch 2010. Labor Day marks another traditional radio slaughtering season. The killing ground may be at KIROFM. As reported, the once and mighty market leader, slid in the July book to 18th in the market; sporting......
BlatherWatch - Tue 12:30 a.m. - 2 clicks
Post by Carl I wrote up most of a piece on this Joni Balter column (that Erica C. Barnett already wrote about) and then Firefox crashed. Normally when that happens, it saves it, but for whatever reason it didn’t this time. So enjoy this piece, somewhat more stale and somewhat more disjointed than I would have [...]...
Effin' Unsound - Mon 10:48 p.m.
All I’m sayin’ is that you won’t ever see a TPM or HA or even a Seattle PI delivery van involved in any high speed chases. ...
HorsesAss - Mon 5:45 p.m. - 4 clicks
Yesterday, I wrote a diary about the formation of the One Nation coalition and their upcoming march on Washington. Well, what a difference a day makes! Already, the One Nation coalition is starting to show signs of promise. ...
DailyKos (Washington) - Mon 3:41 p.m. - 8 clicks
Ok, forgive me for my drama queen post the other day. I have been thinking it over and have come to the conclusion that internet access is kind of necessary for me. I still have to go argue with the people at Verizon for extending my contract for another year without telling me and weigh all of my options but I will find a way to stay connected. I would like to publicly thank one certain reader f...
Ornery Bastard - Mon 12:41 p.m.
In writing about the muted local response to the fatwa against Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris, Crosscut writer Pete Jackson asks “Who will speak up for Seattle cartoonist under fatwa threat?” Um… I did, Pete. What, don’t you read HA? I even posted my own Mohammed cartoon in a show of support: And just to prove I’m an [...]...
HorsesAss - Mon 11:23 a.m. - 3 clicks
So I take a few days off to count white folks in SUV’s on Interstate 5…and while I was losing count, Glenn Beck went and had himself a picnic for the flag wavers of the white Homeland. A photographer friend from DC sent us a photo of the Becknic. For an in-depth account of the [...] ...
The Vigilant Lens - Mon 10:47 a.m.
Back in my 710-KIRO radio days (widely remembered as the glory days of Seattle news/talk), one of my favorite schticks was to have Gen. JC Christian (a.k.a. Jesus’ General) on the show, and then wait for the inevitable barrage of bewildered and often offended callers. The General never broke character, and I always played it [...]...
HorsesAss - Mon 10:04 a.m. - 3 clicks
He's back! (that's him, ironically, on the far left) Disgraced former Seattle talk host Rabbi Daniel Lapin, in his role again as "show rabbi of the religious right," appeared onstage Saturday to help Glenn Beck "non-politically" reclaim Martin Luther King......
BlatherWatch - Mon 3:07 a.m. - 11 clicks
Tbogg inquires ... ...what more needs to be said about an event that drew slightly fewer people than an Ohio State-Michigan football game would in a down year for both teams? Since you asked, nothing. Nice data point, though. ...
Upper Left - Mon 12:44 a.m.
Early this month, I traveled to Atlanta for the annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research. I’ve been a member of SABR since 1984, but it wasn’t until six years later that I attended my first convention. What a gas! I haven’t missed a single one since that first experience in Cleveland in 1990 ... this year’s SABR40 meeting was my 21st...
Peace Tree Farm - Sun 2:27 p.m. - 2 clicks
Via Mary at The Left Coaster ... Size of crowd attending to hear Martin Luther King, Jr in 1963: 250,000 Size of crowd attending to hear Glenn Beck in 2010: 87,000 Population of the USA in 1963: 189,241,798 Population of the USA in 2010: 310,110,000 ...
Upper Left - Sun 9:43 a.m. - 2 clicks
"What rock did they find Ted Nugent under? I am very angry at [the] choice of words used during his concert," wrote Jennifer L. Mangum on the Tri-City Herald's Facebook page Friday. Ted Nugent appeared at the Benton/Franklin County (WA)......
BlatherWatch - Sun 1:42 a.m.
Being unemployed, I can't afford seventy two fucking dollars a month for internet access. That buys a lot of beer and smokes, let alone ten pounds of taters and some eggs. It's been a good run and I thank you all for supporting me and my rants. I am not completely shutting the place down, if I get a chance once in a while, I will vent my spleen again. Take care of your selves and keep kickin...
Ornery Bastard - Sat 9:24 p.m. - 2 clicks
Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for President two years ago today. Oliver has video. Go get inspired again. ...
Upper Left - Sat 4:06 p.m. - 2 clicks
Conservatives are betting heavily that they can bring back their nefarious philosophy of corporate control of America by spending mega millions of dollars this year to convince conservatives and independents to get out and vote for right wing candidates to help takeover the US House and Senate. Think Progress reports that right wing spending for the November Election will dr...
MajorityRulesBlog - Sat 3:04 p.m. - 2 clicks
...until tomorrow. Meanwhile, time for ten... Booker T. & The MG's - Hip Hug-Her Shel Silverstein - Boa Constrictor The Steel Wheels - Red Wing John Prine - Please Don't Bury Me Gene Clark - Silver Raven Utah Phillips - Larimer Street Lee Valley String Band - Carolina Star The Torquays - Shake A Tail Feather George Jones - Why Baby Why Cannibal & The Headhunters - Land Of 1000 Dances ...
Upper Left - Sat 12:47 a.m. - 2 clicks
blackwaterdog has written an excellent diary titled Change HAS come to Washington . Everything changes over time. Yes democrats and the Obama administration have done some "terrific stuff." That terrific stuff has yet to make a difference in many lives, certainly not in my life. ...
DailyKos (Washington) - Sat 12:46 a.m. - 6 clicks
– posted by thehim Lou Guzzo actually wrote a post this week with the title “Governments Have No Right to Make Moral Decisions for People”. That would be the same Lou Guzzo who has advocated for the abolition of gambling, alcohol, boxing, pornography, billboards, rock concerts, and the entire state of Nevada. ...
Effin' Unsound - Fri 9:43 p.m. - 2 clicks
... by Walter Brasch A federal grand jury last week indicted retired pitcher Roger Clemens on charges he lied to Congress. In February 2008, Clemens, a seven time Cy Young winner, voluntarily met with a House committee and testified he didn't knowingly use steroids or human growth hormones. The only evidence against Clemens appears to be the testimony of his former trainer, Brian McNamee, w...
Pacific Views - Fri 8:45 p.m. - 2 clicks
I was pretty much speechless when I saw this but if you have been around more than a fucking week, you should know damn good and well that it wouldn't last long I was struck by the verbiage that went with this absolute fucking violation of my fourth amendment rights when it came to me," I have seen this before somewhere". Remember this? ..."You do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy i...
Ornery Bastard - Fri 8:45 p.m. - 2 clicks
Now I know what I've been missing every time I sped through Loma, Montana, on my way to somewhere else. This sleepy little ranching and farming community, located 55 miles north of Great Falls on U.S. Highway 87, is a gateway to some fast-action fishing like you probably have never experienced--catching a variety of warm-water species on a free-flowing section of the Mighty Mo. To call it "...
New West Columbia Gorge - Fri 2:48 p.m. - 2 clicks
If President Obama has any allusions of his Homeland illusion left, he’d better pray really hard…for the GOP is planning to prosecute him and all of the K-Street Democrats and their bruised knees of Bush complicity. Many an apathetic will ask, “But who, why and for what?” The simple answer is, for having looked forward [...] ...
The Vigilant Lens - Fri 10:02 a.m. - 2 clicks
Monday night, I sent the following letter to several active local (5th CD)Democrats including the leadership of the various local committees: I have been an active part of the organized Democratic Party since 1983 or so. Since I live in the 9th LD and Whitman County, I've had to get up and continue after a loss, more often than not. I've lost primaries and been at the winner's office the ...
Washblog - Fri 12:23 a.m. - 15 clicks
Post by Carl Ballard I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all of the Blethen dailys in the state have had editorials recently bashing unions. Because otherwise, it’s just sock puppetry. ...
Effin' Unsound - Thu 5:03 p.m. - 2 clicks
Sitting here in a near coma, just relaxing for a bit and the fucking door bell rings. Huh? Wha'? Get up, everyone else is taking a nap too, go to the door just in time to see some guy go around the corner so I chased him down to see what the fuck he wanted. Out comes the pamphlet for some fucktard republican running to replace that notorious Blue Dog cocksucker Brian Baird, who is getting out whil...
Ornery Bastard - Thu 4:07 p.m. - 15 clicks
– posted by thehim I don’t normally make fun of the Clown Car over at HA, but this post wrapped up some other thoughts I had as well. ...
Effin' Unsound - Thu 4:06 p.m. - 2 clicks
Steve M., writing about fundie preacher Terry Jones' planned 'burn a Koran' day, wonders ... ...by the way, whatever their thoughts on the "Ground Zero mosque," could one or two "responsible" Republicans possibly bestir themselves to condemn that?. Since you asked, no, probably not. In fact, I'm wondering if a couple "responsible" Republicans might not join right in. ...
Upper Left - Thu 12:41 p.m. - 2 clicks
...for Democratic platform chair, I nominate Andrew . Heck, he's practically written it already... Real liberals support a strong common wealth that is wisely invested for the common good, well-regulated markets to ensure broader prosperity, mutual responsibility, civil rights for all, jobs that pay a living wage, walkable neighborhoods, clean air to breathe and clean water to drink, the cons...
Upper Left - Thu 12:41 p.m. - 2 clicks
Mehlman’s cunt, is the Yang to Obama’s JSOC’s Yin. Pretend progressive women and their gay supporting husbands everywhere, are now preparing to march on my location…for having used the word ‘cunt‘ in a derogatory/unfriendly manner…that does nothing to advance the plight of the under-appreciated and well used child killers of the Joint Special Operations Co...
The Vigilant Lens - Thu 9:49 a.m. - 2 clicks
Remember the last time you heard somebody say a federal agency did a great job? Not recently, eh? I, too, confess to not saying it often, but I'm saying it today. Three years ago (click here). I wrote about an innovative new shuttle system getting underway in Glacier National Park. In my first line, I asked, "If we built it, will they come?" The results are in, and the answer is yes....
New West Columbia Gorge - Thu 9:49 a.m. - 2 clicks
Steve Benen ... Former half-term Gov. Sarah Palin (R) believes political figures who use the word "retarded" in a private meeting should be fired. She also believes political figures who use the "N-word" on national broadcasts should be protected. I wonder why that is. Me too. Actually, I think I know, but I do wonder a little if I'm entirely right. Mostly, though, I think I know. I think ...
Upper Left - Aug 26 - 2 clicks
This issue should have been decided long ago by the Washington State Supreme Court. Any attempt to limit the Washington State Legislature from enacting revenue bills or repealing non-performing tax exemptions by requiring a supermajority vote is unconstitutional. Initiative 1053 is unconstitutional and should be rejected by voters this November. The Washington State Constitution is very...
MajorityRulesBlog - Aug 25 - 12 clicks
Quiet tourist towns usually spring forth from the Chinese ashes, that were once quiet mill and or factory towns. Conservative Republicans are supposed to conserve things like nature, ALL life and fossil fuels…while the liberal-minded Democrats are supposed to quietly sell the masses out to Boeing and Raytheon. In the quiet tourist town of Port [...] ...
The Vigilant Lens - Aug 25 - 2 clicks
Whether or not you care about the recovery of grizzly bears, we face a serious challenge today of how to protect the safety of people who live and recreate in grizzly country, as whitebark pine, the driver of the health of the population for Yellowstone grizzly bear population, continues to suffer from a climate-driven beetle epidemic. At this critical juncture, it has been confusing and unconstru...
New West Columbia Gorge - Aug 25 - 2 clicks
For his shady business dealings and efforts to bypass campaign laws, Republican Senate candidate from Washington state, Dino Rossi, has been listed as one of 12 "crooked candidates" in 2010 by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). According to CREW research, Rossi's relationship with lobbyists David and Richard Ducharme and real estate mogul Michael Mastro deserves...
DailyKos (Washington) - Aug 25 - 6 clicks
Goddamn, I had forgotten what an asshole bunch of shit heads Facebook is. I had an account for a couple of years but it got to be a giant pain in the ass and I tried to delete my account but at that time, the insidious motherfuckers wouldn't just let ya do that. All you could do was suspend your account unless you wanted to take two fucking weeks and go in and hand delete every mother fucking thin...
Ornery Bastard - Aug 25 - 2 clicks
One of the more shadowy groups organized to protect Wall Street in the financial reform debate is now running ads in Washington State in the senate race, attacking Patty Murray. The Committee for Truth in Politics ran ads in ads in Arkansas, Connecticut, Colorado, Illinois, Montana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin "aimed at confusing people by portraying the financial refo...
DailyKos (Washington) - Aug 24 - 2 clicks
– posted by thehim Gary Randall is freaking out because Elisabeth Hasselbeck now supports gay marriage: I have spent my entire life introducing people, privately, from the pulpit, and on radio and television to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. A relationship that truly changes the heart. That is the Great Commission of Christianity. But I am well aware [...]...
Effin' Unsound - Aug 24 - 2 clicks
Do not hold your breath while waiting for Obama, the Marxist/Socialist/Muslim/Christian to stop killing children, before doing the right thing and putting himself and the entire Bush Administration in a shitty, private, corporate run prison. But what is a hip, tattooed and liberal-minded drone to do? Your Obama sticker of change, placed ever so appropriately [...] ...
The Vigilant Lens - Aug 24
Stop using the flag I fought under to attack the freedoms I fought for. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Hat tip to Dr. Streak . ...
Upper Left - Aug 24
Go take a piss, grab a beer and a sandwich, set yer asses down and go read the whole fucking thing. In your face, Peoples English,plain english, open eyed and telling it how it is, this guy even quotes Kunstler. This is exactly what has happened to us, how they fucking did it and how they are going to keep doing it to us until we cut the head off the snake. Read it and weep, it is brilliant ...
Ornery Bastard - Aug 23
Just how much we should make of the results in Washington’s primary election last week – beyond the determination of who will be on the ballot in November – won’t be clear until after the general election voting is done: Only then will we be able to do some conclusive matchups. But if you operate [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Aug 23 - 10 clicks
I went to that job interview this morning. Apparently the phone I got from my mom is still on Daylight savings Time. It has an alarm feature that I set to go off at eight this morning after I went to bed a little early last night. It did indeed, go off. I staggered up off the couch and heated up some coffee, had a smoke and checked the old Email. As I am waking up, I see it is ten after seven. I ...
Ornery Bastard - Aug 23
Did you know that you can call up the LPGA, notify them of evil doing rule breakers in their midst and get this, the LPGA will actually take action! Wow. Rules are rules and obviously, we must ensure that the rules of golf are followed, or there will be consequences. You know I can’t help [...] ...
The Vigilant Lens - Aug 23
…to die in Iraq . An American soldier was killed in Iraq's Basra province Sunday, the U.S. military announced. Damn. ...
Upper Left - Aug 23
A Crosscut piece definitely worth the read: About the shift of ownership of one of the key churches, University Baptist Church near the University of Washington – a landmark among liberal churches in the area. Now the Mars Hill Church, an Evangelical church known for its conservative stances and its criticism of the region’s dominant [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Aug 22 - 9 clicks
They better not build that mosque down by Ground Zero, we're being told, not just because it's insensitive, but because we have no idea what they'll be up to down there. I mean, where did the money come from? Who does this Imam hang out with, anyway? And, at a time when our Nation faces more threats than ever, why would we let these Muslim madmen situate their "terror command posts" anywhere ?...
Washblog - Aug 22
You say how high. Vietnam veteran and Senator John Kerry, is also a Roman Catholic democrat. In simple sheeple language, that spells Muslim. It can also spell Jimmy Carter, depending on the simple sheeple involved and its ability to comprehend a Palin Twitter. Kerry when not praying, is busy trying to hammer out a deal [...] ...
The Vigilant Lens - Aug 22
The folks took off for a cruise to Alaska this morning. Right before they got to the dock they got a phone call, Gram had had a dizzy spell while trying to use the toilet. She got hauled off to Emergency and sure as shit, had broken her wrist. My brother and sister in law did an outstanding job of taking care of that aspect. My Mom has an old friend here taking care of Gram but she is in here sixt...
Ornery Bastard - Aug 21
Muslin egg farmer Austin “Jack” DeCoster, has been training for his attack on the Homeland for decades. Jack has been fined, threatened with losing his birthday and a host of other stiff penalties, all designed to ensure that Jack made millions of dollars by poisoning your children. Maine and Iowa farmers tried to warn us…so [...] ...
The Vigilant Lens - Aug 21
Chris Grygiel performs a public act of journalism, peeking behind the headlines into the crosstabs of the new outlier poll on the Murray-Rossi race. Like an iceberg, most of the story is lurking below the surface. ...according to SurveyUSA, Rossi was favored over Murray by people in Western Washington by 53-44 percent and the two were tied in the greater Seattle area at 48 percent. However i...
Upper Left - Aug 21 - 5 clicks
...or if you don't, either way it's random ten time. Soul Brothers Six - Some Kind Of Wonderful Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett - It's Five O'Clock Somewhere Loudon Wainwright III - High, Wide & Handsome Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra - Summer Wine Dry Branch Fire Squad - Hard Times Billy Joe Shaver - Old Five And Dimers Like Me Dave Lewis - David's Mood (Pt. 2) Hank Thompson - Wild Side Of Life Kathy...
Upper Left - Aug 21
I just spent the last three days getting my shit out of the shop, after I was "laid off". My lower back is fried, the sciatic nerve in my right leg is lit up like a neon sign. I ate a corn dog on Wednesday for breakfast, had three bites out of a tuna sandwich and went and fell down. I had a half of a home made egg and english muffin Thursday for breakfast and a Taco Supreme for dinner ...
Ornery Bastard - Aug 20
Failed Grand Old Palin Tea Party Senate candidate Clint Didier … "At this moment, I cannot endorse Dino Rossi." Me neither. ...
Upper Left - Aug 20
If your lede includes the words "Tom DeLay" and doesn't include the words "was convicted," you're writing the wrong story. Love, Upper Left (P.S. - Mr. DeLay is a disgraced former Majority Leader. He earned the title. When reporting his conviction, please get it right.) (Corrected per Carl's comment. Duh.) ...
Upper Left - Aug 20
…at least I'd like to think I don't care. I certainly don't want to care. Still, I find myself absent-mindedly wondering what not-Joe the not-plumber thinks about the not-ground zero not-mosque. ...
Upper Left - Aug 20
A question was asked months ago, by Jeremy Scahill. Jeremy was wondering about the housing aspirations of the chief war criminal in charge at Blackwater/Xe, known to us as Erik Prince. Zee Xe question in question, wondered if Erik the war criminal, was moving to Abu Dhabi. Zee Xe question has now been answered. Erik [...] ...
The Vigilant Lens - Aug 20
This reminds me of a story my Dad told me many moons ago when he was running a crane on a job and heard a few big bangs behind him where the engine was, A giant fucking wharf rat got inside and got dissected by the cooling fan. He told me the fucking thing was two feet long before the tail. That is a GIANT fucking ra t. Maybe it is a baby Cappyberra with a tail. On second thought, looking at the ...
Ornery Bastard - Aug 20
It was about a week ago that we saw the ruling throwing out California's Prop 8; that decision has now been appealed, and we will see, at some point in the future, how the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handles the matter. A couple of days later, I had a story up that walked through the ruling, describing the tactics used by the Prop 8 proponents, which, in the opinion of the Judge who looked at ...
Washblog - Aug 19
Jewelry box, you perverts! I finally got done with the damned thing and then I had to do something with it. I make stuff all the time for no apparent reason other than I just like makin' stuff. Usually just give it away to friends and family. Tried sellin' stuff on-line but nobody know or cares about the difference between 5/4 western red cedar and 1/2 inch cheap Chinese pine. I'm one guy ...
Ornery Bastard - Aug 19
Shorter Howard Dean ... Of course you have free speech. I said so explicitly. Now shut up. . ...
Upper Left - Aug 19
There are still a few races where the top two primary may create single party ballots for the general, but while combing yesterday's new results to find them I realized that whatever the number may be, it will be dwarfed by the number of single party ballots created by the failure to field Democrats in 21 of the 98 State House races. That number includes seven districts where no Democratic leg...
Upper Left - Aug 19
Sorrry, no blogging lately. I have been rather busy. I think yesterday was Wednesday, don't quote me on that. I went down to the place of my former employer after I woke up in a semi coma and started in. They were nice enough to let me borrow a one ton flat bed with a lift gate to haul my tool boxes out with. It took four guy's to load them on the truck using a fork lift, all fine and dandy . I ...
Ornery Bastard - Aug 19
I'm hardly the first person to write about this issue, but I want to be one of the first to hit it head on instead of nervously dance around it, so here we go. If I had a hundred bucks for every time I've observed dog owners acting irresponsibly on wilderness trails, I'd have enough to buy all new hiking gear and clothing--new Lowe-Alpine backpack, new Merrill boots, new Magellan GPS, new G. Loo...
New West Columbia Gorge - Aug 19
When Jerry Brown, who is running for governor in California this year, ran for that office the first time in 1974, he spoke of “moving left and right at the same time.” Is Snohomish County taking that to heart 36 years on? First, and most significantly, the 2nd congressional district – which runs north to [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Aug 18 - 2 clicks
…to say about the US Senate primary, but so far the results are tediously predictable. It'll be Patty Murray against Dino Rossi, but you knew that last week. Last month, for that matter. Probably could'a guessed last year. When the rest of the votes from the Puget Sound corridor come in, it'll be interesting to see how close Patty comes to the 50% mark with the traditionally conservative prim...
Upper Left - Aug 18 - 3 clicks
With about 80% of the votes on hand counted and an unknown number of votes just arriving or yet to arrive, we don't know everything about the primary outcomes, but we know some things. We know, for instance, that the anti-incumbent fever we've been hearing about all year hasn't spread to our state. Rick Larsen in the 2nd is the only Democratic member of Congress polling under 50% and even Lar...
Upper Left - Aug 18 - 4 clicks
A three-fer from Darryl ... Dino Rossi a blatent hypocrite? Shamelessly flip-flopping for political gain? Whodathunk?! Since you asked, yep, you bet and I woulda. ...
Upper Left - Aug 18
Did the primary election results in Washington say a lot we didn’t already know about what to expect out of the November election? Not a tremendous amount, although the results should give everyone some reason not to get comfortable. In the Senate race, incumbent Democrat Patty Murray took 46% to Republican Dino Rossi‘s 34%. For [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Aug 17 - 3 clicks
Consider for a moment the subject of the media political frenzy – that supposedly powerful, big grassroots movement going by the name of the Tea Party. To judge from Washington primary results, they don’t look so big and powerful tonight. They look, rather, like minor players – the establishment favorites carried the day. (Or at [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Aug 17 - 2 clicks
Maybe it’s time to check if Seattle Mayor Michael McGinn is still carrying his Sierra Club Card. His Department of Planning and Development (DPD) has issued a controversial draft proposal, entitled City of Seattle Proposed Tree Regulations Dated July 14, 2010. Unfortunately the proposal represents a complete reversal of recent tree protection legislation passed by the Seattle City Council...
MajorityRulesBlog - Aug 17 - 4 clicks
Is yours? Much as I miss my polling place, I exercised my franchise via post. If you're among the majority of voters in the upper left, though, you might not have. Remember, that ballot on the kitchen counter hast to be postmarked by today to be counted. I don't expect any particular surprises in the results, but I will be watching for districts where our terrible top two primary pairs candidat...
Upper Left - Aug 17
Sometimes stories happen because of planning; other times serendipity intervenes, which is how we got to the conversation we'll be having today. In an exchange of comments on the Blue Hampshire site, I proposed an idea that could be of real value to unions, workers...and surprisingly, employers. If things worked out correctly, not only would lots of people feel a real desire to have unions repre...
Washblog - Aug 17
Enough with the posturing and the fake outrage about the Cordoba House. It's time to live up to our better selves. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Melissa Harris-Lacewell frames this issue really well: It's really ugly. And I've got to say, I think it's really ugly in part because of the timing. I know it's a midterm elec...
Pacific Views - Aug 17
Ayep, five minutes before quitting time on my first day back from two weeks vacation and my boss comes in my office and without further ado, announces I am "laid off". That's the nice way of saying you're fired, because now I can at least collect unemployment. Good Lord, I haven't collected unemployment since the mid eighties. I won't know where to start. He acted like he really didn't want to l...
Ornery Bastard - Aug 16
Finally, the truth,from an insider. Yer fucking right I'm going to say I told you so. How the GOP killed our economy, "Yes, the road to the coming apocalypse began with a Republican president listening to a misguided Nobel economist's advice" snip Finally, thanks to Republican policies that let us "live beyond our means for decades by borrowing heavily from abroad, we have steadily sen...
Ornery Bastard - Aug 15
You have got to be fucking kidding me. WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A crate of Scotch whisky that was trapped in Antarctic ice for a century was finally opened Friday — but the heritage dram won't be tasted by whiskey lovers because it's being preserved for its historical significanc e. Let's get something straight right the fuck now. The only reason God invented whiskey in the firs...
Ornery Bastard - Aug 15
Denny Heck David Castillo David Hedrick Jaime Herrera Tuesday’s election day in Washington will be one of the first real Northwest indicators of how November’s elections will play out. One of the best places to examine for clues may be the Washington 3rd district: An open House seat – incumbent Democrat Brian Baird is retiring [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Aug 15
…from Gail Collins . We always need to remember that behind almost every great moment in history, there are heroic people doing really boring and frustrating things for a prolonged period of time. Change is hard. Progress is slow. There's always work to do. Sorry kids, that's just the way it is. ...
Upper Left - Aug 14
I have been getting flat tore up the past few days, enjoying just laying around, going out to breakfast with Nasty Girl and getting hammered. Right this minute, my head is throbbing like a sick chickens ass. I have to be back to work Monday, wouldn't ya know that we are going to have a fucking heat wave. 105 on Tuesday, yay, I can't wait. Right. Just lettin' ya know I am still kicking, I am just...
Ornery Bastard - Aug 14
Via Ezra Klein ... Hey, maybe he isn't just as bad as...no, that's crazy talk. ...
Upper Left - Aug 14
