Politics

Umm, I hate the high gas prices just as much as the next guy, but geez, if we’re changing our driving habits because of them, I’d say it’s a good thing. We’ve had cheap gas in this country for way too long and it’s about

After reading Random Family (see “Literaire” in the right-hand column), I’ve become increasingly interested in our nation’s infamous “War on Drugs” and what a big, fucking, racist joke it is. Anyway, it’s also prompted me to start volunteering with the King County Bar Association to help change

From the New York Times; I just hope they nail their fat, slimy asses to the wall. “Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, and I. Lewis Libby Jr., who is Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, have been advised that they are in serious legal jeopardy. Other

So, I just got wind of this little movement, no doubt instigated by the Christian Right: ——————————————————– Subject: DON’T BUY PEPSI IN THE NEW CAN! Don’t buy Pepsi in the new can. Pepsi has a new “patriotic” can coming out with pictures of the Empire State Building, and the

From the New York Times, of course: Governor Rejects Clemency for Inmate on Death Row By SARAH KERSHAW Published: December 13, 2005 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12 – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected arguments that the death row inmate Stanley Tookie Williams was either innocent of capital murder or worthy of mercy because

Discovered this cool news source via an article in the New Yorker.

Here’s an interesting article on Hamas and why they’re gaining Palestinian support. Maybe winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqis via social services is what the US should’ve been doing all along? Instead, there were sanctions for 12+ years against innocent civilians. And now, we’re

From today’s NY Times: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the West’s publication of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons was an Israeli conspiracy motivated by anger over the victory of the militant Hamas group in the Palestinian elections last month. ”The West condemns any denial of the

God, I love The Stranger. It’s one of Seattle’s free, alternative newspapers and the writing is caustically sarcastic and fabulous. Here’s an excerpt about Tim Eyman, a conservative Washingtonian who can best be described as a political hemorrhoid: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 – Speaking of alleged hate crimes: Today