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Seattle radio legend Pat O'Day came out of brain surgery this afternoon in good shape, and with good news: the tumor discovered earlier this week is out. And, ccording to his wife, Stephanie Johnson O'Day: "The doctor (Dr. Gregory Foltz,......
BlatherWatch - Fri 6:43 p.m. - 8 clicks 
Two posts here on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”); one on Oregon and Washington, the other (to follow) on Idaho, these two areas living in separate worlds on the subject. Oregon and Washington each have been moving actively on a track to try to change and, officials hope, improve [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Thu 3:45 p.m. - 10 clicks
Rob McKenna, of course, was elected to be the lawyer for the state of Washington, a state that elected a Democratic governor, two houses of Democratic majorities, a majority of Dem. Congressional representatives, including two Democratic Senators. President Obama carried Washington State by 17%. But Attorney General McKenna thought it was reasonable and proper to disregard the will of th...
DailyKos (Washington) - Thu 2:28 p.m. - 10 clicks
Legendary Seattle Top 40 DJ, Program Director, station owner, hydroplane enthusiast, alcoholism treatment pitchman, and (most importantly) friend of BlatherWatch Pat O'Day is heading in for brain surgery Thursday. From MyNorthwest.com: O'Day's family feared the worst on Monday when he......
BlatherWatch - Wed 11:11 p.m. - 12 clicks
Washington Post columnist EJ. Dionne Jr. has written a column outlining reasons why he believes Justice Scalia has confused judicial opinion with political criticism: Justice Antonin Scalia needs to resign from the Supreme Court. He’d have a lot of things......
BlatherWatch - Wed 7:51 p.m. - 10 clicks
Redmond’s downtown post office will be closed and its operations relocated to a mail processing facility in the eastern part of town, the United States Postal Service confirmed this week. As of a month from this Saturday – July 30th – the current location will no longer be open for business. In a letter dated [...]...
Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog - Wed 6:50 p.m. - 11 clicks
Being impotent near Willapa Bay…means that you probably drank too much in Pe Ell, Washington, and then somehow managed to drive yourself to South Bend. More than likely though…you’re an oyster. An oyster who hasn’t been able to reproduce with itself and or a friend, since about 2005. Again, Pe Ell comes to mind, but [...] ...
The Vigilant Lens - Jun 23 - 9 clicks
The state, of course. We have several important elections coming up. I know that DailyKos has a specific Elections section that posts major updates, but I thought it might be worthwhile to write a series of diaries focusing specifically on elections in my state. So for fellow Washingtonians, I encourage you to fill the comments section of this with insights or local perspectives. As you probab...
DailyKos (Washington) - Jun 22 - 4 clicks
I had the privileged of watching the King5 TV forum for the candidates vying to occupy Jay Inslee's seat in Washington's First District this morning. For the most part it was exactly what you would expect, little excitement and predictable answers. But some things are just so amazing... its one thing to deny forces that are hard to see or understand, to question economic theories or even die...
DailyKos (Washington) - Jun 22 - 4 clicks
For my Occupy the Dollhouse exhibit at Artomatic, I decided to include some photos that I took from the actual Occupation sites just so visitors can see my inspiration for the series. This is the collage of photos I took of an Occupation site at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC. Here is my label description of this piece. Stop the Machine (Later Renamed Occupy Washington, DC) Location...
DailyKos (Washington) - Jun 22 - 6 clicks
Maybe it should be 'game on' with the NRA, gun lobby and gun nuts too unreasonable to accept basic gun control laws in Washington State. Recently I had two good friends randomly murdered by a mentally ill individual. He also killed three other people during his rampage. The perpetrator of these unspeakable murders owned a number of guns that he used during commission of these...
ArtistDogBoy - Jun 21 - 4 clicks
The race for the Washington secretary of state’s office, which is open due to the retirement of Republican Sam Reed, doesn’t seem to be a logical hotbed of controversy, in part because Reed has handled the job so capably. But this week, there is this: The appearance of this year’s voter guide to Washington candidates, [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Jun 21 - 5 clicks
This showed up in our inbox yesterday, from a dedicated reader. It is from the Seattle Schools Community Forum, a gathering place for people working to make Seattle Public Schools the best they can be. KIRO Gets Spanked Over Leschi......
BlatherWatch - Jun 20 - 3 clicks
Cape Disappointment Public Policy Polling (pdf). 6/14-17. Washington voters. MoE ±3.0%. ( 2/16-19 results ): Jay Inslee (D) : 40 (42) Rob McKenna (R) : 43 (42) Undecided : 17 (16) Public Policy Polling continues to see the Washington gubernatorial race as a tossup, with the numbers moving very little from poll to poll. June's look at the race finds a small lead for Republican Att...
DailyKos (Washington) - Jun 19 - 2 clicks
A vigorous debate this afternoon in Spokane (watchable on TVW) between the two main candidates (almost certainly the two who will face each other post-primary) for Washington governor, Republican Rob McKenna and Democrat Jay Inslee. They were not greatly imbalanced. McKenna talked faster, whipped through bullet points with crisp precision, probably got in more effective [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Jun 12
Although it seems like the early afternoon (still on West Coast time), it’s as good a time as any to talk about the national pattern on defunding public transportation and transit’s place as a social justice issue. This panel was a reminder about work which is being done back in Washington state by the Transit [...]...
Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog - Jun 8 - 2 clicks
People tend to focus on the here and now. The problem is that, once global warming is something that most people can feel in the course of their daily lives, it will be too late to prevent much larger, potentially catastrophic changes. - ELIZABETH KOLBERT, The New Yorker, Apr. 25, 2005 A new study has found that a warming climate could decrease the water in the aquifer for both the Spokane ...
DailyKos (Washington) - Jun 3 - 2 clicks
They may think they're voting for Barack Obama and Joe Biden, but that's not correct. Of course, they -- like Americans in the other 49 states and the District of Columbia -- will actually be voting to determine which slate of individuals will represent their state in the Electoral College. On December 17, those Electors will gather in state capitals to cast the 538 actual votes for President ...
DailyKos (Washington) - Jun 3
Cranberries are produced commercially in only five states. There were 38,500 total acres under cultivation in the U.S. as of 2011. Massachusetts (13,000 acres) and Wisconsin (18,000 acres) are the heavy hitters of the cranberry world. New Jersey (3,100 acres), Oregon (2,700 acres), and Washington (1,700 acres) fall into the second tier. &n...;
DailyKos (Washington) - Jun 3 - 5 clicks
Politico has obtained an audio file of Rob Mckenna, Republican candidate for governor of the state of Washington, reassuring an audience of union workers that he is not Scott Walker, that he will not govern like Scott Walker, and that Washington is not Wisconsin. ...
DailyKos (Washington) - Jun 3
(Originally published at The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... A major battle over free speech is being waged on local college campuses in Seattle. The Seattle Community College District Board of Trustees wants to revise the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) for Seattle colleges. The district is proposing new rules that would regulate protests on all three of the city's st...
DailyKos (Washington) - Jun 3
A few weeks ago, I asked help from Washington/Oregon Kossacks as my daughter was hoping to relocate to the Pacific NW. We received such wonderful information, and she used it as she and my grandson spent two weeks exploring the region. ...
DailyKos (Washington) - Jun 2
The first poll is out for the ever-fascinating Washington District 1 contest, with a whole cadre of presumably strong Democratic contenders and just one major Republican, John Koster. Most of these Democrats are well-financed and have run major races before, are comparably well known, have decent campaigning skills and they’re not (evidently) terribly far apart [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Jun 2
No major arguments here with the Washington legislative races overview just out from Chris Vance (a former state Republican chair) in the Crosscut. He figures the contest for control of the Washington legislature – both houses now are in Democratic control – is close, but leans Democratic. The Senate currently is 27 to 22, and [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Jun 1
Danny Westneat’s Seattle Times column today ended with this: “This is the mood of the city. Joggers are packing heat. Moms of toddlers are contemplating arming up or heading out of town. It’s insane, yes. We are losing it. Can you blame us?” Well, yes. That’s not to dismiss the tragic events of the last [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - May 31
Another late spring day has come and gone, and with it, the lives of more innocent Washingtonians have been blotted out, cruelly cut short by gunfire: A man who killed four people in a bloody shooting spree at two Seattle locations ended an intense manhunt by turning the gun on himself as officers closed in [...]...
Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog - May 31 - 3 clicks
Today’s court decision throwing out Initiative 1053 may reshape quite a bit of Washington politics. It was a lower court decision, by King County Superior Court Judge Bruce Helle, but there’s a strong chance it’ll be upheld at the Washington Supreme Court level (where it certainly will reach). I-1053 was the measure requiring that a [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - May 30
