Just Another Cranky Old Man: Fidel Castro still alive, warns about impending nuclear war.
Hell in a Handbasket: Central Europe is underwater.
But This Is Good Pork: Patty Murray brags about bringing home the bacon. She’s sponsored 190 earmarks for $220 million in 2010, making her the 9th earmarkiest Senate earmarker in all the land.
Ironic Counterpoint: Meanwhile, Didier attacks Rossi as a tax-and-spend liberal, criticizes his 2003 Washington state budget in a new ad.
Cutting Off Your Nose… House may vote on Senate bill that would provide $600 million to tighten border security, paid for by increasing the fees on skilled worker and intracompany transfer visas from $320 to $2000 for firms with more than 50% of employees on such visas.
Infinity and Beyond: Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in West Seattle seeks $4 million for their “Next 50 Years” campaign.
Today in Blatant Racism: Nationwide grassroots campaigns flare up against mosque projects, apparently led by crazed misinformed grannies worried that their “children and grandchildren will have to live under” Shari’ah law.
Kind of Evil: Former manager whose ageism complaint against Google was dismissed is cleared for trial in California. The man reports being called an “old fuddy-duddy.”
Really Evil: Google and Verizon allegedly nearing secret deal that might undermine net neutrality.
Almost, Sort of: Gregoire might turn down solicitor-general job if Obama comes calling, or maybe not. Why not both?
I Want to Go to There: Cabaret summer school: it’s real.
The gloves are off and the truth comes out! Dino Rossi is a tax and spend liberal! Didier, of course, is a spend and spend, red ink, big deficits conservative.
“ageism complaint”
Gee…maybe I should start going through all the old SLOG posts for the last 2 years…sure I could find something litigable.
Lots of old people causing trouble this morning! Health care reform passed – where are the promised death panels?
Ah, the same people trying to impose biblical law are concerned the the Muslims could be more successful in imposing Shari’ah law. Quite funny if you ask me.
You seem to be suggesting that an anti-Islamic bias = racist? This is a nasty little insinuation that clear-headed people need to start noticing more. Just because someone dislikes Islam does not make them a racist. Can’t say that enough times.
@google/verizon actually what they are doing is not evil in the least. Quite the opposite actually.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/08/…
@4,
Yep, the old “My theocracy is better than your theocracy” game.
Makes me want to move to Sweden.
Pork is how democracy is SUPPOSED to work. Otherwise, who gives a fuck about Maine, other than Mainers? Trading pork for favors is only a problem if it’s truly useless shit.
@5: Yes, it does; yes it does; you’ve said plenty already.
@9 I respectfully submit that Danno Davis is correct, in so far as an anti-Islamic bias is not equivalent to racism; there are plenty of other forms of bigotry involved.