They Shall Vote Again: The machinists will weigh in once more on January 3 on whether to accept concessions from Boeing in order to keep the 777X assembly line here, after the union’s national leadership forced a vote.
CIA in Colombia: The agency, thanks to a “multi-billion dollar black budget” and with help from the NSA, has been working with the Colombian military to hunt down and bomb to death left-wing FARC rebels. Thanks, Slog tipper Greg!
The Kids Are Allright: In addition to massive protests from students at Eastside Catholic high school over the anti-gay firing of their vice-principal, students have been walking out, sitting in, and rabble-rousing across the country against racism, deportations, and tuition hikes.
Nuh Huh: After gunfire broke out at a SODO club early Saturday morning, everyone there—including witnesses and a wounded victim—refused to cooperate with the cops, according to SPD.
The Real Story on Obama and Climate Change: Lofty rhetoric, a few piecemeal reforms, and ongoing support from the president for fracking, coal, and oil pipelines that will increase, not reduce, emissions.
Hurrah! GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies, will finally stop paying doctors to prescribe the company’s drugs.
Double Hurrah! Bangladesh is charging the owners of the Tazreen garment factory, which collapsed and killed dozens of workers last year, with homicide.
The Most Important News: Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup—they’re back!
All the buzz around Beyonce makes me miss Lauryn Hill: