Category: Politics
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An open Letter to Chuck Schumer
Dear Senator Schumer: It’s time for you to resign from your leadership position, and from the Senate. We are in the midst of a dire constitutional crisis. Our country is faced with an ongoing coup d’etat perpetrated by Donald Trump – a continuation of the coup he started on January 6, 2021. Our country is…
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No Guardrails in Trump’s Second Term
A recent article in the New York Times suggests that a lot of people back Trump because they don’t believe he’ll do the outrageous things he proposes – like use the military against domestic protesters, and the “enemy within.” They believe this is all just an act to impress his supporters. However, many of the…
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Kamala Harris For President
I was truly heartened when Joe Biden stepped aside. That was a very classy thing to do. I voted for Biden in 2020 and I would have voted for him again this year. But frankly, he didn’t have a chance against Donald Trump. There’s so much riding on this election, it’s just nuts. My preferred…
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President Biden Needs to Step Aside At Once
With the horrendous Supreme Court decision yesterday on trump’s immunity from prosecution, it becomes even more imperative that the Democrats win the next election. In the words of Justice Sotomayor, “the president is now a king above the law.” As she outlined in her dissent, hypothetical situations where the concept of immunity could apply…
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An Open Letter to President Biden
Dear President Biden: I voted for you in 2020. I think you’re a good, honorable person and are eminently qualified to lead the country. I think you speak the truth. I think you’ve done a great job the last four years – within the limits of what’s possible after inheriting the truly gargantuan mess created…
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Inslee’s plan for in-person school
Too little, and way too soon On December 21, Governor Jay Inslee announced updated guidelines for reopening in-person classes at K-12 schools. Under the plan, counties with a 14-day average greater than 350 cases/100,000 population, and with positivity rates greater than 10% would be able to reopen. This new plan he says, is based on…
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America at the Tipping Point
King Trump and the fall of the American Republic? The tipping point for the Nazi takeover of Germany arguably occurred when President Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor. This was the culmination of a long, arduous process the Nazis started in the 1920s. In the years following the end of World War I and the…
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Hazzard County, Tacoma
Boss Hogg Lives! Okay, here’s the scenario: somewhere in a town probably deep down in the rural South, the politicians decide unceremoniously to dump part of the city’s utility system. The line given to the townsfolk, is that the utility system is losing money. This issue of losses is hotly contested, but the town fathers…
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Privatizing Click is not the answer
The whole problem with Click! Network is that their management are idiots. They never have had any idea how to compete in selling broadband access. Click’s always controlled the wholesale prices that the ISP’s use to set their prices. They kept the wholesale prices higher than they should have been because they were trying to…
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Happy Labor Day to us all!
In a day and age when organized labor seems largely irrelevant to many, this is an appropriate time to stop and reflect on the gains made by unions in the past 100 years. Although no one seems to remember now, some of the most basic protections we presently…