Around the Blogosphere
There's a lot of different stories and interesting viewpoints out in the regional blogosphere right now. Here's a few that caught our attention:
Privatizing our public lands (Evergreen Politics)
How'd you like mining companies buying up chunks of our national parks for real estate speculation? Because that's exactly what would happen under a new bill that that House Repulbicans are attempting to sneak through the budget process.
Snide Justice (Hominid Views)
David Seago of the News Tribune assesses Washington Supreme Court Justice Jim Johnson. Justice Jim Johnson, [whose seat on the bench was purchased by the BIAW] who was on the losing end of the court’s controversial “de facto parent” ruling earlier this month, is no Charles Dickens. Nor does he seem to know the meaning of “judicious,” at least in the dictionary sense of being “wise and careful.”
RNC Phone Jammer to go on Trial Dec 6th (CoolAqua)
Former RNC Official James Tobin will go on trial December 6th on charges that he jammed Democratic Phone banks during the 2002 election.
Shame on Wyden (Preemptive Karma)
During last week's Senate session, Senator Lindsay Graham put forth an amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill that would eliminate habeus corpus for detainees at Guantanamo Bay. My Democratic Senator, Ron Wyden, stood up with Graham in support of this amendment.
Also - this is not local, but via Kos, we learn this from Virginia:
Privatizing our public lands (Evergreen Politics)
How'd you like mining companies buying up chunks of our national parks for real estate speculation? Because that's exactly what would happen under a new bill that that House Repulbicans are attempting to sneak through the budget process.
Snide Justice (Hominid Views)
David Seago of the News Tribune assesses Washington Supreme Court Justice Jim Johnson. Justice Jim Johnson, [whose seat on the bench was purchased by the BIAW] who was on the losing end of the court’s controversial “de facto parent” ruling earlier this month, is no Charles Dickens. Nor does he seem to know the meaning of “judicious,” at least in the dictionary sense of being “wise and careful.”
RNC Phone Jammer to go on Trial Dec 6th (CoolAqua)
Former RNC Official James Tobin will go on trial December 6th on charges that he jammed Democratic Phone banks during the 2002 election.
Shame on Wyden (Preemptive Karma)
During last week's Senate session, Senator Lindsay Graham put forth an amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill that would eliminate habeus corpus for detainees at Guantanamo Bay. My Democratic Senator, Ron Wyden, stood up with Graham in support of this amendment.
Also - this is not local, but via Kos, we learn this from Virginia:
Del. Bob McDonnell's (R) razor-thin margin over state Sen. Creigh Deeds (D) in VA's AG race got even thinner over the weekend. With all of VA's 2426 precincts reporting, McDonnell now leads by a mere 446 votes -- out of 1,942,933 cast -- according to a 11/14 pm check of the State Bd of Elections website.As Kos notes:
After the vote is certified, Deeds will likely ask for a recount. The GOP is confident the results will be upheld, and chances are they will. But who can forget the Washington governor's race last year? It ain't over until the last ballot is counted.All too true. The last thing Deeds should do is roll over and die.
