Last night’s Mariners game was one for the ages, and a great escape from all of the right wing’s teabagging madness. Endy Chavez and Ken
LaunchAnother snapshot from the Bellevue “tea party”, this one showing a sign sneering, “Stop Terrorists – Vote Them Out”. There’s right wing American spirit for
LaunchAnother snapshot from the local right wing’s “tea party”, this one showing the most ironic scene from the event – right wingers protesting socialism on
LaunchA snapshot from the local right wing’s “tea party” at Bellevue City Hall earlier today. Yes, why not go back to the tax rates under
LaunchYou know what…being a little bit Socialist is like being a little bit pregnant … Pretty soon you give birth to a full blown Marxist.
LaunchRight-wing complains about report focusing on right-wing terrorism
Right-wing complains about report focusing on right-wing terrorism Over at Salon.com Glen Greenwald deals with the recent cries of protest stemming from a report released
LaunchGillibrand: Let my vote and every vote be counted
Gillibrand: Let my vote and every vote be counted Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York fires back after Republican supporters of James Tedisco challenged her
LaunchI believe the federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs
Launch[Y]ou can’t convince me that the founding fathers wouldn’t allow you to secede. The Constitution is not a suicide pact. And if a state says
LaunchEven Joe Scarborough knows it’s over for Norm Coleman
SCARBOROUGH: When are Republicans gonna give up the ghost on this? Seriously. Norm, I like ya. You lost. OK. Can we seat the senator so
LaunchViews of income taxes among most positive since 195
Views of income taxes among most positive since 195 We don’t much care for polls, but we’re sufficiently intrigued by Gallup’s latest survey to mention
LaunchSpokane parks detonating ground squirrels
Spokane parks detonating ground squirrels Spokane has a squirrel infestation problem. Due to urban development, the predators that would normally gobble up ground squirrels, like
LaunchTime to stop Time Warner Cable
One of the nation’s biggest internet service providers, Time Warner Cable, is moving forward with plans to charge its customers a whopping $150 if they
LaunchA step-by-step forecast: Franken will likely be seated by May or June
A step-by-step forecast: Franken will likely be seated by May or June MinnPost’s Eric Black talks about what’s ahead as Norm Coleman’s legal challenge to
LaunchThe shows sound pretty awful. Fox News host Beck told USA Today his live shows are a sort of ‘poor man’s Seinfeld,’ which would make
LaunchFinance no longer a glamourous career choice
Finance no longer a glamourous career choice The New York Times’ Steve Lohr reports that “a new pattern of occupational choice seems to be emerging”
LaunchU.S. Navy rescues Captain Phillips
The United States Navy has rescued the captain of a Maersk vessel who earlier had surrendered to Somalian pirates to give his crew a chance
LaunchMore about the ships the Navy is sending to the Horn of Africa…
Previously we noted that the United States Navy is deploying a force off the coast of Somalia in the Indian Ocean to thwart pirate attempts
LaunchU.S. Navy blocks Somali pirates
U.S. merchant sailors: Have no fear, the USS Bainbridge is here! According to media reports, Somali pirates hoping to bolster a group of their comrades
LaunchYou might expect a lead enema. I’m telling you, people in Mason County are fed up with crime. They know how to protect themselves. —
LaunchJoe’s says it is going out of business
The late 2000s recession has claimed another victim: G.I. Joe’s disclosed earlier today that it will go out of business after failing to find a
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