"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Democrat Frank Chopp of the Washington House of Representatives’ 43rd legislative district has agreed to debate his opponent, Socialist Alternative’s Kshama Sawant. Sawant received over 10% in a blanket primary against Chopp, allowing her to run against him in the…
The venerable progressive blog The Agonist relaunches in WordPress, and I helped in the conversion. It had been running a version of Drupal so ancient (4.x) that upgrading to modern Drupal was not possible. So, we choose WordPress / BuddyPress using…
Noise is one of the basic tools torturers use to break down their prisoners at Guantanamo or Bagram. The proposed Vermont F-35 base for fighter-bombers promises to bring significant noise to Burlington, Vermont and now the Burlington Board of Health has decided to hold hearings on the connection between noise and disease.…
The 405 freeway in Los Angeles will be completely shut down all this coming weekend in Sepulveda Pass as a bridge is torn down and other construction occurs. This, the second and final Carmageddon, is bigger than the previous one…
Democracy Now headlines for the day. Anti-U.S. Protests Leave 21 Dead in Pakistan Anti-U.S. government protests continue in Muslim countries angered over a U.S.-made amateur film mocking the Prophet Muhammad. In Pakistan, at least 21 people were killed and more…