Tag: Olympia

Guest Author: Brian Heywood on the Environment Candidate’s Successors, and the WA Legislature’s Hatred of Petroleum (except when they benefit). Readers, this will have you laughing, or maybe crying.

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Culture, Economics, Energy/Petroleum, government, Guest Blogger, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", social media, transportation3 Comments

Olympia : we hate petroleum Olympia : Petroleum companies we are coming for you Big Oil: would it help if we donated to your campaigns? Olympia: Well, it might help a little bit Big Oil: what if we gave you a lot of money and changed our name? Olympia: to what? Big Oil: How about …

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Washington State, this is the government you voted for.

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Crime and Punishment, Culture, Economics, Education, environmentalism, government, Media bias, Politics in the Age of Trump, Random Musings About Life, social media1 Comment

Just from today. https://twitter.com/future42org/status/1948005175723172044?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Check out all the spending. https://twitter.com/thehoffather/status/1948065089069944986?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/underwashington/status/1947996751031640494?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Feeling it every day. And from yesterday: https://twitter.com/swank4america/status/1947880961716470078?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Judges are elected. Much higher taxes, less law-enforcement and more criminals on the streets. I don’t remember voting for this. Did you?

Another Dispatch from Seattle

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, Crime and Punishment, Culture, Economics, elections, government, immigration, Law and Justice, Media and the Internet, Media bias, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", social media5 Comments

Here's what's going on in Seattle this week. First, the story of the CID Stabber. CID is the abbreviation for Chinatown-International District of Central Seattle, which has Asian restaurants, grocery stores, and housing for Asian seniors. The last few years since 2020 have brought all sorts of different people and activities to the normally quiet …

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Report from the Seattle-area War Zone, September 2024

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Crime and Punishment, Culture, elections, government, Law and Justice, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", Random Musings About LifeLeave a comment

As has been usual for years, crime is becoming more common all over the Seattle area. The police departments of Seattle and other local cities are under-staffed, for multiple reasons including the "Defund the Police" movement that took hold in 2020, the hostility of the City Council to law enforcement in general, and King County …

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