I never get tax money back from state, but to those of you who do, I'm sorry.
Article on the IOUs here.

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Not really seeing the value of printing the Ahnoldbucks, but it's kinda funny anyway.

I keep getting these waves of emotion when I think about President Obama. It's weird and fantastic. A little shiver like I have something to look forward to. I like it. I know he's just a guy and he's going to make mistakes and he won't always do what I want him to do, but right now I can't help but feel optimistic.

"On this anniversary, we must ( Read more... )

I know you woke up today thinking, Nadja has a tentative grasp of politics, I'd really like to hear her views on the Rick Warren thing.
Today is your lucky day! I have some really boring shit going on at work so I'm going to tell you what I think.

I think people need to back it on up, calm it on down. Barack Obama isn't even the president yet. Give ( Read more... )

( Drawing of all the presidents. Cut to save your precious, precious formatting. )

I predict Ralph Nader as the next Worst Person in the World on Countdown. Maybe Ann Coulter will be in there too. I love it when Keith Olbermann calls her Coultergeist.

Oh thank heavens it's over, finally over. I couldn't be happier about the presidential race. The Obamas looks so beautiful on the stage. Barack's speech was amazingly moving, I love to hear him speak. How long has it been since we had such a wonderful orator as a president? Not in my adult life. Clinton was ok but nothing like this.
McCain's ( Read more... )

Today is turning out awful as I knew it would (see forthcoming twitter shipment). I'm not entirely sure how it's going to play out, but it's not good, there's never good news from work.

This interview with Christopher Hayes from the Nation is interviewey. I like listening to him on Olbermann and it's nice to hear a bit more of what he has to say. ( Read more... )

N - Outstanding Teachers for All Oakland Students Act - Oakland Unified School District
Yes - $10 per parcel per month for 10 years with a low-income exemption. Looks good to me, has some built-ins to make sure all the money is spent on Oakland teachers and students and it’s not that large of a parcel tax.

NN - 2008 Oakland Police Services ( Read more... )

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1A - SAFE, RELIABLE HIGH-SPEED PASSENGER TRAIN BOND ACT
Undecided  Yes - This measure sounds awesome! A high-speed train linking SF and LA with a commute time of about 2.5 hours and it would reduce pollution and wear on our horrible freeways. Super awesome! The problem is the cost. Unsurprisingly this isn't a cheap measure. "The cost of repaying ( Read more... )