State senate just passed the same-sex marriage bill, 28-21. \(^_^)/ Still has to go through the House, but it seems we have more than enough votes there, and Gov. Gregoire has already promised to sign it. Still, the bigots have already promised to gather signatures for a referendum this November, but I really think the tide has turned against ( Read more... )

It appears Referendum 71 will pass, though by a very slim margin. Current tally ( Read more... )

...summarized via massive pig.

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I am sickened that we are still arguing about healthcare. Most of us are only a single oops away from a financial nightmare, fueled by a for-profit insurance cartel that runs on pure greed. I currently do not have health insurance. Haven't for years. Can't afford the payments. I used to, though. Years ago, I was on Washington's Basic Health ( Read more... )

1-20-09: The end of an era error. A new day dawns for us all.

Happy President Obama Day everyone! Let freedom ring!

Customer is a guy in perhaps his early twenties, relieved to find that we are open after finding so many other shops closed today.

Customer: Whew, you're open!
Me: Yep.
I'm glad to find somewhere I can make copies, so many other places are closed today.
Well with the holiday, yeah a lot of the shops are closed.
Oh, it's a holiday today?
....It's ( Read more... )

Well, we made it. Today, Americans chose progress. They chose equality. They chose freedom. They chose Obama ( Read more... )

Oh Wikipedia... The very thing that makes you shiny and great is also your undoing. Why is there no lock on candidates' pages to prevent malicious tinkering by those perennial chain-yankers at the GOP ( Read more... )

So, those kidders, those jokers over at Fox Faux News are at it again. Those rascals! Their site shows a very close race. A very close race! They show it as Obama 228, McCain 200. And that would be a very close race!

If it was remotely close to the truth.

( The truth revealed behind the cut... )

Also on the show (video at the very bottom), Maddow had this to say about Sarah Palin's contention that she has been exonerated by the Troopergate scandal: "Day is night, up is down. This isn't one of those differences of opinion things, a question of interpretation. The report says she broke ethics laws, and she says the report doesn't say that. ( Read more... )