The race for State Senate in the 17th legislative district will be heating up soon after the general election officially ‘starts’ after the August 19th primary. The primary, designed to produce a candidate to take on incumbent senator/serial fund raiser Don Benton, was rendered moot when software developer Martin Hash dropped out in favor of David Carrier, economics instructor and political activist. Hash worried about [...]
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| Link Tuesday, November 20, 2007 A nonprofit group’s plans to build a performing arts center in Clark County are growing bolder, despite previous setbacks. The Southwest Washington Center for the Arts recently released the results of a $30,000 feasibility study – conducted by Vancouver’s E.D. Hovee Co. – which calls for a $100 million mixed-use arts, retail and housing development on a city-owned [...] This story about asthma, Allergy-Induced Asthma More Common in Affluent Countries, reminded me of a George Carlin routine in which he said: “in my neighborhood no one ever got polio, no one, ever. you know why? cause we swam in the east river. we swam in raw sewage! it strengthened our immune systems, the polio never had a prayer, we were tempered in raw shit.” According to [...] Poll indicates he can take out Clinton. But if Mr Gore were to seek the Democratic nomination, 29% of Ms Clinton's backers would switch their support to him, the poll found. When defections from other candidates are factored in, the man who controversially lost to Mr Bush in the 2000 election takes command of the field, with 32% support. How is this possible? Could it be [...] From Robert McChesney and Freepress: The controversy over Don Imus’ racist remarks goes far beyond one bigoted commentator. But getting rid of Imus won’t fix the media problem. Most of our TV and radio stations are owned by giant corporate conglomerates. They don’t represent the views of most Americans — and they make huge profits off the public airwaves. What we need are more diverse, [...] When Saturday Night Live had interesting musical guests… Don Van Vliet AKA Captain Beefheart was blues-influenced psychedelic musician possessing a multi-octave voice that at times resembled the feral growl of Howlin’ Wolf. He was a childhood friend of fellow Lancaster CA resident Frank Zappa and the two collaborated for many years. Although Zappa’s fame later eclipsed Van Vliet’s, Captain Beefheart was actually signed to A&M records [...] http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2000303,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12 Nuclear plans in chaos as Iran leader flounders Boasts of a nuclear programme are just propaganda, say insiders, but the PR could be enough to provoke Israel into war Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor Iran’s efforts to produce highly enriched uranium, the material used to make nuclear bombs, are in chaos and the country is still years from mastering the required technology. Iran’s uranium enrichment [...] | Available Streams 2    | ||||
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