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  • Quote of the day.

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid… "Ted would be happy." Me too.

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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:19pm EST

  • Random ten…

    …or geezer grab bag?Peter, Paul & Mary - I Dig Rock And Roll Music
    The Beatles - Bad Boy
    Jerry Lee Lewis - Lewis Boogie
    Hank Williams - Jambalaya
    The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do
    The Swingin' Medallions - Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)[...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:19am EST

  • From the Department of Redundancy Department…

    …via Steve Benen… Sen. Tom Coburn, a right-wing Republican from Oklahoma, is apparently not above callous opportunism.So, there's a right-wing Republican that is above callous opportunism? See, I always thought right-wing Republicanism was callous opportunism.

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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:49pm EST

  • It's worth keeping mind…

    …that while Landrieu, Nelson, Lincoln, et al may be a problem, they're not the problem. (Ben, in fact, seems to be coming around.) E.J. Dionne explains… As of last Monday, the Senate majority had filed 58 cloture motions requiring 32 recorded votes. One of the more outrageous cases' [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:12pm EST

  • Chart of the day.

    Via Darryl...


    You can make the chart bigger with a click. Making the war bigger involves death, destruction and debt.

    The right way in Afghanistan is out.

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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:46am EST

  • You go, Gov!

    Go get it from them that got it, that is. Andrew reports… Minutes ago, at Senator Jeanine Kohl-Welles' sixteenth annual post-election analysis fundraiser, Gregoire declared emphatically that cuts cannot be the only answer to the $2.6 billion shortfall the state is facing. "It's not an option," Gregoire said firmly,' [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:02pm EST

  • Blue Gal.

    She's Left. She's right. She rocks.

    And she needs deserves your support. Go click the green button for Fran.

    Do it every day.


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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:41pm EST

  • If it's jobless…

    …and "revenue-less," maybe it's something less than a "recovery."

    Just sayin'…


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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:04pm EST

  • When they're right, they're right.

    Tennessee Republican Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. displays his gift for the obvious... There is nothing conservative about the war in Afghanistan.Of course, there's really nothing conservative about Conservatism these days, either.

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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:25am EST

  • From the "Who'da thunk it?" file.

    Maybe Democrats can win elections by acting like Democrats. They can lose when they don't.

    Who'da thunk it?

    Mike Lux spells it out… Bragging about an improving GDP and explaining how jobs are lagging indicators which will someday trickle down to the unemployed is political [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:58am EST

  • Quote of the day.

    Levi Johnston on his child's grandmother, via Tengrain... She’s lying and losing.Kid has a future writing bumper stickers.

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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:53pm EST

  • Good question…

    …from aimai. Elvis Impersonators make good money imitating Elvis. Tina Fey made good money imitating Sarah Palin. Why shouldn't Sarah Palin make good money imitating a Presidential Candidate?Nothing, I suppose, as long as she keeps us laughing...

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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:58am EST

  • It's the floundering Vice Presidential campaign…

    …version of a book tour. Charles Lemos... ...her book tour kicks off in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the 66th largest MSA in the country. She'll tour reliable GOP hotspots like Noblesville, Indiana and Washington, Pennsylvania. Apart from media visits to New York and Chicago, the largest city on her itinerary' [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:56am EST

  • Truth.

    Literally. Glen Greenwald... This is literally true: the Right's reaction to [the New York terror trials] announcement -- we're too afraid to allow trials and due process in our country -- is the textbook definition of "surrendering to terrorists."' [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:22am EST

  • It's time for...

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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 12:43am EST

  • Wolverines!

    No. 1 Bellevue rolls past Mount Si, 49-17
    Yeah, it's been a long time since graduation, but, hey, it's winning football, a scarce commodity hereabouts this year.

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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:09pm EST

  • The AP reads...

    …the Palin autohagiography so you don't have to. Ron Chusid quotes extensively, but this sums it up pretty well... THE FACTS are somewhat in dispute.One begins to wonder if she could tell the truth if she tried, but we may never know, because she never tries.

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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:48am EST

  • Once again...

    ...ten from my Shuffle, shuffled.Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
    The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do
    Steve Earle & The Dukes - Sweet Little '66
    Tim O'Brien - Less & Less
    Lyle Lovett - San Antonio Girl
    k.d. lang & The Reclines - Three' [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:19am EST

  • Just wondering…

    …where the Iraqis in this group are (Mohammed's a Kuwaiti-born Pakistani)... Four men—the two Yemenis, a Saudi and a Pakistani-born Kuwaiti—will face trial alongside Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of helping finance and plan the attacks of 11 September 2001 in which nearly 3,000 people were killed.I mean, I get' [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:33pm EST

  • Include me out.

    As you might gather from the new links on my sidebar, I'm not joining in the financial boycott of the DNC and OFA because Congress and the Obama administration proposed by some so-called "A-list" progressive bloggers.

    This isn't a "progressive" blog. This is a capital-D Democratic blog, and while [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:02pm EST

  • It's the something-somethingth anniversary...

    ...of the Brilliant and Beautiful Bride of Upper Left's 29th birthday. Please join me in wishing my best friend and the love of my life the very best day possible.

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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:21am EST

  • You're welcome, but...

    I've heard several expressions, personally and generally, of thanks for my service in the US Army today. I appreciate that, of course, but I can't help thinking that the best way to express appreciation to veterans is to stop sending the active duty troopers to missions unworthy of their service.
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 3:08pm EST

  • 120 years ago today...

    Of course you can click it bigger.
    Happy birthday Washington.

    Kinda scary, though, to be almost half as old as my state.

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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 2:59pm EST

  • With friends like that…

    Via Sam Taylor at the Bellingham Herald... A close friend of Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen shot one of Owen’s sons in an apparent workplace dispute Monday afternoon and then shot himself in the head, the lieutenant governor said.Owen's is the definitive DINO in these parts, but this is' [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:36pm EST

  • Semper Fi…

    ...to Dad, Uncle Ed and big brother Pat. Thinking of you all on the 234th birthday of your Corps.


    A happy one to all y'all old jarheads from this old dogface, and a snappy salute to Gordon for the reminder.

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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:14pm EST

  • Half a loaf?

    Maybe so. The health insurance bill passed by the House isn't the bill I'd like to see, and as I expected, isn't one that's going to do a great deal for me. Being required to purchase insurance that I can't really afford and that, because of likely co-pays and deductibles,' [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:59pm EST

  • From the "Cunning Plan" file…

    Tbogg... George Soros should revisit his plans for global domination investment strategy and give more money to the Club for Growth. They’re way more effective than the Democratic Party.Heh™ or hmmm? You make the call.

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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:08am EST

  • It's time for...

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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 7:42am EST

  • The morning after…

    …the big double-drop at King County Records & Elections, Shoreline City Council candidate Shari Tracey's still holding on to 51% and a fraction. It was a lead too small to call just a day or two ago, but I'm satisfied that she's going to unseat incumbent Cindy Ryu. There's about [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:11am EST

  • Ten more...

    ...from my Ipod, always set to shuffle.Waylon Jennings - Willie, The Wandering Gypsy And Me
    Sara Gazarek - The Circle Game
    The Dubliners - Molly Maquires
    The Beatles - Two Of Us
    Susan & The Surftones - Wipe Out
    BeauSoleil - Bon Temps Rouler
    Sam & Dave - I Thank [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:13am EST

  • Fair enough...

    Rothenberg... Bill Owens' victory in New York's 23rd was the good news for Democrats this week and continued the party's winning streak in competitive House special elections. But the dynamic that helped Owens win -- including a divided Republican Party -- can't be ignored and aren't likely to be' [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:50pm EST

  • Regarding Fort Hood...

    ...I've got nothing, really, outside the obligatory expressions of shock and sympathy. That's because I know nothing, really, except the broad outlines you all know.

    One of the things I specifically don't know is why Major Hasan would do such a thing, regardless of his name. Neither does' [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:46pm EST

  • It's almost a wrap.

    Tonight's results make at least a couple of my cliffhangers safe to call. I may be the last to admit it - I almost can't believe it - but Referendum 71 has opened a five point lead and looks sure to pass. My home state is the first in the [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:38pm EST

  • One of these Dick Armeys…

    …is not like the other. Space Cowboy busts the "Lord of the Teabags"...And guess who tried to help Hoffman out when it became clear he had no grasp of local issues? Lord of the Teabags, Dick Armey: Coming to Mr. Hoffman's defense, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas,' [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 3:11pm EST

  • Yep, there were more results yesterday...

    …but I was already on duty at the perfect tavern when they were released. After the second vote drop, the relative cliffhanger races that I'm tracking, R-71 and Shoreline City Council seats 4 and 5, are all near where they were after the first. That means my picks are' [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:46pm EST

  • Perspective…

    …for the "Whatever happened to hope and change?" crowd. John H. Richardson invites you to "Consider the record…" A week before he was sworn in, Obama jammed part two of the bank bailout down the throat of his own party — a $350 billion accomplishment.

    Two days after [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:46pm EST

  • Brilliant prognosticator or influential pundit?

    You make the call, but if current trends hold, my city council picks will go 4 for 4. At least two of those look pretty solid right now.

    Keith McGlashan's was the only name on the ballot for Position 1, but there was an active write-in candidacy against him.' [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:15pm EST

  • On the statewide side…

    …the results range from excellent to encouraging. Tim Eyman's I-1033 didn't lose everywhere, but it lost pretty much everywhere the people are, whether the people in question are Puget Sound liberals or Palouse wheat farmers. Folks who grow hops and grapes seem to be pretty much over Eyman, as [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:25am EST

  • Good guess.

    greg on NY-23… I guess the Rockefeller Republicans are now Palin Democrats. [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:35am EST

  • The people have spoken.

    Or written. Or filled in the blanks. Whatever you want to call what we did since ballots started appearing in mailboxes, we've had an election. King County has counted all the votes they're going to count today, and those early returns appear decisive in several races.

    Dow Constantine [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:24pm EST

  • Thanks, I needed that.

    Steve M. offers a little perspective before we start sifting the election entrails for omens...

    * A Republican might win by an eyelash in the gubernatorial race in New Jersey -- a state that's had Republican governors for 16 of the past 28 years.

    * In Virginia, a Republican [...]

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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:55am EST

  • Last day to mark 'em and mail 'em.

    With our new all-mail elections, I suppose we don't really have an election day so mush as a deadline day. Whatever you call it, it's here. Ballots for the 2009 general election have to be postmarked by midnight tonight. If yours is still on a desk or counter at your' [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:56am EST

  • Hardly time to blog...

    ...this morning with a double shift at the perfect tavern looming, but still time to remind you that you have enough time to get that ballot marked and in the mail.

    Yes, I mean now.
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:42am EST

  • It's time for...

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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 12:07am EDT

  • If Tom Harkin is sure….

    "[Lieberman] still wants to be a part of the Democratic Party although he is a registered independent," Harkin said. "He wants to caucus with us and, of course, he enjoys his chairmanship of the [Homeland Security] committee because of the indulgence of the Democratic Caucus. So, I'm sure all of'" [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 11:17pm EDT

  • Thought of the day.

    greg at The Talent Show… I think the country would be in much better shape if more Americans realized Republicans have traded conservatism for anarchism.Probably.

    I think.


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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 11:08pm EDT

  • Boo!



    "I have trouble listening to what [Cheney]
    says sometimes because of the blood that drips from
    his teeth while he's talking."

    Rep. Alan Grayson


    Photo snagged at Demeur. [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 7:28pm EDT

  • Back in time...

    ...for a random ten.Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
    Willie Nelson - Heartland
    The Beatles - Baby It's You
    Linda Ronstadt - Tracks Of My Tears
    Alison Krauss - 9 To 5
    The Dubliners - Lord Of The Dance
    The Swinging Medallions - Double Shot Of My [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 12:01am EDT

  • Live from Upper Left World Headquarters!

    Our telephonic hiatus is over!

    Time to catch up a bit... [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 10:53pm EDT

  • Howdy.

    Logging in from the internet cafe down the road while we take a brief hiatus from phone service at Upper Left World Headquarters (yep, things have been that dire.) My fifteen free minutes with a cup of coffee is running out, but on Shoreline City Council, I'm voting for:Position 1:' [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 12:03pm EDT

  • Exercising the Franchise (Home, Sweet Home Edition Part 1)

    Before I comment on the candidates for Shoreline City Council, a few words about my town an its politics.

    As a general rule, I've got little to no use for the notion of "non-partisan" elections. The candidates in any election, regardless of their ballot identification (or lack thereof) are,' [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 1:42pm EDT

  • If you're not local...

    ...enough to care what I have to say about Shoreline city elections (and that's most all of you, I'd imagine) and you live in Washington, it's time to mark that ballot and get it in the mail. I'll cover the very local to me stuff when I can wrap my [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 3:31pm EDT

  • So long, Joe.

    Senator Lieberman announces he will retire at the end of his current term.

    Not in so many words, and not necessarily voluntarily, but it sounds like retirement to me.

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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 12:00pm EDT

  • Chart of the day.

    Via PZ Meyers...
    God wants you to click it bigger.
    Though, it should be noted, a good many boring, generic Jews f*cking love bacon, too. [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 11:46am EDT

  • Eight more reasons…

    …that the right way in Afghanistan is out. KABUL (AP) -- Eight American troops were killed in two separate bomb attacks Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month of the war for U.S. forces since the 2001 invasion to oust the Taliban.Damn.

    Making it bigger won't' [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 11:40am EDT

  • Opting in to "Opt-out."

    I'm not too troubled by an opt-out compromise, for a variety of reasons. Neither is jnfr, who points out one of the best... "... the politics of it are beautiful. Let the Republicans go home and tell their voters that they can't have health care for ideological reasons. I" [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 10:49am EDT

  • Dear Political Wire…

    …if your header begins "Gingrich Will Decide…", you're writing the wrong post.

    Unless, of course, he's deciding when to turn himself in.

    And didn't you mean "Disgraced Former Speaker Gingrich..."?

    Love,

    Upper Left

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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 12:35am EDT

  • Zombies.

    That explains everything.


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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 12:28am EDT

  • Sermonette.


    Hat tip to Natch'.

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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 11:30pm EDT

  • Good question.

    Tom Harper wonders... And who exactly still listens to the GOP weekly address? Does their audience include ANYBODY whose parents aren’t first cousins???Well?

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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 10:19am EDT

  • It's time for...

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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 12:14am EDT

  • Dawg Day!


    And this time I mean day. Seems like forever since we've played at 12:30 in Husky Stadium. It's clear and cold - perfect football weather. And it's the Ducks. Get out there and clip their wings, boys. They're between you and a bowl bid.Ouch. Hope we [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 9:57am EDT

  • From the "Winning hearts and minds" file.

    Reuters - Four Afghan civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed by U.S. forces in southern Kandahar city Saturday, a police official said.Damn.

    The wrong people get killed in every war, of course. That's one of the reasons that war should be the very last resort [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 9:32am EDT

  • Ten from my ipod...

    ...randomly, of course.Robert Parker - Barefootin'
    Sam & Dave - I Thank You
    The Dimensions - She's Boss
    George Hamilton IV - Abilene
    Commander Cody - Hot Rod Lincoln
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Stay A Little Longer
    The Manhattan Transfer - Tuxedo Junction
    Roger Miller - Kansas' [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 12:52am EDT

  • Quote of the day.

    Vice President Biden on the recent attacks by former Vice President Cheney… “Who cares?”Certainly not I.

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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 12:41am EDT

  • Six years ago today…

    Wednesday, October 22, 2003

    Here We Go!

    With a thirty-some year track record as a Democratic Party consultant, candidate and activist, there's no way I'm going to claim to be 'fair and balanced.' Nope, Upper Left will be proudly partisan. I was born and raised in a' [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 11:05pm EDT

  • Exercising the Franchise, Part 5.

    At the top of the back of my ballot are two contested races for the Seattle Port Commission, and the choices are pretty clear cut.

    For Position 3 my choice (and the choice of the King County Democrats, the King County Labor Council, Governor Gregiore, County Council members Dow [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 2:40pm EDT

  • Democrats In Disarray!!!

    Or not... A new CNN/Opinion Research poll finds the Republican Party's favorable rating is at lowest level in at least a decade. Just 36% of those questioned say they have a favorable opinion of the GOP, with 54% viewing the party negatively.
    In contrast, 53% have a positive opinion [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 11:49am EDT

  • So long…

    …and thanks for all the pies.



    Milton "Soupy Sales" Supman
    1926-2009
    R.I.P.
    As another fan wrote, "It was Soupy who inspired my generation to anarchy." Yes, it was, and we loved him for it.

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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 11:07am EDT

  • Exercising the Franchise, Part 4.

    There are five more races on the front page of my ballot, four of which are uncontested - King County Sheriff, King County Council, Court of Appeals Judge and Port of Seattle Commissioner Position 1. I'll mark the ballot for my Council Member, Bob Ferguson, in hope that his finish' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 2:53am EDT

  • Well, when you put it that way…

    …no, we don't. These litmus-test issues need to be put aside, just as we don't ask our dentist their political views before they work on our teeth.Yep, that's Susan Hutchison doing her standard duck and cover. As Kathleen says, though... I think I would ask my dentist a lot [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 2:42am EDT

  • Exercising the Franchise, Part 3.

    Next up is the first race affected by King County's new "non-partisan" ballot. Of course, a non-partisan ballot doesn't mean that the candidates are not partisans. Dow Constantine wears his Democratic partisanship on his sleeve, understandable given the typically Democratic local electorate and, frankly, unavoidable give his history as a' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 9:18pm EDT

  • One more pitch…

    …before I close down the Upper Left Begathon. The rent's still overdue, but the lights and phone are on, so here I still am. The Brilliant and Beautiful Bride of Upper Left has closed a deal or two and has some hot ones in the hopper, so there's definitely light [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 5:03pm EDT

  • Hard to say…

    …because Dick "Dick" Cheney is a notorious liar, but if this is so... "The new strategy they embraced in March, with a focus on counterinsurgency and an increase in the numbers of troops, bears a striking resemblance to the strategy we passed to them." …I can't think of a' [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 1:05pm EDT

  • Exercising the Franchise, Part 2.

    As promised, my take on the King County Charter amendments on this year's ballot. Vote for 'em. The County Charter seems to need amendment every time the Council sneezes and is probably overdue for another complete rewrite, but meantime it's left to the voters to do the housekeeping that the' [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 12:51pm EDT

  • TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

    Susan Hutchison is a liar....and a Republican.

    But I repeat myself.

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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 1:14pm EDT

  • Exercising the Franchise, Part 1.

    I'm going to take this in chunks over the next couple few days. Here's how I'm voting this year, starting with the two statewide measures on the ballot. I'd say the two at the top of the ballot, but here in King County, the ballot designers decided that the best [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 1:02pm EDT

  • Good question.

    John Cole ponders the great debate... Do the men who write for ABC’s the Note have sex with barnyard animals, as some suggest?Hmmm...

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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 10:25am EDT

  • Really?

    Charles Lemos... It's hard to take an article posted on the World Net Daily seriously but the fact that its author is Pat Buchanan lends it a measure of importance. Why?

    I mean, Pat Buchanan's the kind of guy who writes for World Net Daily. How important can [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 12:41am EDT

  • A quick voter alert…

    I'll be posting my ballot choices soon, but f you're an early King County voter and just can't sit around waiting for my full and profound guidance, take a close look at your ballot and be sure you've voted against Initiative 1033. You wouldn't be the first to miss' [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 5:38pm EDT

  • Dare I ask…

    …again? Oh, heck, why not. I don't really have a fundraising goal more specific than "more," and the problems persist, but I'm very gratified by the response to my recent appeals. You, at least some of you, really like me. All I need is a temporary hand in making [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 3:37pm EDT

  • Chart of the day.

    Via Darryl…

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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 12:08am EDT

  • Good question...

    …from Col Pat Lang. Does the Times now believe that armed resistance to a government, any government is by definition "terrorism?" And furthermore... By that standard was George Washington a terrorist? Were the Machabees terrorists? How about Simon Bolivar, was he a terrorist? Was Emilio Aguinaldo a terrorist?Are the [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 2:27am EDT

  • The Dawgs lost, the Hawks lost...

    ...even my fantasy team took it's first defeat this week. Compound that with 11 hours on duty at the perfect tavern, and I hit the door feeling pretty weary tonight. Right now, though, I feel pretty good.

    I fired up the 'puter to check on the totality of [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 11:46pm EDT

  • It's time for...

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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 12:15am EDT

  • Once I built a…

    …blog. You're looking at it. Some of y'all have been looking at it for years. If you've been around for awhile, you know that while I've frequently asked you to donate to someone somewhere, I've rarely asked you to send anything my way. But times are tight. Tight for lots' [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 10:01pm EDT

  • Shorter Rush.

    By Steve M., who reads the Wall Street Journal so you don't have to… McNabb and Obama got where they are because whites graded them on a curve out of racial guilt -- which I'm saying in a purely non-racist way!Heh™.

    [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2009, 8:30pm EDT

  • "Well, not this time."

    The President calls out the insurance company and their obstructionist allies… Every time we get close to passing reform, the insurance companies produce these phony studies as a prescription and say, "Take one of these, and call us in a decade." Well, not this time.That's not his only target. [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2009, 6:38pm EDT

  • Beat the Devils! (erm, not.)


    It's not hard to understand why the Huskies are underdawgs on the road. It's been a long time since they've won a game away from Montlake. Time to turn that around tonight. I'm not about to jinx things with a prediction this week. All your getting [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2009, 5:53pm EDT

  • Tune time.

    Ten. Randomly.Nanci Griffith - White Freightliner
    Slade - Mama We're All Crazee Now
    Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good
    Susannah McCorkle - If I Only Had A Heart
    The Lovin' Spoonful - Lovin' You
    David Gans & Eric Rawlins - Crazy, Crazy, Crazy
    Dana Lyons - Swimmin' In The' [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2009, 12:44am EDT

  • From the Department of Redundancy Department.

    Richard Allen Smith at VetVoice... Karl Rove is Still a LiarIndeed. Always was. Always will be.

    Afghanistan this time, but it's always something.

    [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 2:18pm EDT

  • Yes, you can.

    Ted Turner, via DougJ... You know, if you economize and don’t buy new airplanes or long-range jets, or that sort of thing, you can get by on a billion or two.You can, of course, get by on substantially less, but there's a limit, and as I've mentioned, we've [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 1:03pm EDT

  • Obamanist indoctrination.

    The President talks to school kids again... Now, just from meeting the young people here today I can tell that there are so many bright, smart, promising students here. But, you know, there are a lot of distractions out there. A lot of you think, well, you know, I [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 12:40pm EDT

  • Dear Washington Post…

    …if your headline begins "Obama Criticized…", well, that's not really news, is it?

    Love,

    Upper Left.


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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 11:32am EDT

  • Confidential to Meghan…

    …OK, I won't.

    ' [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 11:25am EDT

  • Once again...

    ...who'da thunk it? Afghanistan vet Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis... "Many experts in and from Afghanistan warn that our presence over the past eight years has already hardened a meaningful percentage of the population into viewing the United States as an army of occupation which should be opposed'" [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 6:39pm EDT

  • Time marches on…

    …and when you spend as much of that time on something as I've spent on this blog over the last few years, it's inevitable that you start to wonder if it's time worth spending. Well, it certainly is to me, and it's particularly gratifying when your comments and emails tell' [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 3:06pm EDT

  • From the "Civics 101" file.

    Garrison Keillor, via Missouri Mule... Conservatism is a powerful strain in American life that ordinarily passes as common sense. Save for a rainy day. Don't foul the nest. Don't burn your bridges. Don't sacrifice the future for short-term profit. But when it contradicts itself and becomes weighted down with' [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 2:24pm EDT

  • From the "Who'da thunk it?" file.

    WASHINGTON -- A recent U.S. intelligence assessment has raised the estimated number of full-time Taliban-led insurgents fighting in Afghanistan to at least 25,000, underscoring how the crisis has worsened even as the U.S. and its allies have beefed up their military forces, a U.S. official said Thursday.

    The [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 10:31am EDT

  • And counting…

    The NYT... Combined with tallies based on hospital sources and media reports since the beginning of the war and an in-depth review of available evidence by the AP, the figures showed that more than 110,600 Iraqis had died in violence since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and up through early [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 1:00am EDT
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