Live Blog: King County Public Health Covid-19 Briefing about First US Death
[my own comments are in square brackets]King County Health official opening: The death took place at Evergreen Hospital in Seattle’s eastern suburbs. It was a man [Drumpf erroneously said in his...
View ArticleIsraeli Election Circus 2020 FINAL RESULTS: Arab Voters Save the Day.
In September, after Bibi and his hard-right coalition suffered a setback, I wrote prematurely that his political days are likely over.But following yet another stalemate (the September elections...
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This Warren Supporter Votes Bernie, The Most Compassionate on Our Most...
I remain undecided on principle in Presidential primaries, until after voting has started. A 2-year-long campaign “season” seems obscenely long to me and frankly, to most of Humanity.But I’ve...
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EV Tuesday: Top 10 Countries in the EV Revolution, 2019 Edition
(Like in previous years, this diary was first posted on insideevs.com, and also sent to the EV Sales Blog).Welcome to my sixth annual Top Countries list! The disclaimer, same as in last 2 years:1.The...
View ArticleBreaking: Gov. Inslee Closes all K-12 Schools in Greater Seattle through...
From the official source: Gov. Jay Inslee announced today that all public and private K-12 schools in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties will close for the next six weeks. This decision impacts 43...
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I've Just Been to the Most Inspiring Demonstration since 2017 Women's March
I was almost too lazy to miss this. A coworker posted it in our social (off-work) listserv. We are a global-health research organization so we do fit the broad definition under “Public Health”. The...
View ArticleIsraeli Govt. Prioritizes Ugly Annexation Grab, over Stopping 2nd Covid-19 Wave
Some of you remember, eons ago, that Israel was going through a Groundhog Day of repeated national elections with inconclusive results. I chronicled them here under the “Israeli Election Circus” diary...
View ArticleIs Our Reclist Becoming Detached from Reality?
The past few months have added trauma upon trauma. Already reeling under 3.5 years of an abusive relationship with the *resident that had been forced upon us, we now have the same pandemic to deal with...
View ArticleBREAKING: Seattle Passes $200M/Year Amazon Tax, 7-2
After months of pandemic, and weeks of outrage, finally some good news out of our city. The official City Council press release:Council Passes Mosqueda’s JumpStart Seattle Progressive Revenue Plan to...
View ArticleMainstream Media Carrying Trump's Water: UAE Edition
You may have actually missed it! But on Thursday Trump played a diplomat, delivering to the Middle East a…Historic Deal (CNN)Historic Deal (CBS)Historic Deal (Foreign Policy)Historic Deal (BBC)Historic...
View ArticleEV Tuesday: Germany Launches EV Green New Deal with Immediate Success
As the pandemic hit, automotive media’s conventional wisdom said it would send the EV revolution years backward. There were good reasons:The first nation to be hit, China, has also been the undisputed...
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Doom and Gloom O'Clock, Standard Time?
We moved here in 2002, so this is the 5th Prez election I’m observing up close.In every single one, come late August or early September - usually around the R Convention - an “R Candidate is...
View ArticleKanye off the Ballots in Arizona as well!
Quick hit:Kanye West, a Republican, can’t run as an independent for president in ArizonaA judge Thursday blocked rapper Kanye West from appearing as an independent presidential candidate on Arizona...
View ArticleWhat's in this "Piece Deal" for Gulf Sheikhs? The OIL ECONOMY
Hello and Shana Tova everyone! This diary is a rare opportunity for me to combine my two blogging obsessions: Israel-Palestine and electric vehicles. And the connection is natural. Well, to me at...
View ArticleWhy We should Always Want a DEMOCRATIC Secretary of State (looking at YOU...
I’m following in the footsteps of giants: this diary and this one, posted on the weekend. Both deal with Washington State voting, but my main message is universal.Washington is all-mail-voting. We got...
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China's EV market has recovered, with a Surprise Star
In early 2020, the EV revolution took setback after setback in its flagship country, China. 2019 ended there with a limp, after another round of incentive cuts took effect midyear. Overall 2019 sales...
View ArticleYes, let's join the Transition... by STOPPING TR*MP PORN ON DAILY KOS RIGHT...
We’re all mad at 99.x% of Republican politicians who toe Trump’s traitorous line undermining this election.We’re all furious at Emily Murphy, Alex Azar et al., who are literally killing people by not...
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HISTORIC MANDATE: Biden-Harris Exceed 80M Votes, Shatter All-Time...
Yes, all these votes were already cast by Nov. 3, but some states headed by NY (>1.5M votes left to count) and CA are still a-countin’… and countin’...My favorite popular vote tracker is at Cook’s,...
View ArticleUPDATE: This still isn't 2017. STOP NORMALIZING THEM! (rant)
I really didn’t plan to write this diary, but The Straw was the latest infuriating example delivered to my reclist just in time for Thanksgiving dinner last night.So… no one here has been under a rock...
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Breaking: another Israel Election Circus, 2021 Model
Way back in early 2019 when Israel went to election, I launched an Israeli election circus diary series. In April 2019 after the elections I posted the 6th and “final” diary… except some Israeli...
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