Jim

While not a Repub fan, I gotta say the hub-bub about how much Federal tax Mitt pays is BS. The vast majority of Americans don't pay 15% of their AGI in Federal Tax. With all the deductions for houses, kids, whatever, most Americans are below this rate. http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/250.html#table8 Yea, yea, theres SS/Medicare but that was not caluclated in Mitt's returns either. So as ususal Americans are about their high taxes. Not! You are never going to get what is needed to get a more balanced budget by trying to milk the top 2%. A more reasonable approach would be to let ALL Bush era tax cuts expire, bump up the capital gains tax, and remove the SS cap on taxes.

Newt is a nickname for "Newton". Geez, man. ....or the first president named after a cookie!

Oh, "President Newt" is much better. The first president named after an amphibian!

This can be recycled for most snow event headlines in Seattle:

Similar discussion here: http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=22068.0

How does does a web site "look credible"? Hmmm. Such as the website you linked to that started this circular logic discussion?

This looks pretty credible. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/huntsman-gets-early-start-to-another-day-of-campaigning-in-nh/2012/01/05/gIQAUmsUcP_story.html

Is this a sentence?

We'll see.

Oh, I'm pretty sure the voters will support it, but it will be close. Latest polls show it has been losing support and would be close, but still would pass. I'll vote for it. The question of what comes next from the Justice Department is the crux. Will they be intimidated by the pot tea party of the Pacific NW? I doubt it.

De-criminalize is one thing - mild toleration - legalizing is another. My guess is that the Obama Justice Department will step on the air hose of the state just like they did in Oakland. Might have been wiser to take it in increments and take the CA state model, which is a very liberal use of medical cards for hangnails and such. Doesn't everyone in CA have one now? Hate to see all the money and effort going into the current effort for a noble flamming auger into the ground.

Oh, Nov 3 will be interesting. Nov 4 more so when the Fed squashes it iike a cockroach as they did when Oakland was set to legalize. That was flushed pretty quick. What is going to be different here? All for it, but don't see it happening.

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.

Pot, kettle.

I haven't the foggiest what this has to do with the subject at hand, but maybe that's the point(?). Less regulation needed?

Holy cannoli - if that's a turd from the Marmot Princess Bride all is explained.

Oh, hop on a horse closer to the ground already. Does this ring a bell.

Another factor is that Rainier is not the Rockies - there's some big honkin' glaciers here that have their own route-finding, objective danger issues unless you are doing the cattle trail route. An extra margin of safety is a good thing. That said - there are very stong and competent folks who can run up and down in a day. I just don't belong in that group.

No. The permit allows up to 3 eagles per 5 years to be killed BY wind turbines. Eagles and other large raptors that ground hunt are susceptible to getting bonked by the blades. The tips of a 100 yard long blade are moving along pretty quick. Generally these are getting sited better. The poster child for bad siting and bird kills is Altamont Pass in CA. Interestingly, migrating bats can also get killed. If they get too close to the spinning blades the air pressure difference can cause blood vessels and organs to explode.

Eric Cantor and the far right wingnuts are making this guy hate his job.

You sir, have no place in the country's electorate.

Tis amusing. I'm avoiding Vashon because of the cluster of non-vaccine crazies out there. +1 It's a shame that so many of my liberal counterparts are total luddites. It's the lack of meat protein in their diets. Makes their skin leathery, their vision poor, their pits smelly, and their brains slow.

More bread and circus

Speaking of Ponzi schemes, WA is moving along as expected.

Given the latest round of Tea Party muscle flexing in the House I'd say we're getting our share and more of batshit crazy.