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Iraqi grandmother ‘decapitated Isis fighters and cooked their heads’ to avenge her family’s death An Iraqi grandmother claims to be one of the people most feared by Isis and has received personal death threats from the group’s leader.  Wahida Mohamed Al-Jumaily, 39, said she … Continue reading →

Olympia, WA (10-24-19) — Trudy Springer originally hales from NY, but has lived in the Pacific NW and Olympia for many years. She has worked as a volunteer at the Olympia Food Co-op during that time, describes herself as a … Continue reading →

Olympia, WA (10-20-19)– Tahoe, a friend of mine, has had an eventful life that included homelessness on the streets of Olympia.. Despite his impoverished circumstances and limited resources, Tahoe tends to be a strong advocate for personal responsibility and boundaries…sometimes … Continue reading →

Seattle, WA (10-19-19)– Using repugnant political affiliation as a pretext, the latte’ swilling neo-liberal gun snatchers and thought police are now emboldened to persecute the politically incorrect, not for crimes mind you, but for guilt by association/suspicion/bare assertions–a dramatic violation … Continue reading →

Olympia, WA (10-17-19)–It has been open season on reporters (no thanks to Trump) for years now, even in America. Sadly, journalists are no longer safe (if they ever were) alone or unarmed. A bulwark of American freedom and democracy has … Continue reading →

OLYMPIA, WA (10-14-19) — Give them a hammer and everything will look like a nail. OK, it’s high time to get real, as politically incorrect as that may be. October is the official open season on men month. The following … Continue reading →

OLYMPIA, WA (10-9-19) — The Harlequin Theater (4th Ave, downtown) is a small venue (seating: 212) very professionally constructed and managed performing arts (primarily plays) center serving up original productions and local casts, a gemstone to Olympia’s downtown mix of … Continue reading →

At Extended-Student-Loan Solutions, we believe that the problem of student-loan debt is larger than life. This life, that is. That’s why we’re giving you two more lifetimes to pay it off. Q: Just so I’m completely clear on this, what the … Continue reading →

The Pentagon Papers (Daniel Ellsberg) Trial: An Account “[T]he sonofabitching thief is made a national hero and is going to get off on a mistrial, and the New York Times gets a Pulitzer Prize for stealing documents…What in the name of God have … Continue reading →

A truly just system must do more than protect the rights of the innocent; it must also respect the humanity of the guilty. Nothing has changed more in the past couple of decades than attitudes toward the crisis of incarceration … Continue reading →