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Category Archives: Government
Agenda CEG Meeting – June 17, 2022
4:00 pm Mount Baker & ZoomRick Baugh, FacilitatorRick Baugh, Minutes Report on Past events: DATE/TIME EVENT Recording May 21, Sat – 10:30 a.m. One Seattle Day of Service– citywide volunteer event – First Hill Improvement Assoc. – Rick Baugh NO June … Continue reading
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A quiet hero
Thanks to Pam P. From Wiki: Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE (born Wertheim; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British humanitarian who helped to rescue children who were at risk of oppression by Nazi Germany. Born to German-Jewish parents who had emigrated to Britain at … Continue reading
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Gun Buyback Is Far More Likely to Work
Discouraged by the bipartisan proposal, I tried again. WHC Why are we so easily misled by gun solutions that would make some sense in other countries? But the US, having more guns than people, is special. And so, the bipartisan … Continue reading
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Paris protesters celebrate saving trees around the Eiffel Tower
Thanks to Pam P. City abandons €72m scheme to develop area and create huge garden in time for 2024 Olympics Kim Willsher in Paris Protesters in Paris are celebrating having saved more than 40 trees – one of them over 200 … Continue reading
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Ten Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime (maybe)
Not news to some of us, but still a little unsettling. Thanks to Sybil-Ann 1. The Post Office– Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Business, Essays, Government
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The pen and the sword
Thanks to Gordon G.
Posted in Government, History, Holidays, Remembrances
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Agenda CEG Meeting – May 20, 2022 (TODAY!)
4:00 pm Mount Baker & Zoom Katherine Graubard, FacilitatorRick Baugh, MinutesReport on Past events: DATE/TIME EVENT Recording April 21, Thurs – 7:30 p.m. Tim Burgess, Mayor’s Office – Director of Strategic Initiatives – Briefing by Jim Sanders ?? May 15, … Continue reading
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Marilyn Monroe v. Samuel Alito
Ed note: Two residents sent me this article by the acerbic Maureen Dowd from the NYT. You may or may not agree, but she writes well and makes some interesting points. Click here to read her op-ed piece.
Francis Fukuyama Predicted the End of History. It’s Back (Again). At Town Hall tomorrow 5/11.
Thanks to Mike C. In a new book, the political theorist offers a stout defense of liberalism against threats from left and right — and predicts that Ukraine will revive “the spirit of 1989.” Click here to read the article … Continue reading
Posted in Government, History
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CEG Notice – Political Parties, What They Are and What They Do, with Tina Podlodowski, Washington State Democratic Party Chair
Please plan to join Washington State Democratic Party Chair, Tina Podlodowski on Monday, May 16th at 11:00 a.m. for a discussion of Political Parties, and what the State Democratic Party hopes to achieve in 2022. The event will be held in the Mount … Continue reading
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CEG Notice – White House Correspondents Dinner April 30th
The White House Correspondents Dinner is returning after a two-year absence. It will be broadcast on CNN and C-SPAN. Coverage by CNN will begin at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time with commentary and a “red carpet” prelude. It will be broadcast on C-SPAN beginning at 5:00 p.m. Pacific … Continue reading
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Public Safety Conversation
Thanks to: Put Barber – For questions contact him at <putnam.barber@gmail.com> Sponsored by Seattle City Club ‘Civic Cocktail’ series Safe and Sound: A Conversation on Public Safety in Seattle Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 6pm PST Join us as we … Continue reading
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The Playacting Over Masks Really Needed to End
Thanks to Ed M. for sending in this thought provoking article. by Tom Nichols in The Atlantic The U.S.-government mandate requiring mask wearing on transportation is now dead, and it was killed in the worst way possible. A judge deemed “not … Continue reading
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CEG Reminder: Tim Burgess – Thursday, April 21, 2022 7:30 p.m.
This is a friendly reminder and invitation to plan to join Tim Burgess, the Mayor’s Director of Strategic Initiatives on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. for a discussion of new initiatives. This event will be held in the … Continue reading
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Agenda CEG Meeting – April 15, 2022 4:00 pm Mount Baker & Zoom
Katherine Graubard, FacilitatorRick Baugh, Minutes Report on Past events: DATE/TIME EVENT Recording Mar. 23, Wed, 3:00 p.m. Judge Cecily Hazelrigg, Division 1, Position 5, Washington State Court of Appeals – Jim Sanders or Patricia Kiaser reporting No Description of Coming … Continue reading
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A message from the Ukraine Library
Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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Instead of a Wall, a Binational Park To Be Built on Border of Texas & Mexico
Thanks to Pam P. – from the Goodnewsletter Only two years ago, the border town of Laredo, Texas, was bracing itself for the construction of the towering steel and concrete border wall that threatened to cut off the city, its … Continue reading
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Job interview – how’d it go?
Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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“Meritless to the point of demagoguery” – The National Review
by Heather Cox Richardson
Posted in Essays, Government
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CEG MEETING MINUTES — 3/18/22
Meeting Minutes Minutes CEG Meeting – March 18, 20224:00 pm Mount Baker & Zoom Rick Baugh, Facilitator Rick Baugh, Minutes Coming events: DATE/TIME EVENT Place Mar. 23, Wed, 3:00 p.m. Judge Ceciley Hazelrigg, Division 1, Position 5, Washington State Court of … Continue reading
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CEG Meeting – This Friday, March 18, 2022
Agenda CEG Meeting – March 18, 2022 4:00 pm Skyclub Lounge (24th Floor), Zoom, & Channel 370Rick Baugh, FacilitatorRick Baugh, MinutesComing events: DATE/TIME EVENT Place Mar. 18, Fri – … Continue reading
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The inside story of Putin’s rise to power
Thanks to Basil F.
Posted in Government, Politics, War
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The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything
From Skyline resident Basil F. “Living in our community many people are asking me about my opinion about the present situation in Ukraine. I have some difficulty to explain my take about the war, all I remember the most is … Continue reading
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Let’s pray, hope and help
Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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