Monday, July 13, 2009
Health Why Is Health Care Reform in Jeopardy?
Posted by Eli Sanders on Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:30 AM
The Washington Post provided a nice overview yesterday, on the occasion of President Obama's return from Ghana and the G8:
Headlines during his absence pointed to multiple problems—beyond the virtual wall of opposition among Republicans. There is resistance among conservative Blue Dog Democrats over the potential cost. There is nervousness among progressives that the White House might compromise too much on a public insurance option. The all-important Senate Finance Committee appears stymied. As a result, the prospects of floor action in the House and Senate before the August recess now appear in jeopardy.
Who's representing Washington State on the all-important Senate Finance Committee? Maria Cantwell. Which way is she pushing her colleagues? Unclear at best.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
??!! / Wilderness Dumb Cane: New to be Feared!
Posted by Jen Graves on Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 4:06 PM
For some reason, when I type the word "dumb" into Microsoft Word's thesaurus, this is what appears:
dumb cane n
a poisonous tropical American plant that if chewed can lead to loss of speech in adults or death in children and small animals. Latin name: Dieffenbachia seguine
This is a plant that makes you go dumb! And that looks like a cross between bamboo, hosta, and basil!
You have been warned, people who like to talk.
Visual Art 911 Media Arts Center Moving/Clouding
Posted by Jen Graves on Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 3:03 PM
"It's becoming more cloud-like," Joe Gray said of the venerable resource center 911 Media Arts. He was speaking in a discussion with about 25 people about incubating arts and technology in Seattle, at the Frayed Wire conference in Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. (More on Frayed Wire, which was pretty great, later.)
Tina Aufiero, former manager of education programs at 911, confirmed yesterday that 911 will be moving at the end of August into part of the University District space occupied by the nonprofit Jack Straw Productions, while its classes will be held in satellite locations.
In other words, 911 will no longer have its own dedicated space. Will that weaken it, as has happened at CoCA? How could it not? What will happen to groups that met at 911, like the Seattle chapter of dorkbot? Shelly Farnham of dorkbot-sea says the loose collective is considering renting on its own.
More as I learn it.
NASA picture of cool mammatus clouds over Mexico from here
Stranger Suggests Today The Stranger Suggests
Posted by The Stranger on Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Chow
Burning Beast
Carnivores unite! It's the second-annual world's greatest feast in a field, featuring a dozen of Seattle's best chefs cooking whole beasts over hot coals, all day long. The setting (and the beneficiary of this fundraiser): the ridiculously beautiful, endlessly bucolic Smoke Farm (a nonprofit haven for artists, philosophers, and other oddballs an hour north of the city). Among the chefs: organizer Tamara Murphy (Brasa, Elliott Bay Cafe), Matt Dillon (Sitka and Spruce, the Corson Building), Dustin Ronspies (Art of the Table), and Jonathan Sundstrom (Lark). New this year: venison. Continuing from 2008: a river to swim in. (Smoke Farm, Arlington, www.smokefarm.org. 6 pm–midnight, $75, all ages.)
BETHANY JEAN CLEMENTBooks Reading Today
Posted by Paul Constant on Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 10:24 AM
One reading today.
Lucia Perillo's latest collection is the awesomely titled Inseminating the Elephant. You can read two of her poems here if you're thinking about going. I especially like "Early Cascade," which is the only poem I've ever read that includes the sound effect "Pah".
The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here. And if you're planning on staying in and you're looking for personalized book recommendations, feel free to tell me the books you like and ask me what to read next over at Questionland.
News The Morning News
Posted by Unpaid Intern on Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Post by news intern Alexander P. Brown
All This Over One Little Secret: Congressional Democrats to launch inquiry into CIA covert program.
Because Abstinence Only Sex Ed Work So Well...: Miami School District to run anti-sexting curriculum.
Shortest Personality Test I've Ever Seen: Company tries to market questionnaire to supplement grad school exams.
Give A Little: China raises death toll in ethnic rioting.
Seriously, It's Just Performance Art Now: PETA protests fish tossing with toplessness.
Par For The Course: City transportation department has trouble keeping up with screw-ups.
Watch These Guys Lose Their Jobs: British health services advises healthy sex education to children, including masturbation.
Get Off That Bike Once And Awhile: Study suggests vigorous bicycle training lowers sperm count.
It's Because The Graphics Give Them Heart Attacks Instead: Money flows into research linking video games with slowing mental decline.
Would they Please Just Un-fuck Themselves Already: Housing crisis extended because lenders are too tight with rules.
I Know They're Fat, But This Is Ridiculous: Obese children cheat during study by rigging pedometers to dogs.
Muppets Make Everything Better:
City This City Sometimes
Posted by Charles Mudede on Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 9:41 AM
It's moments like this that make me embarrassed to be a citizen of this city: 
You folks have to get used to the noise of the trains. The noise has a rattling rhythm that can actually put you to sleep. That rattling and clanking, the grinding and grating (the dub beat of metal against metal), is not going to go away. This is the city; this is not the country. Please come to that most important of all urban understandings. We have to uproot these country attitudes that thrive like weeds in our metropolis.
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