Greetings,
It's been a while since my last post; I hope you all are well.
With the upcoming election, I thought I'd post something funny from Bernie Sanders...

FEEL THE BERN!
May he fare well in tomorrow's caucus!

Sincerely,
Howie

Bernie Does Saturday Night

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/07/465892623/with-a-little-help-from-larry-david-bernie-sanders-does-snl

Video: "Microhousing in Seattle"-With increasing density do we need more open space and impact fees?

Michael Oxman, video (08:34).

 Howie P.S.: A West Seattle political activist pops up at the end of the video. And a progressive radio voice is also heard at the end.

Howard Dean on Morning Joe: "Column on AG Holder is 'silly, right-wing nonsense." (video)

NBC News, video (08:23).

Jane Mayer: "Obama’s Challenge to an Endless War"

Jane Mayer (The New Yorker):

One first impression left by President Obama’s much-anticipated speech re-casting U.S. counterterrorism policy is that of the contrast between Bush’s swagger and Obama’s anguish over the difficult trade-offs that perpetual war poses to a free society. It could scarcely be starker. While Bush frequently seemed to take action without considering the underlying questions, Obama appears somewhat unsure of exactly what actions to take. That is not a bad thing: at least he is asking the right questions. In fact, by suggesting that, after a decade and seven thousand American and countless foreign lives lost, and a trillion dollars spent, it might be time to start downsizing the “war on terror,” he is leading the national debate beyond where even most Democrats have dared to go. MORE...

"Seattle Against Monsanto" (LIVE STREAMING VIDEO)

Live Video streaming by Ustream This is the March Against Monsanto Seattle Ustream.

REPLAY: "Andy Borowitz, Lizz Winstead, Hendrik Hertzberg and Jeffrey Toobin give their take on what the future holds for the USA." (video)

Andy Borowitz: The Borowitz Report, video (1:29:12)

Andy Borowitz, Lizz Winstead, Hendrik Hertzberg and Jeffrey Toobin give their take on what the future holds for the USA.

from http://howieinseattle.blogspot.com/

GOT INFRASTRUCTURE? If you were thinking of heading north out of Seattle, think again.

This is also an example of all the deferred maintenance that many have been concerned about. This "collapse" should not have been a surprise.

"Awake Zion: a Documentary about the Links between Rastas, Reggae and Judaism" (with video)

"Awake Zion: a Documentary about the Links between Rastas, Reggae and Judaism" (KICKSTARTER.COM), with video (01:53):

Zion – It’s closer than you think… Awake Zion is a documentary that explores the surprising and unsuspecting connections between Rasta, Reggae and Judaism - through one woman’s beat-laden adventure into the meaning of identity. All the way back to the alleged sultry affair between the Jewish King Solomon and the African Queen of Sheba, Jewish influence is evident in the spiritual history of Ethiopia - turning up consistently in Rastafarian lifestyle and, inevitably, Reggae. Uniting Jewish and Jamaican musicians, scholars, and historians in a celebration of roots and culture - Awake Zion travels from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where Caribbean and Jewish cultures share a history of adversity - to Jamaica, the birthplace of reggae - and ultimately to Israel, where a sizzling reggae scene thrives today. Awake Zion challenges our shared preconceptions of what it means to be Jewish, to be Rasta, to be white or black - and, most importantly, the universal search for “Zion”, and what it means to be "home". MORE...

the FIELD NEGRO: Telling "black folks business."

the FIELD NEGRO:

President Obama was at Dr. King's alma mater today, and he had some strong words for the young men there. Some of you Negroes are saying that he was just having a Sistah Souljah moment at the expense of the Morehouse men, and that he is always airing black folk's dirty laundry when he speaks to a large black group. I have to respectfully disagree. That message the president sent today was on point and it needed to be delivered. MORE...

Cornel West: "where Obama is going wrong"

Hugh Muir (The Guardian (UK):

What of America? "We elected a black president and that means we are less racist now than we used to be. That's beautiful. But when you look at the prison industrial complex and the new Jim Crow: levels of massive unemployment and the decrepit unemployment system, indecent housing: white supremacy is still operating in the US, even with a brilliant black face in a high place called the White House. He is a brilliant, charismatic black brother. He's just too tied to Wall Street. And at this point he is a war criminal. You can't meet every Tuesday with a killer list and continually have drones drop bombs. You can do that once or twice and say: 'I shouldn't have done that, I've got to stop.' But when you do it month in, month out, year in, year out – that's a pattern of behaviour. I think there is a chance of a snowball in hell that he will ever be tried, but I think he should be tried and I said the same about George Bush. These are war crimes. We suffer in this age from an indifference toward criminality and a callousness to catastrophe when it comes to poor and working people." MORE...