By: Tip Johnson

Publish Date: 1995 - 2025

Found: 20 Articles

Hillary calls Obama ‘incompetent and feckless’ in a boozy rant? According to Edward Klein, best-selling author of “Blood Feud,” Hillary complained to boozing buddies at a bistro near her

By Tip Johnson · Fri Jun 27, 2014

Something Fishy: Jobs and Herring

In a politically inflammatory alert, the Northwest Jobs Alliance asserts that “…Cherry Point industrial job base,…was the result of decades of careful thought and planning…” and that “We

By Tip Johnson · Thu Jun 26, 2014

Dissatisfied?

Pentagon Funds ‘Terror Studies’ to Dissect and Neutralize Dissenters “…the military has commissioned U.S. universities to help it figure out how to deal with dissatisfied and, therefore,

By Tip Johnson · Thu Jun 26, 2014

The Slippery Slope

Guess which country does the most good for the planet? “To cut a long story short, I discovered the thing people most admired is the perception that a country is good. That turned out to be

By Tip Johnson · Wed Jun 25, 2014

Bellingham set to join the NSA?

Over at Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris highlights the following development: The city is gearing up to buy NSA-like software - and ballistic plates to augment their flak jackets. Maybe they are

By Tip Johnson · Sat Jun 21, 2014

Wink and a Nod

Trader sues over skimpy $8.25 million bonus Deeb Salem wrote about “a short squeeze involving derivatives linked to subprime home loans in 2007.” His comments became featured in a Senate

By Tip Johnson · Sat Jun 21, 2014

Money talks. Government listens.

Public input missing from White House meetings on rail safety rules If elections matter so much, why don’t we allow campaign contributions only from registered voters? We have long known

By Tip Johnson · Sat Jun 21, 2014

Post-Crash Economics

Post-Crash Economics Robert Skidelsky is a Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University, a fellow of the British Academy in history and economics and a member of the British

By Tip Johnson · Thu Jun 19, 2014

Corporations Ain’t Gonna Do It

Here’s what corporations and environmental regulators are up to: Wrecking the effin’ food chain of the Salish Sea. Excuse me, we live here and herring feed the salmon, so let’s restore the

By Tip Johnson · Thu Jun 19, 2014

Socialism? Gack!

Roger Stark, a retired physician and policy analyst at the Washington Policy Center, wrote a scathing editorial entitled “VA wait-lists a result of socialized health care”, in which he blames

By Tip Johnson · Wed Jun 18, 2014

Widespread Slaughter Won’t Work

Wherein the failings of a bad policy framework are revealed

By Tip Johnson · Tue Jun 17, 2014

It Can’t Happen Here?

Before the city of Fairhaven gave up and joined Bellingham, the water supply had gotten so bad folks joked that there was “Food with every drink.” Now, after decades of official inaction to

By Tip Johnson · Tue Jun 17, 2014

County Experiments on Human Subjects

The County seems convinced that our road network won’t survive without spraying Round-Up all over the place. We will want clear roads to get to the hospital when our organs start failing.

By Tip Johnson · Tue Jun 17, 2014

Chicken-Barrel/Pork Politics - Long

Range Planning?

Has the county devised a long term back-up plan for the GPT dock when SSA's coal dump investment scam has run its course? Are they crafting a framework that could supply ships of meat to China for

By Tip Johnson · Wed Jun 11, 2014

Willful Ignorance

This short seven minutes explains the persistence of demonically-possessed, slaughter-crazed ideological legislative nonsense far better than any County Council member has been able to in almost two

By Tip Johnson · Sat Jun 7, 2014

Bellingham Grows Up - Barely

I happened to be at the HUB prior to the first planned naked bike ride when an officer from the BPD showed up with copies of the law and warned that anyone naked would be arrested. The ride went

By Tip Johnson · Thu Jun 5, 2014

‘Legislative Sausage” or

“Slaughter this Ordinance”

Wherein the gyrations of the bid for widespread county slaughter are exposed.

By Tip Johnson · Mon May 5, 2014

Mobile Slaughter

Wherein there’s a crackdown on growing plants, and plans to let slaughter run free

By Tip Johnson · Sat Mar 15, 2014

Steal this Waterfront: Costs without

Benefit

Wherein the direct, indirect, hidden and lost opportunity costs make this a waterfront boondoggle of billions

By Tip Johnson · Sat Dec 7, 2013

Noballmacare and Setting the False

Standard

Dear Mr. President, There’s a sucker born every minute, and two to take him.

By Tip Johnson · Thu Nov 14, 2013

Torturous topics

While we’re being proud to be Americans, don’t forget that George Bush just pushed through legislation that makes it legal for our boys at Abu Ghraib to have tortured and makes it legal for them to ke

By Tip Johnson · Sun Nov 19, 2006

1 min read · 53 words

Topic: USA / Global

While we're being proud to be Americans, don't forget that George Bush just pushed through legislation that makes it legal for our boys at Abu Ghraib to have tortured and makes it legal for them to keep going at Gitmo. I'm sure the distinction will serve our boys well when they get captured.

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By: Tip Johnson

Publish Date: 1995 - 2025

Found: 20 Articles

Hillarious

Hillary calls Obama ‘incompetent and feckless’ in a boozy rant? According to Edward Klein, best-selling author of “Blood Feud,” Hillary complained to boozing buddies at a bistro near her

By Tip Johnson · Fri Jun 27, 2014

Something Fishy: Jobs and Herring

In a politically inflammatory alert, the Northwest Jobs Alliance asserts that “…Cherry Point industrial job base,…was the result of decades of careful thought and planning…” and that “We

By Tip Johnson · Thu Jun 26, 2014

Dissatisfied?

Pentagon Funds ‘Terror Studies’ to Dissect and Neutralize Dissenters “…the military has commissioned U.S. universities to help it figure out how to deal with dissatisfied and, therefore,

By Tip Johnson · Thu Jun 26, 2014

The Slippery Slope

Guess which country does the most good for the planet? “To cut a long story short, I discovered the thing people most admired is the perception that a country is good. That turned out to be

By Tip Johnson · Wed Jun 25, 2014

Bellingham set to join the NSA?

Over at Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris highlights the following development: The city is gearing up to buy NSA-like software - and ballistic plates to augment their flak jackets. Maybe they are

By Tip Johnson · Sat Jun 21, 2014

Wink and a Nod

Trader sues over skimpy $8.25 million bonus Deeb Salem wrote about “a short squeeze involving derivatives linked to subprime home loans in 2007.” His comments became featured in a Senate

By Tip Johnson · Sat Jun 21, 2014

Money talks. Government listens.

Public input missing from White House meetings on rail safety rules If elections matter so much, why don’t we allow campaign contributions only from registered voters? We have long known

By Tip Johnson · Sat Jun 21, 2014

Post-Crash Economics

Post-Crash Economics Robert Skidelsky is a Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University, a fellow of the British Academy in history and economics and a member of the British

By Tip Johnson · Thu Jun 19, 2014

Corporations Ain’t Gonna Do It

Here’s what corporations and environmental regulators are up to: Wrecking the effin’ food chain of the Salish Sea. Excuse me, we live here and herring feed the salmon, so let’s restore the

By Tip Johnson · Thu Jun 19, 2014

Socialism? Gack!

Roger Stark, a retired physician and policy analyst at the Washington Policy Center, wrote a scathing editorial entitled “VA wait-lists a result of socialized health care”, in which he blames

By Tip Johnson · Wed Jun 18, 2014

Widespread Slaughter Won’t Work

Wherein the failings of a bad policy framework are revealed

By Tip Johnson · Tue Jun 17, 2014

It Can’t Happen Here?

Before the city of Fairhaven gave up and joined Bellingham, the water supply had gotten so bad folks joked that there was “Food with every drink.” Now, after decades of official inaction to

By Tip Johnson · Tue Jun 17, 2014

County Experiments on Human Subjects

The County seems convinced that our road network won’t survive without spraying Round-Up all over the place. We will want clear roads to get to the hospital when our organs start failing.

By Tip Johnson · Tue Jun 17, 2014

Chicken-Barrel/Pork Politics - Long

Range Planning?

Has the county devised a long term back-up plan for the GPT dock when SSA's coal dump investment scam has run its course? Are they crafting a framework that could supply ships of meat to China for

By Tip Johnson · Wed Jun 11, 2014

Willful Ignorance

This short seven minutes explains the persistence of demonically-possessed, slaughter-crazed ideological legislative nonsense far better than any County Council member has been able to in almost two

By Tip Johnson · Sat Jun 7, 2014

Bellingham Grows Up - Barely

I happened to be at the HUB prior to the first planned naked bike ride when an officer from the BPD showed up with copies of the law and warned that anyone naked would be arrested. The ride went

By Tip Johnson · Thu Jun 5, 2014

‘Legislative Sausage” or

“Slaughter this Ordinance”

Wherein the gyrations of the bid for widespread county slaughter are exposed.

By Tip Johnson · Mon May 5, 2014

Mobile Slaughter

Wherein there’s a crackdown on growing plants, and plans to let slaughter run free

By Tip Johnson · Sat Mar 15, 2014

Steal this Waterfront: Costs without

Benefit

Wherein the direct, indirect, hidden and lost opportunity costs make this a waterfront boondoggle of billions

By Tip Johnson · Sat Dec 7, 2013