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Submitted by decorabilia on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 9:28pm.

Twenty people showed up to ask fifteen questions of three applicants for the District 2 seat. On average, how many times did the words "difficult," "listening," "students," "sustainable," and "experience" appear in each answer? Show your work.

Okay, pencils down.

All in all, an interesting two hours (blogged in more detail here) as Theresa Tsou, Paul Parker, and John Keeffe fielded questions from the audience, mediated by Peter Rex, the District's communication director.

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Submitted by Laurian on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 9:21pm.
Mar 17 2008 - 7:00pm
Mar 17 2008 - 9:00pm

Howdiddly Ho Neighboreenos,

On Monday, March 17th starting at 7:00pm at the Olympia public library there will be a meet up for folks who live in downtown Olympia.

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Submitted by fro on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 9:08pm.

ConspiraZine Radio Show on 3-15-08 On Saturday, March 15, 2008 from 4-6pm, ConspiraZine presents the highly-acclaimed article about CIA trauma-based mind control, titled, Project Monarch: Nazi Mind Control, by Ron Patton. Also featured is James Robey from the Water Fuel Cell Museum Podcast interviewing movie producer, Chris Patton. The topic of discussion is alternative energy technologies.

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Submitted by Paul on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 7:13pm.

Greetings all -

I'm asking anyone with photos, video clips and stories to share to help me with a multimedia project to help those still struggling with unmet needs following the devasting floods of December 3 last year. Long after the news attack helicopters have roared off to the Next Big Thing people continue to live with their homes in ruin and lives turned upside down.

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Submitted by Tschida on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 3:44pm.
 Josiah American Idol
 
 
April: Wednesday, April 2 from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM at the Olympia City Council Chambers, 900 Plum St.
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Submitted by Norm on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 3:43pm.

I don't want to post it here, so I'll link to it instead. I'm not sure how LTE work as far as permissions etc.

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Submitted by Katherine on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 3:32pm.
Mar 13 2008 - 6:00pm
Mar 13 2008 - 8:00pm

The PBIA (Parking and Business Improvement Area) Advisory Board will be holding a regular meeting this Thursday at 6 pm in the MIXX 96 conference room. The meeting is open to the public and there is time set aside for public comment/communications at the beginning of the agenda. Any and all are welcome. The bulk of the meeting will be focusing on advertising and marketing.

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Submitted by sabalu on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 2:05pm.
Mar 14 2008 - 6:00am
Mar 16 2008 - 1:00pm

From March 14th to 16th, KAOS 89.3fm Olympia Community Radio will pre-empt regular programming to broadcast Pacifica Radio's coverage of the historic Winter Soldier gathering in Washington , DC . The three day live broadcast will be co-hosted by Aaron Glantz and former Ar my medic and KPFA host Aimee Allison.

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Submitted by Norm on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 11:29am.
I should branch it out a bit...not everyone is sophisticated enough to watch cartoons....so any good quotes from popular media. Let's try and stick light-hearted. I'll post mine in a minute. Let 'er rip!
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Submitted by Tschida on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 10:55am.

David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal'

 David Mamet has been involved with such theatrical shows such as “Glengarry Glenn Ross” , “The Verdict” , and “Wag the Dog”. He has been nominated for Tony awards and Oscars. He has been a columnist for the Huffington Post. Link

It seems that he has taken a turn for the better with his ideology, and I have to guess that he is going to have people treat him differently now. I am only making a supposition, but I certainly do not think you make a change like this and not affect the people around you. The column he wrote appeared in the Village Voice.

Here are some of the highlights found at SayAnytingblog.com

 I found not only that I didn’t trust the current government (that, to me, was no surprise), but that an impartial review revealed that the faults of this president—whom I, a good liberal, considered a monster—were little different from those of a president whom I revered.

Bush got us into Iraq, JFK into Vietnam. Bush stole the election in Florida; Kennedy stole his in Chicago. Bush outed a CIA agent; Kennedy left hundreds of them to die in the surf at the Bay of Pigs. Bush lied about his military service; Kennedy accepted a Pulitzer Prize for a book written by Ted Sorenson. Bush was in bed with the Saudis, Kennedy with the Mafia. Oh.

And I began to question my hatred for “the Corporations”—the hatred of which, I found, was but the flip side of my hunger for those goods and services they provide and without which we could not live.

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