var digesttext = "<!-- Header --><!-- Items --><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/zQm1TcstmFk/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">The GOP Primary</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.horsesass.org\" style=\"color:#000;\">HorsesAss.Org</a></b><br /> Earlier today, I linked to Goldy\'s piece about caucusing for Santorum . While I think that there\'s a case to be made that the negative campaign and the extende..<br /><small>5 hours ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/09/gregoire-to-sign-marriage-bill-monday/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Gregoire to sign marriage bill Monday</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />Gov. Chris Gregoire will, late Monday morning, sign into law legislation that will make Washington the seventh state to legalize civil marriage between same-sex..<br /><small>5 hours ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://upper-left.blogspot.com/2012/02/look-for-union-label.html\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Look for the union label.</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://upper-left.blogspot.com\" style=\"color:#000;\">Upper Left</a></b><br />Via The Daily Olympian ... The Washington State Labor Council is giving an early campaign endorsement to Jay Inslee in the governor\'s race. The decision followe..<br /><small>6 hours ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2012/02/where-did-sara-go.html\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Where Did Sara Go?</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://dneiwert.blogspot.com\" style=\"color:#000;\">Orcinus</a></b><br /> by Sara Greetings, everybody. It\'s been a long while since I posted. I spent 2011 on a year-long sabbatical from writing, and taking care of family business. W..<br /><small>7 hours ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/09/nickels-testing-the-waters-asking-for/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Nickels: Testing the waters, asking for $$$</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />Ex-Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels is officially  &#8220;testing the waters&#8221; to run for Secretary of State, but is trolling for bucks to make the statewide rac..<br /><small>7 hours ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/09/chamber-10-m-down-on-buying-congress/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Chamber: $10 m. down on buying Congress</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />The November election is still nine months off, but the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is launching its first $10 million advertising blitz, aimed mainly at boosting ..<br /><small>8 hours ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://upper-left.blogspot.com/2012/02/yep.html\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Yep.</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://upper-left.blogspot.com\" style=\"color:#000;\">Upper Left</a></b><br /> Chris Hedges ... \"The Black Bloc anarchists, who have been active on the streets in Oakland and other cities, are a gift from heaven to the security and survei..<br /><small>8 hours ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015246.html\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Is The Recent DOJ Report On The Seattle Police Fair? (II)</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://soundpolitics.com/\" style=\"color:#000;\">Sound Politics</a></b><br />Last December, I cautioned against accepting the Department of Justice report on the Seattle police at face value, noting that it had not been reviewed by anyon..<br /><small>10 hours ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://www.discoverynews.org/2012/02/religious_liberty_or_access_to056201.php\" TARGET=\"_blank\">\"Religious Liberty\" or \"Access to Contraceptives\"?</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.discovery.org/blogs/discoveryblog/\" style=\"color:#000;\">Discovery Blog</a></b><br /> Progressive groups , including most of the media , describe the latest Obamacare order as guaranteeing \"access to contraception\" for American women. The conser..<br /><small>11 hours ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/09/marijuana-enforcement-a-boon-to-crime/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Marijuana enforcement a boon to crime?</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />Enforcement of U.S. laws against marijuana possession serves to encourage and enrich Mexican drug cartels and the Asian and biker gangs that control the &#8220;..<br /><small>13 hours ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/Zv-EQuzx11k/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Blog swarm for marriage equality</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.horsesass.org\" style=\"color:#000;\">HorsesAss.Org</a></b><br /> Today Horsesass.Org is participating in a Washington United for Marriage and Daily Kos blog swarm to help support the marriage equality campaign in Washington ..<br /><small>14 hours ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/aOMVyQYTevk/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Open Thread 2/9</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.horsesass.org\" style=\"color:#000;\">HorsesAss.Org</a></b><br /> - You\'ll all be shocked to learn that the Weekly Standard are a bunch of war mongers . - I\'m not thrilled with Obama\'s decision to give his blessing to a super..<br /><small>18 hours ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/9lGoFi56EeE/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Drug War Roundup</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.horsesass.org\" style=\"color:#000;\">HorsesAss.Org</a></b><br /> This past Monday I moderated the Cannabis Defense Coalition\'s monthly public meeting for February. Here\'s a short rundown of what\'s been happening locally with..<br /><small>1 day ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/08/teen-mistress-shares-intimate-details-of-jfk-affair/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Teen mistress shares intimate details of JFK affair</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />An elderly woman named Mimi Alford has just published a memoir, &#8220;Once Upon a Secret&#8221;, detailing a long-ago love affair with President John F. Kenned..<br /><small>1 day ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/TcKFvwW1Iag/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Patty Murray</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.horsesass.org\" style=\"color:#000;\">HorsesAss.Org</a></b><br /> During the Komen debacle one thing that I was pleasantly surprised to read was Patty Murray\'s reactions. Not just that she was out on the issue early and that ..<br /><small>1 day ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/08/house-approves-same-sex-marriage/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Washington state House approves same-sex marriage</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />The state House of Representatives, after two hours of intense debate, voted 55-43  on Wednesday to make Washington the seventh state to legalize same-sex marri..<br /><small>1 day ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://www.discoverynews.org/2012/02/what_makes_newt_run056141.php\" TARGET=\"_blank\">What Makes Newt Run?</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.discovery.org/blogs/discoveryblog/\" style=\"color:#000;\">Discovery Blog</a></b><br /> Frank Gregorsky was Chief of Staff for Rep. Newt Gingrich in the very early years of Newt\'s Congressional service in the early \'80s. A decade later he was a Se..<br /><small>1 day ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/08/attacks-unprecedented-threats-bishops/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&#8220;Attacks,&#8221; &#8220;unprecedented threats&#8221; &#8212; Bishops</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />The two bishops of the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle, in a new letter, warn that actions in Olympia and Washington, D.C., are &#8220;threats&#8221; and &#8220..<br /><small>1 day ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/KpL5K0UX9K8/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Big day for same-sex marriage in Washington</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.horsesass.org\" style=\"color:#000;\">HorsesAss.Org</a></b><br /> Jerry Cornfield summarizes the likely trajectory of ESSB 6239 , the same-sex marriage bill. A vote should come this afternoon&#8230;watch it live on TVW . Ther..<br /><small>2 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://upper-left.blogspot.com/2012/02/quote-of-day_07.html\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Quote of the day.</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://upper-left.blogspot.com\" style=\"color:#000;\">Upper Left</a></b><br /> Vice President Biden ... \"Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive.\" OK, it\'s not new, nor original to the Veep, but it\'s true. <br /><small>2 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/07/santorum-breaks-romney-momentum/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Santorum breaks Romney momentum</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />Ex-Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum surged past Mitt Romney on Tuesday night as the Republican presidential race returned to the Midwest, where Santorum eked out..<br /><small>2 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/jtxO1pViuJI/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Republicans get their caucus on Open Thread</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.horsesass.org\" style=\"color:#000;\">HorsesAss.Org</a></b><br /> I\'m livebloggin\' it from the Montlake Alehouse! Ladies and gentleman, the comment thread is open for your pleasure&#8230;. 5:17: We have CNN on the tube, sans ..<br /><small>2 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://upper-left.blogspot.com/2012/02/heh.html\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Heh™.</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://upper-left.blogspot.com\" style=\"color:#000;\">Upper Left</a></b><br /> Paul Constant ... Gingrich sure does love open things—marriages, conventions, Newt Gingrich\'s mouth. <br /><small>2 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/63tLBWWDS4s/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Drinking Liberally—Seattle</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.horsesass.org\" style=\"color:#000;\">HorsesAss.Org</a></b><br /> Please join us for another evening of electoral politics under the influence at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally . There are three primary events toni..<br /><small>2 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015245.html\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Attend WA GOP Caucuses on March 3rd</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://soundpolitics.com/\" style=\"color:#000;\">Sound Politics</a></b><br />If you want to have a say in who the Republican nominee for President will be, and you are a registered voter citizen in the state of Washington, and you are no..<br /><small>2 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/3BVX43tFktU/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Surrender day for Mitt</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.horsesass.org\" style=\"color:#000;\">HorsesAss.Org</a></b><br /> Today is an auspicious day for Mitt Romney. It was four years ago today that he surrendered : Romney’s candidacy, into which he has dumped well more than $35 m..<br /><small>2 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/07/romney-decries-calif-gay-marriage-ruling/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Romney decries Calif. gay marriage ruling</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, who once positioned himself as an advocate of gay rights, condemned  Tuesday\'s ruling in which a federal appellat..<br /><small>2 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://www.discoverynews.org/2012/02/elderly_smarting_from_hurt_eco056081.php\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Elderly Smarting from Hurt Economy</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.discovery.org/blogs/discoveryblog/\" style=\"color:#000;\">Discovery Blog</a></b><br /> Many politicians and commentators seems to think that the senior citizen vote is all about Social Security and Medicare these days. Conservatives hope that the..<br /><small>2 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/07/catholics-support-contraceptive-coverage-poll/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Catholics support contraceptive coverage: Poll</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />A majority of Americans, and nearly 60 percent of Catholics, agree that employees should be required to provide workers with health coverage that includes contr..<br /><small>2 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/qLs0RE1S3jo/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Unconstitutional</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.horsesass.org\" style=\"color:#000;\">HorsesAss.Org</a></b><br /> That\'s the Appeals Court ruling on California\'s same-sex marriage ban. “Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and..<br /><small>2 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://upper-left.blogspot.com/2012/02/chalk-up-another-one.html\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Chalk up another one...</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://upper-left.blogspot.com\" style=\"color:#000;\">Upper Left</a></b><br />...for the good guys. The 9th Circuit panel speaks ... \"Although the Constitution permits communities to enact most laws they believe to be desirable, it requir..<br /><small>2 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/07/california-ban-on-gay-marriage-struck-down/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">California ban on gay marriage struck down</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday struck down California\'s Proposition 8, a measure which defined marriage as betw..<br /><small>3 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/07/radcliffe-disgusted-amazed-at-u-s-republicans/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Radcliffe &#8216;disgusted, amazed\' at U.S. Republicans</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />British actor and Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe says he is &#8220;disgusted, amazed, stunned&#8221;  when he looks across The Pond at Republican presidenti..<br /><small>3 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015244.html\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Citizens United != Super PACs</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://soundpolitics.com/\" style=\"color:#000;\">Sound Politics</a></b><br />It\'s bizarre to me that so many people link Citizens United with the rise of \"Super PACs.\" In fact, what makes a \"Super PAC\" legally possible is almost complete..<br /><small>3 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/06/poll-to-komen-defunding-pp-is-no-cure/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Poll to Komen: Defunding PP is no cure</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />The Susan G. Komen Foundation backed away from its decision to give no more money for breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood clinics, but not before inf..<br /><small>3 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://www.discoverynews.org/2012/02/furor_grows_over_catholic_rest056071.php\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Furor Accelerates Over Catholic Restrictions</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.discovery.org/blogs/discoveryblog/\" style=\"color:#000;\">Discovery Blog</a></b><br /> If you believe it is appropriate for the federal government to decide what health procedures are financed and provided by Catholic hospitals, then you will pre..<br /><small>3 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/06/inslee-on-jobs-from-alfalfa-to-aerospace/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Inslee on jobs:  From alfalfa to aerospace</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />Gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Jay Inslee, seeking a job Democrats have held for 27 years, on Monday unveiled an economic program with sweeping promises of job crea..<br /><small>3 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/06/palin-blasts-alaska-airlines-over-prayer-cards/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Palin blasts Alaska Airlines over prayer cards</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics\" style=\"color:#000;\">Strange Bedfellows</a></b><br />Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin feels it is &#8220;astonishing&#8221; and &#8220;nonsensical&#8221; that Alaska Airlines has stopped its longstanding practice of..<br /><small>3 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://upper-left.blogspot.com/2012/02/analogy-of-day_05.html\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Analogy of the day.</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://upper-left.blogspot.com\" style=\"color:#000;\">Upper Left</a></b><br />Bill Maher, via Liberal Values ... Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position. God knows it\'s true... <br /><small>4 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><span class=\"blogs\"><a href=\"http://crosscut.com/2012/02/06/mossback/21894/Winners-and-losers-of-the-week:-Romney-up%2C-but-GOP-down/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Winners and losers of the week: Romney up, but GOP down</a></span><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.crosscut.com/\" style=\"color:#000;\">crosscut.com : Mossback</a></b><br /> Romney rolls, cue Obama\'s \"comeback,\" women roar, and Seattle\'s porn problem. <br /><small>4 days ago</small><br /><br/ ><!-- Footer --><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://hits.informer.com/log.php?id=44&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://174.37.54.170:81/statistics/logging/ET9PWG6MWS?type=exist&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><div class=\"fdpoweredby\" style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 10px; font-family: sans-serif\"><a style=\"color: #888\" href=\"http://feed.informer.com\" target=_blank>Powered by Feed Informer</a></div>";
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