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by VICTOR F. ZONANA at latimes.com Sept. 23, 1988 – SAN FRANCISCO — The Securities and Exchange Commission, though sharply critical of the Washington Public Power Supply System and others involved in the sale of $2.25 billion in municipal bonds that weren’t paid back, ended its lengthy investigation into the largest default in municipal bond […]
by Thomas Buckley at californiaglobe.com n what can only be called a stunning development, especially considering their close relationship, California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed 11 felony charges against Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon’s chief of ethics and integrity Diana Teran. According to a release from Bonta’s office, Diana Teran, a Deputy District […]
by Leyland Cecco at theguardian.com Canada’s spy agency is under pressure after Justin Trudeau and his closest advisers say they were never made aware of a report that Beijing “clandestinely and deceptively” interfered in both the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. Canada is in the midst of a contentious public inquiry “examining and assessing” foreign interference by China, Russia, […]
by Kawala Xie at scmp.com US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised concerns about China’s “non-market practices” on the second day of his visit to the country. In a meeting with Shanghai party chief Chen Jining on Thursday morning, Blinken opened by saying: “It’s important to underscore the value – in fact, the necessity – of […]
Senator Maria Cantwell: A workhorse for the people and the Pacific Northwest in Congress by Joel Connelly at nwprogressive.org She is a product of the flatlands of the Midwest, born in Indianapolis and educated at Miami of Ohio, but Senator Maria Cantwell has summited Mount Rainier, the Grand Teton and Kilimanjaro, and ascended the power […]
via watereducation.org Aquapedia background – 1849–1850 Gold discovered in the Lower Klamath Basin. Farms and ranches established in the Scott and Shasta valleys. 1855 Klamath River Reservation established on the Lower Klamath River. 1864 Hoopa Valley Tribe and Klamath Tribes cede most of their lands for settlement but retain large reservations. 1868 Two farmers dig first irrigation ditch in the […]
by Selwyn Duke at selwynduke.com When Hiroo Onoda, the last Japanese soldier to surrender after WWII, saw pamphlets dropped by the United States stating the war was over, he thought it was a trick by the enemy and continued fighting, hiding, and killing in the Philippine jungle — for 29 years. It was only when his […]
by Charles Rotter at wattsupwiththat.com The term “net zero” has devolved into nothing more than a convenient political slogan, says Chris Stark, the outgoing head of the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) according to a recent Guardian Article. His comments expose a facade that many have long suspected: the grandiose plans for a “green” economy are […]
by Warner Todd Huston at lidblog.com Joe Biden has been MIA throughout the growing violent antisemitism infesting our system of higher miseducation, but this week the White House finally made a statement on the issue that is as laughable as it is false. The White House line came from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, […]
by TERRENCE FRASER at apnews.com CLAIM: Juneteenth is “the day Republicans freed slaves from Democrat slave owners.” Shortly after, “the NRA was formed to help Black people defend themselves against the Democrats’ Ku Klux Klan.” AP ASSESSMENT: False. The NRA was not formed to help Black people defend themselves against the klan. Rather, it began […]