Oh, hello crazies. Mike Stark of the Huffington Post and FireDogLake chased down Republicans in D.C. to ask if they believe our President is a native-born citizen of our country. And who's that, second in the video, unwilling to call out a lunatic fringe movement? Why that would be Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), who has represented Washington's 5th District (which includes Spokane) since 2005 and "would like to see the documents." more ›

The Times' Nicole Brodeur addresses the latest round of food-related conspiracy theories in her column today, with quotes from PCC's director of public affairs Trudy Bialic to help debunk the rumor that a current bill moving through Congress would somehow ban organic foods and decimate farmers' markets as we know them in one giant win for Monsanto. Some of our acquaintances went so far as to claim to us that HR 875 would outlaw nutrients. (What?) There is a Food Safety Modernization bill, HR 875, but it's not at all what the crazies are claiming. Thanks for doing our research for us on this one, Brodeur--we'll point people towards your article. more ›

Not that there's anything remarkably surprising about this. Most of us here in this hippy haven understand full well that the War in Iraq was forged under false pretense, and there have been plenty of news stories in the past five years to back up our suspicions. more ›