text:
Page protected with pending changes

Jay Inslee

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee official portrait 2017.jpg
23rd Governor of Washington
Assumed office
January 16, 2013
LieutenantBrad Owen
Cyrus Habib
Denny Heck (elect)
Preceded byChristine Gregoire
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Washington
In office
January 3, 1999 – March 20, 2012
Preceded byRick White
Succeeded bySuzan DelBene
Constituency1st district
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
Preceded bySid Morrison
Succeeded byDoc Hastings
Constituency4th district
Member of the Washington House of Representatives
from the 14th district
In office
January 9, 1989 – January 11, 1993
Preceded byJim Lewis
Succeeded byDave Lemmon
Personal details
Jay Robert Inslee

(1951-02-09) February 9, 1951 (age 69)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Trudi Tindall
(m. 1972)
ResidenceGovernor's Mansion
EducationUniversity of Washington (BA)
Willamette University (JD)
WebsiteGovernment website

Jay Robert Inslee (/ˈɪnzl/; born February 9, 1951) is an American politician who has served as the governor of Washington since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2012 and was a presidential candidate in the 2020 election.

Born and raised in Seattle, Inslee graduated from the University of Washington and Willamette University College of Law. He served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1989 to 1993. In 1992, Inslee was elected to represent Washington's 4th congressional district, based around Central Washington, in the U.S. House of Representatives. Defeated for reelection in 1994, Inslee briefly returned to private legal practice. He made his first run for governor of Washington in 1996, coming in fifth in the blanket primary ahead of the general election, which was won by Democrat Gary Locke. Inslee then served as regional director for the United States Department of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton.

Inslee returned to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1999, this time for Washington's 1st congressional district. The new district included Seattle's northern suburbs in King County, Snohomish County, and Kitsap County. He was reelected six times before announcing that he would make another run for the governorship in the 2012 election. He resigned from Congress to focus on his campaign. He defeated Republican Rob McKenna, the Attorney General of Washington. Inslee was reelected to a second term in 2016, defeating Republican Seattle Port Commissioner Bill Bryant, 54% to 46%. Inslee served as chair of the Democratic Governors Association for the 2018 election cycle.

As governor, Inslee has emphasized climate change, education and drug policy reform. He has garnered national attention for his critiques of President Donald Trump. Inslee, State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and State Solicitor General Noah Purcell sued the Trump administration over Executive Order 13769, which halted travel for 90 days from seven Muslim-majority countries and imposed a total ban on Syrian refugees entering the United States. The case, Washington v. Trump, led to the order being blocked by the courts, and other executive orders later superseded it.

Inslee was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2020 election, launching his campaign on March 1, 2019. He suspended his campaign on August 21, citing extremely low poll numbers. The next day, Inslee announced his intention to seek a third term as governor in the 2020 election, which he won.

Early life, education, and legal career[edit]

Jay Robert Inslee was born February 9, 1951 in Seattle, Washington, the oldest of three sons of Adele A. (née Brown; d. 2007) and Frank E. Inslee (1926–2014). His mother worked as a sales clerk at Sears. His father was a well-known high school counselor and football coach, teaching at Tenino High School, Garfield High School and Chief Sealth High School. Frank Inslee later became the athletic director for Seattle Public Schools. Inslee is a fifth-generation Washingtonian.[1][2] Inslee describes his family as being of English and Welsh descent.[3]

Inslee attended Seattle's Ingraham High School, where he was an honor-roll student and star athlete, graduating in 1969. He played center on his high school basketball team and was also the starting quarterback on his football team.[4] Inslee's interest in environmental issues originated at an early age, with his parents leading groups of high school students on trips cleaning Mount Rainier. He met his future wife, Trudi Tindall, at Ingraham during his sophomore year. Graduating at the height of the Vietnam War, Inslee received student deferments from the draft.[2][1][5]

Inslee began college at Stanford University, where he initially intended on studying medicine. After a year, he was forced to drop out because he was unable to get a scholarship.[4] He returned home and, living in his parents' basement, attended the University of Washington. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics in 1973. He then attended Willamette University School of Law, earning a Juris Doctor in 1976.[2][5]

Inslee and his wife were married on August 27, 1972, and have three sons: Jack, Connor, and Joseph.[2][6] After Inslee finished law school, they moved to Selah, Washington. Inslee joined the law firm Peters, Schmalz, Leadon & Fowler, working as a city prosecutor.[7] He practiced in Selah for 10 years. He first became politically active in 1985, while advocating for the construction of a new high school. The experience sparked Inslee's interest in politics, emboldening him to run for political office.[2][8]

Washington House of Representatives (1989–1993)[edit]

Inslee ran for the Washington House of Representatives in 1988 after incumbent Republican State Representative Jim Lewis left office.[9] His opponent, Lynn Carmichael, was the former mayor of Yakima and considered the front-runner in the race. Inslee also struggled to balance his more progressive ideology with the conservative leanings of Central Washington. His campaign attempted to rectify this by emphasizing his rural upbringing and legal experience supporting local average people, farms and businesses. The Washington State Trial Lawyers Association became Inslee's biggest contributor.[7]

When presented with a potential state budget surplus, Inslee called for a tax cut for the middle class, which Carmichael called irresponsible. Inslee claimed Carmichael had supported a sales tax, which she denied. Inslee was an energetic and active campaigner, benefiting from retail politics.[7]

In the blanket primary, Carmichael ranked first with 43% and Inslee ranked second with 40%. Republican Glen Blomgren ranked third with 17%.[10] In the general election, Inslee defeated Carmichael 52%-48%.[11] In 1990, Inslee was reelected with 62% of the vote against Republican Ted Mellotte.[12]

In the Washington state legislature, Inslee pursued a bill to provide initial funding to build five branch campuses of the Washington State University system. Although the bill failed, his tenacity made an impression on House Speaker Joe King, who said: "He's not afraid to incur the wrath of the speaker or the caucus."[13] Inslee also focused on preventing steroid usage among high school athletes and pushed for a bill requiring all drivers to carry auto insurance.[4] In 1991, he voted for a bill that required the state to devise a cost-effective energy strategy and state agencies and school districts to pursue and maintain energy-efficient operations.[14]

Committee assignments[edit]

Inslee served on the Higher Education and Housing Committees.[15][16]

Congress (1993–1995)[edit]

Inslee during the 103rd Congress

In 1992, six-term incumbent U.S. Representative Sid Morrison chose not to run for reelection representing Washington's 4th congressional district, instead mounting a campaign for governor. Morrison was a popular moderate Republican incumbent who was considered successful and well-liked in the Democratic-controlled Congress.[17] Despite initially declining to run, Inslee launched a campaign for the open Congressional seat, based in the central-eastern part of the state. His home area of the district, anchored by Yakima, is relatively rural and agriculture-based, while the southeastern part is more focused on research and nuclear waste disposal, anchored by the Tri-Cities. Inslee defeated a favored state senator to win the Democratic primary by 1%. Despite the district's conservative lean, Inslee won the general election in an extremely close race.[4][18]

He lost his bid for reelection in the Republican Revolution of 1994 in a rematch against his 1992 opponent, Doc Hastings. Inslee attributed his 1994 defeat in large part to his vote for the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.[19]

In Congress, Inslee passed the Yakima River Enhancement Act,[20] a bill long held up in Congress, by brokering a breakthrough with irrigators and wildlife advocates. He also helped to open Japanese markets to American apples and to fund and oversee the nation's biggest nuclear waste site at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Washington.[21][22]

Committee assignments[edit]

Inter-congressional years (1995–1999)[edit]

Inslee moved to Bainbridge Island, a suburb of Seattle, and briefly resumed the practice of law.[4]

1996 gubernatorial election[edit]

Inslee ran for governor of Washington in 1996, losing in the blanket primary. Democratic King County Executive and former State Representative Gary Locke ranked first with 24% of the vote. Democratic Mayor of Seattle Norm Rice ranked second with 18%, but did not qualify for the general election. Republican State Senator Ellen Craswell ranked third with 15%, and became the Republican candidate in the general election. Republican State Senator and Senate Majority Leader Dale Foreman ranked fourth with 13%. Inslee ranked fifth with 10%. No other candidate on the ballot received double digits.[24]

After his failed gubernatorial bid, Inslee was appointed regional director for the United States Department of Health and Human Services by then-President Bill Clinton.[25]

Congress (1999–2012)[edit]

Inslee ran again for Congress in 1998, this time in the 1st congressional district against two-term incumbent Rick White. His campaign attracted national attention when he became the first Democratic candidate to air television ads attacking his opponent and the Republican congressional leadership for the Lewinsky scandal.[26][27] Inslee won with 49.8% of the vote to White's 44.1%; he had an unintentional assist in his successful return by the conservative third-party candidacy of Bruce Craswell, husband of 1996 GOP gubernatorial nominee Ellen Craswell.[28][29]

Inslee was reelected six times. In 2000, he defeated State Senate Minority Leader Dan McDonald in 2000 with 54.6% of the vote. In 2002, Inslee defeated former state representative Joe Marine with 55.6% of the vote after the district was made more Democratic by redistricting. He never faced another contest that close, and was reelected three more times with over 60% of the vote.[30][31]

In July 2003, after Gary Locke announced he would not seek a third term as Washington's governor, Inslee briefly flirted with a gubernatorial bid before deciding to remain in Congress.[32]

During the 2009-10 campaign cycle, Inslee raised $1,140,025. In data compiled for the period 2005 to 2007 and excluding individual contributions of less than $200, 64 percent of Inslee's donations were from outside the state of Washington and 86 percent came from outside his district (compared to 79 percent for the average House member). 43 percent of Inslee's donations came from Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland. The largest interests funding Inslee's campaign were pharmaceutical and health-related companies, lawyers and law firms, and high-tech companies.[33][31]

In 2010 he won by a 15-point margin, with 57.67% of the votes cast in his favor.[34]

Jay Inslee and his wife Trudi Inslee met with the Dalai Lama in 2008.

As a member of the centrist New Democrat Coalition, Inslee accumulated expertise on high-tech issues and vocally supported policies combating climate change.[35][36]

Inslee was awarded a "Friend of the National Parks" award by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) in 2001 for his support of legislation protecting the integrity and quality of the National Park System.[37]

Inslee was "one of Congress's most ardent advocates of strong action to combat global warming," according to The New York Times.[38] He was the first public figure to propose an Apollo-like energy program, in an opinion editorial in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on December 19, 2002 and a series of similar pieces in other publications.[39] Inslee co-authored Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy, in which he argues that through improved federal policies the United States can wean itself off foreign oil and fossil fuel, create millions of green-collar jobs, and stop global warming. He has been a prominent supporter of the Apollo Alliance.[40][dead link] Inslee strongly believes the Environmental Protection Agency should remain authorized to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. In a 2011 House hearing on the Energy Tax Prevention Act, he said Republicans have "an allergy to science and scientists" during a discussion of whether the regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act should remain in place following a controversial court finding on the issue.[41]

Inslee was an outspoken critic of the George W. Bush administration's 2003 invasion of Iraq. On July 31, 2007, he introduced legislation calling for an inquiry to determine whether then United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should be impeached. Gonzales eventually resigned.[42]

Still an avid basketball player and fan, Inslee identified as a member of "Hoopaholics", a charity group dedicated to "treatment of old guys addicted to basketball and who can no longer jump", as Inslee has often joked.[43] In October 2009, he played basketball at the White House in a series of games featuring members of Congress on one team and members of the administration, including President Obama, on the other.[44]

Inslee voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the federal health care law.[45]

In 2011, Inslee voted in favor of authorizing the use of U.S. armed forces in the 2011 Libyan civil war and against limiting the use of funds to support NATO's 2011 military intervention in Libya.[46]

Inslee was once touted as a candidate for United States Secretary of the Interior and for United States Secretary of Energy during the Presidential transition of Barack Obama.[47][48]

On March 20, 2012, Inslee left Congress to focus on his campaign for governor of Washington.[49]

Committee assignments[edit]

Caucus memberships[edit]

Governor of Washington (2013–present)[edit]

2012 gubernatorial election[edit]

On June 27, 2011, Inslee announced his candidacy for governor of Washington.[50] His campaign focused on job creation, outlining dozens of proposals to increase job growth in clean energy, the aerospace industry, and biotechnology. He also supported a ballot measure to legalize gay marriage, which passed, and opposed tax increases.[51] He won election with 51% of the vote, a three-point margin over his Republican opponent, Rob McKenna.[52]

2016 gubernatorial election[edit]

In December 2015, Inslee announced on Washington's public affairs TV channel TVW that he would run for a second term as governor. He emphasized increased spending on transportation and education as his primary first-term accomplishment, though he had struggled to work with the Republican-controlled Majority Coalition Caucus in the State Senate.[53]

In the general election Inslee faced former Port of Seattle Commissioner Bill Bryant. The primary issues of the campaign were climate change, job creation, minimum wage, and capital gains taxes. Inslee far outraised Bryant,[54][53][55] and was reelected in November with 54% of the vote.[54][56][55]

2020 gubernatorial election[edit]

On March 1, 2019, Inslee announced he would run for president, but kept open the possibility of running for a third term if his presidential campaign failed. Several potential Democratic gubernatorial candidates, including state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz, and King County Executive Dow Constantine, were all waiting to announce campaigns until Inslee made his decision.[57] As Inslee's presidential campaign failed to gain traction during the summer of 2019, he was pressured to drop out and make his gubernatorial plans clear to the other potential candidates.[58] On August 21, 2019, Inslee dropped out of the presidential campaign and announced the next day he would run for reelection as governor.[59][60][61]

As of January 2020, Inslee's major opponents in the election are State Senator Phil Fortunato; Republic, Washington police chief Loren Culp; and former Bothell mayor Joshua Freed.[62][63]

First term: 2013–2017[edit]

During the 2013 session, the legislature failed to create a fiscal budget plan during the initial session, and Inslee was forced to call two special sessions to provide time for a budget to be created. The Republican-controlled Senate and Democratic-controlled House each passed its own budget and could not agree on one.[64] Finally, in June 2013, Inslee signed a $33.6 billion budget to which both houses had agreed as a compromise. The budget increased funding for education by $1 billion. It also adjusted property taxes and tax breaks in order to increase state revenue by $1 billion.[65]

On June 13, 2013, Inslee signed an additional estate tax into law. The tax had bipartisan support, and passed the Senate, 30–19.[66]

Inslee giving a speech regarding Boeing in May 2013

In December 2013, Inslee was elected to serve as finance chair of the Democratic Governors Association.[67]

In January 2014, Inslee gave a speech commending machinists who voted to renew Boeing's contract with Seattle area union employees, allowing the company to build its Boeing 777x aircraft in Everett. He said the contract would bring Washington to a new industrial plateau and be a turning point for Washington jobs:

These jobs are in the thousands and it is not only on the 777X, the first model of the 777X, but all the subsequent derivative models as well.

The plan was to prevent Boeing from building part of the aircraft in Washington and part of it elsewhere, as they did with the Boeing 787, which was partially constructed in South Carolina.[68][69]

On February 11, 2014, Inslee announced a moratorium on executions in Washington:

There have been too many doubts raised about capital punishment, there are too many flaws in this system today. There is too much at stake to accept an imperfect system.

Inslee cited the high cost of pursuing the death penalty, the randomness with which it is sought, and the lack of evidence that it is a deterrent.[70][71]

Second term: 2017–present[edit]

Inslee began his second term in January 2017, proposing full funding of state education (in compliance with the McCleary decision) and addressing mental health needs while also raising worker pay.[72] After newly inaugurated President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 27 banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced their intention to sue Trump, alleging his order was unconstitutional. The civil action, Washington v. Trump, was filed on January 30 and on February 3 successfully earned a temporary restraining order to forbid federal enforcement of some of the ban's provisions.[73][74] An appeal and request to stay filed by the federal government was subsequently denied by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Inslee and Ferguson declared victory over Trump on February 16, after his administration announced it would revise the travel ban to comply with the court decisions.[75] Inslee garnered national media attention during the lawsuit.[76]

During the 2017 legislative session, the Washington State Legislature failed to pass a state operating budget by the end of its regular session on April 25, so Inslee called for a 30-day special session. The legislature again failed to pass a budget during that session, forcing Inslee to call a third one, beginning June 22. As the state's fiscal year ends on June 30, a partial government shutdown was feared.[77] Conflict over resource allocation between rural areas and urban areas was a major reason for the impasse. The State Senate passed a budget on June 30 and Inslee signed it into law shortly after 11 pm. Its specifics were still being released several hours after it was enacted. Lawmakers critiqued the haste with which the budget was considered and passed, having received the 616-page document only that day.[78] By the end of the third session on July 20, the legislature had still failed to pass a capital budget concerning long-term goals and improvements.[79] This was the third time during Inslee's tenure the state's budget was passed in the last week of the legislative session.[80]

In December 2017 Inslee awarded $6.4 million in grant funding for apprenticeships and career connections to 29,000 youth in 11 communities.[81] He called this initiative Career Connect Washington. It includes a Task Force and several prominent stakeholder groups including Alaska Airlines, Amazon, Boeing, Microsoft, and Kaiser Permanente. Career Connect Washington has established new apprenticeship opportunities, including the Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee's registered Youth Apprenticeship program for high school students.[82][83][84]

Inslee served as chair of the Democratic Governors Association for the 2018 election cycle,[85] in which Democrats gained seven net governorships nationwide.[86]

In December 2018, Inslee announced new legislation aimed at reducing the state's carbon emissions over approximately two decades. It would effectively require Washington utilities to end the use of fossil fuels by mid-century, making Washington "adopt a clean fuel standard", "promote electric and low-emission vehicles", and "provide incentives to renovate existing buildings to reduce" emissions.[87]

In January 2019, Inslee said he would provide an expedited process for approximately 3,500 people convicted of small-time cannabis possession to apply for and receive pardons.[88]

In March and April 2020, Inslee ordered significant social distancing measures statewide, including banning large events, a stay-at-home order, and the closing of all schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[89]

On June 8, 2020, in the wake of protests over police brutality, a group of protesters established the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (also known as the Zone or the CHAZ) in Seattle.[90] The Zone prides itself on offering free food and being free of police.[91] However, it also experienced internal violence and vandalism, including four shootings in ten days.[92] President Donald Trump condemned the Zone, saying that Seattle had been taken over by anarchists, and called on Inslee and the mayor of Seattle to "take back" the neighborhood from protesters.[93] Inslee responded that he was unaware of the Zone's existence, but called on Trump to "stay out of Washington State's business".[94][95]

In November 2020, Inslee was named a candidate for Secretary of Energy, Secretary of the Interior and the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the Biden Administration.[96][97]

2020 presidential campaign[edit]

Inslee declaring his candidacy for president

Throughout 2018, speculation rose that Inslee might run for President of the United States in the 2020 election. He garnered national attention because of Washington v. Trump, a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's order to ban people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.[98][76] While Inslee was chair of the Democratic Governors Association, Democrats gained seven net governorships in the 2018 gubernatorial elections, further propelling him into the national spotlight and fueling speculation that he would run.[86] Inslee cited climate change as his primary motivation for running, strongly criticizing the Trump Administration's policies.[99]

In January 2019, reports surfaced that Inslee was beginning to form an exploratory committee, the first step in a campaign.[100][101][102] Inslee was a dark-horse candidate; initially, he was rarely included in polling for the primary, was not well known outside Washington, and made few trips to early primary states such as Iowa and New Hampshire. But he pointed to former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, calling them "pretty much unknown governors of small states" and adding, "this is a wide-open field. No one has a lock on this. No one has a total crystal ball as to what the nation wants."[99]

Inslee announced his candidacy for president on March 1, 2019, saying he would focus on combating climate change.[103] His campaign requested a debate focused on climate change. The Democratic National Committee denied the request, but 53 of its voting members wrote an open letter protesting that decision.[104][105]

Jay Inslee (48609760732).jpg

Facing poor polling numbers and seeing no path to victory, Inslee announced the suspension of his campaign on The Rachel Maddow Show on August 21, 2019,[106][107] and announced the following day that he would run for a third term as governor in the 2020 election.[60] Inslee endorsed Joe Biden for the presidency on April 22, 2020.[108]

Electoral history[edit]

Date Position Status Opponent Result Vote share Opponent vote share
1988 WA Representative Open seat Lynn Carmichael (R) Elected 52% 48%
1990 WA Representative Incumbent Ted Mellotte (R) Re-elected 62% 38%
1992 U.S. Representative Open seat Doc Hastings (R) Elected 51% 49%
1994 U.S. Representative Incumbent Doc Hastings (R) Defeated 47% 53%
1996 WA Governor Open seat primary Gary Locke (D), others Defeated 10%
1998 U.S. Representative Challenger Rick White (R) Elected 50% 44%
2000 U.S. Representative Incumbent Dan McDonald (R) Re-elected 55% 43%
2002 U.S. Representative Incumbent Joe Marine (R) Re-elected 56% 41%
2004 U.S. Representative Incumbent Randy Eastwood (R) Re-elected 62% 36%
2006 U.S. Representative Incumbent Larry W. Ishmael (R) Re-elected 68% 32%
2008 U.S. Representative Incumbent Larry W. Ishmael (R) Re-elected 68% 32%
2010 U.S. Representative Incumbent James Watkins (R) Re-elected 58% 42%
2012 WA Governor Open seat Rob McKenna (R) Elected 52% 48%
2016 WA Governor Incumbent Bill Bryant (R) Re-elected 54% 46%
2020 WA Governor Incumbent Loren Culp (R) Re-elected 57% 43%

  • Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendricks, Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy, Island Press (October 1, 2007), ISBN 978-1-59726-175-3

  1. ^ a b Long, Katherine (October 14, 2014). "Governor's father, Frank Inslee, dies: teacher, coach, counselor". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e Garber, Andrew (July 14, 2012). "Jay Inslee: Organized sports taught the importance of teamwork". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "2020 Democrats on Their Family History". The New York Times. June 19, 2019. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e Gutman, David (March 1, 2019). "Jay Inslee's Political Career: From small-town, part-time prosecutor to presidential candidate". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Inslee shaped by experience as a high school athlete". King5. October 10, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "Game roster: KIRO vs. Team Inslee". KIRO Radio. November 6, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  7. ^ a b c Welch, Craig (August 25, 2012). "Inslee's political career took off as Democrat in GOP territory". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  8. ^ Raftery, Isolde (June 2012). "Jay Inslee's uphill battle". Seattle Business Magazine. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  9. ^ "State of Washington, Members of the Legislature, 1989-2005" (PDF). Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  10. ^ "WA State House District 14 Seat 2 - Blanket Primary Race - Sep 20, 1988". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  11. ^ "WA State House District 14 Seat 2 Race - Nov 08, 1988". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  12. ^ "WA State House District 14 Seat 2 Race - Nov 06, 1990". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  13. ^ Yakima Herald-Republic, June 11, 1989.
  14. ^ "HB 1022 - 1991-92". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  15. ^ "Millions for Migrant Housing Gets Nod". Ellensburg Daily Record. February 15, 1989. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  16. ^ Ammons, Dave (May 31, 1989). "House Sets Up Showdown on Branch Campuses". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  17. ^ Schaefer, David (August 27, 1992). "Primary Focus: Governor -- Morrison Takes High Road -- Congressman Hopes It Leads All The Way To State Capital". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  18. ^ Weigel, David; Janes, Chelsea; Wagner, John (March 1, 2020). "Washington Gov. Jay Inslee joins 2020 Democratic presidential field". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  19. ^ Postman, Sorrano, David, Barbara (November 29, 1995). "Former Rep. Jay Inslee Joins Governor's Race". Seattle Times. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  20. ^
  21. ^ Inslee Sticks To Campaign Game Plan -- Message Attempts To Boost His Profile, September 3, 1996.
  22. ^ H.R.1690: To authorize certain elements of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, and for other purposes
  23. ^ "Ellensburg Daily Record - Google News Archive Search".
  24. ^ "WA Governor - All Party Primary Race - Sep 17, 1996". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  25. ^ Rosenthal, Brian M. (September 6, 2012). "Inslee-Clinton fundraiser almost sold out, boasts excited campaign". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  26. ^ Kaji, Mina; Szabo, Christine (August 21, 2019). "Jay Inslee: Everything you need to know about the former 2020 presidential candidate". ABC News. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  27. ^ Bolz, Dan (October 11, 1998). "Candidates Are Held Hostage by Scandal". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  28. ^ Christie, Tim (November 5, 1998). "ELECTION '98: White, Inslee see different reasons for result". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  29. ^ "Democrat Inslee bests incumbent White for Washington House seat". CNN. November 4, 1998. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  30. ^ "The 2000 Campaign: Washington State;Primary Vote Bolsters House Democrat G.O.P. Saw As Vulnerable". The New York Times. October 2, 2000. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  31. ^ a b "Inslee challengers look to curb spending". Bainbridge Island Review. July 15, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  32. ^ Inslee Won't Run For Governor, Joel Connelly, Seattle Post Intelligencer, September 8, 2003.
  33. ^ "Campaign Funding Sources". Inslee Contributions Illuminated. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  34. ^ Reed, Sam. "Congressional District 1". 2010 Election Results. Washington Secretary of State. Archived from the original on March 21, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
  35. ^ "The Seattle Times: Tech Tracks". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on November 18, 2007.
  36. ^ "Jay Inslee, with Climate Change Agenda, Running for President". The Mercury News. March 1, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  37. ^ Friend of the National Parks Award Winners Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, National Parks Conservation Association, February 15, 2001
  38. ^ Broder, John M. (March 9, 2011). "At House E.P.A. Hearing, Both Sides Claim Science". The New York Times. p. 17. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  39. ^ "New Apollo Project can help us unplug our need for oil".
  40. ^ "Inslee articles at the Apollo Alliance web page". Archived from the original on November 26, 2008.[dead link]
  41. ^ Wing, Nick (March 9, 2011). "Jay Inslee: Republicans Suffer From 'Allergy To Science And Scientists'". Huffpost Politics. The Huffington Post. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  42. ^ Associated Press, Bill calls for Gonzales impeachment inquiry, Los Angeles Times, August 1, 2007
  43. ^ "Flashback | Political football now Inslee's game, Seattle Times, September 4, 2007.
  44. ^ Daly, Matthew (October 8, 2009). "Local News | Lawmakers play hoops with Obama at White House | Seattle Times Newspaper". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  45. ^ "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 165". Clerk of the US House of Representatives. March 21, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  46. ^ "Congress Votes on Libya". Inslee Supports Adventure in Libya. Archived from the original on July 1, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  47. ^ Inslee For Interior Secretary? Archived January 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Seattle Times, October 31, 2008
  48. ^ Obama's Energy Department Newsweek/Washington Post EnergyWire, Steve Mufson, November 6, 2008
  49. ^ Song, Kyung M. (March 20, 2012). "Inslee leaving U.S. House but still eligible for pension". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  50. ^ Inslee Announces Run For Governor Archived October 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Liz Jones, KUOW, June 28, 2011.
  51. ^ Inslee takes strong lead, but McKenna won't concede, Jim Brunner, Seattle Times, November 7, 2012.
  52. ^ Reed, Sam. "WA STATE Gubernatorial results". WA STATE SEC OF STATE. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013.
  53. ^ a b Jenkins, Austin (December 9, 2015). "Inslee Vs. Bryant: A Preview Of The 2016 Washington Gubernatorial Face-Off". NW News Network. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  54. ^ a b Wissel, Paula (November 8, 2016). "Gov. Jay Inslee Defeats Bill Bryant To Win Second Term". KNKX News. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  55. ^ a b "Wash. Governor Inslee wins second term". KING5. November 9, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  56. ^ "Inslee defeats Bryant in Wash. Governor race". KXLY. November 9, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  57. ^ Oxley, Dyer (August 23, 2019). "What will they do now that Jay Inslee is running for governor again?". MYNorthwest. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  58. ^ Kruse, Brandi (August 20, 2019). "It's decision time for Washington Governor Jay Inslee". Q13 FOX. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  59. ^ Gottlieb, Paul (May 2, 2019). "If Jay Inslee leaves governor job, AG Bob Ferguson may run". Everett Herald. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  60. ^ a b Santucci, Jeanine (August 22, 2019). "Jay Inslee begins campaign for 3rd term as governor after dropping out of presidential race". USA Today. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  61. ^ Hill, Kip (August 22, 2019). "Gov. Jay Inslee announces re-election bid; AG Bob Ferguson also will seek re-election". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  62. ^ Jennings, Nicole (September 12, 2019). "Gubernatorial candidate Joshua Freed walks a middle line for homelessness". KIRO Radio. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  63. ^ "Former Bothell mayor announces gubernatorial run". KING5. September 6, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  64. ^ "Washington Gov. Jay Inslee calls second special session". Oregon Live. June 11, 2013.
  65. ^ Baker, Mike (June 29, 2013). "A look inside Washington state's $33.6 billion budget plan". KOMO News. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  66. ^ "Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs estate tax fix into law". Oregon Live. June 13, 2013.
  67. ^ Burns, Alexander. "DGA appoints leaders for 2014". Politico. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  68. ^ Kim, Hana (January 4, 2014). "Governor Inslee says Boeing deal could open new industrial plateau". Q13 Fox.
  69. ^ "Boeing pact with Machinists union called turning point for labor". TribLive. January 4, 2014.
  70. ^ "Inslee halts executions in state while he is governor". The Seattle Times. February 11, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  71. ^ "Washington state to suspend death penalty by governor's moratorium". The Guardian. February 11, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  72. ^ O'Sullivan, Joseph (January 9, 2017). "State lawmakers face tough fight over education funding as legislative session opens". The Seattle Times. p. B1. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  73. ^ Burns, Alexander (January 30, 2017). "Legal Challenges Mount Against Trump's Travel Ban". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  74. ^ Burns, Alexander (February 4, 2017). "How Washington State Upended Trump's Travel Ban". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  75. ^ Dolan, Maura; Kaleem, Jaweed (February 16, 2017). "Trump says he will issue a new order after a 'very bad decision' blocked his initial travel ban". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  76. ^ a b Brunner, Jim (February 21, 2017). "Jay Inslee for president? Governor's profile is on the rise". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  77. ^ La Corte, Rachel (June 12, 2018). "No end in sight as Washington lawmakers edge toward a third special session". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  78. ^ Camden, Jim (July 1, 2017). "Legislature passes $43.7 billion budget, and taxes to pay for it; Inslee signs before midnight". Spokesman-Review. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  79. ^ Brand, Natalie; Graf, Heather (July 20, 2017). "Washington lawmakers adjourn with no capital budget". King5. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  80. ^ Santos, Melissa (June 27, 2017). "Threat of shutdown looms as Legislature heads into triple overtime over budget". The News Tribune. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  81. ^ "Inslee awards $6 million to create apprenticeship and career connections for 29,000 youth in 11 communities". Medium. December 8, 2017.
  82. ^ Retrieved November 11, 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  83. ^ "Career Connected Washington Task Force". Workforce Training & Education Board.
  84. ^ "Washington voters don't think schools prepare kids for careers. The state is trying to change that". The Seattle Times. October 31, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  85. ^ "Washington governor elected next DGA chair". My Columbia Basin. December 4, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  86. ^ a b Dovere, Edward-Isaac (January 2, 2019). "Jay Inslee Is Betting He Can Win the Presidency on Climate Change". The Atlantic. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  87. ^ Wilson, Reid. "Washington governor plans major climate initiatives". The Hill. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  88. ^ "Washington Gov. Inslee to pardon thousands convicted of marijuana possession". NBC News. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  89. ^ "Inslee extends 'Stay Home, Stay Healthy' through May 4 | Governor Jay Inslee". Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  90. ^ "Welcome to the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where Seattle protesters gather without police | The Seattle Times".
  91. ^ Baker, Mike (June 11, 2020). "Free Food, Free Speech and Free of Police: Inside Seattle's 'Autonomous Zone'" – via
  92. ^ Johnson, Kirk (July 23, 2020). "Another Fatal Shooting in Seattle's 'CHOP' Protest Zone". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  93. ^ Oprysko, Caitlin. "Trump lashes out at Inslee, Seattle mayor over protesters' 'autonomous zone'". POLITICO.
  94. ^ "Jay Inslee on Seattle's police-free zone: 'That's news to me'". Washington Examiner. June 11, 2020.
  95. ^ Coleman, Justine (June 11, 2020). "Inslee calls on Trump to 'stay out of Washington state's business'". TheHill.
  96. ^ "Who Are Contenders for Biden's Cabinet?". The New York Times. November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  97. ^ Staff, Politico. "Meet the contenders for Biden's Cabinet". POLITICO. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  98. ^ Wang, Amy B. (February 5, 2017). "How Washington state became the epicenter of resistance to Trump's agenda". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  99. ^ a b Brunner, Jim (December 6, 2018). "Gov. Jay Inslee's new PAC raises $112,000 as he 'actively' considers presidential run". Seattle Times. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  100. ^ Kroll, Andy (January 2, 2019). "Jay Inslee, the 'Climate Candidate,' Joins the 2020 Race". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  101. ^ Dovere, Edward-Isaac (January 2, 2019). "Jay Inslee Is Betting He Can Win the Presidency on Climate Change". The Atlantic. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  102. ^ "Jay Inslee Is Running For President — You Know, the Governor of Washington". National Review. January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  103. ^ "CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos". Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  104. ^ Sullivan, Kate (June 5, 2019). "Inslee: DNC rejecting climate change debate is "extremely disappointing"". CNN.
  105. ^ Rummier, Orion (June 8, 2019). "53 DNC members protest rejection of Jay Inslee's climate change debate". Axios. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  106. ^ "Jay Inslee, governor who centered climate change in presidential race, drops out of the contest". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  107. ^ David Roberts (August 21, 2019). "Jay Inslee, exiting the presidential race, reflects on his campaign". Vox. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  108. ^ Burns, Alexander (April 22, 2020). "Jay Inslee Endorses Biden, Citing Private Conversations on Climate Policy". The New York Times. Retrieved July 19, 2020.

External links[edit]

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Sid Morrison
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Washington's 4th congressional district

Succeeded by
Doc Hastings
Preceded by
Rick White
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Washington's 1st congressional district

Succeeded by
Suzan DelBene
Party political offices
Preceded by
Christine Gregoire
Democratic nominee for Governor of Washington
2012, 2016, 2020
Most recent
Preceded by
Dan Malloy
Chair of the Democratic Governors Association
Succeeded by
Gina Raimondo
Political offices
Preceded by
Christine Gregoire
Governor of Washington
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Mike Pence
as Vice President
Order of Precedence of the United States
Within Washington
Succeeded by
Mayor of city
in which event is held
Succeeded by
Otherwise Nancy Pelosi
as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Steve Bullock
as Governor of Montana
Order of Precedence of the United States
Outside Washington
Succeeded by
Brad Little
as Governor of Idaho


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: text/html

WARC-Type: response

text:
OPEC Still Has an Important Role to Play in Global Oil Market

April 20, 2020

Scan Western news about OPEC from the last few years, and a common observation tends to appear: OPEC had a huge influence on the global oil market back in the day. Now, in the shale oil era, not so much.

I would argue that OPEC can safely state that reports of its death—or dwindling relevance—are greatly exaggerated. In fact, OPEC has been at the center of one of the biggest stories of 2020 aside from COVID-19: a historic deal that resolved the oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia.

From 2016 to late March, the two oil powerhouses had been part of a loose alliance of OPEC members and non-member producers known as OPEC+. Its purpose was to stabilize the global oil market through voluntary production cuts. The alliance was a success until early this year, when COVID-19 effectively shut down China’s economy and dramatically reduced its crude oil imports. To restore market balance, OPEC member Saudi Arabia asked OPEC+ member Russia to increase its production cuts. When Russia refused, Saudi Arabia stopped complying with its own production cuts and, instead, started flooding the market with oil. Russia followed suit, and plans to renew the OPEC+ agreement on April 1 were abandoned. Crude oil prices went into freefall, and U.S. shale oil producers started struggling to survive. It didn’t help when COVID-19 began forcing lockdowns around the globe, resulting in plummeting demand for crude and even lower oil prices.

The world was watching closely when Saudi and Russian leaders attended an emergency OPEC/OPEC+ meeting on April 9. After three days of negotiations, OPEC and OPEC+ members agreed to massive production cuts starting with nearly 10 million barrels per day May 1. The cuts, which will gradually decrease, will continue through April 2022. While low demand remains a concern, by stabilizing the oil market, OPEC+ will still provide economic relief and save jobs around the world. Shortly after the product-cut agreement was finalized, exhausted Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman shared his exhilaration with Bloomberg News. “We have demonstrated that OPEC+ is up, running, and alive.”

Indeed. Both OPEC and OPEC+ are very much alive and as relevant as ever.

A New Era?

Despite the condescending descriptions of OPEC I’ve read in American media coverage, I am seeing signs that U.S. leaders are starting to look at OPEC with newfound respect. Even one of the organization’s most outspoken American critics, President Donald Trump, had generous words for OPEC the evening before its April 9 meeting. “Obviously for many years I used to think OPEC was very unfair,” Trump said during a press briefing. “I hated OPEC. You want to know the truth? I hated it. Because it was a fix. But somewhere along the line that broke down and went the opposite way.”

Then there’s Ryan Sitton of the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the exploration, production, and transportation of oil and natural gas in Texas. He responded to the Saudi-Russia oil price war by reaching out to OPEC and proposing statewide oil production cuts. After a one-hour photo call with OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo, Sitton was invited to attend OPEC’s June meeting in Vienna.

While I applaud Sitton’s initiative, I couldn’t help noticing what a departure it was from America’s usual “OPEC playbook.” U.S. energy policy has been driven by a strong desire to “free” the country’s oil and gas industry from OPEC’s influence. As recently as 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives attempted to pass the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act (NOPEC). Had this harmful bill been approved, the U.S. Attorney General would have been empowered to bring antitrust lawsuits against OPEC and its member countries. The legislation likely would have jeopardized foreign investments in the U.S. oil and gas industry and cost America valuable commercial partnerships.

How dramatically things have changed. Two years after NOPEC was proposed, we had a representative from the powerful Texas Railroad commission offering to work with OPEC to help balance the market.

While it’s unclear whether Texas will cut production, Sitton’s decision to open communication with OPEC is a positive, and I hope other U.S. industry leaders will consider the same. Instead of viewing OPEC as the enemy, dismissing it, or avoiding it, why not learn to understand this important organization and lay the foundation for a productive relationship?

Gaining Perspective

I suggest starting with Amazon’s bestselling book, Billions at Play: The Future of African Energy and Doing Deals, which includes a chapter titled “A Place at the Table: Africa and OPEC.” Yes, the chapter covers the value OPEC membership offers African nations, but its insights are relevant to everyone with ties to the oil and gas industry.

The background on OPEC’s 2016 Declaration of Cooperation is particularly timely. It was that agreement among OPEC producers and 11 non-members that resulted in OPEC+. For the first time in OPEC’s history, member countries agreed to work with non-member countries to stabilize the global oil market after increased U.S. shale oil production triggered low prices. Together, participating countries committed to voluntary production adjustments of 1.8 million barrels per day. Until the extraordinary chain of events set off by COVID-19, the OPEC+ alliance remained firmly in place.

The book also delves into the reasons OPEC membership has so much to offer African oil-producers: strength in numbers and a commitment to unity. “The organization says that every new member adds to the group’s stability and strengthens members’ commitment to one another,” the book explains. “Different perspectives create a rich culture where colleagues can learn from one another, anticipate and respond to the complexity of today’s oil markets, and ultimately, influence prices.”

It’s not always a seamless process, but OPEC continues to achieve those objectives. And as we go forward, this kind of unified approach will remain critical. Most likely, the global oil and gas industry will be forced to deal with the economic impacts of COVID-19 and low oil demand for an unknown period of time. Instead of working at cross purposes, oil-producing countries will need to continue cooperating to find solutions, embrace opportunities, and keep the industry alive.

Sebastian Wagner is the Chair of the German African Business Forum and the CEO of DMWA Resources, a pan-African energy marketing & investment firm. Worked for Trafigura & affiliated companies in oil trading, responsible for managing trading operations and pursuing pre-financing opportunities in around Africa.

Lira la suite.

warcinfo:
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2020-50
publisher: Common Crawl
description: Wide crawl of the web for November/December 2020
operator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)
hostname: ip-10-67-67-4.ec2.internal
software: Apache Nutch 1.17 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)
robots: checked via crawler-commons 1.2-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)
format: WARC File Format 1.1
conformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/


text:
Concern expressed about IGB market test results

An analysis of first-stage market test results conducted to determine the commercial interest for the Greek-Bulgarian IGB interconnector has raised concerns among the project’s partners as well as the governments of both countries.

Although the initial interest concerning capacity level commitment produced satisfying results – the total figure exceeded four billion cubic meters per yer, while the project’s sustainability is assured at 1.7 billion cubic meters – a closer look at the study’s participants and the amounts they declared has created doubts as to whether the levels expressed will be followed up when the time comes to submit binding bids.

Officials are remaining reserved despite the encouraging initial figures as parties had not followed up with binding bids that corresponded with the inital levels of interest expressed in a previous market test conducted.

Six companies declared an interest to reserve capacities in the IGB’s latest market test. These are the Bulgarian state-run gas company Bulgaraz, DEPA, the Public Gas Corporation, Italy’s Edison, Azeri company Socar, UK firm Noble Clean Fuels, and Gas Trade, a member of the Copelouzos corporate group.

Bulgaraz has signed an agreement to import one billion cubic meters of natural gas from the Azeri gas field Shah Deniz II as of 2020 and is interested in transferring natural gas to reach Greece from the TAP pipeline.

DEPA, a member of the IGB consortium, has declared it intends to reserve a small 200 cubic-meter capacity. Edison, also a consortium member, indicated it could reserve a similar amount. Socar, involved in the development of Shah Deniz II, has declared an amount of roughly 250 cubic meters. Gastrade is planning to develop a floating LNG station in Alexandroupoli, northeastern Greece, a project entirely dependent on the IGB’s construction. Gastrade has declared a capacity of more than two billion cubic meters.

Reliable sector sources explained that the combination of interested parties and the capacity amounts they declared do not ensure that all will roll smoothly, despite the fact that the IGB project enjoys backing from Brussels, Washington and the governments of all countries involved.

Roughly half the amount declared in the market test’s first round was maded by Gastrade. It is believed the Copelouzos group, its parent company, will not follow up with a binding offer in the second stage if an agreement has not been finalized with partners for the development of the LNG station in Alexandroupoli. On the other hand, if the IGB’s future is not assured, the participation of companies such as US firm Cheniere, another listed yet unnamed US firm, Bulgargaz, even DEPA, would be doubtful.

An investment plan for the IGB interconnector was finalized last December in Sofia during a visit by Greek energy minister Panos Skourletis.

A first market test completed nearly two years ago showed that just 1 to 1.2 billion cubic meters of the IGB’s capacity would be covered. The project will have an initial capacity of 3 billion cubic meters with the ability to reach 5 billion cubic meters if a compressor is installed.

The IGB project’s budget is estimated at 220 million euros. Its Bulgarian section will cover a distance of 151 kilometers, from Makaza to Stara Zagora, while the Greek stretch will run for 31 kilometers. According to the project’s schedule, construction will need to commence in October this year.


text:
Saudi Arabia plans international sukuk sale in second half of this year - Maal

Saudi men walk at the Tadawul Saudi Stock Exchange in Riyadh. (File photo: Reuters)

Saudi Arabia plans to issue international sukuk, or Islamic bonds, in the second half of this year, the Maal financial news website reported, citing the head of Saudi Arabia’s Debt Management Office, Fahad al-Saif.

The kingdom plans to borrow a total of 118 billion riyals ($31 billion) this year, which will be used to partly cover its projected budget deficit of 131 billion riyals, al-Saif was quoted as saying.

Saudi Arabia has already tapped the international debt markets this year, raising $7.5 billion through conventional bonds.

Last Update: Wednesday, 20 May 2020 KSA 09:53 - GMT 06:53


text:
Confronting extremist intellect

How can a Saudi youth who grew up studying various aspects of religion act treacherously against a Christian resident he does not know? How can he kill him simply because he is a blond-haired European who doesn’t follow Islam?

He must have heard the scholarly statements banning the targeting of innocent non-Muslims. Even scholars who continue to issue fatwas (religious edicts) against infidels actually issue statements along the lines of: “Don’t love them but don’t assault them.”

Therefore, despite their abominable fanaticism, they do not allow for the killing of such foreigners, instead pushing followers to adopt the logic of “hate them but don’t kill them.” It is rather an odd logic, and one of the many reasons behind extremist tendencies which deserve to be intellectually confronted. This is because it seems that employing any security confrontation with that young man and others like him, who are willing to kill a peaceful man just because he’s non-Muslim and blond, is a delusional allegation.

The real disaster is how Muslims who believe they are religious become convinced to follow such ideologie

I posed this first question above as I watched a video of ISIS supporters. In the video, these supporters bragged that weeks ago, they targeted a Danish citizen on a highway outside Riyadh. They said: “This is just the beginning” and indicated that more attacks would follow. Saudi security forces, however, will certainly not allow this to happen as three of the men who assaulted the Danish citizen were soon arrested.

Before finding an answer to my first question, there was another shocking incident that begs the same question. How could that veiled Emirati woman allow herself to carry a knife, walk into a mall in Abu Dhabi, look around and decide that a seemingly random blonde American woman was to be her victim? She followed her victim into the bathroom where she killed her. Did she ask her: “Are you American? What’s your religion? Have you ever thought of converting to Islam? Do you support Israel? Did you vote for George Bush?” We don’t know. All we know is that she stabbed her and left her bleeding to death as she rushed outside the mall stained in blood. She must know that what she did is religiously forbidden even if her victim had answered with yes to most of the aforementioned questions. Apart from how immoral and cowardly this act is, she is simply not allowed to kill a peaceful civilian even in a state of war.

Surely, this woman must have one day asked about the ruling regarding plucking a woman’s eyebrows, so why didn’t she ask about whether it is allowed to kill an American in a mall?

This has all left me asking: What’s happening? What happened to Muslims’ minds? Is it anger? Most of us are angry, but we don’t kill.

ISIS members are the only ones who have issued fatwas to blindly kill Western civilians. However, none of the Muslim nation’s jurists - even those hated by local governments - issued fatwas allowing such hideous acts. ISIS members only respect their own jurists and think that other jurists simply serve their rulers' interests.

But what about Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ,the prophet’s companion and the first Caliph,?

He’s the first of the ancestors (salaf) and the best of them. A document on war ethics was attributed to him long before the Geneva Convention. He certainly rejects what ISIS and its supporters are doing, according to a text he addressed to Usama bin Zayd before he departed for war. But before listening to what Abu Bakr said, I will tell you about the hateful statements made by an ISIS spokesman, Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, when he urged his supporters to kill Westerners. His statement shows the great difference between the real Islam practiced by our ancestors and this alleged ancestry of his. Adnani’s statements began with the video in which ISIS supporters in Saudi Arabia claimed responsibility for the attempt to kill the Dane.

Adnani, in his audio recording, addressed “monotheists in Europe, America and Canada” and then addressed people in the Maghreb region and ISIS supporters everywhere, urging them “to kill any American or French infidel or any of their allies.” He said: “If you’re incapable of blowing them up or shooting them, then kill the infidel American or French with a stone or a knife or run him over or throw him from a height or suffocate him or poison him (...) If you can’t, then burn down his house or business or destroy his crops. If you can’t, then spit on his face.” Does any of this signify adherence to war ethics or chivalry? I think that even during the Pre-Islamic Jahiliyyah (ignorance) era, they would reject such treachery and blind assault against civilians. It’s a recipe for hatred that destroys the fabric of society and harms Muslims a lot more than it harms the Westerners who’ve been pictured as brutal zombies killing indiscriminately.

The real disaster is how Muslims who believe they are religious become convinced to follow such ideologies. How does one get influenced by a preacher who is a stranger to them, despite the great legacy of Muslim tolerance?

Now, let’s come back to what Abu Bakr Siddiq said. He advised his army commander as he left town: “ I charge you with ten rules; You are likely to pass by people who have devoted their lives to monastic services; leave them alone. Do not commit treachery or deviate from the right path. You must not mutilate dead bodies. Neither kill a child, nor a woman, nor an aged man. Bring no harm to the trees, nor burn them with fire, especially those which are fruitful. Slay not any of the enemy’s flock, save for your food.”

It is an eloquent speech. These ethical rules are clear cut, and ought to be like Moses' staff, in the sense that once it’s thrown at Adnani’s speech and those extremists around him, it must “devour what they were falsifying.” Why doesn’t this happen? How many times has a sheikh made this compelling argument to address the extremist rhetoric but wasn’t responded to? It is clear that there is something preventing this, but what is it? It’s an issue worthy of discussing before preparing for another conference in another hotel where there’s a wide hall in which the nation’s scholars gather to demonstrate the threat of takfirist intellect.

This article was first published in al-Hayat on December 15, 2014.

Jamal Khashoggi is a Saudi journalist, columnist, author, and general manager of the upcoming Al Arab News Channel. He previously served as a media aide to Prince Turki al Faisal while he was Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States. Khashoggi has written for various daily and weekly Arab newspapers, including Asharq al-Awsat, al-Majalla and al-Hayat, and was editor-in-chief of the Saudi-based al-Watan. He was a foreign correspondent in Afghanistan, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan, and other Middle Eastern countries. He is also a political commentator for Saudi-based and international news channels.

Last Update: Wednesday, 20 May 2020 KSA 09:45 - GMT 06:45
Disclaimer: Views expressed by writers in this section are their own and do not reflect Al Arabiya English's point-of-view.


WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: application/xhtml+xml

text:
Mai mare|Mai mic

PSD leader Victor Ponta: Adrian Severin must quit the EP and the PSD

de A.C.     HotNews.ro
Marţi, 22 martie 2011, 15:06 English | Top News

Adrian Severin must quit the European Parliament and the Social Democratic Party he is a member of. If he will not consider doing this, I will launch the exclusion procedure from the Social Democratic Party, PSD leader Victor Ponta declared in a press conference on Tuesday.

Here are his main statements:

  • Adrian Severin made a mistake and he needs to be accountable for it, things are clear I wish the EP would establish any other type of responsibility, other than political

  • If Adrian Severin is to be found not guilty, I will apologize

  • PSD will follow the decisions of European Socialists and the Socialists group in the EP Severin is not the victim of a conspiracy but a victim of his mistakes.

Citeste doar ceea ce merita. Urmareste-ne si pe Facebook si Instagram.

Agenţii de ştiri

Siteul Hotnews.ro foloseste cookie-uri. Cookie-urile ne ajută să imbunatatim serviciile noastre. Mai multe detalii, aici.

powered by
developed by


text:
Algeria a potential market for Vietnamese products

Algeria is a potential market for exports of Vietnamese staples, especially coffee and rice, official statistics show.

algeria a potential market for vietnamese products hinh 0
A farmer picks coffee beans (Source:

Vietnam’s export revenues to Algeria enjoyed a year-on-year increase of 2.1% in the first two months of 2020. According to the Trade Office of Vietnam in Algeria, Vietnam may bolster coffee shipments to the Algerian market as it is the most popular drink of local people.

The African country spends US$300 million on the import of about 130,000 tonnes of coffee beans each year.

Coffee has been among leading export items of Vietnam to Algeria over the years, accounting for the lion’s share of over 50% in the Algerian market. Vietnam shipped about 70,000 tonnes of the product to the African nation last year.

Rice also holds huge potential for export in the coming time when the COVID-19 is repelled. Algeria mostly depends on rice imports, buying about 100,000 tonnes of the grain annually. In addition, the country’s import tariffs for the food are lower compared to those of others.

In 2019, Vietnam shipped nearly 17,000 tonnes of rice to Algeria, making up for around 16%. The increasing number of Asian workers in Algeria has also prompted a surge in rice demand in the country.


text:
Our latest English wine selection offers arguably the UK's two top wine producers!

This month we have two of the UK's finest wine producers sparkling wines on offer. Firstly we have Peter Hall from Breaky Bottom's oldest vintage from 2009

SPARKLING BRUT 2009 VINTAGE - “Cuvée Gerard Hoffnung"

“Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier Gold medal in International Wine Challenge 2015. Judges comments “Ripe malty fresh bready nose leading to a juicy mouth watering palate of fresh strawberries, lemon rind and grapefruit. Long rich crafted finish.”

Michael's comments; “This aged International Gold Medal winner will beat most mid range Champagnes, it uses the traditional Champagne grapes, has a real depth of flavour and lengthy finish. This wine changes people perception of English sparkling wines."

Secondly we have Wiston Brut from winemaker Dermot Sugrue which is a fine example of fresh English sparkling wine.

In some people’s mind the perfectly balanced wine, made up of the three classic varieties: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier in equal parts. A refreshing, elegant and complete sparkling wine, with a fine complex finish that combines youthful purity of fruit with more mature characters from long lees-aging, this wine is an excellent way to begin a journey with Wiston.

“A cuvée of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay made on the South Downs by Irish winemaker, Dermot Sugrue, this is a complex, toasty, savoury fizz with fine bubbles, lots of yeasty, bready autolysis and a bone dry, tapering finish.” Tim Atkin MW, TimAtkin.com

In addition we have a selection of local Artisan products which include English Cold Pressed Chilli oil, perfect for dressings or with salmon, Kent Cider Crisps and Sussex based Montezuma's Chocolate.


text:
Enquirer Home Page | Twitter | Back to Improbable Island

Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow

Not much is known about this shadowy organization, and the membership appears to like it that way. The Improbable Island chapter was founded by DeadMeat, presumably on orders from elsewhere. EGfBT appears to have close ties to IBHML, though the nature of and reason for those ties remains a mystery to outsiders.

Perhaps some mysteries are better left unsolved. Mystery Solved, mission accomplished!

Logged in as: Guest (Guest)
egfbt.txt · Last modified: 2017/05/28 03:34 (external edit)


text:
Life is More than Money

Read More

Life is More than Money

One of the best things about being on holiday is being able to take a few quiet moments to reflect on life and to appreciate being able to do things that bring pleasure rather than selling your time and skills for money. Where you spend your holiday and who you spend it with will give you some good clues about what is important to you in life. What is your ideal holiday?

  • Do you enjoy spending time with friends and family? This is known to be one of the most important determinants of happiness along with good health.
  • Do you enjoy camping or staying in a holiday home? No doubt you enjoy the simplicities of life and for you, happiness does not necessarily come from expensive possessions.
  • Do you enjoy travel and adventures? These bring excitement, new experiences and the possibility of new friendships.
  • Do you enjoy curling up with a few good books?  Perhaps you are a person who likes to have time out and feed your mind.
  • Do you enjoy spending your holiday at home? For many people, there is nothing better than being in their own home where they feel comfortable and secure.

Thinking about how you like to spend your time when you are not under pressure to earn can help you set your financial goals. Life is not about making as much money as possible, it is about using the money you have in the most effective way to enable you to do and have the things that give you the most enjoyment, whether that be family, friends, adventures, time out, comfort or security. Once you have identified what these are (and this is not always an easy task), make them your priorities and set your financial goals around them.

Related Articles

Liz Koh

Budget Winners and Losers

The latest Government budget had something for everyone but while most households will be a few dollars a week better off, there are some clear winners and losers. In the winners’ corner are businesses, those on high incomes, and savers. The biggest losers are property investors who have built large portfolios financed partly by tax rebates.

Read More »

Top Up or Miss Out

The end of June is an important date for KiwiSaver members. The financial year for KiwiSaver runs from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 and if you have contributed at least $1,040 to KiwiSaver during that time, you will be eligible for the full amount of Government tax credit to be paid into your KiwiSaver account in July.

Read More »

Responsible Investing

There is a worldwide trend for investors to want to make a positive contribution to the world by investing in companies that are socially and environmentally responsible. If you are passionate about the effects of climate change, the scarcity of food and water, and social or environmental policies in general, then you will no doubt wish to ensure that the companies in which you invest are going about their business in a manner that is consistent with your views.

Read More »

Helping You Live your retirement To the Max

Keep in touch

Fill in your details and we’ll get back to you in no time.


text:
Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

All posts tagged "Allen Leach"

Copyright © 2020 Entertainment Focus

Entertainment Focus is a trading name of Piñata Media Limited (Reg no: 08435639)

Entertainment Focus uses affiliate links. By buying through the links we may receive a commission for the sale. This has no effect on the price for you


text:
Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

All posts tagged "Antonio Marziale"

Copyright © 2020 Entertainment Focus

Entertainment Focus is a trading name of Piñata Media Limited (Reg no: 08435639)

Entertainment Focus uses affiliate links. By buying through the links we may receive a commission for the sale. This has no effect on the price for you


text:
Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

All posts tagged "Golshifteh Farahani"

Copyright © 2020 Entertainment Focus

Entertainment Focus is a trading name of Piñata Media Limited (Reg no: 08435639)

Entertainment Focus uses affiliate links. By buying through the links we may receive a commission for the sale. This has no effect on the price for you


text:
Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

All posts tagged "Willington Gordillo"

Copyright © 2020 Entertainment Focus

Entertainment Focus is a trading name of Piñata Media Limited (Reg no: 08435639)

Entertainment Focus uses affiliate links. By buying through the links we may receive a commission for the sale. This has no effect on the price for you


text:
3 things to consider when starting a YouTube channel [Beginners Series]

Starting a YouTube channel is not as easy as it seems, but if you could follow the guidelines below you would be ahead of the train

As a beginner you should never think you won’t become successful on the platform because you are just joining, YouTube is basically about content creation, if you develop content that catches the eyes of the intended audience then boom you will scale up very quickly.

However, before you go in there are things you need to know if you want to bag maximum success on the platform. YouTube doesn’t guarantee you success, being successful on YouTube is left to your level of impact on the platform

  1. What is your drive/motivation for starting a YouTube channel?
    This is a vital question to ask yourself upon starting a YouTube channel.
    It could be that you want to create comedy skits or you want to teach people how to do things like cooking, art, makeup, web design, etc.
    It is very important that you are in sync with the reason for creating the channel, therefore your motivation should be able to meet these three things:
  • Target audience: Who your videos are intended for.
  • Cover particular focus (topic): What your video is about.
  • Reason for existence: Why they should watch your videos
    You have to define these things before you activate your channel.

2. How consistently will you upload videos to your channel.

Firstly be realistic and think long-term when engaging on your page. It is very important to always work with a plan while thinking long-term, as a beginner you will be required to have a work plan highlighting:

How many days in the week you post

What videos you post for the week

When you should add new content
Whether you want to do YouTube full-time or per-time, you will still be required to work with a to-do list for YouTube so you can organize your engagement on your channel. The frequency of how you upload and engage on your page determines the growth of your page.

3. Think making money from YouTube
As a beginner making money from YouTube may seem very hard and it could sincerely be hard but guess what it is possible to make money from YouTube even as a beginner.

There are several ways to make money on YouTube

  • YouTube advertisement (Adsense)
  • Affiliate sales and product promotions
  • Consultation services
  • Direct advertisements that aren’t Adsense
  • Public speaking events
  • Support from fans who donate

Note that the quickest way to grow discouraged as a YouTube creator? Comparing yourself to others.
Before you start working on your first video, highlight a few actionable goals on your work plan (To-do list). Not only will these keep you focused on your own path, and not only will they give you a sense of progress, but they show you what to do when you feel stuck.

I hope this post has encouraged and empowered you to go ahead with starting your YouTube channel. Take away: Do not forget that signing up for YouTube and getting a channel is easy but building it to success takes a lot of work and consistency.

1 0
Article Categories:


text:
Pacific Northwest Utilities Seek Thousands of Megawatts of New Renewable and Non-Emitting Energy: A Huge Opportunity for Independent Power Producers

Read the full story in The National Law Review.

Driven by the need to comply with ambitious state targets for reduction of greenhouse gases in the utility sector, the recent and planned retirement of much of the region’s coal fleet, and the capacity deficits that are anticipated as a result, utilities across the greater Pacific Northwest have recently or will soon issue requests for proposals (RFPs), which collectively create a market for roughly 6,000 megawatts (MW) of new renewable or non-emitting generation, as well as energy storage.

Leave a Reply

Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment: Logo

You are commenting using your account. Log Out /  Change )

Google photo

You are commenting using your Google account. Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.


text:
Items where Author is "Pearce, Martin"

Up a level
Export as [feed] RSS 2.0
Group by: Item Type | No Grouping
Jump to: Article
Number of items: 1.

Radnacher, W. , Niezgodzki, I. ORCID:, Tyszka, J. , Mangerud, G. and Pearce, M. (2020)
Palynology vs. model simulation: oceanographic reconstruction of incomplete data from the Cretaceous Greenland–Norwegian Seaway ,
Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 53 (1), pp. 93-120 .
doi: , hdl:10013/epic.78d7e54a-b89c-402c-808e-633e10b2a674

This list was generated on Tue Nov 24 06:01:21 2020 CET.


text:
Logo Logo

Publications by Arnegger, Julius

Up a level
Export as [feed] RSS 1.0 [feed] RSS 2.0
Group by: Item Type | Date
Number of items: 1.

Journal article

Mayer, Marius; Brenner, Ludger; Schauss, Bernadette; Stadler, Claudia; Arnegger, Julius; Job, Hubert (2018): The nexus between governance and the economic impact of whale-watching. The case of the coastal lagoons in the El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico. In: Ocean & Coastal Management, Vol. 162: pp. 46-59

This list was generated on Tue Nov 24 02:15:11 2020 CET.


text:
14.2 C
Home eritreahub “Ethiopia to declare three month state of emergency as of today” –...

“Ethiopia to declare three month state of emergency as of today” – report

 This story – from the Addis Standard – has not been confirmed. But journalists have been called to the Prime Minister’s office.
As Bloomberg reports: “Ethiopia’s ruling party faces a stark choice after Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s resignation: appoint a hardliner to end months of dissent, or replace him with someone who’ll allow greater political freedom.”
Update: After nearly 7 hrs waiting, local journalists who were called in to attend a presser from the Council of Ministers have been told to go home and attend the presser by Defense Minister Siraj Fegessa tomorrow morning at 9: 00 AM local time.

Breaking – Ethiopia to declare three month state of emergency as of today

Addis Abeba, February 16/2018 – The Council of  ministers is set to declare a state of emergency for three months as of this morning, a source close to the government told Addis Standard. The military will be in charge via a command post, which will be “reporting to the Prime Minister,” according to our source.

The move follows yesterday’s resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn both as Prime Minister, Chairman of EPRDF and his own party, the Southern Ethiopian People’s Democratic Movement (SEPDM).

Initially, there there was a “strong push” against the decision from  members of two of the parties that make up the EPRDF:  the Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organization (OPDO) and the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), the two parties that govern Oromia and Amhara regional states, according to our source. However, “the state of emergency will be declared this morning as the security situation in the country is getting volatile,” said the source.

Details of parts of the civilian constitution to be suspended will be announced at the end of the ministerial council’s meeting, but it is likely to be not much different than the October 2016 nine month state of emergency, which was extended by additional four months.

The “government will submit the decision to national parliament within the next 15 days,” our source said, adding the delay to table the decision to the parliament was because the parliament is currently in mid-term recess.

The state of emergency is to be declared amidst increasing power struggle, especially between the OPDO and ANDM, to replace the outgoing Prime Minister. AS

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here