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Silenced Majority Portal: The Fall of the Berlin Wall, The Money Shot

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:05:00 -0500

Freiheit! Or as you Americans like to say... Freedom. Berlin Wall Dominos Toppled 9.11.09 from Nyc Labrets on Vimeo. [...]

HorsesAss.Org: Open thread

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:35:14 -0500

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Has anybody else noticed how thoroughly Susan Hutchison got her ass kicked?

With the latest ballot drop, Hutchison has fallen to 40.93% of the vote. To put that in perspective, that’s less than a point and a half better than admitted-Republican David Irons garnered in 2005, a race in which a third [...]

Upper Left: Half a loaf?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:59:00 -0500

Maybe so. The health insurance bill passed by the House isn't the bill I'd like to see, and as I expected, isn't one that's going to do a great deal for me. Being required to purchase insurance that I can't really afford and that, because of likely co-pays and deductibles, [...]

Slog: Photo of the Week from Zoe Strauss

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:31:20 -0500

I have asked myself over and over why I love the photos of Zoe Strauss (who I first learned about from this show at Open Satellite when it was under the leadership of the hyper-intelligent and capable Abigail Guay, who now works at the Henry).

Most of her photos seem [...]

Hominid Views: Quantum Reagan

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:38:45 -0500

Today’s Tomorrow about last year.

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Ridenbaugh Press: Sports guys

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:23:35 -0500

Is there some reason longshot races in Washington and Oregon seem to be drawing the interest of pro sports figures, as Republican contenders? . . . Albeit two very different candidates. Clint Didier There’s the new report in Washington of – finally, very late in the cycle – a candidate against three-term [...]

Northwest Progressive Institute: Okanogan County now saying NO to Tim Eyman's Initiative 1033

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:53:00 -0500

Yet another county has joined the NO on Initiative 1033 camp.

This week, it's Okanogan, where Initiative 1033 had previously been passing by just a handful of votes, and which we predicted was the most likely candidate to switch sides. Today, it finally happened, as Okanogan's Auditor posted new [...]

HorsesAss.Org: Catholic Church up to usual scuzzball politics

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:17:28 -0500

So you, or your wife or daughter might be forced to by an insurance policy under the threat of federal penalty, and one of the prime actors in shaping part of that that bill, the Bart Stupak sepsis amendment, was the Catholic Church.

Which, you know, is great if you’re [...]

Slog: Pizza: The Taste of McGinn's Victory

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:50:01 -0500

Mayor-elect Mike McGinn is spending his victory night the same way he spent many nights of his campaign: at his Southeast Seattle campaign headquarters in a room full of volunteers, surrounded by phones and empty pizza boxes. “It looks like a phone bank night,” McGinn says.

McGinn credits his victory [...]

Strange Bedfellows: Mallahan not the only loser; power structure defeated, too

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:30:00 -0500

That noise you heard Monday night in Seattle was the collective wailing of the city's big shots as they came to grips with the fact that Mike McGinn will be the next mayor. [...]

Slog: Joe Mallahan: Back to the Phone Company

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:20:27 -0500

Video from his press conference today...

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Slog: Probable Cause for Murder

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:45:24 -0500

The King County Prosecutor's office has circulated a seven-page document laying out the case for murder and attempted murder against Christopher Monfort in this .pdf.

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Slog: SPD: More Details on Brenton Murder Suspect

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:06:46 -0500

Post by news intern Garrett McCulloch

This afternoon, Seattle Police released a slew of additional information about Christopher Monfort, the suspect in the killing of Officer Timothy Brenton. Police said DNA collected from scene of an October 22 arson of police vehicles matches Monfort's DNA, and they found' [...]

Slog: Mayor-Elect McGinn Accepts Mallahan's Concession, Saying: "We Did It"

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:01:57 -0500

Here's the video:

(Eli Sanders adds: "And who's the 'We' in 'We did it'? Lots of people, of course, but it's hard to see how it could have been done without those McGinn-leaning late voters.")

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Silenced Majority Portal: Phelps Nut Family Protests Outside Obama's Children's Quaker School; Plan to Protest Ft. Hood Funerals

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0500

One of them is posting photos on her "Twitter" site. They believe that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as well as the ensuing wars and even the mass shooting last week at Fort Hood, are punishment from God for tolerance... [...]

Sound Politics: Four Right, One Wrong

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:58:00 -0500

In my election prediction post, I called four winners correctly, one wrong, and chickened out on one. Here's what I predicted last week: Tomorrow, the Republicans will come close to a sweep. McDonnell will win in Virginia by 13 points,... [...]

Kirkland Views: What’s Next for the Annexation of Kingsgate, Finn Hill and North Juanita?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:52:09 -0500

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A number of questions have arisen regarding “What’s Next?” for the annexation of Kingsgate, Finn Hill, and North Juanita. By Toby Nixon The annexation ballot measure combines three separate matters into a single question: the annexation itself, approval of the zoning code, and assumption of a proportionate share of the city’s existing [...]

Slog: "The Amendent Was Necessary."

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:52:06 -0500

E.S.

So said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, talking this afternoon in Seattle about the controversial abortion amendment that was added at the last minute to the House health insurance reform bill.

Which is not to say she likes that the amendment had to be added.

"I myself do not" [...]

HorsesAss.Org: Why does it take Oregon so long to count their ballots?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:46:59 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Forgive me for obsessing on the topic, but when our foils at the Seattle Times editorial board and our friend Joel Connelly at the Seattle P-I are both editorializing in favor of changing the voting deadline from postmarked on election day to received by election day, you just know [...]

Kirkland Views: Kirkland Traffic Alert: Turkey Trot Event, November 15

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:46:53 -0500

Commuters should expect traffic delays due to the Turkey Trot event to be held on Sunday, November 15, 2009. The following roads will be closed from 1:00 p.m. until the final participant passes at approximately 1:20 p.m.: Eastbound and Westbound lanes of Kirkland Avenue from Lake Shore Plaza Drive to Lake Street [...]

Slog: Giant Magnet: Andrea Wagner Speaks

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:45:53 -0500

Last weekend, Andrea Wagner was fired by the board of Giant Magnet, after 13 years as the artistic director of the global children's festival (that adults seemed to like, too).

She's just sent out a statement of, well, confusion as to why she was let go. And appreciation for her [...]

Northwest Progressive Institute: Joe Mallahan concedes as future Seattle mayor Mike McGinn again expands his lead

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:30:00 -0500

We called it last Friday... today, everybody else is acknowledging that Mike McGinn has prevailed in the contest for Mayor of Seattle. McGinn's rival Joe Mallahan, who also advanced from the August primary election, conceded gracefully at a press conference earlier this evening in Seattle, wishing McGinn the best as [...]

The Pajamahadin: George Bush Knew How To Deal With This Problem

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:29:00 -0500

Iran tells Obama to go fly a kite. We've been dealing with Iran the UN way and look where that's gotten us. I preferred the way that Bush settled matters with Iraq.' [...]

Slog: Joe Mallahan Concedes

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:04:27 -0500

Mallahan concedes defeat while campaign spokeswoman Charla Neuman looks at her BlackBerry

In his mayoral campaign offices on Eastlake Avenue East, Joe Mallahan told a roomful of reporters, "I want to begin by congratulating Mike McGinn on" [...]

Slog: Robert Zemeckis and Motion-Capture: A Brief History of My Feelings

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:01:18 -0500

So. Robert Zemeckis's A Christmas Carol 3D opened on Friday (because it's Christmas!...right, guys?*). In it, Jim Carrey plays seven different characters**—among them, the most annoying Ghost of Christmas Present EVER (and he's the one we're supposed to like! He's supposed to be the fun one!)—and' [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: Artsy - Green Pink Caviar, by Marilyn Minter

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:01:00 -0500

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Huckleberries Online: Bent offers a little light reading

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:35 -0500

For those who'd like to know just what's in the Health Care Bill passed by the House, Bent offers a link and a few words of advice:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery…

@ME, just a friendly suggestion. That bill is huge… and the Senate has not passed its version yet, so this' [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: India Has More Honors Kids Than America Has Kids (& other Techie facts)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0500

(Thanks to Alan Castle, Seattle) Sony played this video at an executive conference this year. [...]

Slog: Amazon Tried to Woo Literary Agents

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:56:39 -0500

I had heard that Amazon flew a bunch of high-profile New York City literary agents into town last week, but Amazon, as per usual, refused to comment on the matter. I was contacted by several people who were concerned that Amazon was going to start trying to publish authors on [...]

Huckleberries Online: Utah School Suspends Girl for Nose Piercing

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:46:11 -0500

"To 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannah's school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension.

To other Indians, the incident was emblematic of how it can still be difficult for the American melting pot to absorb certain" [...]

Slog: McGinn Wins

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:31:10 -0500

It's all over but the concession speech. King County Elections just posted the results of nearly 21,000 more ballots, which put Mike McGinn in the lead by 4,939 votes—more than two percent.

Mayor

Mike McGinn 96514 50.88%

Joe Mallahan 91575 48.28%

Write-in 1605 0.85%

Both McGinn and Joe Mallahan talk to press at 5:00 [...]

Strange Bedfellows: McGinn tops Mallahan by 5,000 votes in mayor's race

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:30:00 -0500

A campaign that began at a Capitol Hill pizza joint will end on the top floor of Seattle City Hall. [...]

Strange Bedfellows: "Accountability day" - Probe those who authorized torture

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:27:00 -0500

The Justice Department, or a special prosecutor, should probe lawyers who authorized use of torture in the "War on Terror", with the pain of potential findings outweighed by national gain, says Alliance for Justice head. [...]

HorsesAss.Org: McGinn expands his lead

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:26:48 -0500

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King County dropped an additional 20,953 Seattle ballots this afternoon, with Mike McGinn expanding his lead to a 4,939 margin in what until recently was considered a closely contested mayors race.

Mike McGinn 96,514 50.88% Joe Mallahan 91,575 48.28%

McGinn won 56.5% of this batch of ballots, most of which I presume to have been received after [...]

Democracy for Vancouver: Pets are People Too!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:58 -0500

Now here is some legislation I can get behind. An up to $3500 itemized deduction for pet care expenses. We give tax deductions and credits for people having children. Seems to me we should use tax policy to help people care for pets too. They [...]

Slog: SL Letter of the Day: Should He Finally Meet His "Ex" In Person?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:14:21 -0500

I am a male 20-year-old college student and I have a dilemma on my hands. In order for you to make an informed response to this question you have to know a little history first.

Almost 3 and a half years ago I met someone on the Internet whom I immediately [...]

Democracy for Vancouver: Local Blogger Chris Bassett Quoted in Oregonian Baird Article

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:04:20 -0500

Local blogger extraordinaire, Chris Bassett, was quoted in an Oregonian (Mapes on Politics) article about Clark County politics and the increasingly odd behavior of the 3rd District Representative Brian Baird.

Former Democratic activist Chris Bassett, whose blog on Clark County politics I discovered today, points [...]

Strange Bedfellows: Speaker in Seattle: Pelosi talks about health care bill

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:55:00 -0500

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks at Swedish Hospital on Monday. See photo gallery. Making her first public appearance outside the Capitol since the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill making sweeping changes to the nation's health care system, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in Seattle Monday that the [...]

Kirkland Views: King County pharmacies to offer H1N1 vaccine for at-risk people

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:53:41 -0500

Limited amounts of vaccine available; some pharmacies taking appointments now KING COUNTY, WA – To provide another option for people prioritized to receive H1N1 vaccine, selected King County pharmacies are receiving limited supplies to begin vaccinating. A total of 15,000 doses of vaccine have been allocated to pharmacies, with more [...]

Slog: You Got Pictures In My Words: The Dream Hunters and Air: Flying Machines

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:49:32 -0500

What's the book? Air Volume 2: Flying Machine by G. Willow Wilson and M.K. Perker.

What's it about? I reviewed Volume 1 of Air a few months ago. It's an ongoing comics series about a stewardess named Blythe who's afraid of flying. She gets swept into a huge conspiracy [...]

Slog: Greeting the Speaker

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:48:04 -0500

This afternoon on the sidewalk outside Swedish Hospital on First Hill, just after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finished her health insurance reform press conference, a remarkable collection of teabaggers displayed themselves. We begin with the man who's missing an apostrophe and so much more....

...and proceed to this [...]

Slog: Some Notes Concerning Obama's Absence from the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:38:21 -0500

Let's give this some thought:
(CNN) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is taking aim at President Obama's decision not to travel to Germany next week to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the latest in a string of conservatives to criticize Obama's decision [...]

Huckleberries Online: Fort Hood Shooter Awake and Talking

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:30:03 -0500

A soldier reads a Bible during a church service Sunday at the 1st Cavalry Division Memorial Chapel at Fort Hood, Texas.

According to CNN: "Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in last week's mass shooting at the Fort Hood Army Post, is conscious and talking, according to a spokesman for the" [...]

Slog: Prosecutor Prepares Charges in Brenton Murder

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:18:05 -0500

Public defenders have requested an emergency hearing in King County Superior Court to gain access to their hospitalized client, Christopher Monfort, a suspect in the Halloween murder of SPD officer Tim Brenton. The hearing begins at 4:00 p.m. at the King County Superior Court in room 1201

At the same hearing, [...]

Slog: It's Genius!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:04:37 -0500

Have you seen this beautiful poster yet?

Image by Ann Texter

As of these here Seventh Annual Genius Awards, The Stranger has given one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars to support our local geniuses.

See you Friday!

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Slog: Possible Mallahan Speeches for His Press Conference Today

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:02:33 -0500

Will he concede? Will he drag this thing out? Either way, Mallahan's camp is surely drafting several possible variations on what he may say today. In case they need any help with that, we've whipped up two possible speeches conveniently written in the tone that has defined Mallahan's campaign' [...]

Huckleberries Online: For Those About to be Divorced...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500

There are Bridal Fairs, Baby Fairs and now from the City of Love: a Divorce Fair.

"The city of romance got a lesson in love’s hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital’s first divorce fair.

In France, nearly one out of two marriages ends in divorce, according to the country’s" [...]

Northwest Progressive Institute: Schmatta: Another name for a dying industry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:39:00 -0500

When was the last time you bought a piece of clothing that was made in America? You'd have to look long and hard before finding any these days, yet it wasn’t long ago that we all wore clothing made in the U.S.A. In 1995, half of America’s clothing was made' [...]

Huckleberries Online: Don't put that kayak away just yet

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:30:00 -0500

You might want to use it for this: [video.mpora.com]

Snow kayaking looks kinda fun. Except for the rolling over and over downhill part. But, heck I do that on skis.

Got a favorite winter sport?

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Slog: Will Mallahan Concede Today?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:16:36 -0500

Joe Mallahan, who is running for mayor, just announced that he will hold a press conference today at 5:00 p.m.—a half hour after the next batch of results is posted—at his campaign headquarters on Eastlake Avenue East. Mallahan would need 54 percent of all the remaining votes to surpass Mike [...]

Huckleberries Online: Cis is multilingual MAD!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:14:03 -0500

Cis: "I AM MAD AS HELL AND NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE… I got an ad in the mail today from Verizon with the usual stuff…
Why am I MAD!!
Because when I opened it, it was in SPANISH!!! except for my name. The English was" [...]

Slog: Nicholas Francisco Has Been Found

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:12:54 -0500

Seattle Times:

A SeaTac man whose sudden disappearance last year sparked a law-enforcement search and widespread Internet speculation, is "alive and well" and living in another state under a new name, according to the King County Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff's Office wouldn't reveal which state Nicholas Francisco' [...]

Huckleberries Online: Too polite, too tanned and too magnetic

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:45:00 -0500

In this CareerBuilder.com survey, managers listed the strangest complaints they received from employees about their coworkers: [www.careerbuilder.com]_

Complaints include

Employee has big hair.Employee eats all the good cookies.Employee’s aura is wrong.Employee smells like road ramps.Employee wants to check a co-worker for ticks.Employee has bells on her shoes and it’s not the [...]

Slog: Today in Neologisms

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:44:53 -0500

"Thanks for helping put Rick Santorum in his awful place," writes Daniel from Lawrence, Kansas. "Now would you please help the people of Kansas and the country by publicly naming some sex act after Sen. Sam Brownback. He is going to run for governor of Kansas," [...]

Slog: Be My Replacement (The Stranger is Looking for a News Intern)!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:41:05 -0500

Posted by (current) news intern Garrett McCulloch

Do you spend your days dreaming of digging through court records to find out terrible things about secret Republican politicians? Or following the often mind-numbing actions of the city and county councils? Or perhaps fighting grizzly bears?

How about doing two of those three things [...]

Slog: Needle Exchanges: Everywhere But Where We Want Them

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:30:45 -0500

The NYT has a good piece today about a the federal government's Trojan Horse bill to fund needle exchanges. The smart part? Congress is ready to lift a ban on federal funding for needle exchanges, which reduce disease transmission and put drug users in contact with drug-addiction counselors. This is [...]

Strange Bedfellows: A Challenger to Rep. Doc Hastings

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:28:00 -0500

A Hanford subcontractor will run as a Democrat against U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., the Republican House leadership's favorite Washington congressman. [...]

Slog: Seriously, Go See A Serious Man

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:25:52 -0500

Did you read Sean Nelson's great review of A Serious Man, the new Coen Brothers movie?

A Serious Man plumbs depths even major Coen devotees might not have imagined were there. It's not a departure, exactly—except in the way all their films are departures. It's an expansion, a magnification, a [...]

Sound Politics: Small Business Conference Tomorrow

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:20:00 -0500

Here are the essentials from the Washington Policy Center. Small business owners and policymakers from around the state will gather in SeaTac tomorrow to discuss the state's business climate and ideas for how policymakers can make Washington more supportive of... [...]

Ridenbaugh Press: The November Washington Digest

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:09:44 -0500

Our November 2009 Washington Public Affairs Digest is out, with rundowns of the conviction of Tacoma judge, pre-election activities, developments in Congress, health issues and much more. There’s an except on the efforts to pull ballots from younger voters. And the usual rundown of important court decisions, regulatory actions, calendar [...]

Huckleberries Online: Put the bunny down

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500

"A contest that involves children seeing how far they can throw dead rabbits has been banned in New Zealand following outcry from animal welfare campaigners." [www.metro.co.uk]

"Organiser Jo Moriarty claims banning the bunny contest is "political correctness gone mad."

Must be a New Zealand thing, but the idea of children throwing" [...]

NW Republican: Obama's complete lack of class; "Tea Baggers" defined

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 8
I found this post from NRO's "The Corner" quite revealing. Especially on the heals that Obama, mere hours after the Ft. Hood massacre, appeared in a jovial mood and spent the first couple of minutes... [...]

Slog: Glenn Beckwatch: A Resolution in the Did-Glenn-Beck-Rape-and-Murder-a-Young-Girl-in-1990? Case

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:59:21 -0500

You may remember that some folks started the website Glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com as a way to satirize Glenn Beck's irresponsible "journalism" techniques. The site, created by Isaac Eiland-Hall, postulated that Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990 and insisted that Beck confront these rumors once and [...]

Strange Bedfellows: Reed urges Nov. 3 vote: Radio spot runs on Nov. 7

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:56:00 -0500

On KING-FM Saturday afternoon, the radio ad began: "Hello, this is Secretary of State Sam Reed urging you to vote in the November 3 election . . ." [...]

Strange Bedfellows: DNC targets Reichert over health care vote

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:51:00 -0500

Rep. Dave Reichert, the Republican congressman who represents Seattle's eastern suburbs, is one of 32 GOPers being targeted by the Democratic National Committee because they voted 'no' on health care legislation Saturday. [...]

NW Republican: Democrats did not like Reagan telling Gorbachev to "tear down" the wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:43:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2
On this the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, it bears remembering the Democrats who opposed Reagan's great speech. Then Democrat Speaker of the House Jim Wright: Wright’s face... [...]

Slog: Questions From Gary Randall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:33:52 -0500

Gary Randall, the carpetbagging, tax-evading loser behind the campaign to Reject Referendum 71, thinks I'm the enemy of freedom and he calls me out today on his blog. Randall is upset that people who supported his campaign are subject to the same disclosure laws as every other campaign in' [...]

Slog: Slog Happy! Thursday! With Rabbit Mole Tacos!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:31:21 -0500

This is Solo's bar—all this can be yours come Thursday.This month's Slog Happy is in a neighborhood that we've NEVER been to before! (Well, a neighborhood Slog Happy has never been to before—I go there every day. I' [...]

Huckleberries Online: Agassi Interview

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:30:00 -0500

Andre Agassi is shown after losing to Patrick Rafter at the U.S. Open in 1997, the year he failed a drug test.

In an interview on 60 Minutes, Agassi said, "...hating tennis was a deep part of my life for a long, long time." [www.cbsnews.com]

His story isn't that different from' [...]

Slog: A Gay Hit

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:21:01 -0500

Twenty-five years ago, at the height of the AIDS crisis, there were hundreds—thousands—of gay men walking around with two or three T cells and six-months-or-less to live. The religious right was doing what it always does: it's worst, demonizing gay people, kicking us when we were down, attacking us on [...]

Slog: Dwell Magazine Has Caught Up With Our Geniuses

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:15:35 -0500

It's true: Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo's $70,000 house in a funny tiny neighborhood in central Seattle whose name I can't remember is a million bucks. My favorite part is the concrete walls.

Stranger Geniuses travel far and wide. Meet this year's amazingheads at [...]

Slog: Lunchtime Quickie

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:15:30 -0500

Horse vs Girl... and the winner is...

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Slog: Win Tickets to Tomorrow's Mountain Goats Show!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:09:37 -0500

We have two pairs of Mountain Goats tickets to give away—one pair is up for grabs on Line Out, another via SEAshows, our ticket info Twitter feed.

That's two chances to win!

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NW Republican: Did Obama's Administration Lose The Ft. Killer?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:08:00 -0500

Number of comments: 3
Ok so now we know that U.S. Intelligence services KNEW there were some deep problems with the Muslim radical Nidal Hasan. And like in the Clinton days "pre-9/11" it appears that one agency was not... [...]

Slog: The Tard Supper

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:03:52 -0500

Russian artist Raoef Mamedov's Last Supper features Jesus and his twelve disciples as portrayed by men with Downs syndrome. (Click image for larger version.)

I can never look at an alternative version of the last supper—and there are so many—without recalling the outrage that greeted Folsom's' [...]

Huckleberries Online: Good News

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Stocks are jumping: [www.spokesman.com]

And the Seahawks roared: [www.spokesman.com]

Do you have any good news to share?

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The Pajamahadin: Obama Is A Classless Pig

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:40:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
It was more than bad enough that Barack Hussein Obama couldn't take time out of his busy fundraising schedule to attend the Berlin Wall commemorations. But so far the bastard hasn't said even one public word about our victory over imperial communism. [...]

HorsesAss.Org: Joel’s ballot deadline proposal as “silly” as his nightmare scenario

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:35:06 -0500

Number of comments: 10

I’ve already spent some time joyfully fisking the Seattle Times’ “absurd” proposal to change the deadline on mail-in ballots from the current postmarked on election day, to the more restrictive received by election day, so there’s no need to do a line-by-line takedown of Joel Connelly’s own contribution [...]

Slog: The Abortion Amendment

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:20:58 -0500

What's the deal with that last-minute abortion amendment that was added to the House health insurance reform bill? Ezra Klein explains:

Rep. Bart Stupak's amendment did not make abortion illegal. And it did not block the federal government from subsidizing abortion. All it did was block it from subsidizing [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: Palin Upset "In God We Trust" almost put on Edge of Dollar Coins

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:10:00 -0500

She saw a conspiracy in the new dollar coins. She believes "In God We Trust" had been removed recently as part of "change" of the Obama administration. Politico attended the fundraiser (closed to the press) and took notes. Noting there... [...]

City Comforts: Where were you?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:09:36 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Terry Teachout recalls where he was when the Berlin Wall was demolished. I have no idea where I was or what I was thinking that day. But one thing which might be remembered is that physical space does impact people enormously. If the Wall was about nothing else at [...]

Kirkland Views: Kirkland Fire Department mourns loss of Firefighter

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:03:38 -0500

From the Kirkland Fire Department: From his first day on the job, Firefighter Goldberg set out to make a difference and, as a rookie, was significantly involved in developing the Department’s Strategic Plan. During his career, he served at three different fire stations; earned a number of certifications including Advanced Pump [...]

Slog: Currently Hanging: Evan Blackwell at Gallery4Culture

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:02:26 -0500

The sculpture that works best for me in Evan Blackwell's Gallery4Culture show this month is this one, made of straws stacked and contained inside a frame. They are their own untidy, Froot-Loopy reward. It is all you can do not to [...]

Strange Bedfellows: Ted Sturdevant new ecology director

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:02:00 -0500

Gov. Chris Gregoire has named Ted Sturdevant the director of the state's Ecology Department. [...]

Huckleberries Online: Long, cold night

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500

"After spending a cold, restless night huddled against a tree in a North Idaho forest, Alisa Franck walked out early Sunday, greeted by two members of a search-and-rescue team.

Throughout the night, she said, she knew enough to stay focused. “I was not going to let hypothermia get me,” said Franck, 27," [...]

Slog: Today The Stranger Suggests

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500

Film

'Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant'

I know. I am aware. Worst title ever. Are you a movie about a circus? Or are you a vampire movie? Or are you a movie about a vampire who was too busy daubing shoe polish onto his [...]

Sound Politics: Health "Reform" Open Thread

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:56:00 -0500

Have at it.... [...]

Slog: Burning Question

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:37:45 -0500

"What is the best restaurant for Thanksgiving dinner in Seattle?"

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Huckleberries Online: Press Letter Writer Sez: Shame on you!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0500

In this letter to the CDA Press the writer chides residents for their low-voter turnout. She concludes: "Someday, when your kids reminisce about how great it must have been to live under the Constitution of the United States of America, just explain to them that you were just so busy you didn't'" [...]

Slog: Reading Tonight: Great Googly Moogly!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:22:01 -0500

Four readings tonight, including someone who also read yesterday about the man who discovered the Douglas Fir.

Jaden Hair is at University Book Store tonight. Hair is the author of Steamy Kitchen Cookbook. Hair is an awful name for a chef.

Jeffrey Kotebra grew up with Tourette's Syndrome. [...]

Slog: And Speaking of Brian Baird...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:20:08 -0500

Take a good look at this snippet of map, from a larger map put together by The New York Times.

It's a reminder that in the historic House vote on health insurance reform over the weekend, only one Democratic Congressman from Washington State voted no: [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: Iranian Math Student Criticizes the Supreme Ayatollah to his Face

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:07:00 -0500

Iranian student dares to criticise Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to his face | World news | The Guardian He is Vahidnia, 25, a math student who won the annual math Olympiad. He spoke against the post-election crackdown and denounced the media... [...]

Slog: You Guys Made Magic: First Thoughts on Crawl Space's Final Opening

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:06:02 -0500

Saturday was a little rough. I went to a funeral, and then I went to the last-ever party at Crawl Space. I was feeling melodramatic on my way in, which was immediately disrupted by the fact that I was unknowingly caught acting in a film.

I [...]

Huckleberries Online: House OK's health care bill

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0500

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is joined by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, left, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., on Saturday in Washington.

"The House of Representatives on Saturday passed, by a 220-215 vote, historic health care overhaul legislation that would require nearly all Americans to obtain health insurance and create a" [...]

Huckleberries Online: APhoto of the Day

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

The Joe Fan statue at Albi Stadium gets a kiss from two girls attending the Central Valley/Kamiakin 4A play-in football game on Saturday.

#1 Obviously confused when her cell phone rings, the liitle blonde girl ran over to Joe Fan and answered “Statue, Joe?” JohnA

#2 My tongue is stuck, stuck, stuuuck!!!! factchecker

#3 A seemingly [...]

Slog: DP Poll Dance

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:46:05 -0500

Following last week's Club Z head-scratcher comes another case of sexually confusing nomenclature.

Today's term: DP, an abbreviation used by some to mean domestic partnership and by others to mean something NSFW.

Now I ask you.

Who are the rightful owners of the abbreviation "DP"?

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HorsesAss.Org: Santorum Stupak

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:40:31 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Already up at the Urban Dictionary:

Stupak–A medical condition (subset of sepsis) resulting from unsafe – unnecessarily so – back alley abortions as a result of the “Stupak Amendment” to the 2009 Health Care Reform Bill.
Doctor: Unfortunately, while this would have been covered under private insurance carriers, public plans [...]

Slog: Cop-Killer Suspect A 'Serious' Painter: 'Does not believe in any particular set of rules as far as artistic expression is concerned.'

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:34:12 -0500

This weekend Goldy found a disturbing thing: the web site for a 2003 art show of Christopher Monfort's, um, paintings. They are unbelievably terrible. He viewed them as cheerful, but they look like blood on fire and other extreme unpleasantnesses.

If you haven't seen his graduate-school paper about "Nullification" [...]

Slog: Krugman on the Bachman/Beck/Palin Right

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:30:29 -0500

Scary and getting scarier:

But something snapped last year. Conservatives had long believed that history was on their side, so the G.O.P. establishment could, in effect, urge hard-right activists to wait just a little longer: once the party consolidated its hold on power, they’d get what they wanted. After the [...]

Huckleberries Online: OTV Eats Politically Correct Chicken

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:30:00 -0500

"On a recent visit to the Chicken Basket on Northwest Boulevard in Coeur d’Alene, I was immediately greeted by several large placards endorsing a particular mayoral hopeful. They were scattered around the property and several were taped at eye level to the front door. Inside, there were candidates’ flyers posted" [...]