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• Classy GOP Staffer Fired After Slamming Obama Girls For Their Lack of "Class"

  01-12-2014 23:58 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  There's not much left to say about Elizabeth Lauten's rude, ill-advised, and career-ending comments about the Obama girls...
  Dear Sasha and Malia, I get you’re both in those awful teen years, but you’re a part of the First Family, try showing a little class. At least respect the part you play. Then again your mother and father don’t respect their positions very much, or the nation for that matter, so I’m guessing you’re coming up a little short in
  
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• Savage Lovecast LIVE

  01-12-2014 23:57 via thestranger.com
  
  Friday, December 5, Neptune Theatre
  Is Christmas Sexy? An Investigation.
  Join us for a live taping of the Savage Lovecast with Dan Savage! So many holiday treats await you, including the Solid Gold Christmas Dancers! The Human Menorah! Adult Baby Jesus! Slash Santa Fiction! And so much more!
  This live Lovecast Christmas special will be taped at the Neptune Theatre on Friday, December 5th. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm. Tickets are $25 in advance, or $30 at the door.
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• Severe weather shelters open in Kent, Renton

  01-12-2014 23:31
  
  Due to cold weather conditions, the city of Kent is opening a severe weather shelter Monday night at Kent Lutheran Church.
  
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• What Political Lessons Can Progressives Learn from the Fight for Marriage Equality?

  01-12-2014 23:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  (Marc Solomon reads from Winning Marriage tonight at Town Hall at 7:30 pm. The reading is $5.)
  Marc Solomon's new book Winning Marriage serves a few different purposes at once. First, it's a brief memoir of sorts, documenting Solomon's growth from a teenage gay Republican to a leading Democratic marriage-equality activist. (He writes, "...I think my shift [from Democrat to Republican] had to do with my recognition that I was gay and desperately didn't want to be. I was casting
  
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• Edmonds-Kingston ferry back in service after brief delay

  01-12-2014 23:21
  
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• Rare Black Sea Devil Filmed at 1900 Feet Below Sea Level

  01-12-2014 22:58 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  The black sea devil, a deep-sea anglerfish, was filmed for possibly the first time on November 17 off the coast of California. Just watch this thing. If it were larger than, uh, 3.5 inches, it would be a magnificent monster.
  Scientists were able to use a remotely operated vehicle to bring this specimen to the surface alive, an effort National Geographic calls "no mean feat." After hauling it up from 1900 feet, they're now monitoring the mini-beast in a specially designed tank
  
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• Were Robert Johnson's 78 Sides Mastered Too Fast?

  01-12-2014 22:45 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  There is no denying the cultural impact of folk blues great, Mr. Robert Johnson, but since Jon Wilde's 2010 blog post in The Guardian, there has been a public music-nerd debate simmering whether some of his sides were mastered too fast. There's no clear proof the sides were altered, tho' it's been suggested some recordings were sped up to fit the time limits of a 78 side or, maybe, as an effect to add "excitement." Even tho' the recording industry was kinda new, I'm sure the la
  
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• Legislators unveil bills for new WSU medical school

  01-12-2014 22:37
  
  Two state legislators from Spokane will propose bills to create a new medical school in Spokane under the control of Washington State University.
  
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• The Walking Dead Chitty-Chat Club: Worst Rescue Plan EVER!

  01-12-2014 22:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Hey, did you watch The Walking Dead last night? Man, my forehead still hurts from slapping it so hard! Find out what got my goat after the jump, where I shall provide a funny, spoiler-filled recap, and you will comment with your own commentary! It's the Walking Dead Chitty-Chat Club, y'all!
  Courtesy AMC"You won't have me to slap around much longer! Seriously, stop slapping me."
  MORE AFTER THE JUMP!
  Here's what I'm thinking about last night's mid-season finale,
  
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• Body of kayaker recovered from Stillaguamish River

  01-12-2014 22:27
  
  Search-and-rescue personnel on Monday recovered the body of a kayaker from the south fork of the Stillaguamish River near Granite Falls.
  
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• Our Critics' Top Pick for Today

  01-12-2014 22:02 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  NEVER MISS A CHANCE TO BOARD THIS FREAK TRAIN
  The Oh Sees @ Crocodile
  You should never miss an opportunity to board Thee Oh Sees’ bombastic freak train when it rolls through. Especially since this is the first time they’ll be stopping by after rumors of a breakup swirled last year, when lead See John Dwyer announced the band would be taking an indefinite hiatus (I mean, they’d been touring for five straight years while also releasing albums at a mega-pr
  
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• Distinctive, But Not Too Distinctive—Inside the Mind of a Mall Talent Booker

  01-12-2014 22:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  General Growth Properties, which owns and manages the Alderwood Mall, is a massive operation. Alderwood's 1.3 million square feet of retail space accounts for just 1.2 percent of GGP's total square footage across the country. Its Ala Moana center in Honolulu, at nearly twice the size of Alderwood, is the world's largest outdoor shopping center. (Perhaps you'll recall GGP from the financial crisis of 2008, when it reported $25 billion in debt and its stocks lost 97 percent of t
  
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• Seattle's "Justice for Mike Brown" Movement Wants Equality Under the Law—Not Anarchy or Revolutionary Communism

  01-12-2014 21:24 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Kelly OSeattle's Justice for Mike Brown movement is seeking equal justice under the law. To one of its lead organizers, that means agitating for an American democracy that's more just—not for anarchy, and not for the revolutionary communism that's being pushed by certain protesters he says are trying to "co-opt" the Justice for Mike Brown movement.
  One of the main organizers for Seattle's "Justice for Mike Brown" movement is a man who calls himself Mohawk Kuzma. He's 24 y
  
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• Jesse Jackson tells Kent students that education can end tech disparity

  01-12-2014 21:16
  
  In a speech marked by long call-and-responses with a crowd of middle and high school students, The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Monday emphasized education as a way to end racial disparities in high-paying technology jobs around the nation.
  
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• Man hospitalized after car strikes Georgetown building

  01-12-2014 21:16
  
  A 50-year-old man was taken to Harborview Medical Center in stable condition after his car apparently struck a building in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood.
  
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• President Obama Allocates $263 Million for Police Body Cameras and Training

  01-12-2014 21:06 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Russell Brandom at The Verge writes that "the White House has pledged $263 million in new federal funding for police training and body cameras, set aside by executive order." The funding explicitly calls for 50,000 new body cams for police officers.
  Which is a good start! But really, that 50,000 is a drop in the bucket. Brandom notes that there are "more than 750,000 police officers currently employed in America." Hopefully this will just be the beginning of a nationwide initi
  
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• Car slams into barrier wall in Georgetown neighborhood

  01-12-2014 20:57
  
  Car slams into wall in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood
  
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• UW, WSU give future engineers a ‘redshirt season’

  01-12-2014 20:54
  
  In an idea borrowed from college athletics, the University of Washington and Washington State boost promising engineering students — many of them women and minorities — with an extra year of academic work.
  
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• $180K of fire damage done to Mountlake Terrace home

  01-12-2014 20:47
  
  $180K of fire damage done to Mountlake Terrace home
  
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• Sounders Beat Galaxy, Also Lose to Galaxy, Also Still Part of Galaxy

  01-12-2014 20:35 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Spike FriedmanAt a sub-freezing CenturyLink Field last night, the Sounders managed to win, tie, and lose against LA Galaxy simultaneously.
  The Seattle Sounders beat the LA Galaxy 2-1 last night at a sub-freezing CenturyLink Field, but were eliminated from the playoffs anyway. How is that possible? The match was the second leg of a two-legged semi-final. The Sounders lost the first leg in LA 1-0, and won the second leg last night, 2-1. This would appear to add up to a 2-2 tie, b
  
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• Weekend Review: The 15 Worst Gift Ideas at Alderwood Mall

  01-12-2014 20:22 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Nothing happened over this freezing weekend (not counting protests), so I went back to the mall. The ALDERWOOD Mall! Perhaps you've heard of it? Here are 15 gifts I found—15 gifts you SHOULDN'T give this holiday. Or any other time.
  1. A gay joke, a virgin joke, a beaver joke, a blow-job joke… yet I still don't get it.
  2. The *~*Magic*~* is not throwing up when you use this.
  3. Warm and offensive.
  4. Classic.
  5. Nothing says I ♥ PUSSY like some
  
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• Safety recommendations from Oso mudslide to be finalized

  01-12-2014 20:05
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Sears and J.C. Penney, Former Hubs of American Commerce, Are Now Retail Detroit. Should Anyone Care?

  01-12-2014 20:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  If you imagine the floor plan of Alderwood Mall as a crucifix, J.C. Penney is at Christ's head and Sears is at his feet. That's the way it has always been at countless malls around the country. Sears and Penney: the original anchor stores. It's almost too obvious to note that the internet has not been kind to either business. Having been laid low by big-box retailers like Walmart and Home Depot in the '90s, they were then repeatedly kicked in the teeth by Amazon. This is obvio
  
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• Kent opening severe weather shelter

  01-12-2014 19:52
  
  Due to cold weather conditions, the city of Kent is opening a severe weather shelter Monday night at Kent Lutheran Church.
  
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• K-9 tracks down suspected Queen Anne car prowler

  01-12-2014 19:29
  
  Seattle police hit the trifecta this morning when they busted a suspected car prowler who was armed with two loaded handguns and discovered he was wanted on a warrant.
  
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• Seattle Crowns A New Comedy Champion

  01-12-2014 19:22 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Globey/Seattle International Comedy CompetitionThe top five of 2014, left to right: Kyle Bottom, Cory Michaelis, Sterling Scott, Nathan Brannon, and Matt Donaher (in glasses), with host David Crow
  Following 22 shows in 24 days, last night brought the final round of competition in the 35th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition to the Comedy Underground in Pioneer Square, and it was amazing. (Full disclosure: I was one of the night's five judges, so please imagine every
  
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• Daily Rant&Rave: It's the dog's fault she's frantic, disheveled

  01-12-2014 19:02
  
  RAVE For the kind gentleman who saw a frantic, disheveled lady trying to chase down her little escape-artist mutt who was out on an unauthorized walkabout. The man drove slowly through our neighborhood, on the lookout; his kindness was so very appreciated. The mutt, not in the least chagrined, found
  
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• Ex-GOP leader, talk-show host Kirby Wilbur now trains journalists for partisan group

  01-12-2014 18:51
  
  Kirby Wilbur, former chairman of the state Republican Party, has moved to the other Washington for a job that would seem a tricky balance: molding objective young journalists at an overtly partisan organization.
  
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• Youth Pastor Watch: Indicative of Child Sexual-Abuse Activity

  01-12-2014 18:37 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  KANSAS: "A youth minister from Washington County, Kansas is behind bars, facing child sex charges. The Washington County Sheriff's office arrested Jim Bugbee Thursday at his home in Washington. Bugbee faces one count of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of commercial Sexual Exploitation of a child. Authorities told 13 News that Bugbee was a youth minister at the local Christian Church and the case involves one victim."
  WISCONSIN: "A 23-year-old former youth minister
  
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• Idaho hunters fined for using powered parachute to spot deer

  01-12-2014 18:18
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Medicare Advantage and drug-coverage signups end Dec. 7

  01-12-2014 18:14
  
  Holiday shopping is ramping up, but the time for enrolling in a Medicare Advantage plan is drawing to a close. Dec. 7 is the last day to sign up for Medicare Advantage plans and prescription drug coverage (Part D).
  
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• The Morning News: There's Another Protest at Westlake Tonight at 6 pm, Plus It's Cyber Monday and World AIDS Day

  01-12-2014 17:47 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Brendan KileyExpect more of this tonight.
  Tonight Has Been Dubbed "Hands Up, Don't Shoot Monday" and the Protest Starts at Westlake at 6 pm: That's what KOMO is reporting, along with the fact that, in Washington DC, today's "Obama's Cabinet meeting will focus on his administration's review of federal programs that provide military-style equipment to law enforcement agencies." Brendan Kiley met some of the folks who were protesting on Black Friday at Westlake Center to get their
  
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• Nicer White People: Frank Rich Interviews Chris Rock

  01-12-2014 17:43 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  It's a long, amazing conversation and once you stop reading you won't be able to stop. I particularly liked this exchange...
  What would you do in Ferguson that a standard reporter wouldn’t?
  I’d do a special on race, but I’d have no black people.
  Well, that would be much more revealing.
  Yes, that would be an event. Here’s the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it’s all nonsense. There are no race relations. White
  
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• Self-Checkout Machines Don't Talk Black

  01-12-2014 17:04 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  CMThe ghost in this machine is apparently white.
  Along with making life for grocery workers unhappy, and making customers pay to do work that should be done by checkers and baggers, self-checkout machines, which are in the same economic category as shareholders (useless and/or detrimental), entirely lack something that many humans at checkout stations (and also around the city and country) have: black English. The machines can speak in Spanish, true, but when it comes down to
  
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• Kayaker drowns in river near Granite Falls

  01-12-2014 16:58
  
  The Snohomish County sheriff's office says a kayaker capsized and drowned Sunday afternoon in the Stillaguamish River near Granite Falls.
  
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• Seattle police bracing for Monday night Ferguson protest

  01-12-2014 16:34
  
  Seattle police bracing for Monday night Ferguson protest
  
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• Police: Pedestrian fatality in Bellevue

  01-12-2014 16:18
  
  A pedestrian has been killed by a car in Bellevue early this morning, according to a tweet from the Bellevue Police Department.
  
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• Bellevue pedestrian killed in crash with car

  01-12-2014 15:43
  
  Bellevue pedestrian killed in crash with car
  
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• Patrol: Washington man dies in North Dakota crash

  01-12-2014 15:42
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Driver in Auburn crash to be charged in death of 4 passengers

  01-12-2014 15:18
  
  Driver in Auburn crash to be charged in death of 4 passengers
  
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• Heavy icebreaker Polar Star leaves Seattle for Antarctica

  01-12-2014 15:09
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Pedestrian hurt in West Seattle hit-and-run

  01-12-2014 15:05
  
  Pedestrian hurt in West Seattle hit-and-run
  
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• Cold temperatures to ease by midweek in Washington

  01-12-2014 15:03
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Daily Rant&Rave: It's the dog's fault she's frantic, dishelveled

  01-12-2014 15:00
  
  RAVE For the kind gentleman who saw a frantic, disheveled lady trying to chase down her little escape-artist mutt who was out on an unauthorized walkabout. The man drove slowly through our neighborhood, on the lookout; his kindness was so very appreciated. The mutt, not in the least chagrined, found
  
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• Windows Broken on Capitol Hill as Protesters Offer Anarchy in Response to Ferguson

  01-12-2014 15:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Alex Garland / CHSOn Saturday night, protesters reportedly broke the windows of a Capitol Hill Ferrari dealership and a police vehicle.
  On Saturday night, reports the Capitol Hill Seattle blog, "a group of around 60 demonstrators tossed rocks, broke windows and smashed fences as they marched and ran through the streets around Broadway and Pike/Pine... Anarchy banners were on display, not the posters and signs that had been on display in the week’s [earlier] Ferguson demon
  
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• Cop catches woman jumping from Lynnwood balcony

  01-12-2014 14:41
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Mill Creek woman arrested in baby formula theft ring

  01-12-2014 14:40
  
  Mill Creek woman arrested in baby formula theft ring
  
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• Baby formula theft ring in Snohomish County

  01-12-2014 14:40
  
  Mill Creek woman arrested in baby formula theft ring
  
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• Armed man robs Bellingham coffee shop

  01-12-2014 14:01
  
  Armed man robs Bellingham coffee shop
  
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• Burn ban in effect for King, Pierce, Snohomish counties

  01-12-2014 07:02
  
  Due to stagnant air conditions, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency announced a Stage 1 burn ban, starting Sunday afternoon, for King, Pierce and Snohomish counties.
  
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