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• I Couldn’t Be Happier About the Patriots's Illegally Deflated Balls

  21-01-2015 23:52 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  David Lee/ShutterstockThere are pluses to the ball controversy.
  Remember how I warned you that the Patriots are next-level insufferable, and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick would do anything to ensure the Seahawks would not become a dynasty? Well, part of that plan apparently involved making the Super Bowl with the aid of illegally deflated balls.
  Illegally deflated balls.
  One more time:
  Illegally deflated balls.
  What does this mean?
  The less well inflated bal
  
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• I Couldn’t Be Happier About the Patriots' Illegally Deflated Balls

  21-01-2015 23:52 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  David Lee/ShutterstockThere are pluses to the ball controversy.
  Remember how I warned you that the Patriots are next-level insufferable and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick would do anything to ensure the Seahawks would not become a dynasty? Well, part of that plan apparently involved making the Super Bowl with the aid of illegally deflated balls.
  Illegally deflated balls.
  One more time:
  Illegally deflated balls.
  What does this mean?
  The less well-inflated a ba
  
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• Spokane legislators introduce bill to set up medical school

  21-01-2015 23:50
  
  Two lawmakers introduced bills Wednesday to help pave the way for a new Washington State University medical school in Spokane.
  
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• Conservatives Outraged Obama Used Slightly Different Formulation of Words to Praise God and Country

  21-01-2015 23:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Stocksnapper / Shutterstock.comWhen approached for comment, God said He was "pissed" about the "snub" and He vowed to exact His vengeance on America. "Let's just say if you value your life, you'll want to stay out of trailer parks for the next week or so," God fumed.
  Last night, to close the State of the Union address, President Obama said this:
  Thank you, God bless you, and God bless this country we love.
  This Red State blogger is simply outraged that he "didn’t say, as
  
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• Hanif and Draze Kiss the Hood Good-bye

  21-01-2015 23:15 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Hanif.
  And they say that times change/Well times will always change the same."
  —Shabazz Palaces, "Capital 5"
  Hiphop—for those just tuning in—is the story of a people uprooted, enslaved, and killed, then freed, terrorized (by a massive, nationally supported terrorist organization), and killed, then uprooted again, terrorized (by much the same)... and then killed some more. Oh, and enslaved (aka "punishment for a crime," as detailed in the 13th Amendment) some m
  
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• Treasurer: Inslee budget spends too much of rainy-day fund

  21-01-2015 22:11
  
  It's State Treasurer Jim McIntire's job to worry about the state's credit rating and financial health.
  
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• Do You Live In a Micro-Apartment? Want to Hang Out?

  21-01-2015 22:09 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Kelly ODo you live in a building like this? Please email me, like, now!
  You've read lots of stories about the controversy around building tiny apartments, but what is actually like to live in micro-housing? That's what I'm writing about for an upcoming issue of The Stranger about people and things that are new to town.
  So, I'm looking for people who live in micro-apartments—especially those that aren't on Capitol Hill—and want to have me over (maybe a photographer t
  
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• Apparently, It's a Crime to Be Nice

  21-01-2015 22:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Backstrom.
  As you know, I'm always looking to make a little extra moo-la-la ($$$) on the side. Here are just a few of the moonlighting jobs I've taken to supplement my "wise-ass TV column" income: jizz mopper at Mr. Peep's Adult Video Store. Personal assistant to former secretary of state Madeleine Albright. Scuba-diving golf ball retriever. Slapping the face of Republican senator Ted Cruz whenever he says something stupid (I was eventually let go because I was wearing a hole i
  
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• Win Tickets to Adore Delano in Concert

  21-01-2015 21:58 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Party!
  Please to strain your big gay brains and think back allllllllllllll the way to the last season of RuPaul’s Drag Race—Season 5, I believe, which was practically dominated by our dear Ben DeLaCreme until RuPaul lost all sense of reason and gave her the high-heeled boot (NEVER FORGET!). Remember? Of course you do.
  And you will also doubtlessly now recall the season’s primary “party” gurl, Adore Delano. Wasn’t she just cute as a purple p
  
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• What Do You Think of Microsoft's HoloLens Augmented Reality Goggles?

  21-01-2015 21:47 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Today, Microsoft announced Windows 10, a gigantic touchscreen computer for your wall, and other new products. But the thing that's captured everyone's attention is HoloLens, an augmented reality headset.
  Wired's Jessi Hempel explains the thinking behind the idea: "In the very near future, you’ll compute in the physical world, using voice and gesture to summon data and layer it atop physical objects. Computer programs will be able to digest so much data that they’ll
  
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• 'There's been a murder.' Woman describes discovering Carnation victims

  21-01-2015 21:31
  
  A former Postal Service employee who entered a Carnation home on Dec. 26, 2007, out of concern for her friend and co-worker, Judy Anderson, took the witness stand in Joseph McEnroe's death-penalty trial on Wednesday.
  
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• Holy Mountain Brewing Taproom Debuts in Interbay, Casco Antiguo Opens in Pioneer Square, New Restaurants from Renee Erickson and Travis Kukull

  21-01-2015 21:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Erin PaysseCome to the Holy Mountain and they shall give thee beer.
  Opening This Weekend: Holy Mountain Brewing's taproom in Interbay, with twelve taps pouring their “hop-forward, barrel-aged, and yeast-driven ales and lagers.” Their grand opening starts this Friday, January 23 at 3 p.m., and runs Saturday and Sunday starting at noon. The Skillet food truck will be serving food on Friday, and on Saturday they’ll be tapping a special brett-fremented version of
  
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• Origin Peoples—The Web's Most Mysterious, Shazam-Thwarting DJ-Mix Series

  21-01-2015 21:15 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Origin Peoples
  Origin Peoples is a mysterious collection of mixes that began as a sort of pen-pal exchange between the two DJs who curated the renowned Made Like a Tree podcast series (disclosure: I contributed two mixes to MLAT), after one of them—Jeremy Grant, aka D'Jeronimo, co-owner of the Nuearth Kitchen label—moved to LA in 2013. Shawn Kralicek (aka DJ Struggle) is the other contributor. You wouldn't be able to glean any of this by looking at the website, thou
  
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• Kevin Cole: ‘Seattle is different. So KEXP is different.’

  21-01-2015 21:14
  
  A planned new home at Seattle Center and a new vision have the local institution on the city’s new wavelength.
  
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• House Republicans to American Women: Do the "Rape Victim" Thing Right Or Give Birth to Your Rapist's Baby

  21-01-2015 21:09 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Even Republican women in the House are taking issue with the latest assault on choice and a woman's right to control her own body:
  A routine anti-abortion messaging bill is causing consternation among House Republicans as some GOP women rebel against rape-related language. As a result, House Republicans are discussing ways to tweak the legislation, which bans abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, the bill's author Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) told TPM on Wednesday.... The language
  
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• Super-Heroic Seahawks and the Double Amputation of a Single Penis

  21-01-2015 20:50 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Cut and cut again.
  MONDAY, JANUARY 12 This week—of foxy apologies, super-heroic Seahawks, and the double amputation of a single penis—kicked off in the world of semantics, as navigated by the Seattle City Council, which today voted unanimously to change the name of the crime of "patronizing a prostitute" to "sexual exploitation." "In a nutshell, the idea is to attack the demand-side of prostitution and human trafficking," said Seattle city attorney Pete Holmes to th
  
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• Nick Licata won't seek Seattle City Council re-election in 2015

  21-01-2015 20:29
  
  Longtime Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata, a strident progressive who led the council's ultra-liberal wing for many years, is bowing out.
  
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• 2-point conversion generated biggest quake of Seahawks game

  21-01-2015 20:25
  
  Earthquake experts with the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network have analyzed the CenturyLink Field shaking during the Seahawks win over the Packers in the NFC title game.
  
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• Snohomish police may use seized heroin money to remodel station

  21-01-2015 20:00
  
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• Same man may have robbed second bank in Auburn

  21-01-2015 19:50
  
  Man robs Wells Fargo bank in Auburn
  
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• Death Cab for Cutie's Return to the Crocodile

  21-01-2015 19:43 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Josh BisBen Gibbard
  Last night at the Crocodile, Death Cab for Cutie played a not-exactly-secret, but still-hastily-announced show that had something for almost everyone in the crowd. Those of us who fell for them when songs felt like entries in a Best American Short Fiction compendium got a surprisingly healthy serving of now-classic indie hits—sick burns on Los Angeles, meditations on New Year’s Eve, half-conscious thoughts about long late commutes. The generation
  
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• Seattle City Council Member Nick Licata Will Not Seek Reelection

  21-01-2015 19:41 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  City of Seattle
  The city council's progressive wing is losing an important voice: Nick Licata, who's been on the council since 1998.
  The city council is losing a veteran lefty. Under the council's new district system, some expected Nick Licata to run for one of two at-large seats representing the entire city. Council Members Tim Burgess and Sally Clark have announced their campaigns for both seats.
  Because both Licata and current council member Mike O'Brien live in the Distr
  
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• Seattle City Council Member Nick Licata Will Not Seek Re-Election

  21-01-2015 19:41 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  City of Seattle
  The city council's progressive wing is losing an important voice: Nick Licata, who's been on the council since 1998.
  The city council is losing a veteran lefty. Under the council's new district system, some expected Nick Licata to run for one of two at-large seats representing the entire city. Council Members Tim Burgess and Sally Clark have announced their campaigns for both seats.
  Because both Licata and current Council Member Mike O'Brien both live in the
  
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• Dog guards hunter’s body in Ridgefield refuge duck blind

  21-01-2015 19:33
  
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• Man who stole truck with child inside seen on video

  21-01-2015 19:27
  
  Man who stole truck with child inside seen on video
  
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• Deputies arrest man who stole truck with child inside

  21-01-2015 19:27
  
  Man who stole truck with child inside seen on video
  
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• Nostalgia Is a Pastime for the Irrelevant: A Guide to This Week’s Stranger

  21-01-2015 19:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  1. Because the Seahawks are heading to the Super Bowl, it's time for Stranger staff to jump on the fair-weather-fan bandwagon. This week, the news section features a sports piece by local playwright SPIKE FRIEDMAN that makes absolutely no sense. Does he believe he can predict the future? Is Friedman's passion for football so feverish that he now believes he can pierce the veil of time and space? Is this piece a parody of Seattle's football-related insanity, or is it sincere? I
  
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• State attorney general proposes to raise smoking age to 21

  21-01-2015 18:49
  
  OLYMPIA - State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday afternoon to announce a bill to raise the smoking age in Washington to 21 from 18.
  
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• Suspect arrested in Lynnwood double stabbing

  21-01-2015 17:56
  
  UPDATE 8:51 A.M.
  
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• Episode Two of The Nightly Show

  21-01-2015 17:54 via slog.thestranger.com
  
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  It's a lot funnier and looser than the first episode. The panel segment after the jump...
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• The Morning News: Washington High School Senior Who Faced Deportation Attends Obama's State of the Union

  21-01-2015 17:54 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  White HousePresident Obama addresses Congress. Among the audience was a Mount Vernon teen who was almost deported from Washington to Mexico last January.
  Last Year, Juan Andres Macedo and His Family Were Detained by Immigration Agents: And nearly deported but for an outcry. But last night, 17-year-old Macedo was in the audience for Obama's State of the Union speech (relive the glory with Paul Constant's liveblog) at the invitation of Representative Suzan DelBene. Macedo—a
  
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• Morning News: Washington High School Senior Who Faced Deportation Attends Obama's State of the Union

  21-01-2015 17:54 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  White House
  Last Year, Juan Andres Macedo and His Family Were Detained by Immigration Agents: And nearly deported but for an outcry. But last night, 17-year-old Macedo was in the audience for Obama's State of the Union speech (relive the glory with Paul Constant's liveblog) at the invitation of the Rep. Suzan DelBene. Macedo—an honors high school senior from Mount Vernon—missed the age cutoff for the president's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by one month,
  
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• The Ghetto in Three Parts: Seattle

  21-01-2015 17:36 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Charles MudedeThe massif of gentrification in Columbia City.
  Part One
  It was cloudy. It began raining heavily. It suddenly stopped raining and at once the clouds cleared. The sun came out of the blue and shined with the madness of a man who begins laughing really loudly right after a torrent of yelling and cursing. For a moment, it looked like the day was going to turn out fine. But that moment of hope went with the clouds that came from nowhere and carried the sun away. It w
  
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• Two stabbed in S. Snohomish County; suspect sought

  21-01-2015 17:24
  
  Two people were stabbed in unincorporated Snohomish County Wednesday morning and the sheriff's office is looking for the suspect.
  
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• One "Savage Love" Reader Helping Another

  21-01-2015 17:09 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  "Possible answer for VORE from last column," writes Jason. "Maybe she could get one of those inflatable mascot costumes that has the ability to 'eat' a person? Seems like this could almost be a cottage industry. A park full of animatronic creatures that can 'eat' vore fetishists? Like Jurassic Park but more orgasmy."
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• President Obama Used the State of the Union to Reveal Republicans as Anachronistic Cartoon Monsters

  21-01-2015 17:04 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  The State of the Union address occupies a supremely weird position in American politics. They're required to at once contain the soaring aspirations of a campaign speech and the wonky detail of a meaty policy speech. Presidents are expected to walk a tightrope between appeasing their base and appealing to the sensibilities of all Americans, including the roughly half that likely would never vote for them. They have to extol America's greatness and still point out the many area
  
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• Arrest made in attack on Edmonds Domino’s driver

  21-01-2015 16:57
  
  Arrest made in attack on Edmonds Domino’s driver
  
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• Residents safe after explosion, fire in Parkland house

  21-01-2015 16:30
  
  Sleeping residents escaped a fire following an explosion early this morning at a home in Parkland, according to Central Pierce Fire & Rescue.
  
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• Want change? Start by filing an initiative: Tim Eyman submits 17

  21-01-2015 15:11
  
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• Daily Rant&Rave: 'We’re so lucky to be part of another winning Seahawks season'

  21-01-2015 15:01
  
  RAVE To the Polyclinic for the beautiful blue 12, the Great Wheel for the spectacular Seahawks colors and cool football, Pemco for the classy green/blue building and for all the businesses with “12” lights and banners/flags that make this festive fun time even better for all the 12s
  
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• Guest Editorial: Seattle Port Commissioners Turn a Blind Eye to Climate Change

  21-01-2015 15:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  vitstudio/ShutterstockDrilling for oil in the Arctic is incredibly expensive and risky, and thus far has proven unsuccessful. And yet Seattle port commissioners have offered to house Shell's Arctic drilling fleet.
  Last week, with little notice and minimal public debate, the Port of Seattle decided to become the home port for Shell Oil’s Arctic drilling fleet. The deal had been kept secret for months, as port staff and Shell undoubtedly knew Seattle area residents would v
  
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• Army considers cutting jobs at Lewis-McChord

  21-01-2015 14:59
  
  As the Army restructures forces, it’s looking at reducing the number of troops and civilian jobs at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
  
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• Seattle's Terminal 18 reopens after labor dispute shutdown

  21-01-2015 14:47
  
  Seattle's Terminal 18 reopens after labor dispute shutdown
  
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• Flames gut Lakewood RV repair shop

  21-01-2015 13:45
  
  Flames gut Lakewood RV repair shop
  
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• Song One: A Contemplative, Heart-on-Its-Sleeve Affair

  21-01-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Song One: A Contemplative, Heart-on-Its-Sleeve Affair
  
  by Kathy Fennessy
  
  
  
  Kate Barker-Froyland’s directorial debut is a contemplative, heart-on-its-sleeve affair, marking a change of pace for Anne Hathaway after Les Misérables and Interstellar. Though it’s filled with music, Hathaway’s Franny is more of a listener than a musician. After her brother, Henry, a subway busker, ends up in a coma, she returns to
  
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• Labyrinthus: An Adventure Film for Kids

  21-01-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Labyrinthus: An Adventure Film for Kids
  
  by Paul Constant
  
  
  
  American movies for kids have entirely been handed over to Pixar and its swarm of major-studio animation clones. Animation is great, but I can’t recall the last good modestly scaled live-action movie about a normal kid who has to journey to a fantastical realm; I’m talking about your Last Starfighters, your Jumanjis, your NeverEnding Storys. (Harry Po
  
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• When fans are super competitive, this Patriots fan will make a 12s heart melt

  21-01-2015 08:43
  
  Russell Wilson's work with cancer patients inspires even Patriots fans
  
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• Lawmakers vow to work together on recreational, medical pot rules

  21-01-2015 06:44
  
  Conceding the necessity of reconciling the state’s medical marijuana and recreational marijuana systems, GOP Sen. Ann Rivers and Democrat Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles pledged Tuesday to work together on their reform bills.
  
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• Police seek public's help in finding missing 13-year-old girl

  21-01-2015 06:39
  
  The Seattle Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating a 13-year-old girl who was last seen Friday getting into a car with an adult male in South Seattle.
  
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• Seattle takes step to hire more workers from distressed areas

  21-01-2015 06:30
  
  The Seattle City Council approved a new “priority hire” ordinance Tuesday that aims to put more people from economically distressed local neighborhoods to work on large city construction projects.
  
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