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• Resisting Arrest While White and Resisting Arrest While Black Are Two Completely Different Things

  29-01-2015 23:31 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  a katz / Shutterstock.comWhat would the far right version of this sign be? "I can't even punch a cop in the face without getting shot?"
  Remember Cliven Bundy, that anti-American tax-dodger who conservatives held up as a hero for some reason until he turned out to be racist as the day is long? Looks like his son got into some trouble with the police in Utah on Tuesday, according to the Huffington Post. Sheriff's deputies were serving Ryan Bundy an arrest warrant when all hell al
  
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• It Takes a Village: Raz Simone Builds His Empire

  29-01-2015 23:15 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Raz Simone released one of the most gripping tracks I've heard from a Seattle artist of any genre.
  A year ago, MTV announced that Seattle native Solomon "Raz" Simone was the first rapper signed (via a partnership with his Black Umbrella venture) to 300 Entertainment, the Atlantic-distributed "new content" company founded by three big-time hiphop CEOs: Lyor Cohen, Todd Moscowitz, and Kevin Liles. (Also, 300 has since added to its roster the hit-making ATL breakouts Young Thug, R
  
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• Delridge middle school student robbed at gunpoint

  29-01-2015 23:03
  
  An armed man robbed a teen of her backpack as she walked to school in Delridge Thursday morning, according to Seattle police.
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: Betrayal and Ballache

  29-01-2015 22:58 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Hey Dan, Long time reader, first time writer.
  So I have two issues. One, the wife decided she wanted two kids even after I made clear I only wanted one. So now two kids on after she lied about the time frame of "being safe," we don't do anything. Partially cause she didn't want to get pregnant again, and mainly on my part, I don't trust her and am absolutely miserable given her deceit towards me. I was very clear on my kid want. She knew it. So I am constantly pissed internall
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: Betrayal and Ball Ache

  29-01-2015 22:58 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Hey Dan, Longtime reader, first-time writer.
  So I have two issues. One, the wife decided she wanted two kids even after I made clear I only wanted one. So now two kids on after she lied about the time frame of "being safe," we don't do anything. Partially cause she didn't want to get pregnant again, and mainly on my part, I don't trust her and am absolutely miserable given her deceit towards me. I was very clear on my kid want. She knew it. So I am constantly pissed internally
  
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• What If Everyone in Seattle Got to Vote on the City's Budget?

  29-01-2015 22:49 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Courtesy of the Participatory Budgeting ProjectPart of Chicago's budget is spent like this—by regular people at the ballot box. Now, some want to bring that kind of participatory budgeting to Seattle.
  Every year in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, thousands of people get together to talk about projects they want to see in their neighborhoods. They hone their ideas and come up with specific pitches for new projects or programs. Then, they all get to vote and spend $71.5
  
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• RIP, Actor and Director Christopher Zinovitch

  29-01-2015 22:41 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Christopher Zinovitch, who served as the artistic director of ArtsWest between 2011 and 2013—but had been a strong presence there as an actor and director for 13 years—passed away early this morning.
  He had been diagnosed with brain cancer over the holidays.
  ArtsWest managing director Laura Lee wrote in an email that, during his time at the theater: "We were blessed with an incredible body of work that he brought to our stage, his unrelenting passion for hard work a
  
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• Unions, earthlings and Seahawks: things Inslee said Thursday

  29-01-2015 22:00
  
  OLYMPIA - Gov. Jay Inslee held his weekly news conference with reporters Thursday and answered questions about union contracts, his proposal to curb carbon pollution, and, of course, the Seahawks. Here are some highlights:
  
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• Renton GameStop slashing suspect to undergo mental evaluation

  29-01-2015 21:50
  
  Renton GameStop slashing suspect to undergo mental evaluation
  
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• Everett man sentenced to 5 years for Chelan County drive-by shooting

  29-01-2015 21:43
  
  The Wenatchee World
  
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• Pearl Jam, Seattle Symphony team up for annual Sonic Evolution salute

  29-01-2015 21:23
  
  Seattle Symphony music director Ludovic Morlot and Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready have teamed up for SSO’s annual Sonic Evolution concert, a tribute to musicians who embody the city’s spirit. Monday’s concert includes a new piece by McCready.
  
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• How a Black, Gay Man from Nebraska Lost Confidence in the Seattle Police Department

  29-01-2015 21:11 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Ansel HerzBrian Davis is an administrative professional who moved to Seattle in 2001. Over the course of the last year, he's lost trust in the Seattle police department's ability to handle cases of racial bias.
  Yesterday, I wrote about a complaint filed with the Office of Professional Accountability regarding Seattle police officer Cynthia Whitlatch's alleged racially-charged remarks on Facebook.
  The man who filed that complaint is Brian Davis, a 41-year-old black, gay man who
  
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• Wild Guitarist Bill Orcutt's Jan. 30 Seattle Show Canceled Due to Illness

  29-01-2015 21:07 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Bad news for lovers of adventurous guitar playing: Ex-Harry Pussy axeman Bill Orcutt will not be able to perform Friday January 30 at Georgetown's Machine House Brewery due to illness. Kirsten Thom of
  
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• Guitarist Bill Orcutt's Jan. 30 Seattle Show Canceled Due to Illness

  29-01-2015 21:07 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Bad news for lovers of adventurous guitar playing: Ex-Harry Pussy axeman Bill Orcutt will not be able to perform Friday January 30 at Georgetown's Machine House Brewery due to illness. Kirsten Thom of
  
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• House passes judicial review of mental health decisions

  29-01-2015 20:53
  
  The Washington state House passed a bill Thursday to allow family members to ask a judge to review cases whenever a designated mental health professional decides not to detain someone who could be a danger to themselves or others.
  
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• Man arrested for carrying golf club says SPD officer was 'out of control'

  29-01-2015 20:50
  
  The Seattle man who was arrested and jailed for carrying a golf club on a Seattle street said he didn't immediately obey an officer's commands because he was frightened.
  
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• Decision looms over captive orca, but fate of Lolita unclear

  29-01-2015 20:45
  For years, animal activists have campaigned to free a killer whale that was captured from Puget Sound waters in 1970 and has been performing at Miami Seaquarium in Florida for over four decades.
  
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• Key & Peele: Meet the New Players of the East/West Bowl!

  29-01-2015 20:45 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  In honor of the Super Bowl this Sunday (and to promote their upcoming special this Friday on Comedy Central), generally hilarious people Key & Peele have resurrected one of their funniest sport bits: Introducing the fictional players of the fictional East/West Bowl. Say hello to your new favorite football players, Doink Ahanahu, Stumptavian Roboclick, Swordless Mimetown, Splendiferous Finch, and... maybe some real guys, too!
  
  
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• What Is More Dangerous Than Playing Football? You'll Never Believe the Answer

  29-01-2015 20:44 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Peshkova/ShutterstockThe answer is being crushed by a TV.
  When you think about dangerous NFL collisions what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Kam Chancellor ruining an opposing tight end? Marshawn Lynch throwing a helpless defensive back to the ground? The quieter danger of repeated collisions between linemen resulting in permanent brain trauma? Or worse, the off the field violence that players too often reap on their loved ones?
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• Former soldier charged with stealing $250,000 in benefits

  29-01-2015 20:30
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Fire in vacant Renton house ruled arson

  29-01-2015 20:28
  
  UPDATED at 11 a.m. with number of fires clarified.
  
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• 2.8 earthquake felt on Eastside, centered north of Marymoor Park

  29-01-2015 20:25
  
  UPDATED, 11:20 a.m. | The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network now reports that the earthquake was a 2.8 magnitude quake.
  
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• Elderly man who was wrongly arrested threatening to sue city

  29-01-2015 20:06
  
  Elderly man wrongly arrested sewing city
  
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• Renton fires ruled arson

  29-01-2015 19:48
  
  Renton fire officials said that three fires in vacant houses on the same property Tuesday night have been ruled arsons. Chad Michael, Renton's deputy fire chief, said the fire that engulfed the three homes was started in a mattress inside one.
  
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• Republican Senators Relieved to Hear Loretta Lynch Is Against Pot Legalization

  29-01-2015 19:44 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  lev radin / Shutterstock.comLoretta Lynch attends the funeral for slain NYPD Officer Wenjian Liu in January of this year.
  The New York Times yesterday published Carl Hulse and Matt Apuzzo's report on the Senate panel hearings for attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch. The piece mostly focused on Senate Republican distaste for Attorney General Eric Holder, and Lynch's attempts to distance herself from Holder. That distancing technique seems to be working, as the hearings sound
  
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• Man killed in Everett shooting identified

  29-01-2015 19:31
  
  The man who was fatally shot at an Everett apartment complex last week has been identified as Jeffrey J. Wehl, 57.
  
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• The Top Five Things to Do in Seattle Today: Belle and Sebastian Dance Party, Iska Dhaaf, Sharma Shields, and More

  29-01-2015 19:29 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Søren SolkærBelle and Sebastian won't be at the dance party, but their cardigan- and beret-clad fans will.
  BELLE AND SEBASTIAN DANCE PARTY
  Thurs Jan 29 at 8 pm at Vermillion
  Glasgow’s feelings-pop purveyors, Belle and Sebastian, gently released a new album on January 19 called Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance. Though I wouldn’t say we’re in “peacetime” at the moment, I can bet that girls and boys in cardigans, plaids, and berets want
  
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• 2.7 earthquake felt on Eastside, centered north of Marymoor Park

  29-01-2015 19:14
  
  A mild earthquake shook the Eastside this morning about 9:37. With a 2.7 magnitude, the quake was centered in Redmond just north of Marymoor Park, said Doug Gibbons, research assistant at the University of Washington's Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.
  
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• Police looking for car in fatal Everett hit-and-run

  29-01-2015 19:11
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• The First Email I Read This Morning

  29-01-2015 18:43 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Reading my mail and drinking my first cup of tea...
  You had a recent letter from a dude who gets off on other men’s underwear. Here is an idea for him: I live near a university, and go to a thrift store nearby and find lots of American Eagle, Hollister, and GAP men’s underwear that has been cast off by college boys. Some with the crotch more stretched out than others. They're priceless to me but GOODWILL offers them two for a buck. And as a dietary bonus you can te
  
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• The First E-Mail I Read This Morning

  29-01-2015 18:43 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Reading my mail and drinking my first cup of tea...
  You had a recent letter from a dude who gets off on other men’s underwear. Here is an idea for him: I live near a university, and go to a thrift store nearby and find lots of American Eagle, Hollister, and GAP men’s underwear that has been cast off by college boys. Some with the crotch more stretched out than others. They're priceless to me but GOODWILL offers them two for a buck. And as a dietary bonus you can te
  
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• Hosting a Super Bowl Party but Don't Feel Like Cooking?

  29-01-2015 18:31 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Geo Quibuyen Food & Sh*t's Super Bowl party pack includes this 12th Man buko panda cheesecake.
  West Seattle’s Ma’Ono Fried Chicken & Whisky is offering a Super Bowl Party Pack featuring fried chicken, kalua pork, Filipino garlic rice, potato mac salad, and kimchi. The pack costs $195 and feeds 8 to 10 people.
  Place your order by: 8 p.m. on Friday, January 30
  Pick up: Sunday, February 1, between 1 and 3 p.m
  Beacon Hill pop-up Food & Sh*t is offeri
  
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• PHOTOS: Dave Matthews raises the 12th Man flag on Space Needle

  29-01-2015 18:23
  
  PHOTOS: Dave Matthews raises the 12th Man flag on Space Needle
  
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• SDOT officials making 5,000-mile trip to check on First Hill streetcar

  29-01-2015 17:43
  
  SDOT officials making 5,000-mile trip to check on First Hill streetcar
  
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• Greece's New Finance Minister Believes The Matrix Is a Documentary about Capitalism

  29-01-2015 17:33 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Warner Bros.Marx's theory of labor is explained with this battery.
  Almost overnight, Greece has become one of the most interesting places on this planet. The election last weekend ended with a convinving victory for Syriza (or the Coalition of the Radical Left). Right after the leader of that party, Aexis Tsipras, became prime minister, he went to visit to a war memorial for 200 Greek soldiers killed by the Nazis in 1944 (that sent a message to Berlin), became best buddies wi
  
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• The Morning News: Indoor Pot Grows Suck Up as Much Energy as Data Centers

  29-01-2015 17:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  aastock/ShutterstockIf we're looking to reduce American energy consumption, we need to start thinking about indoor pot grows, too.
  Could Pot Growers Use a Little Less Energy? "Marijuana growing operations can be major power hogs," reports KUOW. "Now that they're legal in Oregon and Washington, experts are looking for ways to make them more energy efficient. Indoor pot growing operations use as much electricity per square foot as data centers, according to energy attorney Richar
  
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• Seahawks fans should be wary of counterfeit merchandise

  29-01-2015 17:07
  
  Seahawks fans should be wary of counterfeit merchandise
  
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• Missing woman last seen at Burien hospital found

  29-01-2015 16:38
  
  Missing woman last seen at Burien hospital
  
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• Missing woman last seen at Burien hospital

  29-01-2015 16:38
  
  Missing woman last seen at Burien hospital
  
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• 15 accused of thefts from Yakama Nation scholarship program

  29-01-2015 15:59
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Woman accused of recording adult film in OSU library

  29-01-2015 15:38
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Doctors concerned Super Bowl visitors could be exposed to measles

  29-01-2015 15:26
  
  Doctors concerned Super Bowl visitors could be exposed to measles
  
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• Comcast official apologizes for rude name change

  29-01-2015 15:21
  
  The Spokesman-Review
  
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• 3 suspicious fires in vacant structures in Renton

  29-01-2015 15:00
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Singer Dave Matthews to hoist 12th Man flag on Space Needle

  29-01-2015 15:00
  
  Singer Dave Matthews to hoist 12th Man flag on Space Needle
  
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• Singer Dave Matthews raises 12th Man flag on Space Needle

  29-01-2015 15:00
  
  Singer Dave Matthews raises 12th Man flag on Space Needle
  
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• Video Editorial: The Seattle Police Guild Is Curbstomping Accountability

  29-01-2015 15:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  (Sources: "Concussion made officer stomp handcuffed man's head," Dorli Rainey pepper-sprayed, "Dash cam video shows Seattle police officer punching man in the face," developmentally disabled teen hurt by SPD officer, no charges in "Mexican piss" case, no charges for officer who fractured woman's eye socket, "Leo Etherly strangled and punched twice by Seattle police.")
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• Search continues for plane that crashed, sank in Hood Canal

  29-01-2015 14:53
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Lawmakers may ban plastic 'microbeads' used in bath products

  29-01-2015 14:43
  
  Wash. lawmakers may ban plastic 'microbeads' used in bath products
  
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• Red tape keeping homeless camps out of some Eastside cities

  29-01-2015 14:24
  
  High fees keeping homeless camps out of some Eastside citie
  
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