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• Fire Guts Sea of Green, Seattle's First Licensed Pot Grow

  08-04-2015 23:07 via thestranger.com
  
  A portion of Sea of Green's grow operation, photographed last summer. Kelly O
  An early morning fire destroyed 3,000 pot plants at a grow owned by Sea of Green Farms, the first Seattle growers licensed by the state Liquor Control Board just over a year ago. No one was injured. (KIRO reports no fire fighters got high, and KOMO reports that the building's rigorous security made it difficult for crews to get inside.)
  Sea of Green owner Philip Tobias says fire fighters told him the blaze was likely c
  
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• Irish Paper Shop Turns Antigay Hate into Pro-Gay Confetti

  08-04-2015 23:06 via thestranger.com
  
  Towleroad:
  There are times when you just want to bathe in the tears of your enemies. Obtaining said tears is much easier said than done, but Daintree, a paper company based in Dublin, Ireland, is working to provide its customers with the next best thing. In anticipation of Ireland’s controversial upcoming referendum on marriage equality Daintree’s begun selling “A Shred of Decency,” confetti made from homophobic leaflets that are being shared throughout the country... Ba
  
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• Irish Paper Shop Turns Anti-Gay Hate Into Pro-Gay Confetti

  08-04-2015 23:06 via thestranger.com
  
  Towleroad:
  There are times when you just want to bathe in the tears of your enemies. Obtaining said tears is much easier said than done, but Daintree, a paper company based in Dublin, Ireland, is working to provide its customers with the next best thing. In anticipation of Ireland’s controversial upcoming referendum on marriage equality Daintree’s begun selling “A Shred of Decency,” confetti made from homophobic leaflets that are being shared throughout the country.... B
  
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• New program wants housing, not jail for drug addicts and prostitutes

  08-04-2015 22:17
  
  New program wants housing, not jail for drug addicts and prostitutes
  
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• No, You Can't Touch Questlove's Hair.

  08-04-2015 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Questlove: Don’t ask to touch his hair.
  So, hold up: The states of Indiana and Arkansas, shitholes both, have legislated that businesses can deny service to LGBTQ people, because "religious freedom"? Was that the same reason al-Shabab killed 147 people at a Kenyan university? And while we're at it—when is the big we-are-the-world march in Nairobi for this terror attack? The think pieces? Even just, you know—the acknowledgment? Je suis somewhat less than surprised. Speaking of b
  
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• Iamsu!, Raekwon, and No, You Can't Touch Questlove's Hair

  08-04-2015 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Questlove: Don’t ask to touch his hair.
  So, hold up: The states of Indiana and Arkansas, shitholes both, have legislated that businesses can deny service to LGBTQ people, because "religious freedom"? Was that the same reason al-Shabab killed 147 people at a Kenyan university? And while we're at it—when is the big we-are-the-world march in Nairobi for this terror attack? The think pieces? Even just, you know—the acknowledgment? Je suis somewhat less than surprised. Speaking of b
  
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• Online Fundraiser for the SC Cop Who Shot Walter Scott In the Back

  08-04-2015 21:26 via thestranger.com
  
  It was inevitable, right? There were online fundraisers for George Zimmerman and Darren Wilson. So of course there would be one for Michael T. Slager. Gun nuts and Fox News viewers raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Zimmerman and Wilson. The Slager fundraiser was announced last night, almost immediately after the news broke, but I didn't add it to my post because it was as depressing as it was predictable.
  How's the fundraiser for Slager going? Not great:So the knuckle-dragging gun nut
  
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• New Documents Show Port of Seattle's Plan for Shell Deal Damage Control (Including Hopes for Seattle Times Editorial)

  08-04-2015 21:12 via thestranger.com
  As the port reviewed its communications plan, Courtney Gregoire noted that commissioners were receiving "10-20 emails a minute" asking them to reconsider the lease.Don Wilson/Port of Seattle
  Back in January, when the Port of Seattle was figuring out how to communicate the fact that they were about to sign a lease that would allow Shell to park its Arctic drilling rigs in Seattle, they suggested pursuing a Seattle Times Editorial Board piece. A note from the draft of the plan read:
  • Port p
  
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• ‘Prolific criminals’ arrested by Bellevue police, charged

  08-04-2015 21:02
  
  ‘Prolific criminals’ arrested by Bellevue police, charged
  
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• Washington Is the Only State with Legal Marijuana That Doesn't Allow Home Grows—But That Could Change! Here's How!

  08-04-2015 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Having a cute little plant like this is illegal, even though marijuana possession isn’t. Kelly O
  A few years ago, my friends Monica and Nate got ahold of a few marijuana cuttings, also known as "clones," and planted them in their backyards. Neither of their plants grew into the towering, gawky, bamboo-like stalks you see in stock news photos of professional marijuana grows. Monica pruned hers to grow smaller and bushier, less conspicuous, almost ornamental—the bonsai of marijuana. Th
  
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• Food & Drink News: Girin Opens in Pioneer Square, and Two New Food Trucks Hit the Streets

  08-04-2015 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Campfire BBQ's log cabin barbecue truck has found a permanent home downtown.Stefan Giles
  Now Open
  Girin, a high-end Korean steakhouse from restaurateur Steven Han and partners, has opened in Pioneer Square. (Han’s other restaurants include Belltown’s Kushibar and Umi Sake House, as well as Capitol Hill’s Momiji.) At 5,400-square feet and 125 seats, Girin is not messing around. The kitchen is headed up by chef Brandon Kirksey who, until a year ago, made his living cooking rustic
  
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• Search for Maryland fugitive in Snohomish County suspended

  08-04-2015 20:27
  
  Search for Maryland fugitive in Snohomish County suspended
  
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• Zola Jesus, Four Tet, Lusine Among DJs Slated to Spin in KEXP's Midnight in a Perfect World

  08-04-2015 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Recent Seattle transplant Zola Jesus is one of many high-profile musicians who'll commandeer KEXP's decks for Midnight in a Perfect World. Jeff Elstone
  Zola Jesus, Four Tet,Jon Spencer, and Lusine are among the next batch of guest DJs who will be contributing to KEXP's outstanding new series, Midnight in a Perfect World. The concept is for prominent musicians and DJs from around the world and Seattle to spin hour-long sets every Friday at midnight, exposing the station's listeners to new voices
  
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• New water taxi to run between Seattle and Vashon

  08-04-2015 19:55
  
  New water taxi to run between Seattle and Vashon
  
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• Bellevue police locate missing woman

  08-04-2015 19:38
  
  Bellevue police seeking missing woman
  
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• Inmate’s death in Clark County Jail is ruled a suicide by hanging

  08-04-2015 19:16
  The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that the death of an inmate at the Clark County Jail last week was a suicide.
  
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• PHOTOS: Most wanted sex offenders in Washington (updated May 4)

  08-04-2015 19:11
  
  PHOTOS: Most wanted sex offenders in Washington (updated May 4)
  
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• PHOTOS: Most wanted sex offenders in Washington (updated April 8)

  08-04-2015 19:11
  
  PHOTOS: Most wanted sex offenders in Washington (updated April 8)
  
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• Unhinged Bigots, Revenge-Porn Vengeance, and Memories of a Queen Bitch Sorceress Freak

  08-04-2015 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Isidor Martinez: If you couldn't handle her, you definitely couldn't handle what was going on inside the club. steven miller
  MONDAY, MARCH 30 This week of unhinged bigots and revenge-porn vengeance kicked off in Indiana, the northeasterly Midwestern American state that provided us with an array of insane doings on which to focus. Let's start with the truly unexpected: the saga of Purvi Patel, the 33-year-old woman in Mishawaka, Indiana, who today became the first woman in the United States to be
  
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• Washington Senators Are Trying to Pressure the Feds into Enacting Oil Train Safety Rules... Now

  08-04-2015 18:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) says that an oil train derailment in Seattle would be catastrophic. From right: Mayor Ed Murray, Valley Regional Fire Authority Administrator Eric Robertson, Senator Cantwell, Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins, and King County Executive Dow Constantine. SB
  Some facts: More than 170,000 people in Seattle live within a half-mile radius of railroad tracks on which tankers carry volatile crude to refiners on the coast. First responders have not seen a worst-case-scenar
  
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• King County Detox Facility Closes Abruptly This Week

  08-04-2015 18:52 via thestranger.com
  
  The Recovery Centers of King County is a 27-bed facility on First Hall which, for years, has been the place where low-income and homeless people have been nursed through physical withdrawals from alcohol and opiates.
  In a surprise move, the nonprofit is abruptly terminating its contract with King County and will admit its final clients on Friday.
  "We were aware that they were having financial challenges," said Jim Vollendroff, director of King County's Mental Health, Chemical Abuse and Dependenc
  
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• CNN Freaks Out Over Gloria Steinem’s Participation in North Korean-Sanctioned Peace March

  08-04-2015 18:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Gloria Steinem is among the women who plan to march across the DMZ on May 24. lev radin / Shutterstock.com
  A group of women—including feminist icon Gloria Steinem—have announced their intention to march across the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates North and South Korea. They want to bring attention to the fact that the two countries are technically still at war and to call for their reunification. And how does CNN respond? By criticizing one of the organizers, Christine Ahn, fo
  
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• Voters In Springfield, MO, Repeal LGBT Civil Rights Law

  08-04-2015 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  More like Springfield, NOHOMO:
  Voters have narrowly repealed an LGBT-rights law in Springfield, Missouri, according to ballot results Tuesday night. With all precincts reporting, the Greene County Clerk shows Question 1 passing 51.43% to 48.57%. “We are very disappointed that we didn’t have the exact outcome that we wanted, but we are encouraged that the vote was so very close,” Crystal Clinkenbeard, a spokeswoman for the LGBT-rights campaign No Repeal, told BuzzFeed News. The
  
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• The Morning News: Walter Scott's Death, Bertha's (Resolved?!) Overruns, and Vancouver Island's Fukushima Radiation

  08-04-2015 17:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Black Lives Matter protesters demonstrating outside CenturyLink Field in December of 2014. Ansel Herz
  Video Captured a White Police Officer Shooting a Black Man in the Back as He Was Running Away: Walter Scott was 50 years old, "apparently unarmed," and police reports say he was stopped for a broken taillight.
  The Video Shows Officer Michael Slager Firing Eight Times: In North Charleston, South Carolina. Walter Scott shooting from The Post and Courier on Vimeo.Slager Has Been Charged with Murder
  
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• The Video that Shows a Cop Shooting Unarmed Black Man in the Back has Echoes With the Film Strange Days

  08-04-2015 17:30 via thestranger.com
  
  A police officer in the movie Strange Days shoots unarmed black man. 20TH CENTURY FOX
  The video that, according the New York Times, resulted in Officer Michael T. Slager being charged for the murder of a work-class black American, Walter Scott, recalls a core scene in Kathryn Bigelow's 1995 cyberpunk thriller Strange Days.In that movie, there is a device, a SQUID (for superconducting quantum interference device), that captures a person's visual and auditory experiences from his/her brain's magne
  
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• The Video That Shows a Cop Shooting an Unarmed Black Man in the Back Has Echoes of the Film Strange Days

  08-04-2015 17:30 via thestranger.com
  
  A police officer in the movie Strange Days shoots an unarmed black man. 20TH CENTURY FOX
  The video that, according to the New York Times, resulted in Officer Michael T. Slager being charged with the murder of a working-class black American, Walter Scott, recalls a core scene in Kathryn Bigelow's 1995 cyberpunk thriller Strange Days.In that movie, there is a device, a SQUID (for superconducting quantum interference device), that captures a person's visual and auditory experiences from his/her bra
  
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• 19-year-old college student receives gift of sound

  08-04-2015 17:10
  
  19-year-old college student to receive the gift of sound
  
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• San Francisco's The Bold Italic Ceases Operations, Everyone Cries/Celebrates

  08-04-2015 16:35 via thestranger.com
  
  After six years of operation, the Bold Italic has called it quits.
  San Francisco magazine-y site The Bold Italic quietly and abruptly announced it was ceasing operations yesterday morning, and the reactions (at least in my Facebook feed) ranged from "Thank god" to "This stinks!" to "Fuck this website forever and ever."The site was as known for its bold design (giant photos, large pull-quotes) as it was for its adorable food reviews by four-year-olds and first-person essays on issues such as gent
  
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• Bags of pot found in child’s Easter toy box

  08-04-2015 15:14
  
  Bags of pot found in box of child’s Easter toy
  
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• Guest Editorial: Allow Non-Citizens to Vote in Seattle Elections

  08-04-2015 15:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Former Seattle mayor Mike McGinn says this city should allow non-citizens to vote. Kelly O
  In my last months as mayor, I was presented with a novel issue about voting rights.First, some background. The federal government was retreating from the protection of voting rights so we appointed an Immigrant Rights Voting Taskforce to see what we could do locally.Their report is due soon.
  Voting is no small thing. In the face of money, power, and influence, voting is the ultimate recourse of the public
  
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• ‘Military Mistress’ wanted again in con schemes

  08-04-2015 14:13
  
  ‘Military Mistress’ wanted again in con schemes
  
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• Thousands of pot plants lost in fire at legal grow operation

  08-04-2015 13:27
  
  2-alarm fire breaks out at legal pot growing operation
  
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• 2-alarm fire breaks out at legal pot growing operation

  08-04-2015 13:27
  
  2-alarm fire breaks out at legal pot growing operation
  
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• Rabbinical Court Rules No Infidelity Then No Divorce for Long-Suffering Woman in Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

  08-04-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Rabbinical Court Rules No Infidelity Then No Divorce for Long-Suffering Woman in Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem by Kathy FennessyIn Israel, a divorce is known as a gett, and Viviane Amsalem (played by codirector Ronit Elkabetz, a striking woman with an imposing gaze) wants one. For three years, she has lived with her brother and his wife while trying to extract herself from her marriage to Elisha (French actor Simon Abkarian). Viviane continues to look after their youngest son, but she has n
  
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• Japanese reactor radiation found off B.C. coast, but at safe levels

  08-04-2015 09:01
  For the first time since an earthquake and tsunami ravaged the Japanese north coast four years ago, disabling nuclear reactors there, radiation has been found on the shorelines of North America. However the concentration is so small that it poses no health threat, says a University of Victoria scien
  
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• High-tech workers’ spouses welcome new immigration rules

  08-04-2015 09:01
  
  Starting in May, the spouses of some immigrant tech workers, whose visas haven’t allowed them to work in the U.S., may be able to apply for work permits under President Obama’s executive order on immigration.
  
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• Cold Train sues BNSF for at least $41 million

  08-04-2015 09:01
  A $41 million suit accuses BNSF of putting a refrigerated rail company out of business.
  
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• Federal judge ‘troubled’ by OKC Zoo, but won’t block elephants’ move

  08-04-2015 08:46
  A federal judge declined to block the transfer of Seattle’s elephants to Oklahoma, but said neither Woodland Park Zoo nor Oklahoma City Zoo are adequate for animals’ well-being.
  
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• Students opting out of Common Core exams

  08-04-2015 08:31
  
  Teachers from Seattle’s Garfield High School, the site of a 2013 testing boycott, say they oppose new Common Core tests but won’t boycott them — so many students are “opting out” of the tests that the teachers don’t have to protest.
  
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• Swinomish sue to get Bakken oil trains off tribal lands

  08-04-2015 07:46
  
  A federal lawsuit filed by the Swinomish Indian tribe seeks to ban BNSF Railway from transporting Bakken crude oil across tribal lands. The line in question carries oil trains to the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes.
  
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• No Child Left Behind plan would give power back to states

  08-04-2015 07:31
  
  Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said Tuesday they have reached a bipartisan agreement on how to rewrite the long-stalled federal education law known as No Child Left Behind.
  
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• New cracks, more settlement found on viaduct

  08-04-2015 07:31
  The latest inspection of the Alaskan Way Viaduct found new cracks, wider cracks and more ground settlement, near where tunnel-machine Bertha is set to be repaired.
  
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• Learning drumline dance moves

  08-04-2015 07:31
  
  The style of dance hails from the American South’s football halftime shows.
  
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• Anti-gay-marriage windfall flows to fined florist

  08-04-2015 07:31
  Refusing to do a gay wedding turns into a grievance gold mine.
  
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• Joseph McEnroe’s mother, aunt give conflicting testimony

  08-04-2015 07:01
  Jurors deciding the fate of convicted Carnation killer Joseph McEnroe heard conflicting testimony Tuesday from his mother and his aunt in the death-penalty phase of his trial.
  
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• Faith No More Return with Sol Invictus, Their First Album in 18 Years

  08-04-2015 06:47 via thestranger.com
  
  Faith No More Return with Sol Invictus, Their First Album in 18 Years (Don't Worry: It's Not Nu Metal)by Trent MoormanRumors and controversy surrounded the 1989 video for Faith No More's megahit "Epic." Facts first: A goldfish flops around on the ground gasping for life in the video's outro. PETA condemned them. The song reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one in Australia. VH1 ranked it number 30 on its 40 Greatest Metal Songs. The Penrith Panthers rugby team of Western Sydn
  
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• Tacoma jury awards nearly $1.4 million in whistle-blower complaint

  08-04-2015 06:31
  A federal jury in Tacoma awards former Harrison Medical Center billing supervisor nearly $1.4 million for retaliation and wrongful firing in a Medicare fraud investigation
  
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• Study finds health-insurance sign-ups on state-run exchanges lackluster

  08-04-2015 06:31
  
  A national study finds sign-ups for health insurance on the state-run exchange to be lackluster. But state officials contend any analysis needs to consider the high number of people who are now receiving expanded Medicaid coverage.
  
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• Seattle School Board to weigh authorization of charter schools

  08-04-2015 06:31
  The Seattle School Board plans to discuss whether it wants to join Spokane as a school district that can authorize charter schools. Highline and Tacoma say they want in, too.
  
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• Police: Bellevue slaying suspect wakes up to handcuffs

  08-04-2015 05:01
  A man accused of slaying a woman and torching her apartment last week was taken into custody in Northern California after he was found sleeping at an Interstate 5 rest stop, police said.
  
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