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• Port Commission Candidate Goodspaceguy Thinks Airport Workers Making $15 an Hour Is "Terrible"

  21-08-2015 23:23
  
  Goodspaceguy attended a July 14 port commission meeting to declare his opposition to the minimum wage. Port of Seattle
  When port commission candidate Goodspaceguy responded this morning to my request for comment on the Washington State Supreme Court's historic decision yesterday to uphold SeaTac's $15 ordinance, he told me that my e-mail was the first time he'd heard the news.The court's decision is huge for airport workers. After a two-year battle with Alaska Airlines and the Washington Restaur
  
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• Police: Local men bought counterfeit Viagra on Craigslist

  21-08-2015 23:15
  
  Police: Local men bought counterfeit Viagra on Craigslist
  
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• Seattle's top parking violations

  21-08-2015 22:53
  
  We collected Seattle parking ticket data and can now see which offenses drivers are (allegedly) committing the most.
  
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• Two Canadian towns on standby for evacuation because of Washington fire; feds issue emergency declaration

  21-08-2015 22:47
  
  Two towns in southern British Columbia have been told to stand by for evacuation if the Stickpin fire, burning in the Colville National Forest of northeast Washington, moves north across the border. The warning was conveyed Thursday night at a town meeting in Grand Forks. The smaller community of Christina Lake has received a similar be-ready-to-leave notice. The Stickpin fire is burning less than 10 miles away, and is under attack from the north. British Columbia border communities have al
  
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• Drunk of the Week: You Got Time to Lean, You Got Time to Clean!

  21-08-2015 22:05
  
  Leroy, star of this week's Drunk of the Week, was photographed while he cleaned the backstage area of Chop Suey in the best housekeeping uniform I've ever seen! What's the weirdest thing you've ever worn to clean the house?
  Leroy, of Australian band Gooch Palms Kelly O Kelly OKelly O[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• West Seattle Rapper/Producer Mackned’s Fifth Album in Two Years Is Low on Serotonin, Lean on Lust, and Laced with Venom

  21-08-2015 22:02
  
  A millennial update of Mobb Deep nihilism. DANNY CLINCH
  In 2013, I described the emerging music of West Seattle–bred rapper/producer Mackned as "focused on glamorous/dangerous living, drug abuse, and zero-trust/100-percent-predation on the entire female half of the planet's population. There's only so much room for truly groundbreaking content within those strict parameters, but none of these releases are without their enjoyable moments. Chief among them are those emotive... beats and the
  
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• The Guardian Trolls Its Own Interview with Jonathan Franzen Before Anyone Else Gets the Chance

  21-08-2015 21:39
  
  The Guardian has offered the clickbait hot take of its own interview with Jonathan Franzen, the entirety of which will be published tomorrow, really taking the wind out of the sails of sanctimonious bloggers around the world. ScreenshotHad I recently digested a condescending, casually colonialist, and lightly misogynist interview with the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Corrections, Freedom, and the forthcoming Purity, and decided to write something about it, I probably would have
  
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• Shots fired when officer confronts man in Mason Co.

  21-08-2015 21:23
  
  Officer-involved shooting in Mason County
  
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• Is Legalization Really Responsible for More Car Crashes?

  21-08-2015 21:17
  
  People lined up to buy marijuana when it was legalized last year. The Stranger
  Yesterday, state traffic-safety officials released some alarming-sounding news: In 2014, the year recreational pot stores opened for business in Washington, the number of fatal car crashes involving THC doubled.
  And that, of course, is awful—every fatal car crash is awful. “This is particularly affecting young men,” says Shelly Baldwin of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC). According to
  
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• UPDATE: How will weather affect the Washington wildfires?

  21-08-2015 21:06
  
  How will weather affect the Washington wildfires?
  
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• Last Night, Boots Riley and Friends Talked Bullets, Love, Music, Class, and Public Enemy. The Coup Play Tonight.

  21-08-2015 20:56
  
  Geo, Boots Riley, Jesse Hagopian, and Kimya Dawson last night at the UW Book Store. JG
  Have you ever been near a gun going off? You have no choice, said Boots Riley. You have to run.
  Riley grew up first in Detroit, then in Oakland. He was a radical activist, along with his family, before he was the rapper he's known as now. He fronts the fierce political group the Coup, which is playing a free concert tonight at 5:30 at the Mural Amphitheatre at Seattle Center. Last night at the University Book
  
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• Yadesa Bojia Designed a Flag That Once Hung Behind Muammar el-Qaddafi. Now He Designs Menus for Some of Seattle's Ethiopian Restaurants.

  21-08-2015 20:50
  
  Yadesa Bojia, who was born in Ambo, Ethiopia, has provided his services as a designer and events coordinator to a new class of ambitious Ethiopian restaurateurs. JENNIFER RICHARD
  Here is one connection between Seattle and former Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi: Yadesa Bojia. In 2009, the Ethiopian-born graphic designer was watching Larry King Live when Qaddafi appeared on screen. He was in New York City for a conference at the United Nations, and had just made headlines for delivering a 100-m
  
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• An Evolutionary Explanation for Why Humans Can't Resist Seal Pups

  21-08-2015 20:42
  
  Seal pups are sensory traps. Tim Saxon/Shutterstock
  As Sydney Brownstone's story "Hey Seattleites, Stop Trying to 'Save' Seal Pups" explains, humans have a powerful weakness for the eyes and general cuteness of seal pups. This attraction is all the more crippling when the seal appears to have been abandoned on some beach. It's sitting there all alone in the world. The human feels the pull to protect this poor little thing. How could you not save those eyes?In some cases, the pup is taken home, p
  
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• Guest Editorial: Nine Ways to Be a White Ally in the Fight Against Institutional and Structural Racism

  21-08-2015 20:32
  
  There were mixed reactions from the crowd watching Black Lives Matter activists interrupt Bernie Sanders in Seattle.Sydney Brownstone
  When two #BlackLivesMatter activists disrupted a rally where Bernie Sanders was speaking, it pushed Seattle into the national spotlight.
  As our city continues to grapple with the complex and nuanced issues that were raised that day, our hope is that this leads to an ongoing dialogue about what it means to be a white ally in the fight to undo institutional and stru
  
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• S.R. 20, the North Cascades Highway, remains closed due to 3,100 acre Goodell fire

  21-08-2015 20:31
  
  A kayaker plies the water of Diablo Lake behind Diablo Dam near Newhalem. State Route 20, the North Cascades Highway is closed due to the Goodell fire, as is the Colonail Creek Campground and North Cascades Environmental Learning Center along Diablo Lake.  photo: Jeff Larsen, Seattle Post-Intelligencer The North Cascades highway, state Route 20, remains closed as fire crews defend the town of Newhalem and North Cascades National Park complex campgrounds and park visitor center against the 3
  
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• The Gods Themselves' New Album, Pink Noise, Is A+ XXX Dance Rock

  21-08-2015 20:15
  
  Seattle's the Gods Themselves bring a glittery swagger to a rock scene largely devoid of it.
  There's a helluva lot going on this Saturday, including the Summit Block Party on that Capitol Hill street, Six Organs of Admittance's Hexadic showcase at Fremont Abbey Arts Center, and Tom Dyer's New Pagan Gods' release party for their tribute album to Northwest rock from 1959 to 1968 at Easy Street Records, to name just a few. But if you're looking for some of the sexiest and most danceable rock from S
  
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• Officer Cynthia Whitlatch Will Argue to Keep Her Job Before the Seattle Chief of Police Today

  21-08-2015 19:54
  
  Officer Cynthia Whitlatch came under fire after arresting 69-year-old military veteran William Wingate last summer. She claimed Wingate had swung at her with his golf club, which he used as a cane, and that dashcam video would prove it. The dashcam showed no such thing. SPD
  Officer Cynthia Whitlatch will plead her case to Seattle police chief Kathleen O'Toole today.Last month, after a lengthy investigation, the Office of Professional Accountability (OPA) sustained an allegation of biased policin
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Neighborly Concern

  21-08-2015 19:32
  
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• Seattle seawall project tens of millions over budget

  21-08-2015 18:58
  
  Seattle seawall project tens of millions over budget
  
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• Seawall project delayed over increased costs

  21-08-2015 18:24
  
  Replacement of the waterfront seawall will be delayed and the total cost for the project is expected to increase $71 million over its current budget, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced Thursday evening.
  
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• Seawall project delayed, millions in added costs

  21-08-2015 18:24
  
  Overhaul of the waterfront seawall will be delayed and the total cost for the project is expected to increase $71 million over its current budget, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced Thursday evening.
  
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• Mayor Has No Plans to Change Course on Hookah Bar Crackdown

  21-08-2015 18:21
  
  Mayor Ed Murray is standing by his argument that hookah bars "are attracting clientele that are engaging in violent and criminal behavior."Dan Nolte, City of Seattle
  Mayor Ed Murray says he's standing by his crackdown on hookah lounges in the city. He won't, as Seattle City Council member Nick Licata recently proposed, support a 60-day review of the businesses in lieu of moving directly to shut them down, Murray told Licata in a letter sent Wednesday.
  "These businesses are in clear violation of
  
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• The Morning News: Airport Workers Win, State Accepts Volunteer Firefighters, Seawall Project Delayed

  21-08-2015 17:43
  
  "As you know, the rent is high... the wages are still low," said Hertz employee Abdirahmen Abudalli after yesterday's court ruling. HG
  Airport Workers Will Get $15 an Hour: This is a big deal. The Washington State Supreme Court ruled yesterday that airport workers in SeaTac should be paid the $15-an-hour minimum wage voters there approved in 2013. The decision came after a lengthy legal battle in which Alaska Airlines and the Washington Restaurant Association argued that the Port of Seattle has
  
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• Dr. Lori Brotto Is Not Impressed with the New "Female Viagra"

  21-08-2015 17:15
  
  Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration approved Addyi, aka flibanserin, a drug that will supposedly help women struggling with low libido. The pill has been called "female Viagra" in a million misleading headlines. I sent some questions about Addyi to Dr. Lori Brotto. She's an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on women’s sexual health, she has done groundbreaking work on women's sexua
  
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• Local Activist Wants the Seattle City Council to Acknowledge the Trauma of American Indian Boarding Schools

  21-08-2015 16:32
  
  Seattle mayor Ed Murray got high-fived for signing a law recognizing Indigenous Peoples' Day last year. Ed Murray Flickr
  In 2014, Seattle joined a growing list of cities correcting American history. Last fall, local Lakota activist and Marysville School District educator Matt Remle asked the Seattle city council to change "Columbus Day" to "Indigenous Peoples' Day" and won. This year, the holiday will honor Native Seattleites instead of celebrating Christopher Columbus, a European who murdered,
  
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• Blabbermouth: Put the Seal Pup Down! Plus: Art About Injustice at SAM, and Dan Savage on Ashley Madisonian Democracy

  21-08-2015 15:01
  Episode 18 of Blabbermouth is ready for your ears, and available on iTunes.The new episode of Blabbermouth, The Stranger's week-in-review podcast, is live and now available for download in the iTunes podcast marketplace. Please listen, subscribe, and rate it!
  This week: Sydney Brownstone stops by to discuss the weird epidemic of baby seal kidnapping (in the name of baby seal “rescue”) on Seattle’s beaches—which she calls "the most Seattle story I've ever reported." Also,
  
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• Blabbermouth 18: Put the Seal Pup Down! Plus: Art About Injustice at SAM, and Dan Savage on Ashley Madisonian Democracy

  21-08-2015 15:01
  
  Episode 18 of Blabbermouth is ready for your ears, and available on iTunes.The new episode of Blabbermouth, the Stranger's week-in-review podcast, is live and now available for download in the iTunes podcast marketplace. Please listen, subscribe, and rate it!
  This week: Sydney Brownstone stops by to discuss the weird epidemic of baby seal kidnapping (in the name of baby seal “rescue”) on Seattle’s beaches—which she calls "the most Seattle story I've ever reported." Also,
  
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• City receives $3.48 million in penalties from ‘slumlords’ in Roosevelt neighborhood

  21-08-2015 04:17
  
  The Seattle City Attorney’s Office this week received $3.48 million to pay penalties for multiple housing code violations by Roosevelt neighborhood property owners Hugh and Martha Sisley, described by the city’s legal office as “slumlords.” Two checks covered four judgments imposed in King County Superior Court on lawsuits brought by the city.  “Our success in bringing this long-term scofflaw in compliance with municipal laws will be used with other property ow
  
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• July was the Earth’s hottest month in 135 years of record keeping: Al Roker calls Senate climate denier a “moron”

  21-08-2015 02:47
  
  The temperature across the Earth’s ocean and land surfaces made July the warmest month in the 135-year history of temperature records, the National Ocenic and Atmospheric Administration reported on Thursday. The NOAA report indicated that the January-to-July period has been the hottest on record, making it likely that 2015 will go down as the warmest since measurements began in 1880.  Nine of the Earth’s 10 warmest years have come since 2005.  NOAA and the space agency NASA
  
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• July was the Earth’s hottest month in 135 years of record keeping; Al Roker calls Senate climate denier a ‘moron’

  21-08-2015 02:47
  
  The temperature across the Earth’s ocean and land surfaces made July the warmest month in the 135-year history of temperature records, the National Ocenic and Atmospheric Administration reported on Thursday. The NOAA report indicated that the January-to-July period has been the hottest on record, making it likely that 2015 will go down as the warmest since measurements began in 1880.  Nine of the Earth’s 10 warmest years have come since 2005.  NOAA and the space agency NASA
  
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• Second man arrested in fatal Dunlap shooting

  21-08-2015 01:46
  
  Seattle police arrested a second man Wednesday in connection with the death of a 20-year-old man shot in the head in the Dunlap neighborhood July 31.
  
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• Will Drag Performers Try to Take Over Pike/Pine This Weekend?

  21-08-2015 01:10
  
  Yes, they will! Directly outside Wildrose this Saturday, August 22, from 9 to 10 p.m., there will be a stage on the street corner. Gracing that stage will be Jackie Hell—along with performers Adé, Freckles Riverside, RainbowGore Cake, Honey Bucket, and Samuel L. JackYouSon. They're calling the show the GRAND DIVA DELUXE. The event is a celebration of queer culture in the streets of Capitol Hill. It's part of an(expensive?!?) experiment called the Pedestrian Street Pilot, which will
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: The Big Reveal

  21-08-2015 01:07
  
  I'm sure you get a lot of these messages, but I just have to thank you for the work that you do. When my husband and I got married five years ago, we had already discussed things like "What happens if one of us cheats?" which we knew to talk about thanks to reading your column regularly. We frequently revisit the idea of opening up our marriage, though we haven't done it yet. And you know what? We might never do it. But being able to talk about it and be honest about meeting each other's needs (
  
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• Seattle Police Department Admits It Mishandled ACLU's Black Lives Matter Records Request

  21-08-2015 00:26
  
  The ACLU wants to see SPD's files related to a demonstration last year where police guarded a Christmas tree during a lighting ceremony, but says it's been stymied by delays and redactions. Eli Sanders
  The ACLU of Washington is pissed off at the Seattle Police Department over alleged foot-dragging and over-redaction on a public records request related to Black Lives Matter protests. Today, the department's chief operating officer, Mike Wagers, apologized for the delays and said the department wo
  
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• Being Evel Sheds Light on Knevel's Butte Roots

  21-08-2015 00:16
  
  Pure Evel.
  I did not know the most famous daredevil of the 1970s, Evel Knievel, was born in Butte, Montana, until I watched the documentary Being Evel. The man, whose career was pretty much over around the time he first entered the consciousness of my childhood (the early '80s), was a complete mystery to me until I learned this fact. Before he was world-famous, he was famous in this former copper-mining town, the Detroit of Montana, for being a bad boy—a hustler, a thug, a pimp. Straight o
  
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