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• Eye in the Sky and the Ethics of Drones

  25-03-2016 23:32 via thestranger.com
  
  by Marjorie Skinner
  The ambiguity surrounding the toll of drone warfare is a product and symptom of collective fatigue. We're told it is an exercise in precision, yet we're also aware, at least abstractly, that these operations are causing collateral damage, further shoring up resentment against the United States in foreign lands. The numbers of civilian deaths caused by drones are unreliable and conflicting—which only makes them easier to ignore—but it's clear they're an inevitable
  
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• Color Photos: Airplanes from the World War II era

  25-03-2016 23:15
  
  From bombers to gliders to crop dusters, these color photos, mostly from 1942, show us life around airplanes from another era.
  
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• Tomorrow, EMP Museum Screens Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest in Honor of the Late Phife Dawg

  25-03-2016 23:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe late Phife Dawg in Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, a documentary by Michael Rapaport. Robert Benavides, Courtesy of Sony Pictures ClassicsOne of the many things that Michael Rapaport's documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest revealed to me is the deeper meaning of this bawdy line by Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor), a rapper whose life was ended this week by complications related to being a "funky diabetic":
  Let me hi
  
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• Kennewick city councilman criticized for anti-Latino social media posts

  25-03-2016 23:00
  
  Kennewick City Councilman Bob Parks posted a photo of Bernie Sanders with a comment about building a wall.
  
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• Seattle’s man in tree appears in court; bail set at $50,000

  25-03-2016 22:56
  
  Bail was set at $50,000 on Friday for the man who is accused of perching atop a downtown sequoia tree for nearly 25 hours.
  
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• No One Can Stop You From Talking As Long As You Want at Your Caucus Tomorrow

  25-03-2016 22:36 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverFrom the 2008 caucuses.Eli Sanders
  Did you catch this exchange on this week's episode of Blabbermouth?
  Eli Sanders: During this discussion time between rounds one and rounds two, do we have to let all, say, 100 people discuss or will people be cut off? In other words, is this gonna drag on all day or does the person who's running the show—this is just a yes or no here—do they have the power to cut people off when it's gotten to be enough?
  Jaxon Ravens, Chair of the Wa
  
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• Live updates from Bernie Sanders’ rally at Safeco Field in Seattle

  25-03-2016 22:03
  
  Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is set to rally supporters at Seattle’s Safeco Field tonight.
  
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• Federal oil, gas leases stall over bird concerns in US West

  25-03-2016 22:02
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Concerns over a bird that ranges across the American West continue to delay federal oil and gas lease sales, five months after Interior Secretary Sally Jewell proclaimed the Obama administration had found a way to balance drilling and conservation. The Interior Department said it will defer the sale of almost 60,000 […]
  
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• Theater Artist Sarah Rudinoff's Solo Show, NowNowNow, Is Like a Live-Action, Bizarro-World Facebook Page

  25-03-2016 21:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithSarah Rudinoff: "I'd like to think I have some standards of narcissism."Jodi Brown
  The hallway you use to enter On the Boards' downstairs theater, where Sarah Rudinoff's NowNowNow will run for the next two (!) weekends, is lined with paintings by Jodi Brown of iPhone selfies of Rudinoff. If you're running late and want to get a drink real quick but also want to avoid that one person and end up making a beeline for your seat, you might miss them. But when you go to this show, and you
  
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• Rare Ferrari Enzo on Capitol Hill

  25-03-2016 21:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzI followed the unveiling of this car obsessively back in 2003. Ansel Herz
  This beautiful car is a gleaming symbol of America's new gilded age in the heart of Seattle.Because I am a sports car nerd, I instantly recognized it as Ferrari Enzo, one of only 400 ever produced. These cars have been sold in recent years for $1.75-$3.2 million. The Enzo, named after the founder of Ferrari, is a handbuilt mid-engined supercar powered by a 660 horsepower V-12 engine, propelling it from 0-60 in
  
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• So Did Ted Cruz Have an Affair or What?

  25-03-2016 21:46 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt BaumeJust imagine what it would be like to look down between your legs and see Ted Cruz down there making this face. Trevcor Collens / Shutterstock.com
  As Savage pointed out earlier,here are some things that the National Enquirer was right about: the John Edwards affair; Tiger Woods having an affair; Jesse Jackson having a son out of wedlock; Rush Limbaugh being addicted to drugs; Mel Gibson and Bill Joel divorcing (those were two separate stories, alas); Bristol Palin's pregnancy.
  To be
  
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• Please Find a Way To See Rodney King at Langston Hughes Tonight or Tomorrow. Seriously.

  25-03-2016 21:46 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean Nelson(L-R): New Seattle resident Leslie McSpadden (Michael Brown's uncle), writer/performer Roger Guenveur Smith, and journalist/Seattle native Kurt StreeterJordan Nicholson
  I wasn’t surprised that Roger Guenveur Smith’s show Rodney King was riveting, harrowing, infuriating, funny, and beautiful. Obviously. Smith’s discursive, versified monologue-with-movement is a master class in wringing glorious art from life's tragic dimension.
  I was, however, surprised by a couple
  
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• I, Anonymous: Kshama as in Knight

  25-03-2016 21:36 via thestranger.com
  
  by Anonymous STEVEN WEISSMANThere are lots of people out there still saying KA-shama, and I can't take it anymore. Not just haters and apathetes either, but real-life socialist sympathizers, too. Talkin' about YOUNG EDUCATED PROGRESSIVES, of all people. Seattle is supposed to be some kind of united global literature whatever whatever, and we're acting hella sans culture (that's French) when we say KUH-SHAMA...
  
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• Suspect charged in 1980 Belltown slaying after DNA match

  25-03-2016 21:09
  
  Police say DNA and fingerprints on a beverage can in 2012 helped solve a cold-case homicide committed in Belltown in 1980. A 50-year-old man has been charged in the death of Seattle hairstylist James Buss.
  
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• Bus-service changes start this weekend for many Metro passengers

  25-03-2016 21:09
  
  King County Metro Transit is rolling out its biggest route shake-up in years, affecting thousands of passengers around Seattle.
  
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• Seattle man’s wife awaits his freedom after he’s cleared of 1957 killing

  25-03-2016 20:48
  
  An Illinois prosecutor announced Friday that a Seattle man was wrongly convicted in 2012 of the abduction and murder of a 7-year-old girl in 1957, believed to be the nation’s oldest cold-case conviction.
  
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• Trump’s harsh talk pushes local immigrants to ‘speak up’ and vote

  25-03-2016 20:34
  
  Some Latino and Muslim immigrants are alarmed by the anti-immigration rhetoric coming from Republican presidential candidates and thinking hard about who to vote for in November.
  
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• They're Doing a Silent-Reading Party in San Francisco, Hosted by Dan Stone and Daniel Handler

  25-03-2016 20:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleIt's inspired by the reading party that happens in Seattle. Here's what last month's reading party looked like. Christopher Frizzelle
  The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Bay Area version of the silent reading party, which started in Seattle in 2009, will happen next month at the Hotel Rex in San Francisco. Like the reading party in Seattle, there will be a pianist. Since 2009, the reading party has also been replicated in Tacoma, Brooklyn, and Scotland, and elsew
  
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• The Cupcake Caucus Is On!

  25-03-2016 19:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageA photo posted by Terry Miller (@terrysphots) on Mar 25, 2016 at 10:06am PDTTerry Miller, our in-the-tank-for-Hillz cupcake correspondent, writes...
  It's 8AM and what am I doing?!! Participating in the #CupcakeCaucus! Go to @cupcakeroyale today through tomorrow and vote with your mouth! (Don't worry! There are Bernie cupcakes too!) $1 from every cupcake sold goes to the DNC to help elect those important down-ticket candidates this November. A great way to show your support for your
  
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• Capitol Hill for Hillary, Rainier Valley for Bernie: A Look at Political Spending by Zip Code

  25-03-2016 19:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverHillary Clinton spoke at Rainier Beach High School this week. The school is in a zip code that has favored Bernie Sanders with its campaign contributions. Alex Garland
  Earlier this month, the Seattle Times analyzed campaign contributions to find that Seattle ranks first among big cities in per-capita donations to Bernie Sanders. Seattle is, for good reason, finding a lot to like about the democratic socialist running for president.
  With both Sanders Hillary Clinton in town this w
  
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• See How Vinyl Records Get Made, and Note How Well They're Selling

  25-03-2016 18:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalStreaming may not be as wonderful as you think Creative Travel Projects/Shutterstock
  As you've heard many times before, vinyl is back (it never left for some of us), and last year it made more money for labels than ads on free streaming service, according to the RIAA. The US music industry group reported that vinyl LP/EP sales increased 32 percent in 2015 to $416 million (this figure is likely higher, as some tiny indie shops elude RIAA's radar). That's heartwarming news for analog-
  
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• Where Are All Those Googlers Going to Fit in South Lake Union? Oh, Right Here.

  25-03-2016 18:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesThis parking lot is where Google's new 600,000 square feet of office space will appear. What you're looking at is Terry Avenue on the right (which terminates at the Museum of History and Industry), and Mercer stretching leftward toward the Allen Institute for Brain Science (and Allen's art-ish display place, Pivot). DQ
  But South Lake Union is full, I thought when I heard this morning's news that a few thousand Google employees were moving in. Where will they go?
  So I asked my favori
  
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• Baby seal found 4 miles from water in San Francisco Bay Area

  25-03-2016 18:44
  
  FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a baby seal made it 4 miles from the water to the front yard of a home in the San Francisco Bay Area. Rescuers nicknamed the seal Ozzie after she was found Thursday on Osgood Road in Fremont. But the 9-month-old seal already had been dubbed Kumofur when she […]
  
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• It's Okay to Cook "Other People's Food," But You Better Be Ready to Talk About It

  25-03-2016 18:33 via thestranger.com
  
  by Angela GarbesChef Rick Bayless: The face of upscale Mexican cuisine in America.Chef Rick Bayless / FacebookEarlier this week, WNYC’s food podcast the Sporkful launched a series of episodes, called “Other People’s Food,” to explore what happens when we cook and consume the food of cultures outside of the ones we were born into. As much as food brings different kinds of people together, there’s still a wide distance between eating tacos and understanding Mexican cu
  
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• Pronto, ORCA Card, and the New Mobility

  25-03-2016 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeAn ORCA card should link Pronto to Link and Metro. Charles Mudede
  The thing we should do, now that the city has saved Pronto, Seattle's troubled bike sharing system, is to integrate it with our public transportation networks. This can be done physically, as is the case with the Pronto station at Capitol Hill Station, and also economically by making the bikes accessible with ORCA cards. (I know there has been some talk about this in the City Council, but according to Heidi Groove
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Man in a Northgate Safeway Gets Into Altercation Over Presidential Politics

  25-03-2016 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Callan BerryCallan Berry[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• WSU picks new president, from Kansas State University

  25-03-2016 18:19
  
  Kirk Schulz, president of Kansas State University, will be the new president of Washington State University.
  
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• Homeless man severely injured by pressure-washer blast

  25-03-2016 18:00
  
  A homeless man suffered a life-threatening wound after trying to grab the wand from a street-cleaning crew’s pressure washer.
  
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• Person of Interest: Bernie Sanders's Capitol Hill Campaign Office

  25-03-2016 17:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonBernie Sanders campaign workers, photographed at 617 East Pike Street. LOU DAPRILE
  
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• A PBS Documentary Is Highlighting Two Seattle Parks

  25-03-2016 17:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufAlthough Gas Works was once a toxic waste site, it's pretty damn beautiful. ASK
  Parks nerds, ASSEMBLE!
  Freeway Park and Gas Works are featured in 10 Parks That Changed America, a PBS documentary celebrating the evolution of parks across the U.S. Locals can check out a special screening and panel discussion at University of Washington on March 30th. (Check out the trailer here.)
  Why these two parks over all the city's other outdoor spaces? Because, even though we might forget, t
  
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• Explosives detonated in search at Clark County home

  25-03-2016 17:24
  
  Police detonated explosive materials and brought out a SWAT team for a search at a Brush Prairie home.
  
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• Good Morning! Everyone Is Talking About Where Ted Cruz's Penis Has Been!

  25-03-2016 17:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  The National Enquirer—which broke the John Edwards sex scandal—has a report out in their new issue that's equal parts scandal rag and appetite suppressant:
  Presidential candidate Ted Cruz is trying to survive an explosive “dirt file” on the finger-wagging conservative senator! And the new issue of The National ENQUIRER — on newsstands now — reveals how the reports say the staunch Republican is hiding FIVE different mistresses! “Private dete
  
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• 'There is really nothing left for us kings except money.'

  25-03-2016 17:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesThis painting, titled The Nineties and made in 1991 by the Congolese artist Chéri Samba, is up at Seattle Art Museum. Courtesy of SAM
  I'm working on a story about a small exhibition, featuring only 10 objects, near the entrance to the Kehinde Wiley exhibition at Seattle Art Museum. This little show is called Emblems of Encounter: Europe and Africa Over 500 Years, and it includes the painting above.
  The Congolese artist Chéri Samba depicts a corrupt African ruler with a
  
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• The Morning News: Google Expanding in South Lake Union, Light Rail Struck by Gunfire in South Seattle

  25-03-2016 16:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzSouth Lake Union is turning into a mini-Silicon Valley. Liang Zou / Shutterstock.com
  Google Is Muscling in on South Lake Union: The tech giant could fit as many as 4,000 employees in four sprawling new building planned for an area on Mercer Street. The company will work local real estate developer Vulcan on the buildings. "The new office complexes will be nearly double the size of Google’s massive Kirkland campus, which itself recently doubled in size after an expansion projec
  
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• Woman suspected of fatally stabbing boyfriend is sought

  25-03-2016 16:47
  
  Police are looking for a 35-year-old woman who is suspected of stabbing her boyfriend in Seattle’s Delridge neighborhood. The man later died at the hospital.
  
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• Enter to win a pair of tickets to the King's Court Tour / J. Dilla Tribute featuring Jay Electronica!

  25-03-2016 16:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Taffy MarlerEntries accepted until 11:55am (PT) on Wednesday, March 30th
  Two lucky winners will receive a pair of tickets to see the King's Court Tour / J. Dilla Tribute featuring Jay Electronica and special guests!
  Enter HERE.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Washington’s caucus history filled with surprises

  25-03-2016 16:25
  
  Remember 1998? Televangelist Pat Robertson upset Vice President George H.W. Bush in Washington's GOP caucus. Here's a look back at highlight from state caucuses over the last 40 years.
  
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• Man killed as 2 motorcycles crash in Sodo

  25-03-2016 14:36
  
  A 38-year-old woman who was riding the second motorcycle is in serious condition after a fatal motorcycle crash in Sodo.
  
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• Improving teachers part of the Massachusetts success story, too

  25-03-2016 14:05
  
  Teacher improvement is an essential part of upgrading schools, say educators from Massachusetts.
  
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• 5 trustees resign after college leader likens freshmen to bunnies that should be drowned

  25-03-2016 14:04
  
  EMITTSBURG, Md. (AP) — A Maryland university official says five additional governing board members resigned following an outcry over the former president’s comments likening struggling freshmen to bunnies that should be drowned. The Frederick News-Post reports  that Mount St. Mary’s University spokesman Christian Kendzierski confirmed the board of trustee resignations Thursday. He says they occurred […]
  
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• This Week on Blabbermouth: Chelsea Clinton, Pramila Jayapal, and Caucusing 101!

  25-03-2016 14:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersOn Episode 44 of Blabbermouth: Chelsea Clinton makes a closing argument for Hillary Clinton, Pramila Jayapal makes a closing argument for Bernie Sanders, plus How to Caucus 101! (Wanna subscribe to the show on iTunes? Right here.) Courtesy of the campaignsBlabbermouth March 25, 2016Download Episode | Subscribe on iTunes | RSS FeedThe Washington State Democratic Caucuses are upon us! When are they? Where are they? And how does one actually caucus? At 1:22, Jaxxon Ravens, Chair of th
  
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• Thurston County officials seize 33 malnourished alpacas

  25-03-2016 09:20
  
  TACOMA — Two animal rescue organizations working to care for 33 emaciated alpacas seized by the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office are asking for donations to help care for the creatures. The News Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/1RBEOxY ) that the alpacas were seized Friday near Mud Bay as part of an animal cruelty investigation. Four alpacas were […]
  
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• Washington’s Mega Millions $157 million jackpot claimed

  25-03-2016 07:41
  
  OLYMPIA — Officials say the winner of Washington state’s $157 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot earlier this month has come forward to claim the prize. Washington Lottery officials say Michael Burkett presented the winning ticket Thursday at lottery offices in Olympia. Officials say he bought the $5 ticket from a 7-Eleven in West Seattle. The […]
  
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• Earl Hamner Jr., creator of ‘The Waltons,’ dead at 92

  25-03-2016 06:24
  
  In a long career that included writing episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and adapting the E.B. White classic “Charlotte’s Web,” Earl Hamner Jr. was best-known for tapping his childhood memories of growing up in a large family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression.
  
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• Election 2016: Sanders’ rally Friday; caucuses Saturday

  25-03-2016 05:52
  
  This is the Democratic presidential candidate’s second visit to the state this week, just ahead of Saturday’s Washington caucuses. Hillary Clinton was here on Tuesday.
  
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• Eastside 911 dispatcher latest charged in ‘League’ sex sting

  25-03-2016 05:24
  
  A Bellevue-based 911 dispatcher has been charge as an investigation into The Review Board prostitute rating site rolls on.
  
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• Patients say they’ll sue Northwest Hospital over surgical tech

  25-03-2016 04:31
  
  Four people have filed notice they intend to sue Northwest Hospital & Medical Center for causing emotional duress and bodily harm by hiring a former surgical technologist recently indicted on charges of drug tampering.
  
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• House panel to subpoena names of fetal-tissue researchers

  25-03-2016 03:28
  
  Abortion-rights advocates and some university officials say the House investigation into how some of the nation’s most prestigious universities acquire fetal tissue threatens to endanger the lives of scientists, doctors and their employees.
  
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• Woodland Park Zoo announces new president and CEO

  25-03-2016 03:10
  
  He will be the zoo's eighth president in its 117-year history.
  
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• F.I.G.H.T helps Asian, Pacific Islanders readjust after prison

  25-03-2016 03:08
  
  Founders of the outreach group say ex-cons need mentoring, support and political education when they leave Washington state prisons.
  
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