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• Counter-Counterpoint: Dan Savage Is Wrong About Candy Corn

  03-11-2017 23:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithSomeone sent me this letter last week, but I didn't see it until now. RS
  Dan Savage wrote a trifling counterpoint to my HyperCritical column in the Stranger last week, in which I add my voice to the admittedly very large chorus of candy corn haters.In response, and at the risk of appropriating a "basic queer" identity, I present the letter of someone who is on my side—which is the right side—of this issue.And to answer a question you might have in your mind right now: ye
  
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• Oregon hunter fatally shoots wolf, claims self-defense

  03-11-2017 23:14
  The Union County district attorney accepted the hunter’s explanation of the Oct. 27 shooting, and the 38-year-old man from Clackamas won’t be prosecuted, Capt. Bill Fugate said.
  
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• Takashi Miike’s 100th Film Blade of the Immortal Is Riotously Excessive

  03-11-2017 23:07 via thestranger.com
  
  by Andrew WrightHeads and pretty much every other conceivable body part are about to roll.Takashi Miike has pinballed from genre to genre during his singular career, with results ranging from the WTF psychosexual horror of Audition, the world destroying cop saga Dead or Alive, and seemingly everywhere between. (In the mood for a musical about cannibals featuring stop-motion claymation? Happiness of the Katakuris has you covered!) Blade of the Immortal, Miike’s 100th film (nope, not a typo)
  
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• Veteran Seattle cop accused of groping 3 SPD employees sentenced to probation

  03-11-2017 22:57
  One victim, a female officer, said she waited to report Officer John Knight’s conduct because she was fearful of his power and was afraid she could lose her job.
  
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• Veteran Seattle cop accused of groping 3 SPD employees is sentenced to probation

  03-11-2017 22:57
  One victim, a female officer, said she waited to report Officer John Knight’s conduct because she was fearful of his power and was afraid she could lose her job.
  
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• Complaint that kids’ study on vitamin D and asthma is ‘unethical’ leads to changes

  03-11-2017 22:57
  Bruce Davidson, a Seattle researcher, was bothered by a University of Pittsburgh research plan at several children’s hospitals to give half of the 400 participants who already have low vitamin D levels a placebo with no vitamin D for a year.
  
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• After surprise snowfall in Seattle, more to come Saturday

  03-11-2017 22:42
  Snow showers continued throughout Friday around Seattle, mostly on hilltops and other higher elevations, and more was likely on the way for the area Saturday.
  
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• Week in Weed: CBD Cancer Claims, Veterans Want Weed Legalized, And Dinner with Trump

  03-11-2017 22:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Also: veterans get high and talk PTSD, and Chris Christie is an idiot.by Amber CortesMy Dinner With Trump: I'd need at least this many joints to deal. JOHNNY87 VIA GETTY IMAGES
  Weed can be a miracle cure for lots of things—including a “brutal” dinner with Trump, according to Woody Harrelson. But weed, and more specifically CBD, has not been proven to be a cure for cancer, says the FDA. And Bill Nye the science guy says weed “smells." Read on.FDA: Stop Saying CBD Can Cure
  
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• Gov. Inslee leaves next week on 11-day trip to Switzerland, Germany and Italy

  03-11-2017 22:27
  The Washington governor will talk about apprenticeships, aerospace and climate during his trip to Europe.
  
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• King County’s median $450,000 house? Prop. 1 campaign has it right

  03-11-2017 22:25
  King County might have skyrocketing housing prices, but the Proposition 1 campaign talks of a median $450,000 home. Here’s why that number makes sense.
  
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• The Stranger Got Another Handwritten Letter to the Editor

  03-11-2017 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Send us a handwritten letter and we might feature it on Slog.by Christopher FrizzelleSend us a handwritten letter—1535 11th Avenue, 3rd Floor, Seattle, WA 98122—and we might feature it on Slog. CF
  The office manager just came by and handed me this letter. She also said, "Dockside Cannabis." Then she walked away. I didn't know what she meant by "Dockside Cannabis" until I got to the end of the letter.The whole thing is below.
  Dear "The Stranger,"
  Really surprised that you receive few
  
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• Western Washington plans for potential snowy afternoon commute

  03-11-2017 22:16
  Transportation agencies are ready if those big, fluffy flakes falling in Seattle Friday afternoon start sticking to the ground. “Our crews are out managing it as needed,” said Nicole Daniels, a Washington State Department of Transportation spokeswoman. Crews are salting and sanding and did some plowing where necessary, mostly in Snohomish and northern King counties, […]
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Is He Gay? (An Email Exchange)

  03-11-2017 21:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  I have a question. My boyfriend, he’s a very aggressive, tall, attractive man. He says he loves me with all his heart. He’s really attracted to me. But I have some concerns. He likes to wear thongs, he’s watched gay porn and gets off on it and he likes anal on himself. He grew up masturbating by putting things up there. I’ve never experienced this kind of man before. I just want to love him the best way I can. Is he in denial or can he really love me and wan
  
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• GOP tax plan would hit Seattle homebuyers hard

  03-11-2017 21:50
  The GOP tax plan would benefit the rich across the nation in several ways, but in at least one respect it stands to hit home hard for would-be Seattle homeoewners.
  
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• Weather Report: It's Snowing a Lot

  03-11-2017 21:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleThe snow outside our offices right now is so thick it's finally showing up in cell phone photos. CF
  In case you're stuck underground or simply unaware or only get your information from your phone, it's snowing. It was snowing in the middle of night, and then it cleared up this morning, and now it's snowing harder than before. (My phone says it's raining. Shows what phones know.) People at Stranger HQ are weirdly delighted or weirdly pissed that it's snowing.[ Comment on t
  
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• How to Drive in Seattle Snow

  03-11-2017 21:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogBe safe out there. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images
  It's snowing! Clearly, "global warming" is a huge goddamn HOAX perpetrated by left-wing "scientists" hungry for that "grant money." Now that that's settled, here's a handy reminder on how to stay safe on the road during massive Seattle snowstorms like the one we are midst of right now. (It might even stick!)
  1.) Take your keys.2.) Throw them out the window.3.) Catch the nearest bus.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comment
  
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• Sheriff John Urquhart Removes All Endorsements from Campaign Website

  03-11-2017 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Urquhart denies allegations of sexual assault.by Heidi GrooverUrquhart's campaign website no longer shows his endorsers. screenshot, johnforsheriff.com
  As local elected leaders withdraw their support from John Urquhart, the incumbent sheriff has removed the list of endorsers from his campaign website.The page now reads: "Our opponent’s team is currently harassing our endorsers, so out of respect to our supporters, we are removing their names from public posting."
  Campaigns for Urquhart and
  
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• Conservatives Are Outraged At Leftists Who Plan to Scream Helplessly At The Sky

  03-11-2017 21:13 via thestranger.com
  
  "I WANTED HEALTHCAAAAAAARE!"by Chase Burns"I WANTED HEALTHCAAAAAARE!" FluxFactory / Getty Images
  Sometime last week-ish, people discovered liberals were up to something funny. They were organizing, but this time it wasn't to call their elected officials to plead for basic human rights. This time the liberals were doing something different...Seattle is hosting an event called "Scream Helplessly at the Sky on the Anniversary of the Election" https://t.co/cr8cL09ow3 pic.twitter.com/RFvy1cbR6M
  &mdas
  
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• Reed Students Shut Down Woman of Color to Fight White Supremacy

  03-11-2017 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The trouble began when a professor played a nearly 40-year-old Saturday Night Live clip in class.by Katie HerzogWhat were you thinking, Steve?? A 40-year-old SNL clip sparked big drama at Reed. YouTube/Saturday Night LiveThe Pacific Northwest certainly has no shortage of outraged students. The latest student protests to make national news took place at Portland's Reed College, where over the past year, students have organized against Humanities 110, a required course that, according to the stude
  
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• Inbox Jukebox: A Weekly Shortlist of Good New Music. Fever Ray, Thunderpussy, Ride, and More

  03-11-2017 20:51 via thestranger.com
  
  We sift through hundreds of songs in our inbox to find five new (and old) ones that you need to jam into your earholes.by Dave SegalLust never sleeps on Fever Ray's new single, "To the Moon and Back." Mute Records
  Fever Ray, "To the Moon and Back" (Mute). I want this song from Fever Ray's comeback album Plunge (due February 23, 2018) to become ubiquitous—not only because it's a damnably cute and quirky electro-pop confection, but also because of Karin Dreijer's queer, lusty af lyrical slan
  
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• Over a Quarter Million People Use Stranger Things to Do Every Month—Here’s Why

  03-11-2017 19:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffYou can fill CenturyLink Field almost four times with the number of people who used our calendar last month. Mat Hayward/Shutterstock.com
  Last month, over a quarter of a million people used Stranger Things To Do online to figure out how to have fun in Seattle. That's more than all of the people that went to Seahawks and Sounders home games in October.Our calendar is the most popular city events calendar in the US.
  Why? Because we pretty much have every event that&rs
  
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• Trump administration releases report finding ‘no convincing alternative explanation’ for climate change

  03-11-2017 19:45
  The White House did not seek to prevent the release of the government's National Climate Assessment, which is mandated by law, despite the fact that its findings sharply contradict the administration's policies. The report affirms that climate change is driven almost entirely by human action,
  
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• Starbucks' Growth Slows and Stock Drops

  03-11-2017 19:27 via thestranger.com
  The employs over 5,000 people at its headquarters in Seattle.by Katie Herzog Joe Raedle/Getty Images
  After reporting worse-then-projected quarterly and yearly sales on Thursday, Starbucks, the Seattle company best known for killing Christmas every year, announced plans to unload its Tazo tea brand to Unilever for $384 million.Sales at American Starbucks cafés increased just 2 percent for the quarter, which is half the rate as the same period last year and less than the 3.2 percent growth
  
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• More Harassment and Assault Allegations Emerge from People Who've Worked with Kevin Spacey on House of Cards

  03-11-2017 19:19 via thestranger.com
  
  The stories about Kevin Spacey just keep coming.by Christopher FrizzelleIn the last week, he's also been dropped by his agent and his publicist. Paul Morigi/Getty Images
  A former production assistant on House of Cards told CNN that while alone in a car with Kevin Spacey, the actor
  put his hands down the production assistant's pants. The production assistant told CNN that the touching was nonconsensual. "I was in a state of shock," he said. "He was a man in a very powerful position on the show an
  
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• US report contradicts Trump team: Warming mostly man-made

  03-11-2017 19:13
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive U.S. report concludes the evidence of global warming is stronger than ever and that more than 90 percent of it has been caused by humans. The conclusion contradicts a favorite talking point of senior members of the Trump administration. A 477-page report released Friday said it’s “extremely likely” — meaning […]
  
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• Judge upholds Seattle's unique democracy voucher program

  03-11-2017 18:42
  A Superior Court judge on Friday dismissed a challenge to Seattle's democracy voucher program, upholding the validity of the unique program.
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Something Stolen, Something Blue

  03-11-2017 18:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by Callan BerryCallan Berry[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Judge upholds Seattle’s novel ‘democracy’ campaign-finance vouchers

  03-11-2017 18:30
  The King County judge rejected a challenge brought by two local property owners who said the “democracy voucher” program forces them to support candidates they don’t like.
  
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• Judge upholds Seattle’s campaign-finance vouchers

  03-11-2017 18:30
  The King County judge rejected a challenge brought by two local property owners who said the “democracy voucher” program forces them to support candidates they don’t like.
  
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• Spokane County cleared in lawsuit over juror who froze to death outside courthouse

  03-11-2017 18:26
  Kay Mita reported for jury duty on Nov. 26, 2007, but did not return to the courtroom after a lunch break. He was found dead the next day next to the base of the courthouse steps.
  
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• County cleared in lawsuit over juror, 84, who froze to death

  03-11-2017 18:26
  Kay Mita reported for jury duty on Nov. 26, 2007, but did not return to the courtroom after a lunch break. He was found dead the next day next to the base of the courthouse steps.
  
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• Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Democracy Vouchers

  03-11-2017 18:25 via thestranger.com
  
  She says public campaign financing doesn't violate the First Amendment.by Heidi GrooverNot a violation of your First Amendment rights. SEEC
  In a loss for our libertarian neighbors, a King County Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Seattle's new public campaign finance system.
  King County Superior Court Judge Beth Andrus wrote in a ruling issued late Thursday afternoon that Seattle's democracy voucher program does not violate Seattle residents' First Amendment.The Pacific Leg
  
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• ITMFA Pumpkins

  03-11-2017 17:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Happy Belated Halloween, Dan!
  For the last three nights, I have proudly illuminated carved pumpkins on my porch here in Portland, Oregon, in the hope that some witchy powers inherent to my nether regions will further propel the demise of Orange Julius Caesar's administration. I am somewhat disappointed that I didn't have any adults come ring my doorbell to say "fuck yeah!", so that I could give them candy that hardly any children came to collect. Since you originated the ITMFA acro
  
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• Nations to work on curbing climate change despite Trump

  03-11-2017 17:28
  BERLIN (AP) — Governments, scientists, industry groups and environmental campaigners are meeting in Germany next week to discuss implementing a global agreement to curb climate change, despite uncertainty over how the United States will figure into the effort. President Donald Trump announced earlier this year that the U.S. will pull out of the 2015 Paris […]
  
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• Nations move ahead on curbing climate change, despite Trump

  03-11-2017 17:28
  BERLIN (AP) — Diplomats from around the world are converging in Germany next week to thrash out how to implement the Paris climate agreement, despite uncertainty over the role the United States will play in those efforts. While U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of the accord fighting global warming, other countries […]
  
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• Countries to work on curbing climate change, despite Trump

  03-11-2017 17:28
  BERLIN (AP) — Governments, scientists, industry groups and environmental campaigners are meeting in Germany next week to discuss implementing a global agreement to curb climate change, despite uncertainty over how the United States will figure into the effort. President Donald Trump announced earlier this year that the U.S. will pull out of the 2015 Paris […]
  
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• Connelly: Orcas need Chinook salmon but they're losing them

  03-11-2017 17:19
  The southern resident orca population, beloved by ferry and tour boat passengers, is in a decline that can be reversed only if its endangered food source — Chinook salmon — is put on a path to recovery.
  
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• Scientists: Half of Hawaii’s coral reefs bleached in 2014-15

  03-11-2017 17:01
  HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly half of Hawaii’s coral reefs were bleached during heat waves in 2014 and 2015 and fisheries close to shore are declining, a group of scientists told state lawmakers. The scientists from the Nature Conservancy briefed the lawmakers on Thursday about what they called unprecedented for Hawaii’s sea life. National Oceanic and […]
  
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• The Morning News: Trump's 11 Minutes of Twitter Silence, No More Teens in Adult Jail

  03-11-2017 16:43 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneThe Daily Show set up a "pop up library" of Trump tweets in Chicago last month.Scott Olson/Getty
  We'll Always Have Those 11 Minutes: A Twitter employee deactivated the president's Twitter account for 11 minutes on his or her last day. "The deactivation Thursday sparked deep and troubling questions about who has access to the president's personal account, @realDonaldTrump, and the power that access holds," the Washington Post reports. Donald Trump, however, has had access to T
  
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• Snow falls on Seattle in early season cold snap

  03-11-2017 16:28
  The first major cold weather system brought snow to Seattle and much of northwest Washington Friday morning, with a chance of more not far behind.
  
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• Sponsorship increases for Idaho New Year’s Eve potato drop

  03-11-2017 15:56
  BOISE — New York City drops a ball in Times Square when the clock marks New Year’s Day, but in downtown Boise, Idaho, a giant potato falls from the sky. The Capital Press reports that the Idaho Potato Commission has upped its sponsorship to $50,000 for the event that’s now in its fifth year and […]
  
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• Police warn of deadly batch of heroin/fentanyl in overdoses

  03-11-2017 15:39
  SALEM, N.H. — Police in Salem, New Hampshire, are warning of a particularly deadly batch of heroin/fentanyl after responding to three overdoses in 24 hours, one of them fatal. Police said they found an unconscious woman in a park and ride area on Thursday morning. They determined she had overdosed. Two hours later, officers went […]
  
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• Don’t forget about daylight-saving time — and that extra hour of sleep

  03-11-2017 15:14
  Here are a few tips to prepare for the time change this weekend.
  
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• Temps drop 10 degrees in an hour ahead of Friday morning’s Seattle-area snow

  03-11-2017 15:03
  What was the temperature this time last year? It was 65 degrees and we set a record on Nov. 8 for having the latest 70-plus-degree day of the year.
  
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• With lessons learned, Oak View Group’s Tim Leiweke is doing it his way

  03-11-2017 15:00
  Leiweke, the Oak View Group CEO with deep NBA and NHL ties, has promised to renovate KeyArena for $600 million. And after learning from missteps in Kansas City, Mo., and Los Angeles, he believes his company can bring teams from both leagues to Seattle.
  
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• Hello, winter!?! Season's first snowfall makes early appearance

  03-11-2017 14:51
  Wet snow was falling above a few hundred feet in the Puget Sound area up north into Bellingham, and over toward Port Angeles as a cold air blew in from the Fraser River Valley overnight.
  
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• Taxes and spending: How Jenny Durkan and Cary Moon say they’ll use your money

  03-11-2017 14:00
  Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan offers more specifics than rival Cary Moon when it comes to explaining what new programs would cost and how to fund them. Moon says she’d push harder for a fairer tax system.
  
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• Study autumn’s vivid palette before the gray-greens of winter take hold

  03-11-2017 14:00
  ​If you saw my last column, you’ll remember I visited Kubota Garden in the Rainier Beach neighborhood. The historic city park is among several locations that always top the lists of recommendations for places to see the fall colors. The Arboretum and Bellevue Botanical Gardens are two other ones. This year I’ve also been experimenting […]
  
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• Seattle home prices are so high partly because barely anyone is selling, despite chance for big profits

  03-11-2017 14:00
  Homeowners in the Seattle area wait longer to sell than in all but four other metro area across the country, even though the average home-selling profit here is the third-highest in the nation, new data shows
  
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• Reports of sexual harassment surface against 2 lawmakers in Olympia

  03-11-2017 14:00
  The national reckoning over workplace sexual harassment came to the Capitol this week, with allegations surfacing about two former legislators and more women talking about a culture they say needs more safeguards against abuses.
  
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