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• Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows, Minus 5, REM) Is in Stable Condition Following a Stroke While on Tour

  17-11-2017 23:55 via thestranger.com
  
  I can't think of a more appropriate sound to hear coming out of every window in town this weekend than Scott McCaughey's voice.by Sean NelsonOne of the most prolific and best loved musicians in the NW.
  The following message was posted to Facebook earlier today:Scott McCaughey, the ever-smiling, sunglasses-wearing front man of the bands The Minus 5 and the Young Fresh Fellows, and side man to countless bands — including M. Ward, The Baseball Project, Tired Pony, and R.E.M. — suffered
  
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• Laser lights still a problem for Oregon pilots

  17-11-2017 23:49
  Pilots again say people are blinding them with lasers, a dangerous prank that seemed to stop for a time following news coverage a couple of years ago.
  
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• Thirst Street Stars An American In A City That Hates Her, Paris

  17-11-2017 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Joule ZelmanThis looks like it will not end well... Thirst Street
  A woman falling prey to psychotic romantic obsession is a story older than the Bible, so plotwise Nathan Silver’s Thirst Street about a grieving American flight attendant who moves to Paris to stalk her one-night fling, is nothing new. And truth be told, the opening minutes play like a marriage between Wes Anderson and 1970s giallo, with stylized montage, Anjelica Huston’s wry narration, and candy colors. What Thirs
  
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• A Simple Story of Love and Sex and Human Statues in This Year's Romanian Film Festival

  17-11-2017 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Joule Zelman"The whole earth is our hospital endowed by the ruined millionaire..." Scarred Hearts
  A young man in a dapper straw boater and his doting father alight from a horse-drawn carriage at a seaside sanatorium. He’s examined by a bluff, bearded doctor who smokes while palpating the abdomen. The x-ray technician wears a suit like a medieval executioner. With no gravity whatsoever, the doctor announces that the man has spinal tuberculosis: Two of his vertebrae have been devoured by
  
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• New Things To Eat & Drink Right Now

  17-11-2017 23:25 via thestranger.com
  The Atlantic's Last Days, Anthony Bourdain's Favorite Places, And Moreby Stranger Things To Do StaffLooking for something to do this weekend? How about a Hawaiian happy hour with Loco Moco at Coastal Kitchen, the grand opening of a Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar in Bellevue, an Anthony Bourdain viewing party at the Shanghai Room, or the closing party for The Atlantic? Read on for all that and all the other food news you need to know, like that Bok a Bok is bringing its Korean fried chicken and kimc
  
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• New Things to Eat & Drink in Seattle Right Now: November 17, 2017 Edition

  17-11-2017 23:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffAlert: Sun Liquor’s aged, rum-spiked, small-batch version of eggnog will hit the shelves at 9 am Saturday morning at seven Total Wine & More locations in Washington. It sold out quickly last year, so get your hands on it before it's gone. Sun Liquor / Facebook
  Looking for something to do this weekend? How about a Hawaiian happy hour with Loco Moco at Coastal Kitchen, the grand opening of a Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar in Bellevue, an Anthony Bourdain viewin
  
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• Seattle Defends Income Tax in Court, Judge Expected to Rule Next Week

  17-11-2017 23:18 via thestranger.com
  
  The judge said he plans to rule by Thanksgiving.by Heidi GrooverThe scene at Seattle City Hall in July as the state Republican Party chairman responded to Seattle's new income tax. HG
  The City of Seattle appeared in court Friday for the first arguments in what promises to be a long legal fight over its recently passed high earners income tax.
  If it can hold up in court, the tax will charge .25 percent on income above $250,000 ($500,000 for joint filers). The city would use the money to fund soci
  
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• Oregon’s population keeps rising, now at 4.1 million

  17-11-2017 23:17
  The state added 64,750 people between July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017, according to new estimates released by the Population Research Center at Portland State University.
  
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• FCC Paves Way for Sinclair to Dominate Seattle's Local TV News Market

  17-11-2017 23:05 via thestranger.com
  by Katie HerzogSinclair owns KOMO and could own rival Q13 soon too. William Thomas Cain/GettyThis week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed decades-old rules that could give conservative Sinclair Broadcasting a big boost in media markets across the country, including Seattle. The regulations, which were put in place to protect the integrity and diversity of local media markets, were eliminated by an FCC vote of 3 to 2.
  Sinclair currently owns and operates over 170 television stat
  
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• Watch These Three Excellent Short Films Inspired by Andrew Wyeth Paintings

  17-11-2017 22:50 via thestranger.com
  
  The three films chosen will definitely bring a fresh perspective to the work and life of this popular realist painter.by Amber CortesThe story behind this painting was inspiration behind one filmmaking team's winning entry.
  Who would have known that the paintings of Andrew Wyeth would make such a good catalyst for the creativity of local filmmakers? The Seattle Museum of Art knew! In honor of their comprehensive retrospective that opened last month celebrating the works of Wyeth, SAM sponsored a
  
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• King County Jury Finds that Port of Seattle Illegally Fired Two Employees

  17-11-2017 22:41 via thestranger.com
  
  It's the port, again.by Sydney BrownstoneAh, the port. Stephen Brashear/The Stranger
  A King County jury ruled on Thursday that the Port of Seattle wrongfully fired two employees, Deanna Zachrisson and Elaine Lincoln, in 2015.Back in 2015, the Port of Seattle launched an internal investigation into the two employees after e-mails emerged in which Zachrisson and Lincoln, both senior employees in the Airport Dining and Retail group at the airport, called a black business owner a "thug." The e-mails
  
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• Inbox Jukebox: A Weekly Shortlist of Good New Music. Shenandoah Davis, Maya Youssef, and More

  17-11-2017 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Our critic reviews 5 outstanding songs from his inbox to help you stimulate your brainbox.by Dave SegalShenandoah Davis, Seattle's orchestral-pop savant. Lou Daprile
  Shenandoah Davis, “The Wings” (Plume). The lead track from Seattle vocalist/pianist Shenandoah Davis's Souvenirs, "The Wings" epitomizes her ambitious compositional skills while showcasing her buoyant voice and perceptive lyrics (Souvenirs is being promoted as an unconventional breakup album, and its emotional heft is su
  
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• Why the Apes in War for the Planet of the Apes Are More Moral Than Roy Moore

  17-11-2017 22:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede War for the Planet of the Apes
  Yesterday, Roy Moore, the accused pedophile who is running in Alabama's Senate race, claimed he was something of a messiah of American moral values that needed to be upheld. Moore, as we all should see, bases morality not on human sociality (the human as animal) but a particular conception of the family (human culture). By moral, he means the family as it's understood by the cultural standards of a certain race of Americans.Further more, the reaso
  
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• Connelly: British Columbia resumes wolf kill that Miley Cyrus could not stop

  17-11-2017 22:07
  Over the third winter in a row, British Columbia is launching a program to kill wolves from the air and trap them on the ground.  The program is justified as a means of protecting endangered mountain caribou.  One killing ground, in the Southern Selkirks, is located near the Washington border.
  
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• The Culture of Harassing and Demeaning Women Scientists at the University of Washington

  17-11-2017 22:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sarah Myhre SolStock/gettyimages.com
  Feminist rage has burned through my days and nights this last week, leaving me exhausted and anger-hangover every morning. Harvey Weinstein, Louis CK, Roy Moore, Al Franken–take them all down. I have fiery images in my mind’s eye of the careers of powerful men toppling like Saddam’s statue. BURN THEM ALL DOWN. I rage silently in my lipstick and heels, dressing as powerfully and sexually I can—as if to say, “try it on me mother
  
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• The Culture of Harassing and Demeaning Women Scientists

  17-11-2017 22:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sarah Myhre SolStock/gettyimages.comThis post has been updated at the bottom with a comment from Cliff Mass.Feminist rage has burned through my days and nights this last week, leaving me exhausted and anger-hangover every morning. Harvey Weinstein, Louis CK, Roy Moore, Al Franken–take them all down. I have fiery images in my mind’s eye of the careers of powerful men toppling like Saddam’s statue. BURN THEM ALL DOWN. I rage silently in my lipstick and heels, dressing as power
  
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• Cliff Mass and the Culture of Harassing and Demeaning Women Scientists at the University of Washington

  17-11-2017 22:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sarah Myhre SolStock/gettyimages.com
  Feminist rage has burned through my days and nights this last week, leaving me exhausted and anger-hangover every morning. Harvey Weinstein, Louis CK, Roy Moore, Al Franken–take them all down. I have fiery images in my mind’s eye of the careers of powerful men toppling like Saddam’s statue. BURN THEM ALL DOWN. I rage silently in my lipstick and heels, dressing as powerfully and sexually I can—as if to say, “try it on me mother
  
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• Young man implicated in Seattle mom's slaying freed

  17-11-2017 21:56
  Arshawn Mason, who turned himself in Monday in a 2016 South Seattle homicide case, was released from jail Thursday evening while prosecutors continue to investigate the case.
  
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• Oh $!&@: Roadside defecation ends in disaster

  17-11-2017 21:50
  It was a fecal fall. A toileting tumble. A pooping plummet. Early Thursday morning at an Olympia, Washington, parking lot, a man perched above a ravine to defecate. An unfortunate slip midway through, and he found himself in an uncontrolled decent.
  
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• The Top 15 Acts to Check Out at Seattle's Freakout Festival This Weekend: Nov 17-18, 2017

  17-11-2017 21:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffWitness the power of declarative yet mercurial MC/vocalist Stas THEE Boss this Saturday at Freakout Festival.
  During Freakout Festival this weekend, more than 50 local and touring music acts will fill the Ballard zone for two whole days of rock, soul, hiphop, dance beats, and more. On our Freakout Festival calendar, you can see the complete schedule that's sortable by venue and date, and read descriptions about and listen to music from every artist. If that's overwh
  
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• Crater Announces Their Second Album Unearth, and Releases Single “Novocaine”

  17-11-2017 21:36 via thestranger.com
  
  "Novocaine" is more direct with less distraction—but still just as captivating.by Anna KaplanCrater, the duo of Ceci Gomez and Kess Gordon. Courtesy of Crater's Facebook
  After seeing that they had changed their Facebook cover photo to a glowing mix of orange and purple shades, I thought something might be up with electronic duo Crater.
  From there, Crater (Ceci Gomez and Kess Gordon) proceeded to drop teasers on their Facebook page for the past few weeks about releasing new music soon, and
  
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• Wonder Is Guaranteed to Soften Your Scowl

  17-11-2017 21:26 via thestranger.com
  by Elinor JonesIt’s easy to live a snarky life. I see a lot of movies that are god-awful, and the world around us is also pretty god-awful, and without wanting to, I seem to have “This is stupid” on the tip of my tongue more often than not. So when a movie comes along that is good—legitimately, sincerely good, like flowers or soup or dogs—I find myself grasping at a way to describe it.Wonder is that good movie. It’s about a little boy, Auggie (Room's Jacob Tre
  
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• Speaking of Trucks...

  17-11-2017 21:10 via thestranger.com
  by Katie HerzogA tipster sent us these, which were reportedly taken in suburban Cincinnati.pic.twitter.com/X0Y64UO81k
  — SLenk (@tenesmus1) November 15, 2017
  For those interested- the other side #ITMFA pic.twitter.com/81l25rlZ26
  — SLenk (@tenesmus1) November 16, 2017
  Sure, this could be Photoshop, but we're glad to see the left embrace what has typically been a right-wing gimmick anyway. Really brings a whole new meaning to the term "art car."[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to th
  
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• Jury finds Port of Seattle wrongfully fired employees who claimed retaliation from commissioner

  17-11-2017 21:01
  The jury will begin assessing damages Monday. The two Port of Seattle employees said they were fired because they did not extend leases of airport businesses that were donated to Commissioner John Creighton's campaign. The 11-year commissioner last week lost his bid for re-election.
  
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• Jury finds Port of Seattle wrongfully fired employees

  17-11-2017 21:01
  The Port of Seattle wrongfully terminated two employees, who said they were fired because they did not extend leases of airport businesses that were campaign donors to Commissioner John Creighton.
  
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• Don't Miss These Bands at Freakout Festival

  17-11-2017 20:57 via thestranger.com
  Friday - Saturday in Ballardby Stranger Things To Do StaffDuring Freakout Festival this weekend, more than 50 local and touring music acts will fill the Ballard zone for two whole days of rock, soul, hiphop, dance beats, and more. On our Freakout Festival calendar, you can see the complete schedule that's sortable by venue and date, and read descriptions about and listen to music from every artist. If that's overwhelming, look no further—below, you'll find just our critics' picks for each
  
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• Navy Plane Draws Giant Smoke Dicks in the Sky

  17-11-2017 20:53 via thestranger.com
  The FAA responded that while there is no safety risk to giant dicks painted in the sky, they"cannot police morality."by Katie HerzogKREM 2 News out of Spokane reports that the Navy has taken responsibility for some risque chemtrail art that recently appeared in the sky over Okanogan County, which astute observers posted on Twitter.The most monumental thing to happen in omak. A penis in the sky pic.twitter.com/SM8k1tNYaj
  — Anahi Torres (@anahi_torres_) November 16, 2017
  KREM 2 asked the Fed
  
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• On the Boards’ New Artistic Director Is Rachel Cook

  17-11-2017 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  "I’m excited to see what sorts of magic and mischief she’ll make in Seattle."by Amber CortesRachel Cook, On the Boards' New Artistic Director COURTESY OTB
  The performing arts organization On the Boards (OtB) has a lot to celebrate this year—for one, it's their 40th anniversary. And now, after a six month search, they've chosen a new artistic director: Rachel Cook.After the departure of Lane Czaplinski, OtB’s artistic director for the last 15 years (who left to run the per
  
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• What Does a Democratic State Senate Majority Mean For Voting Rights in Washington?

  17-11-2017 20:23 via thestranger.com
  
  State legislators for years have failed to pass a Voting Rights Act.by Bernard ElloukAre fairer elections in non-Seattle Washington on the way? GETTY
  Passing a Washington Voting Rights Act, which could mandate re-districing of city elections from at-large to districted, has bedeviled state Democrats for nearly a decade.But now that the election is over, a major priority for the ascendant state Democratic majority will be to make state elections fair for minority candidates, whose electoral prosp
  
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• Texas Woman Arrested After "Fuck Trump" Decal Debacle

  17-11-2017 20:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Or, to be precise, "FUCK TRUMP AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM."by Katie HerzogApparently this can get you arrested in Texas.Toya Miller
  Karen Fonseca, a hero in Fort Bend, Texas, was arrested Thursday after a local sheriff threatened to charge her with disorderly conduct for a "Fuck Trump" decal on the back of her truck—or, to be precise, "FUCK TRUMP AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM."
  While this bumper sticker would likely sell out in Seattle, in Texas, it can apparently put you under the
  
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• Pacific Crest Trail won’t be severed, after $1.6M deal with Stevens Pass landowner

  17-11-2017 19:45
  A forgotten easement could have severed the Pacific Crest Trail.
  
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• Nuclear watchdogs warn of trouble ahead at Hanford, but could lose role under Trump

  17-11-2017 19:35
  Nuclear safety board report finds serious problems persist with a massive facility to help treat Hanford’s chemical and radioactive wastes. The report comes as the Trump administration considers a proposal to downsize or do away with the independent oversight board.
  
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• Nuclear safety board warns of trouble ahead at Hanford, but could lose role under Trump

  17-11-2017 19:35
  Nuclear safety board report finds serious problems persist with a massive facility to help treat Hanford’s chemical and radioactive wastes. The report comes as the Trump administration considers a proposal to downsize or do away with the independent oversight board.
  
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• Finally! A Political Movement that Doesn't Stand for Anything!

  17-11-2017 19:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Why.by Heidi GrooverWho's ready for some R A D I C A LC E N T R I S M? centristproject.org
  In a move he's been promising for a while, Chris Vance has launched a new centrist political project in Washington.
  Vance is the former Washington State Republican Party Chairman who has been making the media rounds for more than a year now playing heroic anti-Trump Republican. Vance finally admitted recently on KUOW that he doesn't actually consider himself a Republican anymore, though he says he's not a
  
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• Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 2: Brent Cobb

  17-11-2017 19:06 via thestranger.com
  by Ciara Dolan Heather Binns
  We've got a brand-new Pickathon video for you in our ongoing presentation of the Portland-area music festival's Starlight Series, spotlighting the nocturnal magic of that intimate, after-hours stage where bands play into the wee hours.This season's second episode features rising country singer/songwriter Brent Cobb playing "Let the Rain Come Down," a track from his major label debut, Shine on Rainy Day, released last year on Elektra Records. The song's energy is haun
  
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• Can We Kill the Phrase “Brutally Murdered”?

  17-11-2017 18:51 via thestranger.com
  The media are guilty of overkill with the phrase "brutally murdered." Let's snuff it out, posthaste.by Dave SegalJesus Fucking Christ, not again!
  As an American who’s been alive since JFK was fooling around in the White House, I have had the unseemly privilege of reading about murder in newspapers and magazines for almost five decades. And maybe you’ve noticed this, too, but 99.98 percent of the time, when a human life is ended by violence, the reporter uses the phrase “brutall
  
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• 20 years of changing seasons on Earth packed into 2½ minutes

  17-11-2017 18:48
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has captured 20 years of seasonal changes in a striking new global map of the home planet. The data visualization, released this week, shows Earth’s fluctuations as seen from space. The polar ice caps and snow cover are shown ebbing and flowing with the seasons. The varying ocean shades […]
  
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• Experts: Idaho hatchery built to save salmon is killing them

  17-11-2017 18:39
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Fisheries biologists in Idaho say they think they know why a relatively new $13.5 million hatchery intended to save Snake River sockeye salmon from extinction is instead killing thousands of fish before they ever get to the ocean. The Department of Fish and Game in information released this week says water […]
  
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• Guest Editorial: Here Comes the First Legal Battle For Seattle’s Income Tax

  17-11-2017 18:34 via thestranger.com
  
  It's on.by Katie WilsonIt's on. HG
  The first legal battle on Seattle’s progressive income tax is about to come to a head. Today in King County Superior Court, the city will defend the first income tax to pass in Washington State in over eighty years.
  It’s about time. Last week Jeff Bezos made $1.1 billion selling stock and paid nothing in state or local taxes. You, however, have to pay more than 10% in sales tax when you buy a cup of coffee. Every year or two it’s reported that
  
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• Why We’re Petitioning Seattle’s Federal Court to Unseal Electronic Surveillance Orders

  17-11-2017 18:17 via thestranger.com
  
  It’s now easier than ever for cops to snoop on Americans without their knowledge.by Steven HsiehU.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington U.S. Courts
  It’s now easier than ever for cops to snoop on Americans without their knowledge.
  Using technology known as pen registers and trap and trace devices, law enforcement can collect a wealth of data on internet and cell phone users, including who they call and email and what websites they visit. Through a federal law called
  
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• Promising riches and Canadian residency, he’s now accused of fraud

  17-11-2017 18:00
  Paul Se Hui Oei, a prominent immigration consultant and philanthropist in Vancouver, B.C., is accused by authorities of running an elaborate fraud scheme. The case, in which he faces only fines, also points to perceived weaknesses in Canada’s justice system.
  
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• Military jet draws giant phallus in sky over Okanogan County

  17-11-2017 17:57
  “After it made the circles at the bottom, I knew what it was,” said Ramone Duran, who was running errands at the time.
  
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