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• 22 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: Aug 3–5, 2018

  03-08-2018 23:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffPeer into the lives of the ludicrously rich in Generation Wealth.
  There's a lot happening in Seattle this weekend, but if you just want to immersive yourself in a movie and hide from the crowds, the heat, and maybe the Blue Angels, we've got you covered. Below, find all of our film critics' picks for the next few days, ranging from two documentaries about the sinister world of big money (Dark Money and Generation Wealth) to the 20th anniversary screening of The Big
  
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• Serious BDSM Player Can't Be Serious (And Shouldn't Be Listened To)

  03-08-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  Originally published on January 18, 2012.
  I'm into BDSM and my safe word is "safe word." It's short, memorable, and unmistakable in its intent. Someone recently told me that "any serious BDSM player" would laugh me out of the community if I used that. Is she right? Is she just being a dickhead? Should I have to say something silly like "grapefruit" in order to get my point across?
  Grapefruits Aren't GoodI may not be the best person to adjudicate this di
  
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• The Great Importance of the Blue Angels Roaring Through Seattle Skies

  03-08-2018 21:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede JOANNE DIFUCCIA/GETTY
  The mistake that many liberals in our city make is to believe that we are somehow detached from the hard stuff of Empire. We are not. We are, in fact, very much in the thick of it. If you drive 40 minutes south, you will reach a major military base; take a short and refreshing ferry ride west, and you cross waters with submarines that can flatten whole cities; drive 40 minutes north, and you will reach a naval station with six destroyers. The Blue Angels a
  
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• Federal judge scolds Seattle officials over access to police-reform data, but takes no action

  03-08-2018 21:38
  U.S. District Judge James Robart complained that it took too much time to complete fingerprinting required to allow a member of his monitoring team to gain access to a Seattle police computer program.
  
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• Kittitas Democrats Call for Rep. Matt Manweller to Release Sexual Harassment Report

  03-08-2018 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  RELEASE THE REPORT MATTby Rich SmithLet's see the report, Matt.Rep. Matt Manweller's Desperate Plea Video
  Friday the Kittitas Democrats called on Rep. Matt Manweller to release a recent report conducted by attorney Trish Murphy. The 91-page report apparently details sexual harassment allegations lodged against the representative and professor. Manweller teaches at Central Washington University (though he's been on paid leave for 8 months while the investigation into his conduct continues) and he
  
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• Talib Kweli Is a Righteous Rhyme-Slinging Master

  03-08-2018 20:31 via thestranger.com
  
  He'll be in Seattle on Saturday.by Leilani Polk
  Talib Kweli is an intellectual, street-savvy MC with socially conscious messages and a flow that can be at turns sleek, forceful, and singsong rugged. He’s been active since the late 1990s (he had his start as one-half of Black Star with Mos Def) and has eight solo LPs to his credit. The most recent is last year’s Radio Silence, which is a pretty solid outing from what I’ve heard of it so far. Check out “Let It Roll” f
  
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• Man pleads guilty to fatally shooting deputy, gets life

  03-08-2018 19:54
  Two other people remain on trial in the Jan. 7 killing of Pierce County sheriff's Deputy Daniel McCartney.
  
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• Man accused of fatally shooting deputy to plead guilty

  03-08-2018 19:54
  Two other people remain on trial in the Jan. 7 killing of Pierce County sheriff's Deputy Daniel McCartney.
  
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• Jordan Peterson Pushes Dangerous Myths About Climate Change

  03-08-2018 19:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Goddamn it, Jordan Peterson.by Katie Herzog Jordan Peterson/YouTube
  Goddamn it, Jordan Peterson. After I repeatedly and at some cost to my own stellar reputation defended controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan B. Peterson, he goes and does something like this:Something for the anticapitalist environmentalists to hate https://t.co/woIk2EhEDw
  — Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) August 2, 2018Prager U, the producer of the video Peterson tweeted, is a conservative, free-market think tan
  
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• ‘Deadliest Catch’ star Sig Hansen pays undisclosed sum to settle Uber driver’s lawsuit

  03-08-2018 19:37
  Hansen avoided jail time, was ordered to undergo alcohol treatment and was put on a year of probation in June for assaulting the driver after a night of drinking in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood last year.
  
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• The City Says "Significant Progress" Was Made on SPD Union Contract

  03-08-2018 19:11 via thestranger.com
  
  The city says progress is being made with SPD union negotiations.by Lester BlackWill SPD's officers finally get a contract? Ansel Herz
  It looks like the city might be finally getting close to agreeing to a contract with Seattle’s largest police union nearly four years after the city’s last contract with the union expired.
  The city said they are actively meeting with the Seattle Police Officers Guild this week, according to a quarterly update filed Tuesday with the federal court overs
  
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• 20 Festivals in Seattle This Weekend: Aug 3-5, 2018

  03-08-2018 18:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffIt's time again for the annual Seafair Weekend Festival, a three-day extravaganza of signature outdoor activities like the Blue Angels air shows, hydroplane racing, the Graham Trucking Seafair Cup, and a wakeboarding championship.
  The heat wave may be over, but festival season is still very much alive. In addition to major events like the Seafair Weekend Festival, this weekend is bursting with activities for families (like the Umoja Fest), music lovers (like Summer
  
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• Humans toss puns as invading goats gobble landscaping in Boise neighborhood

  03-08-2018 18:48
  The goats had been hired out to clear away noxious weeds, but they busted a fence overnight and found they liked a nearby Boise neighborhood's lush shrubberies just fine.
  
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• Dozens of professional goats briefly take over a Boise neighborhood

  03-08-2018 18:48
  The goats had been hired out to clear away noxious weeds, but they busted a fence overnight and found they liked a nearby Boise neighborhood's lush shrubberies just fine.
  
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• Bellevue puts Police Chief Steve Mylett on leave, citing unspecified allegations

  03-08-2018 18:48
  When reached by phone on Friday morning, Mylett said that he didn't commit any crimes and didn't know the nature of the allegation against him.
  
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• Bellevue Police Chief Steve Mylett placed on leave; city cites unspecified ‘allegations’

  03-08-2018 18:48
  Assistant Police Chief Patrick Arpin will named acting police chief until the matter is resolved.
  
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• Deputies make arrest in Junction City, Ore., wedding thefts

  03-08-2018 18:25
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man accused of stealing wedding gifts from couples in Junction City. The Register-Guard reports Kord and Janell Evenson were victimized last week. Communicating discreetly with guests, Janell Evenson determined that about $2,500 in checks, cash and gift cards had been stolen. Lane County sheriff’s Sgt. Carrie Carver […]
  
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• Seattle versus Chicago with Derek Erdman

  03-08-2018 17:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogBuddhist master Derek ErdmanDerek ErdmanDerek Erdman left Seattle on September 11, 2017, which seems like a fitting date for a local tragedy. Erdman, a merry prankster, artist, and author of my favorite Stranger piece from the past 27 years (seriously, read it), once invited 1,000 people to a film screening at an apartment building he didn't live in (this, suprise, was shut down) and regularly opened his Madison Street apartment for art shows complete with free hot dogs and/or Har
  
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• NASA assigns astronauts to SpaceX, Boeing test flights

  03-08-2018 17:24
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has assigned the astronauts who will ride the first commercial capsules into orbit next year and bring human launches back to the U.S. SpaceX and Boeing are shooting for a test flight of their capsules to the International Space Station by the end of this year or early next, […]
  
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• Astronauts picked for SpaceX, Boeing capsule test flights

  03-08-2018 17:24
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA on Friday assigned the astronauts who will ride the first commercial capsules into orbit next year and bring crew launches back to the U.S. SpaceX and Boeing are shooting for a test flight of their capsules by the end of this year or early next, with the first crews […]
  
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• Slog AM: Seattle Navigation Team Grows by Eight, Sen. Patty Murray Fights for Abortion Rights, Another Portland Patriot Prayer Rally

  03-08-2018 17:09 via thestranger.com
  
  Goat swarm in Boise, Russian spy in U.S. Embassy, pray for MoviePassby Nathalie GrahamFuck off, Brett.HIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES
  Seattle’s Navigation Team grows with $500,000 from the county and state: The team responsible for removing homeless camps is growing. The Navigation Team currently has 22 members. It will grow to 30. The additional roles of the new hires remain ambiguous. According to the mayor’s spokeswoman who contacted the Seattle Times, the additions will include &ldq
  
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• No kidding: Dozens of goats chow down in Idaho neighborhood

  03-08-2018 17:09
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — About 100 escaped goats have munched on manicured lawns in Idaho’s capital city before being rounded up and hauled away. Multiple news outlets captured the goats calmly eating grass and shrubs in a Boise neighborhood Friday morning before a trailer arrived amid applause from neighborhood residents. It’s not clear where the […]
  
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• Portland State University offering indigenous studies program

  03-08-2018 16:33
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland State University is offering its students a major in Indigenous Nations and Native American Studies. KPTV-TV reported Thursday that students enrolled in the program will study the history, culture, values and contemporary issues of Native people. The Portland university says a petition and letters showed significant support for the idea. […]
  
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• The Green Big Apple: New Yorkers document the city’s plants

  03-08-2018 16:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — Susan Hewitt found a special prize recently while wandering the streets of New York. The 70-year-old spotted a mysterious patch of bright green leaves with tiny white flowers in a raised flower bed. It turned out to be tropical Mexican clover, a weed common in South America and Florida’s orange groves, […]
  
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• 1st year of Nevada marijuana sales smokes expectations

  03-08-2018 15:35
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada regulators and industry insiders say the state’s first year of broad marijuana legalization has exceeded even their highest expectations, with sales and tax collections already surpassing year-end projections by 25 percent. Numbers from June are still outstanding but are expected to push taxable sales past $500 million, netting total tax […]
  
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• Four-car collision in Kent leaves one dead, closes Highway 516

  03-08-2018 15:28
  There's no estimated time for reopening the roadway.
  
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• The Blue Angels take to the skies this weekend — what to look for in their Diamond 360 maneuver

  03-08-2018 15:00
  The 2018 Seafair Weekend is here and with it comes the 69th Boeing Seafair Air Show, featuring the Navy Blue Angels. Blue Angels maneuvers 101 Blue Angels pilots fly Boeing F/A-18 Hornets as fast as 700 mph and as slow as 120 mph (approximately). Stunt pilots perform different maneuvers each show, with more than 60 […]
  
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• Sub Pop at 30: How a Seattle record label’s storied past prepared it for the future

  03-08-2018 15:00
  After 30 years of pranks, power chords and evolution, Seattle’s big little indie label is poised to thrive in a rapidly changing industry.
  
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• Sen. Patty Murray on Roe v. Wade’s future: ‘I have never felt this profoundly fearful’

  03-08-2018 15:00
  Murray has launched a campaign asking people to share their stories about Roe v. Wade, amid concern that the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would make very real the possibility that abortion rights could be overturned.
  
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• Podcast: Reporter Lynda Mapes on tracking the mother orca who won’t let go of her dead calf

  03-08-2018 15:00
  Seattle Times environment reporter Lynda Mapes takes us behind the scenes on what it's like to view Tahlequah, the grieving southern resident orca - and what can be done to save the starving orca pod.
  
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• It’s Fleet Week, and naval ships are open for Seafair on the Seattle waterfront

  03-08-2018 15:00
  Hundreds of navy sailors have descended on Seattle for Seafair's Fleet Week, which continues through Sunday.
  
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• I have two master’s degrees, but that didn’t keep me from becoming homeless.

  03-08-2018 15:00
  Hyla Dobaj was a successful audiologist — but when she lost her money after a cancer diagnosis, she found herself on the street with her daughters. At Ignite Project Homeless, she told the story of how she’s learned to live with a lot less.
  
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• Bracing for a fight, Patriot Prayer’s right-wing faithful head to Portland for Saturday rally

  03-08-2018 15:00
  Demonstrations such as the one planned Saturday have helped drag Oregon’s largest city to the front lines of a national political divide that has grown uglier during the Trump presidency.
  
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• Ballots in Washington state’s primary election are due Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know

  03-08-2018 15:00
  Voting is underway for Washington's 2018 primary election. Here's a guide to The Seattle Times' coverage of key races in our region, as well as looks at the political landscape this election year.
  
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• How can Washington state better fund special education? Officials want to hear from you

  03-08-2018 14:00
  A legislative work group wants the public to weigh in on a draft list of recommendations that could make it easier for school districts to collect more money to help students with severe disabilities.
  
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• WHO to know soon if new Congo Ebola outbreak can use vaccine

  03-08-2018 13:31
  Residents of northeastern Congo braced Friday amid a new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus as the World Health Organization said it hopes to know as early as Tuesday whether the strain is the one for which an experimental vaccine can be used.
  
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• Yupik artifacts returning to Alaska for museum opening

  03-08-2018 07:41
  BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — The community of Quinhagak is awaiting the return of about 60,000 artifacts unearthed from a nearby ancient village and sent to Scotland. Quinhagak is hoping the Yupik artifacts will make it to the western Alaska village in time for a museum opening next week, KYUK-AM reported Thursday . The items were […]
  
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• Yupik artifacts en route to Alaska for museum opening

  03-08-2018 07:41
  BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — The community of Quinhagak (KwIn-hah-gahk) is awaiting the return of about 60,000 artifacts unearthed from a nearby ancient village and sent to Scotland. KYUK-AM reports the western Alaska community is hoping the Yupik artifacts will make it in time for a museum opening next week. The items were sent to be […]
  
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• NOAA plans ‘outside the box’ response to save J pod orca, which may have just days to live

  03-08-2018 05:00
  An emergency plan to save a starving southern-resident killer whale is in the works while another whale in the pod, J35, or Tahlequah, carries her dead calf for a 10th day.
  
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• Seattle to expand team that oversees homeless-camp removals

  03-08-2018 02:53
  The team will grow from 22 members to approximately 30, with the help of $500,000 from King County and the state.
  
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• Republican Lawmaker Accused of Sexual Harassment Has Some Notes for the #MeToo Movement

  03-08-2018 02:39 via thestranger.com
  
  RELEASE THE REPORT MATTby Rich SmithRep. Matt Manweller, who uses "feminism" as a slur, has a few pointers for the #MeToo movement. Rep. Matt Manweller's Desperate Plea VideoAccording to the AP's Rachel La Corte, last month attorney Trish Murphy sent the results of her investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Rep. Matt Manweller to Central Washington University, where Manweller teaches political science. The report is 91 pages long, but CWU won't release it until they finish thei
  
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