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• Check Yo Self with Ice Cube at the Showbox Tonight

  12-12-2018 23:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani Polk Ice Cube, performing at the BIG3 Championship in Brooklyn this past August. Al Bello/BIG3/Getty Images
  Even though he’s been on the comedy-film track for a while now, Ice Cube will always have serious street cred for his tenure in N.W.A. (he’s considered the founding father of gangsta rap), and for the fruitful solo hiphop albums that followed (AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted and Death Certificate in 1990 and 1991, respectively).His brash, pointed lyrical style is legendary,
  
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• The Hole Truth: I Have Two Vaginas

  12-12-2018 23:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan SavageOriginally published on Jun. 28, 2007.I have two vaginas. I'd had a number of routine pelvic exams with my old doctor, but she never discovered it. My new gyno, however, discovered my "atypical anatomy" right away last week. The anatomical specifics are irrelevant to my question—everything is fully functioning, sex isn't painful, and everything externally looks completely normal.
  I'm a straight girl in my early 20s and I've only had one sex partner
  
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• Wow! More Super Sexy East Link Pics!

  12-12-2018 23:11 via thestranger.com
  
  Will Sound Transit's East Link train turn Bellevue into Seattle's Brooklyn? It's too soon to say exactly what will happen, but we can be sure that this light rail will bring dramatic changes to the East Side. Check out this photo essay on the paradigm-shifting East Link Train.by Lester BlackSound Transit is pouring wet concrete over I-90 to more efficiently build East Link. Lester Black
  Is Bellevue about to become Seattle’s Williamsburg? That’s the question I asked in our feature las
  
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• "We Got Played,” New York City Councilmember Says to Amazon

  12-12-2018 22:44 via thestranger.com
  
  The move to New York, as well as a third headquarters in Virginia, is not expected to reduce Amazon's footprint in Seattle. Unfortunately.by Katie HerzogThe New York City Council doesn't need Bezos' Balls. They've got plenty of their own.Charles MudedeOh, to be in New York City this morning.GeekWire reports that Amazon executives got a good tongue-lashing from members of the New York City Council during a meeting about the forthcoming Amazon headquarters in Long Island City, a neighborhood in Qu
  
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• "We Got Played," New York City Councilmember Says to Amazon

  12-12-2018 22:44 via thestranger.com
  
  The move to New York, as well as a third headquarters in Virginia, is not expected to reduce Amazon's footprint in Seattle. Unfortunately.by Katie HerzogThe New York City Council doesn't need Bezos' Balls. They've got plenty of their own.Charles MudedeOh, to be in New York City this morning.GeekWire reports that Amazon executives got a good tongue-lashing from members of the New York City Council during a meeting about the forthcoming Amazon headquarters in Long Island City, a neighborhood in Qu
  
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• Paul Allen’s estate gives $125 million to set up immunology institute

  12-12-2018 22:05
  Paul Allen was working on the Allen Institute for Immunology before he died in October.
  
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• Rich Man Threatens to Move Phoenix Suns to Seattle If City Does Not Spend $150 Million on Arena

  12-12-2018 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede lavi37/gettyimages.com
  This sounds familiar. Robert Sarver, who has a net worth of $400 million, and owns the Phoenix Suns—a professional basketball team—has threatened to move his team to either Las Vegas or Seattle if the city (which is mostly a suburb) does not spend a fortune "modernizing" the Talking Stick Resort Arena.And it appears that Phoenix's city council has been paralyzed by the threat.
  Steven Hsieh of the Phoenix New Times, and former news editor of th
  
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• Eight Stoner Gifts You and Your Friends Need This Holiday Season

  12-12-2018 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  From $10 bubblers that turn your joints into bongs to $320 electronic dab rigs, we've figured out what stoner gifts to buy this holiday season.by Lester BlackStoner gifts are the best holiday gifts. Magical Butter
  Stoners were easy to shop for during pot’s prohibition. Put a bow on an eighth of good weed and you were suddenly a masterful gift giver.But nowadays anyone of age with an ID and some cash can buy pot in Washington State. A gram of weed has become the gift-giving equivalent of a
  
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• Settlement approved in Washington state mental health case

  12-12-2018 21:22
  The settlement reached between Disability Rights Washington and the state is designed to bring the state into compliance with the judge's order to provide timely competency evaluations and treatment for mentally ill people charged with crimes.
  
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• After paying $83 million in fines, Washington settles jail mental-health lawsuit

  12-12-2018 21:22
  The settlement reached is designed to bring the state into compliance with the judge's order to provide timely competency evaluations and treatment for mentally ill people charged with crimes.
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Raunchy Party Jam "That New Funkadelic" by Ice Cube, Who's Coincidentally Playing Seattle Tonight

  12-12-2018 21:17 via thestranger.com
  
  "You know the beat's so sweet, like booty meat," Ice Cube raps on raunchy party jam "That New Funkadelic." Coincidentally, Ice Cube and P-Funk are both playing Seattle tonight.by Dave SegalGorge on this raunchy, obvious homage to funk president George Clinton. YouTube screengrab
  Ice Cube, "That New Funkadelic" (Lench Mob/Interscope)
  The conventional wisdom would be to feature "Arrest the President" off Ice Cube's new album, Everythang's Corrupt. The gears of justice are inexorably grinding towar
  
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• Teen in police custody after report of gun at Issaquah High School

  12-12-2018 21:13
  There were no reports of shots fired and the Wednesday morning lockdowns, which extended to Issaquah Middle and Clark Elementary schools, have been canceled.
  
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• Don’t Screw This Up. See Roma in a Theater.

  12-12-2018 21:00 via thestranger.com
  Alfonso Cuarón’s latest might be his best.by Erik HenriksenSee Roma, and see it on a big screen, and see it loud. Alfonso Cuarón’s first film since Gravity is decidedly less flashy—a semi-autobiographical drama, it’s set in the early 1970s and is almost entirely focused on Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a live-in housekeeper and nanny for an upper-class family in Mexico City. But while Roma’s smaller in scope, it can be as jaw-clenchingly intense as Gravity,
  
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• Trump's Sweeping Changes to Clean Water Act Will Pollute America's Drinking Water

  12-12-2018 20:44 via thestranger.com
  
  "This proposal is reckless, and we will fight to ensure it never goes into effect.”by Katie HerzogYum. Toa55/GettyBad news for Americans who drink water: The Trump administration announced this week that they will be ending federal protection for waterways and wetlands across the country.The new proposal, which EPA head Andrew Wheeler announced Tuesday, will end an Obama-era expansion of the Clean Water Act. Under Obama, the definition of "waters of the United States," which the Clean Wate
  
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• Virgin Galactic aims to reach space soon with tourism rocket

  12-12-2018 20:39
  MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is gearing up to finally send its tourism rocket ship to the edge of space. If successful, it would be a major step toward the long-delayed dream of commercial space tourism. The next test flight could come as early as Thursday with two pilots taking Virgin Space […]
  
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• How Nancy Pelosi Won the Tinkle Contest

  12-12-2018 20:38 via thestranger.com
  Episode 178 of the Blabbermouth podcastby The StrangerSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!Eli Sanders, Rich Smith, and Katie Herzog talk about how Nancy Pelosi won her televised “tinkle contest” with President Trump in the Oval Office this week, and what it means for her chances to become House Speaker in January. Also discussed: Michael Cohen, Mueller, and Trump’s hush-money scandal.After all that, Rich talks about the dirt on William Barr, Trump’s n
  
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• Sewage from Mexico spill flows north into California waters

  12-12-2018 20:37
  More than 6 million gallons a day of raw sewage has spilled into the Tijuana River since Monday.
  
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• The 2018 Farm Bill, All But Passed, Will Legalize Hemp

  12-12-2018 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh Jardine NASTASIC / GETTY IMAGESBy the time you read this, it's entirely possible that the 2018 Farm Bill will have just passed. That's notable for several reasons, none more so than the provision which would legalize hemp production. This would then radically change the landscape for CBD extracted from hemp, which is the source of the vast majority of CBD with a low enough THC content—.03 percent or less—to ship out of state. This is all achieved by removing industrial hemp f
  
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• A judge sues Spokane neighbor over cat-urine smell, and a stink is raised over sealed records

  12-12-2018 20:30
  Details of the litigation remain shrouded in secrecy because of an unusual order to seal nearly all records from public view. A prominent legal scholar has intervened, arguing the records should be made public.
  
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• 2 technicians killed at Antarctica science station

  12-12-2018 20:20
  NEW YORK (AP) — The National Science Foundation says two technicians working on a fire-suppression system at an Antarctica scientific station were found unconscious and died. The foundation said Wednesday the two had been working in a building at McMurdo Station, which is on Ross Island. It says they were found on the floor by […]
  
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• Who Injected Jack Chapman's Genitals With the Silicone That Killed Him?

  12-12-2018 19:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Daniel VillarrealA private chat log obtained by The Stranger suggests that Dylan Hafertepen may have injected others with silicone.LEVI HASTINGS
  One of the enduring mysteries surrounding the death of Seattle kinkster Jack Chapman (aka Tank Hafertepen) is who injected his genitals with the silicone that killed him.
  Dylan Hafertepen, Jack's surviving "master," has denied involvement (even though, according to a contract Jack shared online, Master Dylan controlled every aspect of his life). Dyla
  
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• Michael Cohen Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

  12-12-2018 19:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogDisgraced lawyer and Trump patsy Michael Cohen Drew Angerer/GettyMichael Cohen is going to prison.The disgraced lawyer was sentenced Wednesday to 36 months in prison after pleading guilty to a whole bevy of crimes related to Donald Trump, including financial crimes, lying to Congress, and campaign finance violations for paying off porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, both of whom claim to have slept with the President while he was married.Cohen, who re
  
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• Santa-sized hugs abound at Northwest African American Museum in Seattle

  12-12-2018 19:00
  Families of many backgrounds filled the waiting room at the Northwest African American Museum, making Christmas ornaments and snacking on treats before getting their turn to be photographed with Santa and telling him what they want for Christmas.
  
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• Beginning of Summer 2018 in Seattle

  12-12-2018 18:33 via thestranger.com
  A Rosé Solstice Soirée, Freeway Park in Bloom, and more events on the summer solstice and beyond.by Stranger Things To Do StaffFor a city that rains nine months out of the year, Seattle sure knows how to turn things around come June. Summer officially arrives on Thursday, June 21, and there are so many ways to celebrate it. Whether you're looking for solstice-specific events like the city-wide Make Music Day or a Rosé Solstice Soirée, or you just want to spend time in
  
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• A New Book Claims to Have Pinpointed the Most Effective Cure for Hangovers

  12-12-2018 18:30 via thestranger.com
  by Ned Lannamann Penguin Random HouseHumankind has outlived the plague, devised countless written and spoken languages, and flown to the moon, but there's one thing humans still haven't figured out: a hangover cure that actually works.
  Writer Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall spent years researching (that's a fancy way of saying "drinking") for his new book, Hungover: The Morning After and One Man's Quest for the Cure, published last month by Penguin Random House. The book's publicity team has yet to sen
  
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• It's Day 12 of 25 Days of Giveaways—Enter Now!

  12-12-2018 18:00 via thestranger.com
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff
  Each day this month until Christmas, we're giving away new and exciting prizes from local Seattle businesses as part of 25 Days of Giveaways. Everything from event tickets to restaurant and retail gift cards to unique experiences is up for grabs.Today's prizes are:
  Beast Mode Apparel: $124 shopping spree
  Seattle Hempfest: 2019 VIP membership (must be 21+)
  Head over to our contest page to enter. You can also check out our full list of prizes to see what's coming up,
  
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• Savage Love: Slight Christmas

  12-12-2018 17:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage Joe Newton
  Straight and married but not boring, and heading to my parents' house for our first family Christmas since my asshole MAGA brother "stumbled over" the Tumblr blog where the wife and I posted about our sexual adventures. (Pics of MMF threesomes and cross-dressing/pegging sessions, plus some dirty "true enough" stories.) My brother has always been an angry screwup, so he leapt on the chance to make me look bad by sending the link to my parents, siblings, and even some clos
  
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• Health law sign-ups lagging as Saturday deadline is looming

  12-12-2018 17:45
  Barring a sign-up surge, the nation's uninsured rate could edge up after a yearslong coverage expansion that has seen about 20 million people get health-insurance coverage.
  
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• Slog AM: Seattle EMTs Plan to Strike, It's Wet out There, Can We Name the Mariners' Stadium?

  12-12-2018 17:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Michael BellSome EMTs donate plasma to make ends meet.simonkr/Getty Images
  We really should avoid having Seattle EMTs striking, right? The negotiations between the EMTs and AMR (their employer) are stalled over pay and health care.Heidi Groover reports for the Seattle Times that “Hundreds of unionized emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in Seattle have set a deadline of Dec. 21 to go on strike,” and that “City officials say they are working on a plan, but won’t say wh
  
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• States cite climate worries in push to stop US coal sales

  12-12-2018 17:18
  Attorneys for California, New Mexico, New York and Washington state are in federal court seeking to revive a coal-leasing moratorium imposed under President Barack Obama. The moratorium blocked new lease sales from federal lands that hold billions of tons of the fuel.
  
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• 71-year-old convenience-store worker stabbed; suspect arrested

  12-12-2018 16:43
  The suspect is a 51-year-old man who attempted to access the cash register drawer during the assault, police said.
  
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• Dallas-bound flight returns to Seattle after human heart was left onboard

  12-12-2018 15:41
  It was unclear what the heart was intended for and whether anyone's life was ever in danger. But the organ was supposed to be left in Seattle.
  
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• Whose stadium is it? They tell us it’s ours, only not when it comes to selling the big money name

  12-12-2018 15:00
  The public is getting fleeced on the naming rights for our baseball stadium — to the estimated tune of $50 to $100 million. So we should resist the corporate choice for what to call it.
  
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• ‘I’m not really ashamed of who I am anymore’: Eastside kids get counseling and support as anxiety is on the rise

  12-12-2018 15:00
  A shy teen struggling with his emotions and identity finds support from Youth Eastside Services, a nonprofit aided by donations to The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy. The agency is working to see people as fast as possible as it confronts a mental health crisis among the young.
  
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• How ‘Shout Your Abortion’ grew from a Seattle hashtag into a book

  12-12-2018 15:00
  Amelia Bonow was recently in Seattle to talk about the book, "Shout Your Abortion."
  
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• Do you have a story to share about schools? Tell it at Ignite Education Lab 2019.

  12-12-2018 14:00
  Our annual education storytelling event is back for a fourth year this March. Do you have a story you’d like to share with students, teachers and fellow readers? Tell us about it.
  
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• Jingle All the Gay's New Cast Fucking Sleighs

  12-12-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  The "next chapter" of Homo for the Holidays is the tits.by Chase BurnsI never saw Homo for the Holidays.I know! I'm so bad! Witnessing RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars dropout BenDeLaCreme perform her long-standing gay holiday variety show with Kitten N' Lou, Seattle's burlesque power couple, was the first of many requirements to being a good gay in Seattle. I'm sorry! I was busy!And now I'll never have the chance to indulge in the original Homo for the Holidays tradition because the cast split apa
  
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• Why Amazon Go cashierless stores could swoop into airport retail

  12-12-2018 12:32
  Retail and airport experts agree that the Amazon Go model could bring a major boon to the company and airport shopping as a whole.
  
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• Amazon Go cashierless stores could swoop into airport retail

  12-12-2018 12:32
  Retail and airport experts agree that the Amazon Go model could bring a major boon to the company and airport shopping as a whole.
  
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• UN chief returns as climate talks teeter closer to collapse

  12-12-2018 09:57
  KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general flew back to global climate talks in Poland Wednesday to appeal to countries to reach an agreement, as some observers feared the meeting might end without a deal. U.N. chief Antonio Guterres opened the talks last week, telling leaders to take the threat of global warming seriously […]
  
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• UN chief calls for compromise, sacrifice at climate talks

  12-12-2018 09:57
  KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general called on countries to make compromises in tackling global warming, amid concern that the U.N. conference on the issue could end without a substantial agreement. In his second dramatic appeal at the talks in Poland in the space of 10 days, Antonio Guterres told ministers and senior […]
  
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• UN chief calls for compromise and sacrifice at climate talks

  12-12-2018 09:57
  KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general called on countries to make compromises and sacrifices in talks over tackling global warming, as some observers warned the meeting in Poland could collapse without an agreement on key issues. Making his second dramatic appeal in the space of 10 days, Antonio Guterres told ministers and senior […]
  
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• Germany wants more EU funds to help phase out coal industry

  12-12-2018 09:57
  KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Germany’s environment minister wants more European Union funds to support regions affected by the closure of coal mines. Svenja Schulze told reporters on the sidelines of the U.N. climate talks Wednesday that Germany is committed to phasing out the use of coal, though the exact deadline has yet to be determined. […]
  
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• Pedestrian killed in Puyallup collision

  12-12-2018 07:18
  The driver was traveling eastbound on River Road when he struck the pedestrian in the roadway, according to police.
  
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• Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen gets 3 years in prison

  12-12-2018 07:05
  President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen got choked up near the end of his remarks and paused briefly to compose himself. His daughter, seated behind him, sobbed throughout.
  
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• ‘Dirty deeds’: Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen gets 3 years in prison

  12-12-2018 07:05
  President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen got choked up near the end of his remarks and paused briefly to compose himself. His daughter, seated behind him, sobbed throughout.
  
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• Spotty ice expected on roads as thawing snow refreezes

  12-12-2018 06:08
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Officials are warning of another day of dangerous road conditions after a wintry snowstorm walloped several Southern states. While sunny skies helped North Carolina and Virginia thaw on Tuesday, temperatures dropped again overnight. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper warned that any moisture left on roads from melting snow could turn into […]
  
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• Heavy rains expected in Southern states after snowstorm

  12-12-2018 06:08
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Forecasters say North Carolina can expect heavy rains and a flood threat on the heels of a winter storm that walloped the area. The National Weather Service issued a statement warning of widespread rainfall starting Friday that could total 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) across much of the state and 3 inches […]
  
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• SeaTac council member mourned

  12-12-2018 05:01
  Speakers and crowds honored Amina Ahmed, who died Saturday in a car crash at the age of 52. In her career, Ahmed worked for the Refugee Women’s Alliance and as the executive director for Partner in Employment. “She was a symbol of community,” said Mohamud Yussef, a longtime friend. “She was a person with integrity, […]
  
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• Outgoing Seattle Public Schools athletic director sues district, claims he was wrongfully fired

  12-12-2018 04:04
  Eric McCurdy was the subject of a complaint from former employee Krystyana Brame, who said he bullied her. McCurdy says his firing violated his Constitutional rights and endangered his future career opportunities.
  
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