CindyH filled in nicely for me Friday -- again. And I spent a day totally dedicated to R 'n R. I have another of those planned today. Parade, picnic, and fireworks will sum up my planned activities. Mebbe a little canoeing, too. I'm going to orphan you guys this weekend. [...]
She should definitely call Zig immediately.
Imagine, if you will, forcing sending your entire office to see hot motivational babe Sarah Palin live at an arena near you for only $19.95. If your employees little worker scumbags won’t go they can spend the day counting toner cartridges.
Today’s Republican Party is [...]
(And there are some 65 other media clips from the past week in politics posted at Hominid Views.)
[...]Bachamann crazies her way to World’s “best” person!
Seattle’s nearly naked firework stand:
Sixty!
Stephen on Franken’s win (via Crooks and Liars). Coleman concedes (via ThinkProgress). Franken speaks (via Crooks and Liars). Olbermann: Mr. Franken goes to Washington. Jon with Franken’s time (via OneGoodMove). Headzup: [...]
Palin's Pad
Too bad, if true. Was really hoping Palin for Pres in ‘12.
Post from: Democracy for Vancouver
[...]In my post earlier today, I didn’t mention anything about what the Obama Administration is trying to do inside Pakistan itself, but it’s quite important and extremely disconcerting. Jeremy Scahill has a very good rundown on the extent that we’re operating across Afghanistan’s southeastern border.
It's been nearly a week since I told the story of 12- year- old Jessica, a young girl suffering from a brain tumor at Children's Hospital.
The story centered on a gift someone had given her - four tickets to see the Jonas Brothers in concert at the Tacoma Dome.
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What are you most looking forward to tomorrow?
FireworksBarbecuing with friends/familyBasking in the sunshinePatriotic fervorOther
The Millions has a look ahead at the next year's worth of books scheduled for release, and the prospects actually look quite good: 2 from Dave Eggers, a giant non-fiction book that William Vollman refers to as "my Moby Dick," Lorrie Moore, Thomas Pynchon, Audrey Niffenegger, [...]
I know she's resigning, but... What the fuck did she just say for seven minutes? Love the bird sounds, though.
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[...]Actually, he just left one instruction: "Don't overdo it."
Well. No need to worry about that :-) If you had a sub the next time you took a day off, what kind of instructions would you leave them?
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"Sorry for the crappy photo," says Slog tipper Andi, "but there are people protesting outside of Jimmy John's on 3rd Ave with signs that say 'Don't eat here! Support Jason!' Who is Jason anyway?"
No idea. Labor dispute? Viral marketing? Anybody?
Sarah Palin's announcement that she's resigning just made Mitt Romney's decade—he's the one to beat in the 2012 Republican primaries now.
But we don't need to speculate about elections right now, do we? It's July 4th weekend! It's time to celebrate! And what better way to celebrate than heading over' [...]
In the comments to this morning’s Morning Fizz (featuring Richard Conlin on the “symbolic” importance of repealing the head tax), Elliott writes:
Hey, I’ve got an idea. If symbolism is so important, why not build a symbolic tunnel under downtown. We’d save billions over the real thing!
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Friday before a holiday. From KTUU-TV in Anchorage:
In a stunning announcement, Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday morning she will resign her office in a few weeks.
Speculation has swirled for weeks, perhaps months that Palin would not seek re-election in 2010 as she pursues a political career on the national [...]
Exciting news for Columbia City residents and visitors: In addition to the new Full Tilt ice cream shop/pinball arcade/all-ages music venue opening July 3 at 5101 Rainier Ave S, the neighborhood will soon get two badly needed additions to its limited culinary lineup: An Indian restaurant called [...]
If you’re like me, you find the idea of spending a perfect summer evening inside a movie theater distasteful, even abhorrent. Well, I’ve got some good news for you.
Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, UK, 2004)
The summe-rlong outdoor screening series [...]
The rumor at City Hall is that funding for the $200-million-plus two-way Mercer project—a proposal that has become a major issue for several city council candidates this year—is falling short by between $30 and $50 million. That raises a major question: Should the city council move ahead with the project [...]
Looking for a unique way to celebrate Independence Day? Do it with Jean-Luc Godard.
Made In U.S.A. (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1966)
Made in U.S.A. is Godard’s tribute to that uniquely American genre, the film noir. More specifically, it honors Howard Hawks’ classic The [...]
Photo by Flickr user Josh Putnam.
The two Seattle Democrats running for King County executive are both jockeying to be seen as the greenest candidate for the position. Larry Phillips, for example, has been flogging his so-called “Greenprint for King County,” an environmental plan that [...]
Hat tip to Nick Adams who says CNN is reporting Sarah Palin will not seek re-election. Current reports confirm that she will resign at the end of the month.
Update: [www.spokesman.com]
Let the speculating begin.
[...]Slog Commenter and all-around great guy NaFun Twittered this blog yesterday, but I think today's a great day to explore it a little further: Not Always Right is a blog collecting particularly hellish interactions with customers.
I'm sure that some of you commenters (probably the ones who never' [...]
After initially defending "his" officers—and in the most offensive possible way—the chief of police in Fort Worth now says that Chad Gibson, who he accused of groping an officer, wasn't in the custody of the FWPD when he was seriously injured, but in the custody of officers from the' [...]
Paul Krugman points out the (apparently) intentional lies from the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal:
[T]he WSJ editorial page has been like this for 35 years. Nonetheless, it got me wondering: what do these people really believe?
I mean, they’re not stupid — life would be a lot easier [...]
God Bless This Mess! Happy (almost) 4th of July... and I love you, YouTube, forever and ever.
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“Suddenly: Where We Live Now. An Exhibition Exploring the Aesthetic Life of Cities” is opening tonight with a free reception hosted by One Pot at 9:00 pm at 312 Occidental Ave. in Pioneer Square. The exhibit includes work from Marc Joseph Berg from New York; Zoe Crosher [...]
It was a hell of a Wednesday all around. For starters, there was Publicola’s party at Rob Roy. Then, soccer superstar Alexi Lalas explained the game to Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central. And topping it all off: Seattle’s 2-1 victory over Portland in the [...]
Talk about sibling rivalry: [www.spokesman.com] "Richard Williams refuses to watch his daughters Venus and Serena play each other. He says he simply can’t bear to see it, no matter the setting, no matter the stage."
IMHO watching tennis is only little more exciting than watching golf or bowling, but still I'd rather watch' [...]
Music
Dirty ProjectorsDirty Projectors are the rotating-cast project of Dave Longstreth, a prodigious guitarist, acrobatic singer, and adventurous composer. Longstreth's guitar playing is something like Deerhoof relaxing into a Malian safari; his singing is an ideal, airy falsetto; his compositions are difficult to explain but easy to appreciate. [...]
The other morning the boys and I saw something rather disturbing--- a plush Elmo dangling by one leg from the trunk of a silver Subaru. Did some poor tot get dropped off at daycare without his Elmo? Is a mean older sibling torturing a younger sibling? Was Elmo's precarious journey accidental [...]
If you are free in a couple of hours, my film Police Beat will make an appearance on a screen in the Northwest Film Forum. Afterward, I'll talk about cities and stuff with the novelist Matthew Stadler and the German urban planner Thomas Sieverts.
The future of human health:
The salamander is a superhero of regeneration, able to replace lost limbs, damaged lungs, sliced spinal cord — even bits of lopped-off brain.
But it turns out that remarkable ability isn't so mysterious after all — suggesting that researchers could learn how' [...]
Remember the kid who completely lost his marbles when his mom took away his World of Warcraft privileges? Well, he's back… thanks to this HEEEEE-LARIOUS remix starring the Kirby music from Super Smash Bros.! (I'm telling you, this tune is the Benny Hill/"Yakkety Sax" of the new century!)
Please stop' [...]
Australia-based writer Gregor Salmon spent the last eight months exploring the world of Afghanistan’s opium trade.
“Poppy is not just a crop… it’s a financial system, a finely-tuned industry,” he said.
“It’s a low-risk crop in a high-risk environment.”
He got used to feeling a “constant sense of unease” and managed to [...]
There is only one reading today, at Fremont Place Book Company. S.G. Browne reads from Breathers: A Zombie Lament, a book about a "nebbish" of a zombie named Andy who finds a lady zombie named Rita and falls in love. You can read a preview of the book above.
I [...]
Yesterday I had a sad conversation with Dan Savage. "Do you know what the term 'triple threat' refers to?" I asked him (ungrammatically). "It's a person who can sing, dance, AND act," he said. It's not a sports thing? I wondered; no, he was sure. Then I had to go [...]
As you know, from time to time I get some interesting tidbits in email and share them here. Here's yet another, with some minor reformatting…
(But Only To A Few)
Where It All BeganA little girl wrote to Sarah Palin and asked; 'How did the' [...]
Yesterday I tested your creepy Christian pedo-dar. I asked Sloggers if this teacher—arrested for soliciting one of his 12-year-old students for sex—solicited a male student or a female student.
The results of the vote...
And a majority of Sloggers got it right: It's a [...]
Sounds like there's going to be a lot of stressed out brides in the next couple weeks: [www.spokesman.com]
I don't remember being at all stressed out about my own wedding. Then again, it was 23 years ago. The only mishap involved the groomsmen who decided to make a Burger King' [...]
Bankrupt budgets, political paralysis, collapsing schools, shuttered parks: Tim Eyeman's latest assault on state government—Initiative 1033—makes the ballot and could remake Washington state in the image of California. Goldy breaks it down:
I-1033 is a “TABOR” initiative, one of many, similarly constructed spending-cap measures that have been peddled in the initiative [...]
“This proves once again that the lesson of history is that we don’t learn the lessons of history.”
