You elected Mike McGinn the mayor and Pete Holmes the City Attorney—sometimes the good guys win—but their campaigns aren't out of the woods yet. They're both in the red. (Granted, McGinn only has a quarter of Joe Mallahan's $106,174 debt, according to records from the Seattle Ethics and Election [...]
The image below shows a recent photo of Forza Coffee, where four officers were shot dead at about 8:15 a.m., at the corner of a strip mall south of Tacoma. If you swing the image around (click and drag), you can see it's directly across the street from McChord Air' [...]
KOMO:
Four police officers were shot and killed in a Sunday morning ambush at a Parkland-area coffee shop, officials said.
Emergency personnel rushed to the scene after receiving a report that multiple officers were shot and killed in the ambush at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, according to reports from the scene.
Pierce County [...]
There is an open mic (with erotic tendencies) at the Little Red Studio.
Or you could go to the Ballard branch of Seattle Public Library. Chef Daniel Orr, who is some sort of celebrity chef, reads from his new book FARMFood: Green Living with Chef Daniel Orr. Mr. [...]
Three days left until the Strangercrombie one-of-a-kind art piñatas go up for bid.
Susanna Bluhm's beautiful, big piñata is called Minimalist Sacrifice.
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Purple Is the New Crimson: The Huskies beat the Cougars at the Apple Cup 30-0.
If You Were at Westlake Center Yesterday, and You Saw People Being Thrown to the Ground by Soldiers and Handcuffed...Relax: It was an anti-war demonstration.
'Twas the Night Before...a Major' [...]
The Tiger Woods story has officially become interesting:
TMZ REPORT: WOODS' INJURIES CAME FROM HIS WIFE, NOT FROM CAR CRASH This looks more and more like a domestic something or other. Especially now, let us not forget the Vikings and the way they terrorized Central Europe for centuries.
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Music
Smash Putt!I hadn't been to putt-putt golf since Billy Taylor's stuffy birthday party in fourth grade—until last weekend, when those metal-working freaks at HazardFactory (they of constant calluses, Band-Aids, and singed eyebrows) opened their appropriately named Smash Putt! The temporary nine-hole warehouse course isn't just [...]
Today, Greg Bear reads at Seattle Mystery Bookshop. His newest book, Mariposa, is the second book in the Quantico series. You can probably buy the first book in the series here, too. (Hint: The first book is in paperback, and is therefore more affordable than the hardcover.) [...]
Four days left until the Strangercrombie one-of-a-kind art piñatas go up for bid.
WANNA SMASH THE VIADUCT? Vaughn Bell has made it so you can. Here's her viaductñata under construction.
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More Shootings: Man fatally shot in Seattle last night near St. James Cathedral.
Speaking of Guns: The guy who brought his gun into the Southwest Community Center, and was promptly turned away, is suing the City of Seattle and Mayor Nickels.
Easy on [...]
My answer to the Michelle/ape controversy:
...This was posted in the middle of 2008, and there are many more like it. Leave the Michelle/ape alone; let it be, and let who needs a laugh have a laugh. And besides, humans are closely related to chimps! [...]
What's the book? My Little Dysfunctional Family Album by Sean Maher.
Why is it useless? It's a collection of very old photos with snarky comments written next to them. For instance, an unattractive man sits, rigidly, holding a guitar. Next to him, Maher writes "I still haven't figured'" [...]
Ryan Blethen has some advice to make the GOP stronger.
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[...]On December 2, a design review board for the city's Department of Planning and Development will make its recommendation on a six-story building planned at Broadway and East Jefferson street. Here's the corner recently:
And here's a rendering by Ankrom Moisan Architects of the proposed building:
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The first time I went to the massive, citywide art fair Art Basel Miami Beach was in 2006, when the fair was so smoking hot that I was shamed into going. These are the first sentences in the piece I wrote about it.
It's a windy [...]
"Hey Lindy," somebody in the office just asked. "If I'm going to see one movie this weekend, which one should I see?"
Which began a whole conversation about the one whatevers people should see/read/do. Slog brings the results to you.
Lindy: People should see Fantastic Mr. Fox. It's the biggest movie' [...]
The Birthers and the Truthers are coming together to fight ClimateGate. What is ClimateGate, you ask? Why, it's the conspiracy to systematically take over the world by creating false evidence promoting the myth of global warming! Evil scientists and the one-world government have colluded to make us [...]
The Service Director Mark Sullivan has issued this statement:
The Secret Service is deeply concerned and embarrassed by the
circumstances surrounding the State Dinner on Tuesday, November 24.
The preliminary findings of our internal investigation have determined
established protocols were not followed at an initial checkpoint,
verifying that two individuals [...]
In a piece that is weirdly complementary with this week's books lead, Chris Rodell has written a piece about the frustrations of being a freelancer whose pitches aren't rejected—they're outright ignored:
I’m nostalgic for the days when I used to gauge my how hard I was working [...]
amazon.comWowWee Wrex the Dawg: "The three moods and three desires are expressed in lucky crazy slot machine eye."
PETA's got its panties in a bunch over the University of Georgia using a real [...]
Reports Seattlepi.com:
A man who carried a pistol into a West Seattle community center two weeks ago to protest Seattle's new ban on guns in public spaces on Friday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, saying the policy violates the U.S. and state constitutions, as well as state law.
Bob [...]
News from Scotland:
A controversial Scottish brewery has launched what it described as the world's strongest beer - with a 32% alcohol content.
Tactical Nuclear Penguin has been unveiled by BrewDog of Fraserburgh. BrewDog was previously branded irresponsible for an 18.2% beer called Tokyo, which it then followed with a [...]
Way back in May, I watched The Yes Men Fix the World at SIFF. Here's part of what I had to say about it:
The thing that saves this movie from becoming a Michael Moore-style proselytizing headache is the Yes Men's commitment: They hang around long after things become awkward, [...]
And here's the best decoration I've seen yet, slapped on the side of a Metro bus:
I am not an atheist—to me, atheism seems like the most benign form of fundamentalism—but I approve of atheism being part of the religious conversation. (Also, this bus ad struck me as' [...]
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On the afternoon of November 19, a man was driving from Renton to North Seattle on his way to apply for a job. On 3rd Ave NW near Holman Road NW, he "hit a pothole, flattening his right front tire," says a Seattle Police report. [...]
For those who can't run around today, all Black Friday crazy-brained, let me introduce you to The Shoedini. This is the best gift for everyone on your list. Not even a Snuggie™ can touch it.
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www.freshfloursseattle.comCOOKIE! NOM NOM NOM!
...and $1 coffee drinks, tomorrow afternoon in celebration of the grand opening of Fresh Flours bakery's Ballard branch.
More info over in the Chow Calendar.
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This week in the book section, The Rejectionist writes about working for a New York literary agent. The Rejectionist is in charge of the slush pile, which is where all the unsolicited submissions go:
Any given morning might bring the Old Testament rewritten by George Bush Sr., [...]
Joseph Backholm runs the Family Policy Institute of Washington, which is the state affiliate of James Dobson's Focus on the Family. Backholm's group poured over $200,000 into the reject R-71 campaign; Dobson's national organization spent over $90,000. They lost. But Backholm is obsessed with gay people more than [...]
Remember how the Hunt Club and Canlis are offering Twilight-themed cocktails right now? Me too! I can't stop remembering it. In fact, I was so excited about the idea, I decided to invent a few movie-themed cocktails of my own. Read all about it in this week's Concessions.' [...]
One reading tonight.
Amy Goodman reads at Town Hall with Denis Moynihan. Breaking the Sound Barrier contains Goodman's "most piquant articles of the last few years." This is a very Town Hall-y event; it could be fun to have a bet going with a friend where you guess [...]
...Andrew Sullivan calls Karl Rove and Sarah Palin degenerates.
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[...]This awesome video in two parts is by General Idea, the trio of gay artists that worked from the late 1960s to 1995 (only AA Bronson remains; Felix Partz, and Jorge Zontal died of AIDS-related causes in 1994). Their work was at the Henry two years ago.
Those are parts [...]
Five days left until the Strangercrombie one-of-a-kind art piñatas go up for bid.
Here's Jenny Zwick's me-ñata, complete with creepy fake hair and cute reflective pants, just like Jenny has. Smack her and all her fears come spilling out, printed on little pins (from this series of prints by [...]
Dear Simon,
Disregarding the fact that you have still not paid me for work I completed earlier this year despite several assertions that you would do so, I would be delighted to spend my free time creating logos and pie charts for you based on further [...]
BBC reports...
The oldest pieces of jewellery made by modern humans have emerged in Africa. Shell beads found in Blombos Cave on the southern tip of the continent are 75,000 years old, scientists say.... Until now, the oldest beads in Africa date to about 45,000 years ago.
The 41 Blombos shells [...]
...and that's why I can't stand Glee. Really, people, Modern Family is the goddamn funniest show on television right now and all anyone can talk about is Glee, a show with a creative team that doesn't have the balls to let it be Election or the ability to finesse those [...]
When Dubai Is Begging for a Payment Plan: The rest of the wobbly world freaks out.
Save the Washington Budget: Play Keno.
Obama Administration: Kicking lobbyists off of influential panels.
Coma [...]
I'm not sure what a triple standard is... but this sure feels like one: Adam Lambert kissed a boy at the AMA's and presumably liked it. Good Morning America dropped him. CBS played a clip of Lambert's AMA kiss but blurred it out—which they didn't do when they showed a [...]
ScienceDaily reports:
A Université de Montréal entomologist is investigating a type of wasp (Dinocampus coccinellae) present in Quebec that forces ladybugs (Coccinella maculata) to carry their larvae. These wasps lay their eggs on the ladybug's body, a common practice in the insect world, yet they don't kill their [...]
Andrew Sullivan bait: Sarah Palin is spending Thanksgiving in Washington state—in the Tri-cities area—and took part in today's Red Cross Turkey Trot. KHQ News caught up with Palin this morning and asked her the kind of question Katie Couric would've if Couric weren't just a "gotcha" journalist interested in that [...]
It's a holiday and I'm taking the day off from doling out the advice. I'm also in a slightly impaired state here—slightly more impaired than usual—and I don't feel like I should be operating the heavy advice machinery. But it's not a holiday in Iceland and this girl could use' [...]
How can we ever forget Palin's the most perfect moment:
From 2008 to eternity.
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...mass transit. Terry had to head over to his mom's place to start cooking at 9:30 this morning. If Spokane didn't have a bus system DJ and I would've had to go with him. But Spokane has a bus system so the two of us were able' [...]
This (NSFW, NSFTurkey-stuffed-stomachs) trailer is the funniest thing Eli Roth will ever make in his life. Sadly, it is not the most disgusting thing he will ever make in his life.
Thanksgiving Trailer
by darkknight37
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[...]I hope everyone is spending good quality time with friends or family today, however big or small. Happy Holiday!
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A youth leader pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he molested an 11-year-old girl earlier this month at an east Salinas church. Erick Velasquez Mendoza, 20, appeared in court for the first time since he was arrested Monday, three days after the girl reported the allegations [...]
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You can be thankful you're not having Thanksgiving dinner with Marney.
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Booze
Bars on ThanksgivingYou can't choose your family, but you can choose to leave your family shortly after the last scraps of dessert go down. They'll be belching and patting their guts, and you'll need a sanity-restoring drink. Some of our favorite bars keep the not-at-home' [...]
No readings today, obviously. Instead, because I just realized that it exists, I would like to direct you to some Thanksgiving-themed fan fiction. There is so much of it out there that I am going to name it Thanksfic.
The Room of Requirement was now a Muggle kitchen [...]
A government commission in Ireland released a report today detailing decades of child abuse in Dublin—most involving rape and sexual abuse—perpetrated by Catholic priests and covered by leaders of the Catholic Church. This stuff isn't ancient history: the report covers the period from 1975 to 2004.' [...]
Homedinner Security Department Needed!: Reality TV hopefuls crashed the state dinner.
Chris Rumble and Warren McGaw: Australia's first legally viable same-sex union.
Man Dies: After Day Stuck Upside-Down in Cave.
Suspect Held in Philippines Killings: He's a powerful politician.
Gregoire's Proposal to Slash Health Care for Poor: Doesn't go' [...]
A couple that wasn't invited crashed Obama's state dinner last night in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Memo to all the prominent, pissed off Indian Americans who weren't invited—you clearly should have just walked on in.
Remember this? Here is Bellevue's version:
KOMO
Just days after it opened, the scantily-clad baristas at Knotty Bodies in Bellevue are getting some steam from city officials.
On Tuesday, city officials said they planned to shut down the business because it is not complying with city codes.
Code enforcement officers [...]
What's the book? Oy! Do This Not That!: 100 Simple Swaps That Can Save Your Life, Your Money, or Your Mother from a Heart Attack, God Forbid! by Ellis Weiner.
Why is it useless? It's a jokey book supposedly written by a Jewish mother who tells you what [...]
Since it's a special magical holiday week, a whole buncha shit is opening today. And you know what? Some of it is really, really good.
Here's Sean Axmaker on Fantastic Mr. Fox:
Fantastic Mr. Fox is Anderson's most satisfying film since Rushmore, his funniest and his warmest. And' [...]
Penny Arcade, the newly Fremont-based gamer-culture megalith, wants to add reality television to its list of conquests. The two-part pilot of PATV is part Penny Arcade primer, part vlog gamer manifesto, part tear-jerker, and part Leni-Riefenstahl-esque nerd-rally propaganda film—but with PSPs and Game Boys instead of torches.
Here's' [...]
Congratulations to the good people of Vader, Washington (pop. 590), whose "boil-water" advisory ended today! Just in time for Thanksgiving. And congratulations to the state's water system for working most of the time.
OLYMPIA A boil-water advisory ended today for the City of Vader and Enchanted Valley water [...]
What's the book? Vatican Hustle, by Greg Huston.
What's it about? It's a parody of blaxploitation movies. The story starts with pretty standard detective fare—missing girl, porn connection—and leads all the way to Rome, and to the Pope (who floats; he's reminiscent of like the bad guy in David Lynch's Dune [...]
From your column this week: "...what do you think the chances are that a guy who blows strangers he meets online has an STI?"
Very low, if that individual cares enough about himself to go get tested regularly. I give blow jobs to guys I meet on-line, in [...]
Slog Tipper Alex wants us to know that Wikileaks is in the process of publishing "over half a million US national text pager intercepts" from September 11th, 2001. They're publishing all of the texts sent from 3am, September 11th through 3 am September 12th in order. If you don't [...]
Cue the moral outrage! This week Bethany Jean Clement writes about eating a blind steer she became rather fond of on her grandmother's ranch.
His lack of sight didn't concern anyone much, even him. He didn't bump into things or ever seem lost. His eyes were mesmerizing—not [...]
...so you don't have to in this week's Constant Reader:
Many bloggers have devoted themselves to uncovering all the factual inaccuracies in the book, and there are far too many to list here. Fewer critics have commented on Rogue's nasty tone. This book, ghost-written by a best-selling' [...]
No one could have predicted that this outrageous claim would be made on Fox News:
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[...]You are probably aware that the city just elected two environmentalists named Mike—as mayor (Mike McGinn) and as city councilman (Mike O'Brien)—over candidates who were well-connected and better funded. How, exactly? Largely because of a ingenious ground game carried out by Sierra Club volunteers. Both men are former Sierra Club' [...]
First there was the story of how some unhappy 43rd District constituents—labor people in particular—are threatening to work against House Speaker Frank Chopp when he runs for reelection next year. Then there was the video of Chopp explaining himself to upset constituents. Now comes the transcript of The [...]
A student at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs sent an email to the EvansLife listserv on Tuesday inviting everyone to a house party this weekend with a racially charged theme. The party, titled "FIREWATER FRIDAY: the indians take it back," elicited an outcry from students so [...]
(Once in a while, I take a new book with me to lunch and give it a half an hour or so to grab my attention. Lunch Date is my judgment on that speed-dating experience.)
Who's your date today? Yellow & Green: Not an Autobiography of Marcy [...]
If President Obama pronounced a blog post on health insurance reform to be a must-read, and then Rahm Emmanuel told senior White House staffers "not to come back" the next day if they hadn't read the post, would you make it your business to read the post' [...]
In honor of you-know-what tomorrow, let's revisit this old chestnut. Indian vs Turkey. Who will win?!
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Weeks after firefighters doused blazes across Greenwood, the charred sites of almost a dozen arsons still pock the North Seattle neighborhood. Four restaurants, a coffeehouse, a theater, and a guitar shop have closed their doors. Several buildings are reduced to cinder. Now some business [...]
sea kay / Stranger FlickrEither he's eating regular dog food, or he's not picky about the seven courses touching each other.
West Seattle Dawg—providing "daycare [pawprint] bakery [pawprint] ice cream" [...]
Stephen King is going to write the long-awaited (um) sequel to The Shining:
Jack Torrance's little boy Danny was last seen recuperating in Maine after escaping the insane evil of the Overlook Hotel, but Stephen King is now plotting a sequel to The Shining which would age [...]
Why those? Why those and not these? WHY THOSE AND NOT THESE?
Whyyyyyyyyy?????????????
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Art
Akio Takamori, Danny LyonSeattle artist Akio Takamori made small porcelain figures from images by Danish photographer Rigmor Mydtskov, then made large photographs of the figures that hang behind them on the wall. Each face, each outfit, goes through multiple translations. Another strategy of capture-and-release takes [...]
The "three-G system" already exists, Mr. Beck, and I created it and popularized it. GGG stands for "good, giving, and game." It does not stand for "God, gold, and guns." (It also stands for Germanische Glaubens-Gemeinschaft, but only in Germany, and the East Texas Regional [...]
Gabriel Miller has been shooting short documentaries of single Seattle artists for three years now. But in his latest project, "Degrees of Inspiration," he's trying to get at the context, the interconnectedness, the flow between artists and works. He's featuring three artists instead of just one: animator Britta Johnson, [...]
Tonight's only reading—all the bookstores will be busy putting up garland and bows and hanging the Christmas Gristle with care— is the annual Haiku D’etat at the Richard Hugo House, with "featured poet Blair." This is a battle using haiku. Since it the name is a play [...]
Bonus: Your family (probably) won't be there.
You look like a person who eats food. What? You also drink drinks? Now, especially for you, food-eater and drinks-drinker: The Stranger's Chow Calendar, with all the info on every important food and beverage event' [...]
It amazes me that the leaders of the Catholic Church are taken seriously when they lecture other people—including non-Catholics—about their sexual morality. BBC:
A Catholic religious order is to supply a 161m euros (£145m) package of measures as reparation for child abuse in Ireland. The Christian Brothers said the decision [...]
The group Gun Owners of America thinks so:
The special "wellness and prevention" programs (inserted by Section 1001 of the bill as part of a new Section 2717 in the Public Health Services Act) would allow the government to offer lower premiums to employers who bribe their employees to live [...]
A man accused of groping teenage girls when he chaperoned a church camping trip appeared in court Friday.... Elijah Curtis Murphy, 28, of St. Paul is charged with one count of second-degree criminal sexual contact with girls under 16 while in a position of authority. The charge has a [...]
This past weekend, at a special SIFF screening, I saw the new film A Single Man, directed by Tom Ford, who spent decades making his name and fortune as a fashion designer before applying himself to this film, an adaptation of a novel by Christopher Isherwood, written, [...]
How to 'Finish the Job'?: Obama may add 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.
Obama Will Speak in Copenhagen After All: Promising US greenhouse gas emission reduction.
Still More Bodies: In the Philippines.
19-Year-Old Pimp: First in the state to go down for human trafficking.
There is, however, still some time before it happens...
A major quake rupturing the 300-kilometer length of the Cascadia subduction zone that runs along the Washington coast would measure magnitude 8.9, Melbourne and Chapman estimate. If the entire 1,100-kilometer subduction zone slipped at once, the quake would be a [...]
Republican leaders are circulating a resolution listing 10 positions Republican candidates should support to demonstrate that they “espouse conservative principles and public policies” that are in opposition to “Obama’s socialist agenda.” According to the resolution, any Republican candidate who broke with the party on three or more of [...]
Matt Taibbi is always good for a nice cathartic tirade, and this is a good one, but I really just wanted to post this paragraph:
... just as the antiwar crowd spent years being painted by the national press as weepy, unpatriotic pussies whose enthusiastic support is toxic to any [...]
Good job, voters. You almost had this:
Eli Sanders
Text of Constantine's inauguration speech appears after the jump.
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[...]This is nuts...
Lincoln University students will now have to endure a physical exam determining each student's BMI (body mass index) before they are permitted to graduate. An individual's BMI measures the amount of body fat. Amid fierce criticisms, Lincoln University has recently installed a new requirement for its undergraduate [...]
There will be a National Tea Party Convention in February, and TPM reports that Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin will be co-headlining. This can only raise the political discourse.
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[...]Tonight at the Sunset Tavern (9 pm!), 2009 Genius Award shortlisters Kevin Clarke and Travis Vogt will be presenting a live show: One Nite Only Part 3.
Recent Stranger Genius Awards short-listers Travis Vogt and Kevin Clarke return to their beloved Sunset Tavern to conclude the run of their "One" [...]
