Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Seattle Police stated the robbery happened around 10:10 a.m. at a Wells Fargo Bank in the 2300 block of California Avenue in West Seattle.
The FBI says one man wearing a black dress and a wig and carrying a gun jumped the counter. He took off to a waiting gold SUV ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
From the Washington Post:
“Erika George, a law professor at the University of Utah who grew up in Chicago, said white students who talk to her after class sometimes move their arms in the exaggerated sweeps of Ali G, a wannabe-hip-hopper TV character, apparently thinking that’s how best to communicate to ...
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
While commenting on Hillary's RFK gaffe, Liz Trotta on Fox News Channel first referred to Barack Obama as "Osama" and then laughed that they should both be killed.
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
According to Robert Scoble via Twitter, Seagate Systems CEO Bill Watkins stated that he isn't seeing any signs of an economic downturn.
Watkins: "If this is a recession, bring more on."
Related: Why Do We Twitter?Elsewhere: Number of Americans on Food Stamps Increasing
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Over at Cyde Weys Musings, Cyde draws attention to Erik Moller's unusual views on pedophilia. Here are some of the ideas held by Mr. Moller, the second in command over at Wikimedia:
Valleywag quotes Erik as saying “What is my position on pedophilia, then? It’s ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
You can rent furniture weekly or pre-pay cell phone service, where if you do not pre-pay for next month, your service is interrupted. Now you can have that same arrangement with your car.
Automotive lenders are installing a device into the cars of high risk borrowers that will encourage them ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
If you can accurately use Craigslist or eBay as a barometer financial well-being across the US, things aren't looking so great. According to the AP, many of the listings are followed by "plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said her mother lost her job ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
For the last week or so, I have seen banners on Interstate-5 overpasses reading "No Peace. No Work. May Day." I'm not sure if Seattle is tight in the grips of Big Peace--or if the ILWU holds particular sway here in the Emerald City--but driving into the city today was ...
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Sunday, March 18th, 2007
Dan Savage has a scathing response for Garrison Keillor’s piece on marriage and family --a thinly veiled attack on same-sex marriage--over at Salon.
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Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Today I was doing one of my favorite things, getting my oil changed at Jiffy Lube. There was a long wait due to a 30% off special. Here, in Lynnwood, WA, it appears that there is no compunction about getting on your cell phone and talking as loudly ...
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