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    December 3, 2010

    FBI Issues Alarmist Memo That "Video Girl Barbie" Could Become "Kiddie Porn Barbie"

    ​By the FBI's logic, the new "Video Girl Barbie" doll, which has a small working video camera in the toy's chest, has the potential to become the latest technology in child porn production. Never mind the fact that making child porn involves more than owning a camera and an action figure.

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    November 12, 2010

    More Outlets Blow Holes In Sac Kings Coming To Seattle Meme

    ​Ever since Sports Illustrated updated a story last Friday about a meeting between Sacramento Kings owner George Maloof and former SuperSonics exec Wally Walker in Seattle, everyone involved has done their best to downplay its significance. "It had nothing to do with us moving the team," Maloo ... More >>

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    September 17, 2010

    Seattle Storm Win Second WNBA Championship

    ​The Seattle Storm defeated the Atlanta Dream 87-84, completing a playoff-long sweep and clinching the team's second WNBA championship. The Storm, who last won the title in 2004, were led by Finals MVP Lauren Jackson, who had 15 points and nine rebounds. And that sound you hear is the noise ma ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2010

    Boogie Nights

    ​The Seattle Storm defeated the Atlanta Dream 87-84, completing a playoff-long sweep and clinching the team's second WNBA championship. The Storm, who last won the title in 2004, were led by Finals MVP Lauren Jackson, who had 15 points and nine rebounds. And that sound you hear is the noise ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Tilikum the Killer Whale Gets Profiled in Outside Magazine

    ​Tilikum is the orca made infamous when he killed a SeaWorld trainer back in February. Shortly after the death, it was revealed that Tilikum had been at the center of two other fatal "accidents" while at Sealand in Victoria, B.C. Now, Tim Zimmerman of Outside magazine has written a profile of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Sounders Offer Fans a Refund After 4-0 Loss, Causing a Global Shudder Among Sports Team Owners

    Doesn't Hanauer know we love to be abused?​Following a 4-0 drubbing at the hands of the LA Galaxy this weekend, Seattle Sounders FC management offered a refund to fans. And sent a collective shudder through the frigid hearts of sports team owners everywhere. We all know how it's supposed to g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Microsoft Beats Google in Critical WNBA Branding Battle

    Microsoft and the Storm--partners in decision engineering!​Just like in Europe, corporate logos are increasingly common on the jerseys of our pro athletes. Xbox360 Live has been slapped on the chests of the Sounders for several seasons, and now our WNBA franchise is joining the Microsoft famil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Jim McDermott, Hero to Online Gamblers, Wants to Legitimize Their Industry by Taxing It

    FlickrMcDermott doesn't think you should have to fly all the way to Vegas to blow your 401K on a roulette table.​Our globe-trotting Representative, Jim McDermott, yesterday unveiled the newest plan of attack in his ongoing mission to make it legal to blow your savings at online poker tables. H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Renton "Prayer Warriors" Take On City's First All Nude Strip Club

    Stripper poles and Renton, together at last.​Based on the name, you might think there isn't much that could upset the members of Renton's Celebration Church. But then nothing pisses off the saved like an all nude strip club--which just happens to have the greatest name in the history of str ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Probation, No Fine for Gil Conte in Frank Colacurcio Racketeering Case - But No More Strip Clubs, Either

    ​Ex-lounge singer and strip club operator Gil Conte has been so close to his mentor, convicted (1971) racketeer Frank Colacurcio Sr. that he even once appeared in a picture in the paper as Frank - after fooling a photographer. But he and Colacurcio now have a new bond: both senior citizens hav ... More >>

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