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Michael Bloomberg

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Starbucks Frappuccino Bottles Become Molotov Cocktails in NYC Bombings (VIDEO)

    The molotov cocktail requires little in the way of specialized components. That said, one New York City scumbag has apparently singled out Starbucks Frappuccino bottles as tops when it comes to vessels of arson.

  • Arts

    November 2, 2011

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

    The molotov cocktail requires little in the way of specialized components. That said, one New York City scumbag has apparently singled out Starbucks Frappuccino bottles as tops when it comes to vessels of arson.

  • Calendar

    October 26, 2011

    Hari Kondabolu

    The molotov cocktail requires little in the way of specialized components. That said, one New York City scumbag has apparently singled out Starbucks Frappuccino bottles as tops when it comes to vessels of arson.

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Greg Nickels Should Find Solace in the Fate of New York City Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith

    ​Greg Nickels, take heart: You're not the only public official to be buried alive by a snowstorm. It may be the dog days of summer, but the memory of last winter's blizzard in New York City still lives on, as does City Hall's lame response. The just-announced result: deputy mayor Stephen Golds ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 18, 2011

    Foreign Parts

    ​Greg Nickels, take heart: You're not the only public official to be buried alive by a snowstorm. It may be the dog days of summer, but the memory of last winter's blizzard in New York City still lives on, as does City Hall's lame response. The just-announced result: deputy mayor Stephen Golds ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    City Stands Poised to Become School District's Watchdog--Not, Thankfully, Its Overlord

    ​After all the hand-wringing over Seattle schools in the past few weeks, the district and the city seem to have hit upon a genuinely good idea. According to today's Seattle Times, the city's Ethics and Elections Commission is to assume oversight of investigations into district wrongdoing. What ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2010

    Michael Bloomberg's Tobacco Row

    The New York mayor's anti-smoking crusade targets a Central Washington tribe.

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Michael Bloomberg Takes on Yakama Reservation Cigarette Company

    ​New York City Mayor and former smoker Michael Bloomberg, like many reformed sinners, has a bee in his bonnet about his former vice. He's donated millions of his own money for anti-smoking campaigns and pushed for higher tobacco taxes. Now, the mayor is suing a Washington state cigarette compa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder, Signs on with Bill Gates to Give Away Most of His Fortune

    Child billionaire​Making it increasingly harder to hate the rich - well, some of them - Bill Gates has enticed Mark Zuckerberg, the young genius of Facebook, to join his gathering of the filthy rich who promise to give away the majority of their wealth. Zuckerberg and AOL founder Steve Case ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    The Wackiest Anti-Smoking Quote You'll Ever Read

    ​New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is the Pied Piper of the anti-tobacco crowd: where he goes, others follow. Bloomberg was the first to ban smoking in restaurants and bars. Now he's got a new target: the outdoors.

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    Limiting Inslee

    A Microsoftie challenges the veteran Congressman with that old standby: term limits.

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Jay Inslee Challenger James Watkins Offers Unconvincing Term-Limits Pledge

    James Watkins wants term limits, but if no one else has to leave Congress after six years, don't expect him to. Before he can run for Governor against Rob McKenna in 2012, seven-term Congressional Representative Jay Inslee has to fend off a challenge by former bank manager James Watkins. Watkins ... More >>

  • Film

    March 24, 2010

    Greenberg: Ben Stiller Stops Just Short of Unbearable Bitterness

    James Watkins wants term limits, but if no one else has to leave Congress after six years, don't expect him to. Before he can run for Governor against Rob McKenna in 2012, seven-term Congressional Representative Jay Inslee has to fend off a challenge by former bank manager James Watkins. Watkins ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Maria Cantwell Retreats From Republicans on Civilian Terror Trials

    Cantwell is feeling a little more blue these days.​The junior senator from Washington has shown herself unafraid of making strange bedfellows over the past few months. She introduced a bill to cap carbon emissions with Susan Collins (R-Maine) and another to regulate banks with John McCain (R-A ... More >>

  • News

    September 16, 2009

    I’m Not That Joe Wilson

    Cantwell is feeling a little more blue these days.​The junior senator from Washington has shown herself unafraid of making strange bedfellows over the past few months. She introduced a bill to cap carbon emissions with Susan Collins (R-Maine) and another to regulate banks with John McCain (R-A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    I'm Joe Wilson, But Not THAT Joe Wilson!

    ​ Normally, when an aspiring public officeholder who's just launched a Facebook page gets an early rush of followers, it's a great sign (just ask Barack Obama). But not so with Snohomish County Superior Court judicial candidate Joe Wilson (pictured at left). If that name sounds familiar, it's ... More >>

  • News

    February 11, 2009

    Homelessness Not On the Mend

    The numbers aren’t good, and the recession won’t help King County meet its 10-year goal.

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    County Is Not on Track to "End" Homelessness

    Kevin P. Casey The number of homeless people in King County rose two percent since last year, according to a count late last week. That's a modest increase that Bill Block, director of the King County Committee to End Homelessness, points out in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer could have been a lot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    NY's Seattle-like Plastic Bag Fee

    Kevin P. Casey The number of homeless people in King County rose two percent since last year, according to a count late last week. That's a modest increase that Bill Block, director of the King County Committee to End Homelessness, points out in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer could have been a lot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2008

    Gates Declares War on Butts

    Kevin P. Casey The number of homeless people in King County rose two percent since last year, according to a count late last week. That's a modest increase that Bill Block, director of the King County Committee to End Homelessness, points out in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer could have been a lot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2008

    No Toilet Takers

    Kevin P. Casey The number of homeless people in King County rose two percent since last year, according to a count late last week. That's a modest increase that Bill Block, director of the King County Committee to End Homelessness, points out in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer could have been a lot ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2008

    The Truth About Dick and Greg

    Sometimes friendly. Possible rivals.

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    Nickels Drives to Car-Free Rally

    Sometimes friendly. Possible rivals.

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2008

    Hizhonor Whazhisname

    Sometimes friendly. Possible rivals.

  • Film

    April 16, 2008

    Seattle Weekly Pick Chop Shop: Neorealism in New York

    Sometimes friendly. Possible rivals.

  • Film

    April 2, 2008

    Seattle Jewish Film Festival: No Politics, Please!

    Sometimes friendly. Possible rivals.

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2008

    2008 - Year Of Change Doesn't Have to Be Only About Candidates

    Sometimes friendly. Possible rivals.

  • News

    May 30, 2007

    Was Nickels Trying, or Just Well Washed?

    Sometimes friendly. Possible rivals.

  • News

    May 23, 2007

    After Adding a Hybrid to His Fleet, Mayor Nickels Gulped Even More Gas

    The mayor has two cars at his disposal, including a Ford Explorer.

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Time to Deal

    "To equate alcohol to another industry like buying clothing or cars is a ridiculous premise. This is alcohol! Demon rum!"

  • News

    November 16, 2005

    Ross Perot in '08

    The unlikely return of a candidate—or at least his voters.

  • Arts

    November 10, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    Roddy Doyle; and Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo.

  • Film

    November 3, 2004

    Born Rich

    Shout! Factory, $19.98

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