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December 22, 2010
Return to Sender
What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?
Blogs
December 17, 2010
Gov. Gregoire: I Don't Talk to Mayor McGinn Anymore
Gov. Chris Gregoire left the P-I's office earlier today, having dropped a verbal steamer on Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, saying: "...he demeaned the office of the mayor... How do you work with someone who said they can't trust you?"
Blogs
December 17, 2010
John Roderick Column Becomes the Mayor's Plan For KEXP at Seattle Center
An artist rendering of KEXP's planned space at Seattle Center.Two months ago Reverb columnist/Long Winters frontman John Roderick took to the blog to plot out what the mayor's decision regarding KEXP's bid for Seattle Center's Fun Forest space would say about the kind of city he envisioned Se ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2010
Today in Sex: John Edwards is the Most Loathed Man in America Today
With the death of his estranged wife Elizabeth yesterday, the nation was once again reminded that John Edwards is a steaming chunk of rancid turdmeat. I mean, it's one thing to cheat on your wife—it's quite another to fuck around and father a child while that wife is undergoing treatment ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2010
Governing Magazine Rates Chris Gregoire-Rob McKenna 2012 Race as a Tossup
Polling and analyzing the 2012 presidential election has been going on since just about a week after Barack Obama took his hand of the Bible in January of '09. Squaring up the 2012 gubernatorial elections, however, is still a relatively recent phenomenon. Nonetheless, what seems to be the fir ... More >>
News
December 1, 2010
FAIR-y Tales
Russell Pearce and other illegal-immigration populists rely on misleading right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinching Americans.
News
December 1, 2010
Mexican Macro-Economics
Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?
News
December 1, 2010
Fantasy Voter Fraud
How do you frighten voters into believing undocumented immigrants can steal elections, even though there's no such evidence?
Blogs
November 30, 2010
Tim Eyman's Latest Initiative: Ey-mail Reports About the Politicians Who Oppose His Tax Cuts
As part of his evolution from grassroots activist to professional politician, Tim Eyman appears to have taken on the added role of almost-live blogger. He attends public meetings--announcing his arrival in advance--testifies, takes notes, and then reports the minute-by-minute action later in ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2010
Mike McGinn's Nightlife Initiative to Be Revived in January
In July Mayor Mike McGinn introduced his nightlife initiative, an ambitious eight-point plan that aimed to dramatically reshape the way Seattle got its drink on. The most ambitious part of the plan? More time to booze! Or, translated in more serious language, a proposal to extend or stagger b ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2010
Can This Be The End Of Dino Rossi?
Do three losses in six years a political obituary make? What does the future hold for Dino Rossi? Two weeks after losing his latest bid for U.S. Senate, the questions are easy to ask but harder to answer.
Blogs
November 10, 2010
Analyzing the Election: Republicans Voted Early, Democrats Voted Late
The standard meme of the 2010 election was that an enthusiasm gap existed between Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals. People who had never been involved in politics before joined Tea Parties, mad as hell over out-of-control governmental spending. Progressives were supposed ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2010
King County Shatters Mid-Term Voting Record With 71 Percent Turnout
It's official, King County residents, ya'll are some votin' ass motherfuckers. Election officials are now saying they received around 762,000 ballots in Tuesday's election--that's a whopping 71 percent turnout. Earlier in the week King County Elections Director Sherril Huff had forecasted a 6 ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2010
Sam Reed, Governor: In the Wake of Election Tumult, Republican Takes Charge in Olympia
Gov. Shoeless SamIt's another scoop by onetime Associated Press political writer David Ammons: Republican Sam Reed has replaced Democrat Chris Gregoire as the governor of Washington, effective yesterday. With the dust of Election 2010 still settling around Reed's Secretary of State office, an ... More >>
News
November 3, 2010
Misleaders of the Pack
It was a banner election season for obfuscation.
Blogs
November 2, 2010
U.S. Senate Control Could Come Down to King County Vote
If the New York Times is right and "Washington is the new Florida" in terms of importance to U.S. Senate control, then King County may be the new Miami-Dade, says a new post on Publicola. Republicans are expected to pick up seats in North Dakota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Arkansas, I ... More >>
News
October 20, 2010
Reichert "Not Familiar" With Much-Debated Glass-Steagall Act
A congressman may need financial literacy help.
News
October 20, 2010
Grinding Justice
Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution, treats migrants like cattle, and doesn’t work.
Blogs
October 4, 2010
Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith Gets Snubbed By Crosscut's David Brewster
Update: Brewster explains the slight. Last week Crosscut publisher David Brewster wrote a column titled "The talent exodus at Seattle city hall" looking at several high profile departures and blaming them on Mayor Mike McGinn's chaotic administration. Brewster dwells in particular on the cas ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2010
Eating The Bomb: Atomic Cakes and High Desert Cheeseburgers
Photo courtesy Gizmodo.com It's weird how much food news I find while cruising around Gizmodo.com. But when I stumbled across this beauty (pictured above) a few days ago, it reminded me of all the reasons why I love the intersection of food and technology--and in particular, the crossing pat ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2010
Fewer Washington Guns Are Winding Up In Mexico
In the last four years, authorities have successfully traced 19,000 guns used in crimes in Mexico back to United States gun dealers. That's the news from Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), whose just-released report (pdf) lists the states from which those guns are being trafficked. Given the ... More >>
Diversions
September 1, 2010
Be in the Juego, Not of the Juego
In the last four years, authorities have successfully traced 19,000 guns used in crimes in Mexico back to United States gun dealers. That's the news from Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), whose just-released report (pdf) lists the states from which those guns are being trafficked. Given the ... More >>
News
August 25, 2010
Rossi Soft on Abortion? Not by the Record
He's keeping mum on the subject now. But in the state Senate, he promoted what would have been a ban.
Blogs
August 24, 2010
Liberty Belle on Dino Rossi Endorsement: "Compromise is Essential"
When Republican Senate candidate Dino Rossi effectively gave Clint Didier and his endorsement prerequisites the finger last week, you might have thought Rossi's chances of luring his vanquished primary opponent's supporters over to his corner were in doubt. Then a handful of noted Washington ... More >>
News
August 18, 2010
The 2010 Primary's Best Campaign Lowlights
When Republican Senate candidate Dino Rossi effectively gave Clint Didier and his endorsement prerequisites the finger last week, you might have thought Rossi's chances of luring his vanquished primary opponent's supporters over to his corner were in doubt. Then a handful of noted Washington ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2010
Primary 2010: Long Shots In Legislature and King County Races Vow They'll Be Back Next Year
Geoffrey "Mac" McElroy and Tim Fahey might not have made it to the general election in tonight's primary, but they both vowed to be back in a set of stirring speeches that included Fahey singing a mournful Irish ballad in a shockingly impressive baritone.
Blogs
August 12, 2010
Today in Sex: John Edwards Needs to Show Us His Wiener
Paris Hilton let us see hers, and Kim Kardashian's filmed sex romp with Ray J pretty much made her career (and launched her sisters' as well). Yet pretty little prude John Edwards doesn't want us, the American viewing public, to even see his videotaped deposition about his own sexxy DVD. The ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2010
Mayor McGinn Lays Out Seattle Nightlife Initiative at Press Conference
L to R: Hunter Gatherer Lodge proprietor Marcus Lalario, Mayor Mike McGinn, and Jeff Steichen, General Manager of Showbox at the Market and Showbox SODO Last night at the Century Ballroom on Capitol Hill, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, Councilmember Nick Licata, and the Office of Film and Music u ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2010
Details Fuzzy After Late-Night Boozing (Proposal)
Mike LewisYou're being watched closely on this one, Mr. MayorWhen Mayor Mike McGinn's announced Tuesday night that the city wants to, among other things, allow boozing past the current 2 a.m. limit, one fact remained abundantly clear: None of the facts are abundantly clear. Virtually every ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2010
Supreme Court Approves Bellevue Gunners' Second Amendment Challenge to Chicago Ban
Steven DeWallGottliebAs most court observers predicted - even getting the score right - the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today that the right to keep and bear arms applies to states, counties and cities, which will lead to elimination of most local gun bans but could also result in new gun-co ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2010
Starbucks' Decision to Allow Guns in Coffee Shops Getting Shot Down, Says Brady Center
More than 35,000 have now signed the Brady Center's petition urging Starbucks to ban guns in its coffee stores. Additionally, a wide-ranging Brady poll taken after Howard Schultz chose to let customers openly wear guns in his stores (while barring employees from doing so because it could be ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2010
No Rock Party, But Ballots Still Provide Happiness.
Krist Novoselic writes about music and politics every Tuesday and Friday on ReverbThe period to declare candidacy for public office in our state is over. Here's the Rock Party update for election 2010: no candidates running in Washington state. I could have paid the $1,740.00 and filed to run ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2010
In First for the State, Costco Will Use Its Own Stores and Employees to Get Liquor Initiative on the Ballot
Toilet Paper Sample Station vs. Booze Sample Station. Advantage: Booze.Issaquah-based retail giant Costco has been trying for years to change liquor laws in Washington. It sued the state Liquor Control Board to force the state to allow high-volume buyers like itself to get discounts on wholes ... More >>
Diversions
May 19, 2010
Hop into the Hot Comal Time Machine
SPECIAL POTPOURRI EDITION
Blogs
May 19, 2010
Actual Tea Partiers Not Actually Members of Tea Party
A steaming cup of soothing chamomile tea would surely calm this naysayer down. Probably. Who would've thought that loud, rambunctious, tax-protesting, Obama-hating members of the Tea Party weren't actually prone to sit down and have a cup of tea with actual enthusiasts of hot, herbal liquid a ... More >>
News
May 12, 2010
Cosby Joins the Tea Party
Or so it seems, based on recent UW research on "racist" views.
Blogs
April 16, 2010
Tea Party Map Says Washington's Anti-Government Fervor Isn't Red Hot
Washington's Tea Party movement is apparently a lot cooler than this cup.Yesterday's packed tax day Tea Party rally at Westlake Center may have suggested otherwise, but a new map says that while anti-government fervor is red hot in some parts of the country, in Washington it's only lukewarm. ... More >>
News
April 14, 2010
Down on the Farm
The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights.
Blogs
April 14, 2010
Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske's "New Direction" in Drug Policy Looks A Lot Like the Old One
Gil Kerlikowske doesn't seem to be calling off the war on drugs yet.A Congressional subcommittee held a hearing today entitled: "Are We Still Funding a War on Drugs?" Essentially, the answer by federal Drug Czar and former Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske was: yes. That's not exactly the ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2010
City's Parks Gun Ban Upheld. But Supreme Court Is Poised to Overrule
Justice Anthony Kennedy may let you pack heat in the park.The city's controversial (to some) 2008 ban on guns in parks has been upheld in a U.S. District Court ruling today, which overturns a contrary decision in King County Superior Court last month. Former Mayor Greg Nickels implemented the ... More >>
News
March 3, 2010
The Corries Go to Court
Rachel Corrie’s parents begin their legal battle against Israel.
Blogs
March 1, 2010
Tiger Woods and PETA: The Big Breakup
Tiger and his alleged mistresses. I'm already humming the Brady Bunch theme in my headI have got a lot of problems with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Aside from the fact that I simply disagree with them on almost every key issue in their agenda, I think they are a bunch of ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2010
Drink with Your Lawmakers at Grey Gallery
Want to talk to your state legislators but don't want to cut into precious drinking time? Capitol Hill's Grey Gallery & Lounge has a solution tonight, Jan. 27, according to the Capitol Hill Blog. Combining the vision thing with beer goggles, the lounge will host a teleconference to allow loca ... More >>
News
January 6, 2010
Weed Takes Root
Marijuana’s steady creep toward legalization nationwide.
News
December 30, 2009
Gun Love Stronger Than Sense
Pols are noncommittal on a gun-control bill—even in the wake of three recent police shootings.
Blogs
December 28, 2009
Three Cop Killings Are Insufficient to Win Support for Proposed Assault Weapons Ban in Washington
The gun used to kill Officer Timothy BrentonYou would think that if ever there was a political climate favorable for gun control legislation, it would be here. With the state reeling from the third police killing in two months, legislators surely feel the need to do something. A proposed ass ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2009
Rep. Brian Baird Retiring, Making it Harder for Democrats to Keep 2010 Majority
Rep. Brian Baird: Probably not the most popular caucus member these days.First, Rep. Brian Baird pissed off his party by being one of the few House Democrats to vote against health care reform. Now, after announcing his retirement yesterday, he may be making it even harder for them to keep a ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2009
A WTO 10th Anniversary Coverage Round-up
isafrancescaRiot cops in downtown Seattle.Today, November 30, 2009, is the 10-year anniversary of the WTO riots. Just about every media outlet in the city and beyond has their own take on what's changed and what hasn't in the time since. After the jump you'll find an (almost) comprehensive, e ... More >>
Arts
November 25, 2009
The Fussy Eye: Riot Lite
isafrancescaRiot cops in downtown Seattle.Today, November 30, 2009, is the 10-year anniversary of the WTO riots. Just about every media outlet in the city and beyond has their own take on what's changed and what hasn't in the time since. After the jump you'll find an (almost) comprehensive, e ... More >>
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