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Oystermania

Consumption of those clammy, slippery bivalves is booming. By Roger Downey

Attack! Attack! Attack!

Note to John Kerry: Win first, apologize later.

Rhymes with Seltzer

Note to John Kerry: Win first, apologize later.

The Hot Sheet

What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

The pivot man

Hoops star is turned against his one true love.

Bigotry as law

Hoops star is turned against his one true love.

Evil empires

He has met the enemies.

The Patriot

Mel saves the Republic to protect his family.

The privacy shell game

What one branch of government giveth, another taketh away.

A private gathering

What one branch of government giveth, another taketh away.

Latest developments in the privacy wars

What one branch of government giveth, another taketh away.

Slaw: The Backbone of Every Cookout

According to Ben Friedman of Homegrown Sandwiches in Fremont the secret to good slaw starts with the best ingredients. He says, "Slaws break down so much over their one to three day curing that if you don't start with the freshest cabbage, carrots, fennel, etc., you'll end up with something soggy. T ... More >>

Bad News for Boeing, Vol. XIV

​Last week Boeing filed for building permits in South Carolina, with Gov. Chris Gregoire seemingly resigned to the fact that Dreamliner production may eventually fly east. Now today comes a one-two punch of more bad news. Just as demand is decreasing for its 747, so too is the cost to make it ... More >>

Seattle Blogs: Boeing Follows Apple to China?

The Lazy B's future head of security.​Today's bloggy bits brought to you by the letter "B." - Is Boeing's possible shift to South Carolina the most Doomsday of all Doomsday scenarios? HorsesAss bets $1 million yuan that it's not. - Bleacher Report says nuts to this year, let's make a Seahawk ... More >>

Boeing, South Carolina, and the Race to the Bottom

Buh-Bye​Boeing's announcement that it will locate its 787 final-assembly plant in South Carolina has led to predictable condemnation of Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire. It seems she just didn't do enough to kowtow to the aerospace giant. Republicans, who portray themselves as stout protecto ... More >>

Did Boeing Just Save Mark Sanford's Job?

America's most-fireable man may have just been saved by a bunch of machinists from Washington.​The saga of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has been the political-theater hit of the year. Were it to qualify for nomination, it'd sweep the Tonys. As you may recall, Sanford skipped town for ... More >>

Boeing's Race to the Bottom

Washington state still has an unfortunate habit of paying workers a decent wage.

Olympia Legislators: Screwed No Matter What They Do on Labor Issues

Being a donkey has its challenges.​Managing the conflicting agendas of labor and business--both of them critical campaign contributors--is always a contortionist exercise in the state legislature. But it's likely to be even more uncomfortable in the state house this coming session. As today's ... More >>

Terrified South Carolinians Will Be Ruled by Boeing Overlords Now Equipped With Lasers!

​You want Boeing? You want those low-paying, non-union jobs building the new 787 Dreamliner? Well guess what else you get, South Carolina? Drone-killing lasers, that's what! Bow down to your new corporate rulers, give them more tax breaks, or they will incinerate you with a device so fearsome ... More >>

Bellingham's Gotcha on Oregon

The battle to snag an NOAA base heats up.

Holiday Shopping: New Cookbooks from Local Restaurants

​This week, I posted a list of Seattle food writers who released holiday-present-worthy books in 2009. Three local restaurants came out with cookbooks this year, too:

We're No. 36! Washington Narrowly Beats DC in National Happiness Ranking

What's the matter, Washington? Still bummed about the election results?​Of course you are familiar with the Oswalt/Wu index of life satisfaction. The two scientists have published a paper in Science magazine (see abstract), based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and ... More >>

Is Boeing Responsible for the End of the Filibuster?

Does any image better typify "filibuster" than the unhinged cartoon politician in front of an old-school mic?​Excuse me for missing this when it first came out. But in November, the Washington Post's Ezra Klein interviewed filibuster expert Greg Kroger on what he thought contributed to the dow ... More >>

Black Tusk

Does any image better typify "filibuster" than the unhinged cartoon politician in front of an old-school mic?​Excuse me for missing this when it first came out. But in November, the Washington Post's Ezra Klein interviewed filibuster expert Greg Kroger on what he thought contributed to the dow ... More >>

Tonight: Think About Life at the Crocodile (Win Free Tickets!), Black Tusk at the Funhouse

Yannick Grandmont​Think About Life, with U.S.F., Darwin. Crocodile, 2200 Second Ave., 441-7416. 8 p.m. $12. "Havin' My Baby" - the best track this Quebec four-piece's second full-length, Family - effervescently incorporates a sped-up, chipmunk-style clip of Wham!'s "Everything She wants" over ... More >>

Buying a Dreamliner in South Carolina Is Like Buying a John Deere in Washington

Better gas mileage and handling, not quite the same wingspan.​There's only one place in the country where you can buy a Boeing off the lot: Paine Field in Everett. But in two years that will change. Soon, air carriers will be able to fly off with a new Dreamliner in Charleston, South Carolina ... More >>

Attention Washington: Your Politicians Are Boring

​Hey, Washington voters: you're getting screwed! Not because your politicians (or the people who want to be your politicians) are pissing away money or dedicating post offices when they should be passing laws. No, you're getting screwed because your politicians are boring. And since politics, ... More >>

Washington Politics Too Dull for National Media Coverage

​A couple weeks ago I wrote a tongue-in-cheek post about how Washington politicians are too boring. I say this tongue-in-cheek because if you're not boring, it means you're probably doing something crazy, like claiming Obama was really born in Kenya. (Boring = sane = probably good for the stat ... More >>

Orangette, Gluten-Free Girl Among 25 Top Food Blogs, As Chosen by The Daily Meal

​I guess things are getting more than a little bit meta when I'm using my space on this food blog to write about a list of the best food blogs as chosen by another food blog. But who cares, right? Because this Top 25, as put together by the folks over at The Daily Meal, used Google page ranki ... More >>

Slither

​I guess things are getting more than a little bit meta when I'm using my space on this food blog to write about a list of the best food blogs as chosen by another food blog. But who cares, right? Because this Top 25, as put together by the folks over at The Daily Meal, used Google page ranki ... More >>

Timely Porking at 5 Corner Market Bar & Kitchen

​5 Corner Market Bar & Kitchen recently moved into Lombardi's old location in Ballard. I stopped in for some bites, and they served quite the meaty meal. Courses included pheasant raviolo and chasseur broth (aka "hunter's" broth), oxtail with shaved foie gras torchon and pommes Robuchon, and S ... More >>

New York Times vs. Seattle Times on Boeing NLRB Complaint

​Depending on which state's version of The Times you read on Sunday, the complaint filed by the National Labor Relations Board against Boeing over its plans to move a chunk of its Dreamliner production to South Carolina is either a "welcome effort to defend workers' right[s]," or the move to S ... More >>

Newt Gingrich: Kill National Labor Relations Board for Boeing Complaint

​In last night's Mitt-Romney-makeout of a Republican primary debate, Newt Gingrich attempted everything possible to try and reanimate the corpse of his candidacy. And packed within his talk of space stations on the moon and the "Obama depression," he threw some bloody meat to his party's raven ... More >>

Obama Sends Cabinet-Pick Lackey to Take Sides in Boeing/NLRB Fight

​With the 2012 Republican field taking shape and an electorate polling to the right, President Obama is hedging his bets along with it. The bitter battle over the National Labor Relations Board's complaint against Boeing and the company's decision to build a new non-union factory in South Ca ... More >>

Boeing-NLRB Fight Provides Grand Forum for Useless Political Saber-Rattling

​It seems that every politician in Washington these days wants to wade into the fight between the National Labor Relations Board and Boeing over the aircraft maker's decision to build a non-union plant in South Carolina. Funny how a looming presidential election suddenly makes everyone an ex ... More >>

Boeing, NLRB, and Obama's Proxy

The labor fight no one wants to be left out of.

Atheist Airplanes to Take Flight This Fourth of July (In States That Allow Such Things)

​The group American Atheists has a suggestion for people who are looking for life's answers this Fourth of July: Look to the sky!

Washington Ranks #2 In the Nation for Entrepreneurs

​OK, so our plaid shirts are lame. But at least Washington State residents know to how start a business.

Living, Breathing, Bleeding

Seattle Opera fills the stage with Gershwin's unforgettable characters.

GOP Looks to Punish NLRB for Boeing Case by Stripping It Of Power

​House GOP members are not satisfied to simply oppose the National Labor Relations Board's case against Boeing and its possibly-illegal decision to build a plant in South Carolina. They want to to strip the NLRB of its power for all labor cases.

Band of Horses

​House GOP members are not satisfied to simply oppose the National Labor Relations Board's case against Boeing and its possibly-illegal decision to build a plant in South Carolina. They want to to strip the NLRB of its power for all labor cases.

Read Machinist Union's 'Smoking Gun' in Case Against Boeing's South Carolina Dreamliner Plant

​OK, so whoever first coined the term "smoking gun" as a euphemism probably didn't have a few mildly suggestive e-mails in mind. Regardless, that's what we have--three short documents that the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers calls the "smoking gun" in the labor ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

​OK, so whoever first coined the term "smoking gun" as a euphemism probably didn't have a few mildly suggestive e-mails in mind. Regardless, that's what we have--three short documents that the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers calls the "smoking gun" in the labor ... More >>

Emery Staves Off Retirement With a Greatest-Hits Album, But Is It Worth It? Not Likely

​Emery 10 Years October 18 Tooth & Nail Emery is multifaceted: the South Carolina band, which relocated to Seattle in the early 2000s to sign with Tooth & Nail records, has experimented with tender harmonies, up-beat, dancelike grooves, and even the occasional breakdown by way of Josh Head's ... More >>