Ruling Class: Nobody Leaves the Cage ‘Til We Say So
A proposed new ordinance in King County aims to slam the door on the so-called “catch and release” plan for non-violent felony offenders booked into the county jail. County Council member Jane Hague...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Cities
This week, the Seattle Police Department repeatedly removed low-income and homeless campers from their adopted spot next to the I-5 express lanes, just off of Pike Street. This is a strip of land in an...
View ArticleConformity Wins
Isn’t it great? Isn’t it great to be one of the herd? Moo’ing in unison, bathing in the affirmations and attaboys of millions of your peers? Why it’s positively intoxicating! OHMYGOD there’s even a...
View ArticleThe Beach, Some Dogs, and My Broken Ankle
Factually Accurate Sign When you get down to it, I’m a liberal guy. I support abortion, gay rights, universal healthcare, true civil rights equality, rent control, increased rights for the poor and...
View ArticleThe SPD: Where Officer Safety Remains Job #1
When I saw the headline and the accompanying animated GIF yesterday, I knew. I knew before I even checked, and I swear to you I would have bet anyone $10,000 that this incident had happened in...
View ArticleDude Looks Like a ………… Dude?
I made a resolution at the beginning of 2016. I decided to make an effort, a real effort, to just ignore the insanity around me. After all, what can I do? What can one person do when the masses have...
View ArticleHypocrite
Twice, once in 2008, and again in 2012, the Mayor of Seattle (and nearly all of those Seattleites who call themselves “progressive”), voted for a man, the President of the United States, who was...
View ArticleThe Ruthless Victimization of LinkedIn
LinkedIn would like you to know something. This isn’t easy for them to talk about, you see, but a few years ago, they were victimized. Oh, it was awful, it was, and LinkedIn is still suffering. How...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter. Affluent Lives Matter More.
On my way home from work today, I stopped to observe a Black Lives Matter rally in Westlake Park. I looked around at all of the people, at all of the signs, and I watched and waited for indication...
View ArticleDo Unto Others
Hey, it worked for some guy in Russia. Well, sort of. I guess we’ll see what happens. I mean, it’s not like Verizon can argue that these messages aren’t binding. Right? The American court system would...
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