The Reddest of States
Washington State. A blue state if ever there were one. At least that’s what we’re repeatedly told. What does it mean, though? What does it mean to be a blue state? Were you to ask most Americans, they...
View ArticleSeattle Rex vs. Apple: The Verdict Is In
A few years ago, Apple sold me a $4,000 computer with a defective graphics chip/logic board. The defective part was the Nvidia 8600M GT GPU, and when it was discovered that the machine was defective,...
View ArticleUpdate: Apple Satisfies
It appears that my small claims action against Apple has reached its logical conclusion. I went down to check the mail last night, and when I did, low-and-behold, Apple had mailed me a check for the...
View ArticlePhotography: Still Not a Crime. Yet.
Seattle Center International Fountain This is the most bizarre story I have seen in some time: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Police-investigating-man-photographing-girls-at-2138229.php...
View ArticleA Small Victory for Freedom
Seattle Police Car In a ruling last week, the First District Court of Appeals has told us something that we should have all known from day one, and is something that I have been telling everyone for...
View ArticleGoogle Plus Bans Seattle Rex
Seattle Rex on Google+ Today, I was notified that I will be unceremoniously banned from Google+. My page will exist until September 9th, and I will be able to make further posts, but in three days, all...
View ArticleSee Something, Say Something – Special Order Number 11
Suspicious Sign at Link Station Yesterday, someone emailed me a link to the following article: http://www.lbpost.com/life/greggory/12188 It outlines the Long Beach Police Department’s policy to detain...
View ArticleInitiative 1183: Proof That Democracy Does Not Work
Unbelievable. Just … unbelievable. Right now, Corky from Life Goes On is sitting in a room somewhere, watching the election results, shaking his head, saying “wow, the voters of Washington sure are...
View ArticleGotcha!
Seattle Police Cars The world is a depressing place these days. Actually, it always has been, but these days especially, the delusion that is the ©American Dream has really lost its potency as an...
View ArticlePlaying the Odds on the 520 Bridge
520 Bridge Today, tolling began on the 520 Bridge. As a person who crosses the bridge 5, maybe 10 times per week, you might think that I dutifully purchased a ‘Good to Go’ pass yesterday, the day...
View ArticleSuing Apple
In the last five years, I’ve gone to court twice. Both times I was the plaintiff, both times I represented myself, both times the company I sued was represented by an attorney, and both times I won. It...
View ArticleAnti-SOPA Burnout
We’re almost 24 hours into the anti-SOPA protests, and I’ve got to tell you … I’m getting burned out. Google’s black banner, countless blog after blog with their black banners, Wikipedia’s complete...
View ArticleWon’t Get Fooled Again
On Thursday, Mozilla, the company behind the web-browser Firefox, forced CEO Brendan Eich to resign over private contributions he made in 2008 to California’s Prop 8, which stated that marriage was...
View ArticleSubjugation on the Sound
“Oh my God”, said the teenaged tourist girl, “what’s going on? What’s happening?” I looked up from my computer, and noticed that she was looking out of the window with concern. Curious, I looked out of...
View ArticleThe City Council Votes to Annihilate the Working-Class. Again.
Raise Minimum Wage to $15 Rally in Westlake Park If you think it’s expensive to live in Seattle now, you ain’t seen nothing yet. In perhaps the single largest repayment of bribes Seattle has ever seen,...
View ArticleFeel Safer?
During yesterday evening’s commute, I noticed a commotion at the ferry dock. When I looked over to see what was going on, it appeared that a half-dozen or so uniformed “agents” had two or three people...
View ArticleUnfortunate Sons
Just before 5pm yesterday, I spotted a small protest march making its way up Pike Street. As they got closer, I could see that they were protesting the state of law enforcement in the USA. They were a...
View ArticleSeattle Drivers: Still Bad After All These Years
“Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kirkland anymore … there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home …” “Bicyclists should be licensed and required to carry insurance!”, squawked the friend of a...
View ArticleThank You, Apple
It’s not often that large corporations do something that I appreciate, in fact, I’m not sure that I can remember a time before this one. That said, if I’m going to criticize, I have to also give...
View ArticlePossible Apple Class-Action Over Dying GPUs
I received this comment earlier today: You may be interested to know that a class-action is being brought against Apple for faulting GPU’s (again) in the 2011 15 & 17 inch models. Just Google it,...
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