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The Oldest Man posted:Well they backed Egan Orion Egan is gay, similar to Durkan. So that fulfilled the "minority" spot. With that said, sounds like the CoC has a candidate in mind: https://mobile.twitter.com/eyesonthestorm/status/1336022913196048385
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:unsurprising but good news
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lol put up or shut the gently caress up jenny https://twitter.com/caseyworks/status/1336040683736428545?s=21
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:lol put up or shut the gently caress up jenny Full corncob. I hope she gets frozen out of whatever parachute appointment she is looking for and has to run to the Californian AG spot.
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Dec 7, 2020 21:56
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seiferguy posted:Egan is gay, similar to Durkan. So that fulfilled the "minority" spot. This dude's campaign website statement is totally content free and mentions our precious economy before anything else so I assume he's completely terrible, but is there any summary of what he's actually done prior to taking the chamber baton from Jenny?
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The Oldest Man posted:This dude's campaign website statement is totally content free and mentions our precious economy before anything else so I assume he's completely terrible, but is there any summary of what he's actually done prior to taking the chamber baton from Jenny? this is a start https://www.seedseattle.org/staff/lance-randall/
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Dec 7, 2020 23:15
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Here's his LinkedIn. Unsurprising that this guy would be the choice of the Chamber since his entire career is in bizdev. Bonus: spot the convention center.quote:SouthEast Effective Development (SEED) He has a few earlier things (like worked in customer service for a year, did a legislative internship) but that's about it.
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Dec 7, 2020 23:29
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:lol put up or shut the gently caress up jenny
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Dec 7, 2020 23:54
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Jackard posted:I wonder if Tear Gas Jenny actually believes this? Its kayfabe, she doesn't want to be seen as a failed mayor running from scandal in whatever next government job she is angling for.
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Dec 7, 2020 23:59
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Gerund posted:Its kayfabe, she doesn't want to be seen as a failed mayor running from scandal in whatever next government job she is angling for. TBH I read that as "gently caress you ungrateful poors, you don't deserve me, I'm going to go get a job with a consulting company" rather than her setting up to do something else in the public domain.
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Dec 8, 2020 00:53
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I would like to imagine this picture will haunt her forever, but that’s probably wishful thinking.
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generic one posted:I would like to imagine this picture will haunt her forever, but that’s probably wishful thinking. It won't because you don't understand her self image. This will help. quote:The U.S. attorney representing Western Washington on Thursday derided the lawsuit more than 100 Seattle police officers filed in protest of the new federally mandated use-of-force policies. Jenny honestly, truly, completely believes that she is the adult in the room and her way is the only way. That's why she governs like a loving autocrat, and why she'll go onto a fruitful career in some ghoul legal thinktank and never have a single moment of self-doubt over that picture or gassing Cap Hill during Pride or throwing activists in solitary confinement without charges or any of the other poo poo she's done.
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Dec 8, 2020 01:14
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The Oldest Man posted:Jenny honestly, truly, completely believes that she is the adult in the room and her way is the only way. That's why she governs like a loving autocrat, and why she'll go onto a fruitful career in some ghoul legal thinktank and never have a single moment of self-doubt over that picture or gassing Cap Hill during Pride or throwing activists in solitary confinement without charges or any of the other poo poo she's done. The way she shitcanned anything that was ongoing from the previous admin without her knowing approval when she walked in the door was when it was obvious the woman had severe "my way or no way" control issues. I just believe that the drive to 'be right' is too strong and she will pop up before December 7th 2021 as a government employee or a direct consultant to a government, to the point that I would bet you  on it.
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Gerund posted:The way she shitcanned anything that was ongoing from the previous admin without her knowing approval when she walked in the door was when it was obvious the woman had severe "my way or no way" control issues. 1000% but only if it's a consulting relationship in which she's totally insulated from the slightest whiff of accountability.
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Dec 8, 2020 01:22
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The Oldest Man posted:It won't because you don't understand her self image. This will help. Yeah, I get all that, but it’s just such an iconic image. It’s like something straight out of a movie. There’s little chance a photographer could capture that kind of moment anywhere, especially in a city recognized as being progressive (not saying Seattle’s really progressive, just the way it’s perceived), outside of straight up imbedding themselves with an authoritarian regime that doesn’t give a gently caress about outside perception. I don’t think that she, herself, will be haunted by it. I don’t think she gives a gently caress either. I just hope it gets republished every time she tries running for any office ever again, because it should. On that particular item, I’m not getting my hopes up.
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Dec 8, 2020 01:31
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generic one posted:I don’t think that she, herself, will be haunted by it. I don’t think she gives a gently caress either. I just hope it gets republished every time she tries running for any office ever again, because it should. On that particular item, I’m not getting my hopes up. Oh, you meant in the sense of it gets published again every time her name comes up. Yeah totally.
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Dec 8, 2020 01:33
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Jackard posted:I wonder if Tear Gas Jenny actually believes this? The Oldest Man posted:TBH I read that as "gently caress you ungrateful poors, you don't deserve me, I'm going to go get a job with a consulting company" rather than her setting up to do something else in the public domain. Honestly I thinks he does believe it, but it's aimed at the chamber who doesn't believe it, "if you fucks would keep backing me I could totally continue to do your bidding for another term!"
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Dec 8, 2020 04:46
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Man, Washington is getting so hosed right now. We had over 2,100 cases in King County reported yesterday, 666 of them in Seattle (hail satan). I saw some article say ICU beds are at 80 percent capacity out here now, and Jay Inslee just extends the current restrictions out another four weeks? What the gently caress.
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an owls casket posted:Man, Washington is getting so hosed right now. We had over 2,100 cases in King County reported yesterday, 666 of them in Seattle (hail satan). I saw some article say ICU beds are at 80 percent capacity out here now, and Jay Inslee just extends the current restrictions out another four weeks? What the gently caress. Most of our community spread is gonna be from dumbasses getting together with their friends and family for holiday parties and such, and even another shelter in place order isn’t gonna deter those folks. I’m not sure how much more he can do that would have a reasonable impact on containment. We’re way past the point of getting everyone on board with responsible measures.
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Dec 8, 2020 22:02
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generic one posted:Most of our community spread is gonna be from dumbasses getting together with their friends and family for holiday parties and such, and even another shelter in place order isn’t gonna deter those folks. I’m not sure how much more he can do that would have a reasonable impact on containment. We’re way past the point of getting everyone on board with responsible measures. Yeah, you're probably right. This is just awful, and knowing it's going to get even worse is really upsetting. I feel so bad for the medical workers who have been busting their asses for the last ten months who are about to get (even more) completely loving overwhelmed in the next few weeks/months.
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Dec 8, 2020 22:13
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The next couple of weeks are gonna be awful. Should start seeing how big the impact is gonna be from Thanksgiving. 
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generic one posted:The next couple of weeks are gonna be awful. Should start seeing how big the impact is gonna be from Thanksgiving. I would say we should already be seeing it now (there has been a bump in the average) which should extend until the Xmas/New Years bumps, basically this train is going to keep on roiling into late January. Also, at this point, it is also pretty hard to keep people from meeting independently absent an actual lockdown. That said, it will be interesting to see if we get a threshold in February/March where the virus may start running out of "fuel" due to a combination of factors.
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Ardennes posted:I would say we should already be seeing it now (there has been a bump in the average) which should extend until the Xmas/New Years bumps, basically this train is going to keep on roiling into late January. The number of cases is definitely on the rise, but as I understand it (maybe I’m wrong here), hospitalizations should start spiking about two weeks to three weeks after, so we probably don’t have a clear idea just how bad it’s gonna be quite yet. But yeah, you’e right, this will probably just be a preview of what we’re in for with Xmas/New Years.
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Dec 8, 2020 22:49
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generic one posted:The next couple of weeks are gonna be awful. Should start seeing how big the impact is gonna be from Thanksgiving. Hopefully the restrictions and warnings worked and there won't be a huge Thanksgiving spike.
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I mentioned this in the Seattle thread, but WA DOH is not reporting total tests and positivity rate and hasn't been since 21-Nov. That means we actually have no idea whether we're suffering from a reporting bottleneck right now and the absolute numbers of positive cases are meaningless for decision-making without that additional data. The hospitalizations and deaths are suggestive that the increase flattened out a bit immediately prior to Thanksgiving, but as for the last 2-3 weeks, it's a total mystery.
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The Oldest Man posted:I mentioned this in the Seattle thread Tell me more about this “Seattle thread”. Or, you know, a link would be more than sufficient. 
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:lol put up or shut the gently caress up jenny I guess she learned the lesson from Greg Nickles that it you gently caress up the city completely it's best to brag you would win if you ran but don't run, instead of losing as the incumbent in a primary.
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generic one posted:Tell me more about this “Seattle thread”. Or, you know, a link would be more than sufficient. It's in LAN: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3926299
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Hey, thanks! 16 years on this site, and I don’t think I ever looked around on that sub forum. 
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generic one posted:The number of cases is definitely on the rise, but as I understand it (maybe I’m wrong here), hospitalizations should start spiking about two weeks to three weeks after, so we probably don’t have a clear idea just how bad it’s gonna be quite yet. I am just referring to raw cases, we are just at the beginning of the thanksgiving case wave. Deaths may peak in February and March. That said, there is possibly a point where vaccines/self quarantining/people with antibodies will slow down the infection but I don’t think we will get there until January. A lot of businesses will be surviving off government money for quite a while.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/ericacbarnett/status/1336455953051312134 In Her Words, if you want them.
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Look out, here comes my postquote:Why I won’t run for a second term as Seattle mayor For everyone else, it symbolizes Amazon, the current tenant, but go off. quote:It was originally a naval hospital. There, my dad — almost broken by WWII — spent excruciating time recovering, unsure if he would walk again. The people of this city — his doctors and nurses — literally put him back together. Against all odds, he walked out of the hospital to a new life in the city where I was born. Lord, I thought you weren't running for re-election why do I need to hear about this quote:As we approach the end of this difficult year, we are called again to renew and rebuild. As we are each time your cops sweep a homeless encampment quote:The global pandemic, with devastating health and economic consequences, has transformed all aspects of our lives. A national civil rights uprising pushed us to address the insidious reach of racism. Crises like homelessness and dangerous wildfire smoke have continued. Challenges like the West Seattle Bridge and a collapsing pier added to our brutal year. Half of this poo poo is your fault quote:We persevered and sacrificed so much. Who the gently caress is this "we" quote:Facing a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, Seattle acted boldly. We created citywide free testing and critical assistance like rent relief, an eviction moratorium, expanded shelter services, grocery vouchers, and direct cash assistance to small businesses, and immigrants. We stayed home, masked up, and bent the curve. Our collective actions led to the fewest cases and hospitalizations of any major American city. I will give Jenny credit for any of the testing and public health successes (the few of them we have) over the people at DOH and UW Medicine and Virology when I'm loving dead. The only thing bold about any of this was that a few people managed to do something without the mayor's office actively obstructing them. quote:And we did not flinch from our values in this tough year. We are investing $100 million to address disparities in communities of color, on a path to reimagine policing and community safety, transferring historic properties to the Black community, and continuing our investments for the fight against COVID-19. We advanced a new “Waterfront for All” and a new sports arena, home to the Kraken and Storm. Jenny stole $100 million in participatory budgeting money to try to dunk on the city council, transferred one (1) previously promised property to Africatown after years of stalling as part of a "concession" to the city council, and I don't want to hear a loving thing about sports arenas out of a politican's mouth ever again as long as there are people living on the street. Not even going to dignify this bullshit about "reimagining policing" with a shitpost. quote:Seattle has always been the city that invents the future. wait, I came to this article for a reason quote:Coming out of COVID-19, we will be that city again. I know I opened this article hoping to find something out, why did I do that quote:In the next year, we will reopen and distribute a vaccine, continue our work to build alternatives to policing, and address challenges like the West Seattle Bridge and homelessness. We will rebuild a strong downtown with vibrant small businesses, protect maritime and industrial jobs, and draw millions of visitors from around the world. Our new buildings will shed dependency on fossil fuels. Oh yeah, the title of this article is Why I won’t run for a second term as Seattle mayor, where's that quote:It will take all of us focusing on the well-being of the people of Seattle instead of divisive politics. We cannot prosper without also rebuilding our grace and good faith, seeing each other’s humanity and sharing a common commitment to the promise of our community. I'm not getting an answer am I quote:Never bet against Seattle. loving GASLIT BY JENNY DURKAN AGAIN
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Ahaha, I thought you were kidding Oldest, but she no poo poo does not say why she's not running in an article titled "why I'm not [running]"
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RuanGacho posted:Ahaha, I thought you were kidding Oldest, but she no poo poo does not say why she's not running in an article titled "why I'm not [running]" I mean... I think she conveys it pretty succinctly, it’s just all subtext. “You ungrateful little shits aren’t giving me universal support, so I’m taking my ball and going home.”
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The Oldest Man posted:wait, I came to this article for a reason She blows through it in two sentences, blink and you'll miss it. quote:As mayor approaching the last year of my term, that meant a choice. I can spend the next year campaigning to keep this job or I can focus all my energy on doing the job — a job that will face all the similar difficulties of 2020. There's why she isn't running - she wants to be busy being mayor instead of busy being a candidate. As far as I can tell from a public perspective she actually hates being mayor, but there's the claim.
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It seems clear to me that Durkan thought this was gonna be a chummy job where she could rub elbows with some elites (see: her eagerness to be involved in the Climate Pledge Arena), do some public facing events for a big charity, to maybe set her up with a greater job. But then COVID blew up in her face, alongside the police brutality and she just realized the job was making her miserable. It was poo poo she didn't want to deal with, and was getting in the way of her bigger aspirations. I have to imagine people showing up at her house to protest and exposing her as a rich fraud didn't help either. She never had anyone's interest in mind except her owns and elites. I really hope the city doesn't fall for a candidate like her again.
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It’s amazing to how everyone hates Durkin. Like it’s impressive how badly she’s done.
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gohuskies posted:She blows through it in two sentences, blink and you'll miss it. Wow, I really did. And yet, somehow this is even lamer than the article without those two paragraphs. IM DAY DAY IRL posted:at least is cutting bait Haha I caught this earlier https://twitter.com/tedwheeler/status/1336490910146707457?s=20 https://twitter.com/tedwheeler/status/1336491163159654401?s=20 "I agree this is a racist, unjust system. Anyway, you have five minutes to get the gently caress into the gutter before we start shooting, the banks need their pound of flesh."
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