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Hot take: the fact that we are discussing left lane driving instead of the fact that Seattle police brutally murdered a black mother might be the purest form of PNW white privelege.
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I think I just read the hottest take regarding Lyles' shooting. Don O'Neill: Where is the dad (s)? When a local journalist calls him out for his racism, he feigns ignorance.
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Jun 23, 2017 22:31
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Portland and Seattle's PDs are basically racing to be who's the worst.
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Jun 24, 2017 19:50
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Everyone seems to be talking about that new study on Seattle's minimum wage law, aka it reduced worker hours to the point where workers are making less now: https://qz.com/1014759/seattles-minimum-wage-increase-made-the-most-vulnerable-workers-poorer/ I'm guessing it's going to take more time to see it normalize, but automation will probably consume us by then.
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Jun 27, 2017 01:31
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Solkanar512 posted:For all the parking problems my employer faces, they are absolute poo poo about biking to work. Since I no longer work there, I'm free to poo poo talk to add on: their public transportation options blow, and there isn't even a bus from some of the major transit stations nearby. It's hard to find groups that are okay with virtual work for support functions. But they're quick to blame the city for capping their parking!
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Shifty Nipples posted:It's abhorrent to have so many empty homes when there are so many homeless people. Is there a place that gives out vacant housing numbers? I'd love to know what people are being greedy assholes about their houses.
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Jul 7, 2017 05:06
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I'm probably never going to have kids in my life, but for those who do, it's to my benefit that they raise good children so they don't grow up to be little loving assholes that ruin everyone's day. So if parental leave helps with that, sign me up. It's the same as funding schooling, etc.
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Jul 7, 2017 05:41
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Mountlake Terrace is still at least an hour drive away to downtown Seattle in rush hour traffic. Taking a bus isn't much better since the carpool lane ends at Northgate.
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Jul 11, 2017 02:01
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The Stranger posted a guest editorial by Tim Eyman, what the gently caress?
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Jul 19, 2017 05:21
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My preferences for mayor are: Oliver, Moon, McGinn, Hasegawa, Farrell and Durkin. I know Hasegawa is smart, but I watched a bit of the debate and he came across as uniformed and unprepared. Oliver's performance more or less solidified my opinion of her, and Moon came across as a policy wonk, which is fine. I don't want Durkin to win, especially now that she's picking up Ed Murray's donors.
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Jul 21, 2017 05:07
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The Oldest Man posted:You put Farrell after Hasegawa? Yikes. I feel mostly the same on the last 3 candidates. I would say there's a pretty big drop off after McGinn though. Like, I would be fine with Oliver, Moon, or McGinn winning, much less so than anyone else.
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Jul 21, 2017 15:39
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Jenny Durkan is cruising to win the primary  Cary Moon is in 2nd, and Oliver is in a close 3rd. Late ballots could tip in Oliver's favor. Not sure if Moon or Oliver has the firepower to beat Durkan.
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Aug 2, 2017 22:34
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Yeah Durkan is only covering about 30% of the votes. If Moon gets Oliver's, Farrell's and McGinn's votes, she's in good shape. Also, Durkan got endorsed by Murray, which hasn't really played itself out yet.
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Aug 3, 2017 02:09
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I noticed the 14.88 right away but that's probably cause I'm a brokebrains. I wonder how influential The Stranger's endorsement of Moon helped her, versus hurting Oliver's. Anyway, stay inside today, everyone. Air quality is real bad. Department of ecology says don't even do light exercise outside.
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Aug 4, 2017 16:14
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To be fair, for a lot of the smaller races I'll usually follow the Stranger's voting guide to see their take. Cause I sure as hell am not going to follow the Seattle Times on that.
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Aug 4, 2017 17:49
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High pressure winds are supposed to be coming from the east that will hopefully push all this smoke away. Soon we won't have to constantly breathe fumes and have the worst air quality in the US!
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Aug 10, 2017 17:46
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Seattle City Council passed a bill 8-0 (Sawant was absent) that bans landlords from discriminating against people with a criminal record (except sex offenders, but they have to prove a legitimate reason why they discriminate against them). Nice.
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Aug 15, 2017 17:52
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Everett City Council created a dress code for baristas, which will effectively end the bikini batistas (which are everywhere) in that city. Uh, rip I guess?
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w/r/t bikini baristas, I'm along the lines that as long as the woman isn't coerced into the job, and has reasonable security, by all means. If a dude wants to pay $6 for a lovely americano so he can see a little cleveage, sure. When they basically operate as prostitution rings, then yeah that's a problem, then kind of becomes a discussion of how you feel about sex work, but as far as I can tell, these coffee stands aren't fronts for sex trafficking. Those sketchy rear end massage parlors on Highway 99 in Everett on the other hand...
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Seattle cops, biggest bunch of  ever: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/kshama-sawant-sued-for-defamation-by-2-seattle-officers-who-fatally-shot-che-taylor/
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ElCondemn posted:In their own account they ordered him to get on the ground and then they shot him when he followed their orders, all because they said they thought he had a holster on his hip. Again cops get away with murder because they don't have to prove anything other than they were afraid of being killed by the guy on the ground who they were pointing guns at. Washington state probably has the worst laws when it comes to cop killings. You have to prove the cop had "murderous intent" in order for him to be guilty. If there's anything that can be interpreted as a threat to the cop, they basically have a permission slip to kill them.
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This article about Pam Roach is something else: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/pam-roachs-rude-and-unprofessional-behavior-triggers-ban-on-staff-contact-again/
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The blood moon and ash falling from the sky is just Nintendo of America's latest marketing ploy for next BotW DLC.
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Dino Rossi probably has a good chance of winning, though? He's got name recognition even if he's lost everything that he's run for, and Auburn is pretty red as hell.
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Sep 6, 2017 17:52
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Amazon decided enough was enough, and is building a 2nd HQ elsewhere. People are decrying this as Seattle's socialist policies ruining business. I say gently caress em.
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I haven't seen any indication that Amazon wants to leave Seattle. From what it looks like, Amazon realizes they've hit max capacity here and wants to expand elsewhere. Which I think is fine because Amazon's growth has severely hosed the area up, and anymore was unsustainable.
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Thanatosian posted:I don't know that I'd go as far as them having "severely hosed the area up," but yeah, I'd like them to stay about where they are for the moment, if only because so much of our economy is dependent on them, and I'd like to see us diversify a bit. Yeah, Seattle's economy heavily relies on them now, but they sure as gently caress contributed to ruining the housing market, as well as gentrification of Cap Hill. Seattle has Starbucks, Boeing, Amazon, Nordstrom, and Microsoft, plus all the software companies hanging out in Bellevue. If one of them left, short term it would hurt but I imagine another company would swoop in on the potential talent eventually. And maybe houses would be affordable in the short term 
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Q13 is owned by the company about to be acquired by Sinclair so, they're screwed too.
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The Stranger is fine. Just know the particular angle they take with certain stories and adjust your interpretation accordingly.
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Sep 13, 2017 00:13
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Dude committed a crime of wearing a swastika and not being a LEO.
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Sep 18, 2017 21:40
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Jack2142 posted:Doesn't Rossi not even live in Reicherts district? I am pretty sure he is from like Everett or something. You don't necessarily need to live in the district to run for it.
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HEY NONG MAN posted:That's something that I will honestly say is a good thing about Boeing: everyone gets their work considered and addressed as valid. Can't be anything to do with the existence of labor unions for the majority of the workforce, no way. 85% of Boeing execs are old white males, though.
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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-could-spend-a-bundle-defending-itself-kshama-sawant-in-defamation-suits/ Seattle Times is upset the city might have to pay litigation for Sawant because of the defamation lawsuits over lovely pigs upset that she called them murderers.
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I can't read "I'm pro-immigration, but..." as anything but a giant concern troll.
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Amazon's growth has only been a benefit to Amazon / their vendors and landlords in the Seattle area. Oh, and I guess restaurants of SLU. Everyone else got trampled in their dominance of the area.
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ixnay posted:Restaurants in the Amazon buildings have it in their leases that they must be open for dinner even though nobody is hanging around SLU in the evenings. Man, that is incredibly lovely. Speaking of Amazon, they just donated $350k to Durkan's campaign. Yikes.
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I'm expecting Cary Moon to lose badly today, sadly.
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George posted:gently caress the Stranger forever for endorsing Moon in the primary. We get to vote for the millionaire who knows what's best for poor people over the one who does what the chamber of commerce says. From everything I can tell, she mainly ran for mayor to boost her Civic profile. Suddenly she gets a big newspaper endorsement and get second place. Then she realizes she has to campaign, and isn't very good at it.
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I think Oliver would have rallied more leftist votes but ultimately would have fallen short of Durkan's money machine.
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I don't watch a lot of TV but my girlfriend does. She said Durkan ran a ton of attack ads on Moon that got kind of nasty. Moon could have easily done that, but I guess chalk that up to lack of experience, lack of funds or trying to be above attack ads. Oh well. Cary Moon got what she wanted, though. Everyone in Seattle knows who she is now.
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