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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. editor@thestranger.com (The Stranger Editor) webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:01 -0700 Sat, 26 May 2012 17:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/26/more-sasquatch-2012-coverage-than-you-can-launch-an-rpg-at http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/26/more-sasquatch-2012-coverage-than-you-can-launch-an-rpg-at Grant Brissey <p><a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/blogs/lineout/">Right over here.</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/BpIJ3kZMYvE" height="1" width="1"/> War http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/26/more-sasquatch-2012-coverage-than-you-can-launch-an-rpg-at?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13784026&id=comments 0 Sat, 26 May 2012 16:07:33 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/26/a-few-questions-about-the-sr-520-rebuild-project http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/26/a-few-questions-about-the-sr-520-rebuild-project Jonathan Golob <p>If most of the earthquake risk for SR 520 is concentrated on the Seattle side of the bridge&#8212;where the roadway is held up by vulnerable hollow pylons....</p> <p><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qIiuDUgvZpY?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>... and this is how the project was sold, <a href="http://www.komonews.com/news/local/92467729.html">with a fair amount of hysteria</a>, to the public...</p> <p>... why is the Seattle side of the project <a href="http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/280F57CC-5AA3-4635-BDB3-56B0E31AE1B7/0/SR520_ConstructionFolio.pdf">the only unfunded part</a>? </p> <p>The new SR-520 / I-405 interchange is lovely. The extensive and expensive-looking lid over the highway in Hunts Point sure is coming together nicely. But, if public safety is the driving concern, neither should be a priority. Yet, these bits are funded, and complete or nearing completion. The part of the route subject to collapse even in a moderate earthquake? No money, no timeline for repair. </p> <p>Are State politics in Washington really <em>this</em> fucked up&#8212;where ire against Seattle overrides basic public safety?</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/26/a-few-questions-about-the-sr-520-rebuild-project#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13783840&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/1XxKwzPZAR0" height="1" width="1"/> Transportation Death Politics http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/26/a-few-questions-about-the-sr-520-rebuild-project?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13783840&id=comments 6 Sat, 26 May 2012 15:42:41 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/26/the-saturday-morning-news http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/26/the-saturday-morning-news Unpaid Intern <p><em>Posted by news intern Joseph Staten</em></p> <p><strong>Syrian Slaughter</strong>: Syrian government <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/26/syria-houla-military-assault-children">kills nearly 100</a> in most recent attacks, including many children.</p> <p><strong>Sniff Sniff</strong>: JP Morgan <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/business/regulators-role-at-jpmorgan-scrutinized.html?_r=1&hp">has watchdogs on the premises</a> for the very first time.</p> <p><strong>Stop Snitchin'</strong>: Pope Benedict's butler and fellow Popemobile rider has been <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/26/world/europe/italy-vatican-leak/index.html?hpt=hp_t1">arrested for leaking documents</a> to Italian journalist whose best-selling papal tell-all came out in Italy last Saturday.</p> <p><strong>Why We Can't Have Nice Things</strong>: Michael Grimes, Morgan Stanley investment banker who played a large role in Facebook IPO, is <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304065704577426593357063940.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories">getting his ass whupped</a> right now.</p> <p><strong>Bogarting the Joint</strong>: A guide on how right-wing commenters <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/05/the-right-wing-ideologues-guide-to-obamas-teenage-pot-smoking/257698/">can best spin the news</a> that President Obama used to get very, very high.</p> <p><strong>Getting More Awful</strong>: The Madrona man who <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Father-slain-in-Central-District-was-Zillow-3586434.php">was killed by a stray bullet Thursday</a> was a father, former Zillow developer, youth water polo coach and generally great-sounding person. </p> <p><strong>Jealous Rage</strong>: Ex-boyfriend of 17-year-old Renton stabbing victim is being <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Father-slain-in-Central-District-was-Zillow-3586434.php">sought by police</a>.</p> <p><strong>High on Our Own Supply</strong>: With oil production in Canada and South America booming, the US <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/center-of-gravity-in-oil-world-shifts-to-americas/2012/05/25/gJQAjeuVqU_story.html?hpid=z1">may be less dependent on Middle Eastern oil</a> than ever before.</p> <p><strong>Get Bigoted or Die Trying</strong>: Rapper 50 Cent <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/05/24/490011/50-cents-straight-rights-concerns-and-why-homophobia-will-continue-after-marriage-equality/">endorses gay marriage</a> in a very homophobic manner.</p> <p><strong>This Sounds Worthwhile</strong>: The US is <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-immigration-20120526,0,2413488.story">ramping up investigations</a> of Mexican immigrants with criminal records "in an aggressive attempt to boost deportations." </p> <p><strong>Nerdy Justice</strong>: Socrates <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/26/socrates-acquitted-in-ancient-trial-re-run/">was posthumously acquitted</a> in a trial do-over in Athens this week.</p> <p><strong>Revolt in Mexico?</strong>: Local reporters are dubbing <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/world/americas/mexico-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2">the rash of protests</a> in Mexico in the face of upcoming presidential elections the "Mexican Spring." </p> <p><strong>Represent</strong>: A jovial Tacoma native <a href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/05/25/2158397/tacoma-woman-gets-40500-in-animated.html#storylink=omni_popular">won $40,500</a> on Wheel of Fortune last night.</p> <p><strong>A League of His Own</strong>: Why does Mariners closer Brandon League <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2018290715_mari26.html">suck so bad</a>?</p> <p>And now, Gordon Ramsay teaches you <strong>how to really make scrambled eggs</strong>:<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PUP7U5vTMM0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/26/the-saturday-morning-news#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13779849&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/hKBrCWeesc0" height="1" width="1"/> News http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/26/the-saturday-morning-news?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13779849&id=comments 42 Sat, 26 May 2012 08:51:03 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/these-are-the-books-on-mike-mcginns-coffee-table http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/these-are-the-books-on-mike-mcginns-coffee-table Dominic Holden <p><strong><em>Keeping a Blue Light On: A Citizen's Tribute to the Seattle Police Department</em></strong><br />By Stacey Sanner<br /> <br /><strong><em>99 Girdles on the Wall: A Memoir About Holding in, Letting Go, and Coming to Grips</em></strong><br />By Elena Louise Richmond<br /> <br /><strong><em>The Fishes and Dishes Cookbook: Seafood Recipes and Salty Stories from Alaska's Fisherwomen</em></strong><br /> <br /><strong><em>Out of Nowhere</em></strong><br />By Robin Abel and Peggy Sturidivant<br /> <br /><strong><em>The Blue Death: Disease, Disaster, and the Water We Drink</em></strong><br />By Dr. Robert D. Morris<br /> <br /><strong><em>Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story</em></strong><br />By Ingrid Ricks</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/these-are-the-books-on-mike-mcginns-coffee-table#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13776943&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/CxaAsU_YImw" height="1" width="1"/> Books http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/these-are-the-books-on-mike-mcginns-coffee-table?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13776943&id=comments 11 Fri, 25 May 2012 16:27:05 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/memorial-day-weekend-some-seriously-hippie-shit http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/memorial-day-weekend-some-seriously-hippie-shit Unpaid Intern <p><em>Posted by news intern Joseph Staten</em></p> <p>So, <strong>Folklife</strong> is obviously this weekend, and it's super fun and you should go&#8212;if you also like drowning in a river of patchouli-scented fish guts. Just kidding! You should go! But ew! But there are few other things on the <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/EventSearch?eventCategory=295706">News Calendar</a> worth checking out:</p> <p>On both <strong>Saturday and Sunday</strong>, Seattle's very own Patagonia store will be hosting "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=9476788&l=a09703759f&id=341858589449">Save Bristol Bay: A Weekend With Trout Unlimited and Sage Fly Rods</a>." Fish preservation and salmon jerky will abound.</p> <p>On <strong>Sunday</strong>, which will allegedly only be partly cloudy, head down to gorgeous Seward Park for the <a href="http://www.goodkarma5k.com/">Good Karma 5K Run / 4K Walk</a>, "Seattle's only choose your own charity fun run." Registration begins at 7:30 am.</p> <p>On <strong>Memorial Day Monday</strong>, there will be the annual ceremony at Benaroya Hall's <strong>Garden of Remembrance</strong>. Other remembrance ceremonies to be found <a href="http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/05/14/guide-to-memorial-day-observances-in-puget-sound/">here</a>.</p> <p>And <strong>if you want to lift your spirits</strong> afterwards, why not head over to Seattle Center for that newly-constructed attraction that has everyone in a tizzy: yes, I'm talking about the <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2018272626_highlight25.html">Seattle Center Playway</a>, which will feature inflatable slides, a climbing wall, and <strong>a zip line with no age restrictions</strong>. Everything is pretty cheap, and there's a fucking <em>zip line</em>. Ride it.</p> <p>Check out, bookmark, love and live the full <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/EventSearch?eventCategory=295706">news calendar here</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/memorial-day-weekend-some-seriously-hippie-shit#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13774450&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/Wa6hzY2X_b0" height="1" width="1"/> City http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/memorial-day-weekend-some-seriously-hippie-shit?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13774450&id=comments 16 Fri, 25 May 2012 16:16:21 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/mcdermott-plans-to-endorse-i-502-following-the-lead-of-his-challenger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/mcdermott-plans-to-endorse-i-502-following-the-lead-of-his-challenger Dominic Holden <p>Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott gave a <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/whippersnapper-for-congress/Content?oid=13742155">weaselly nonanswer</a> about where he stood on marijuana legalization in this week's paper, saying ending pot arrests wasn't a "pressing issue" or something. Weaselly. </p> <p>So I began pressing his office. After all, his whippersnapper opponent, Andrew Hughes, had drawn his primary policy distinction between himself and McDermott on this issue&#8212;Hughes supports legalizing marijuana and McDermott didn't. Furthermore, voters in Washington State all have to make up <em>their</em> minds this fall where they stand on Initiative 502, which would legalize and regulate pot, so surely a Congressman who <em>makes laws for a living</em> can buck up, too. It took a couple days of prodding his office, sending my questions, and waiting&#8212;at long last&#8212;for these answers: </p> <p><em><strong>Me</strong>: Does Congressman McDermott believe that marijuana should be legalized and regulated like alcohol for adults 21 and over?</em><br /> <br /><strong>McDermott</strong>: As a physician I believe in helping patients with their suffering and accordingly I&#8217;ve always supported legalizing use of medical marijuana. If a state decides to go further and legalize marijuana for general use, I think that is fine as long as it is properly taxed and safely regulated. As with smoking tobacco, I am concerned about potential adverse health effects of smoking marijuana but I don&#8217;t believe that it should be a criminal offense. <br /> <br /><em><strong>Me</strong>: What does he think should happen to adult marijuana users in Washington State?</em><br /> <br /><strong>McDermott</strong>: All states including Washington should have leeway on this issue as long as it&#8217;s taxed and regulated in the interest of public health and safety. I don&#8217;t think the federal government should be spending taxpayer dollars on going after adult marijuana users, especially if a state legalizes pot for general use.<br /> <br /><em><strong>Me</strong>: And if he does support regulating marijuana like alcohol, why hasn't he endorsed I-502?</em><br /> <br /><strong>McDermott</strong>: I have been studying the proposal and am planning on endorsing it.</p> <p>Congratulations, Congressman. That wasn't so bad, was it? </p> <p>And congratulations, Andrew Hughes! This serves to show why 12-term Congressmen like McDermott need challengers like you. By using this as the dividing line between yourself and a politician who had grown comfortable with an anachronistic platform on drug policy, <strong>McDermott evolved because you pushed him to evolve</strong>. And, true, you probably won't win. But you can keep pushing McDermott. So keep it up, whippersnapper!</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/mcdermott-plans-to-endorse-i-502-following-the-lead-of-his-challenger#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13775957&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/bWDLSP-bAOo" height="1" width="1"/> Politics http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/mcdermott-plans-to-endorse-i-502-following-the-lead-of-his-challenger?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13775957&id=comments 20 Fri, 25 May 2012 15:35:17 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/another-reason-not-to-vote-for-rob-mckenna http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/another-reason-not-to-vote-for-rob-mckenna Grant Brissey <p><a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/05/25/rob-mckennas-favorite-band-is-nickelback">His favorite band.</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/cwE29yBjL08" height="1" width="1"/> Political Suicide http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/another-reason-not-to-vote-for-rob-mckenna?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13776170&id=comments 0 Fri, 25 May 2012 15:25:41 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/is-the-seattle-times-bullying-the-mayor-expert-says-no http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/is-the-seattle-times-bullying-the-mayor-expert-says-no Eli Sanders <p>&#8220;If you are the mayor of a city, I can pretty much guarantee that you are going to be closely scrutinized by your local newspaper," said <a href="http://about.poynter.org/about-us/our-people/kelly-mcbride">Kelly McBride</a>, an expert on media ethics at The Poynter Institute, in response to this morning's claims <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/why-mayor-mcginns-wife-cancelled-her-familys-seattle-times-subscription">by Mayor Mike McGinn's wife</a> that he's being bullied by the <em>Seattle Times</em>. </p> <p>"And," McBride continued, "that&#8217;s how it should be. Nobody wins when the local press is a champion of the most powerful person in town.&#8221;</p> <p>At my request, McBride read <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014325557_mcginnbike25m.html">the article</a> that led McGinn's wife, Peg Lynch, to cancel her subscription to <em>Seattle Times</em> last year.</p> <p>&#8220;Sure, there&#8217;s a fair amount of snarkiness there," McBride said of the piece. "I don&#8217;t think that that&#8217;s unusual in politics. And even from the news side, I think that there is a trend in this country to make news writing more edgy, and I think that it&#8217;s an attempt at being edgy. <strong>Bullying? No.</strong>&#8221;</p> <p>(It should be noted that David Boardman, executive editor of the <em>Seattle Times</em>, is on Poynter's board of advisers. McBride, who volunteered that information, said that Boardman has no authority over Poynter's budget or its hiring and firing decisions.)</p> <p>I told McBride that the editorial page of the <em>Seattle Times</em> is definitely not fond of McGinn, and that McGinn's wife feels that dislike has seeped into the paper's news coverage, in more than just the article in question. </p> <p>&#8220;Maybe there are lots and lots of little digs over time, but even then, that is really common," she responded. "Go and see what the <em>The New York Times</em> says about Bloomberg, or what&#8217;s going on locally in D.C.... Seattle&#8217;s a big city, and you would presume that the chief executive is a pretty worldly person&#8212;meaning, he&#8217;s been around the block a few times. You don&#8217;t get to that kind of position without being roughed up a bit.&#8221; </p> <p>Lynch, McBride said, "may not understand the nature of the relationship between the watchdog and the guy with all the power.&#8221;</p> <p><strong>A question McBride cannot answer</strong>, but that's on my mind: Given McGinn's anemic poll numbers and the precarious state of newspapers all over the country, who actually is "the guy with all the power" in this situation?</p> <p>To the polls!</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/is-the-seattle-times-bullying-the-mayor-expert-says-no#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13775517&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/dTB03fJUCVU" height="1" width="1"/> City http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/is-the-seattle-times-bullying-the-mayor-expert-says-no?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13775517&id=comments 21 Fri, 25 May 2012 15:04:54 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/apples-response-to-the-e-book-price-fixing-lawsuit http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/apples-response-to-the-e-book-price-fixing-lawsuit Paul Constant <p><a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/05/25/apple-ebook-response">Daring Fireball ran a great excerpt</a> from Apple's argument against the<a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/04/11/dojs-e-book-pricing-lawsuit-whats-at-stake"> e-book price-fixing suit</a>.</p> <blockquote><p> The Government starts from the false premise that an eBooks &#8220;market&#8221; was characterized by &#8220;robust price competition&#8221; prior to Apple&#8217;s entry. This ignores a simple and incontrovertible fact:<strong> before 2010, there was no real competition, there was only Amazon</strong>. At the time Apple entered the market, <strong>Amazon sold nearly nine out of every ten eBooks</strong>, and its power over price and product selection was nearly absolute. Apple&#8217;s entry spurred tremendous growth in eBook titles, range and variety of offerings, sales, and improved quality of the eBook reading experience. </p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://ia701206.us.archive.org/6/items/gov.uscourts.nysd.394628/gov.uscourts.nysd.394628.54.0.pdf">The full PDF can be found here.</a> Apple makes a very good case: If it weren't for Apple's collusion with publishers, <strong>Amazon probably would still be an e-book monopoly</strong>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/apples-response-to-the-e-book-price-fixing-lawsuit#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13775561&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/y8xDdJ7u_Zk" height="1" width="1"/> Books http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/apples-response-to-the-e-book-price-fixing-lawsuit?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13775561&id=comments 10 Fri, 25 May 2012 14:28:34 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/school-food-or-prison-food http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/school-food-or-prison-food Bethany Jean Clement <p><a href="http://cityrag.com/2012/05/prison-food-or-school-food/">Yum.</a></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/school-food-or-prison-food#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13775419&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/DVMQPh99GIY" height="1" width="1"/> Chow http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/school-food-or-prison-food?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13775419&id=comments 12 Fri, 25 May 2012 14:27:09 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/three-hours-until-happy-hour http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/three-hours-until-happy-hour Bethany Jean Clement <p>May Marti Jonjak suggest you enjoy it at <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/happiest-hour/Content?oid=13739831">the Sexton in Ballard</a>?</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/happiest-hour/Content?oid=13739831"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/b165/1337979162-happiest-570.jpg" alt="I want to go to there!" title="I want to go to there!" width="500" height="332" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">WHITMAN DEWEY-SMITH</li><li class="imageCaption">I want to go to there!</li></ul></div></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/Tx35-lPG6RU" height="1" width="1"/> Booze Chow http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/three-hours-until-happy-hour?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13775374&id=comments 0 Three Hours Until Happy Hour I want to go to there! WHITMAN DEWEY-SMITH Fri, 25 May 2012 13:53:16 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/idiot-tries-to-defend-bigoted-anti-gay-marriage-preacher-on-anderson-cooper http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/idiot-tries-to-defend-bigoted-anti-gay-marriage-preacher-on-anderson-cooper Paul Constant <p>I have no idea how this did not land on Slog yet; must be the long weekend kicking in early. Here, take this video with my apologies. If you already know the story of<a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/21/confidential-to-conservative-christians-keep-doubling-down-on-hate-assholes"> bigoted Pastor Worley</a>, you can skip ahead to 4:50 in the video. If you only have a minute, the real idiocy starts at 7:30.</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/B70Msi7vrmE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>Why do I get the feeling that Stacey Pritchard will be <strong>a Republican vice presidential candidate </strong>sometime in the next 8 years?</p> <p><em>(Thanks to Slog tippers <strong>Scary Tyler Moore</strong> and <strong>Lanna</strong>.)</em></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/idiot-tries-to-defend-bigoted-anti-gay-marriage-preacher-on-anderson-cooper#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13775040&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/EyvS6JZiU0Q" height="1" width="1"/> Gay Marriage 2012 http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/idiot-tries-to-defend-bigoted-anti-gay-marriage-preacher-on-anderson-cooper?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13775040&id=comments 52 Fri, 25 May 2012 13:22:22 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/los-angeles-gay-bar-bans-bachelorette-parties-until-marriage-equality-is-attained http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/los-angeles-gay-bar-bans-bachelorette-parties-until-marriage-equality-is-attained David Schmader <p>From the press release sent out by <strong>the Abbey</strong>, the L.A. gay bar that has, as <a href="http://www.frontiersla.com/Blog/FrontierBlog/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10386668">Frontiers</a> reminds us, been named the world's best gay bar two years in a row by homosexual television network Logo:</p> <blockquote><p>&#8220;Every Friday and Saturday night, we&#8217;re flooded with requests from straight girls in penis hats who want to ogle our go-gos, dance with the gays and celebrate their pending nuptials. <strong>They are completely unaware that the people around them are legally prohibited from getting married</strong>,&#8221; said David Cooley, Founder of The Abbey. &#8220;Over the past 22 years, The Abbey has been a place that accepts everyone, gay, straight, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and everything in between. <strong>We love our straight girlfriends and they are welcome here, just not for bachelorette parties.</strong>&#8221;</p></blockquote> <p>I am pro-this.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/los-angeles-gay-bar-bans-bachelorette-parties-until-marriage-equality-is-attained#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13774925&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/fYmZtGtWt_8" height="1" width="1"/> Homo The Ladies http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/los-angeles-gay-bar-bans-bachelorette-parties-until-marriage-equality-is-attained?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13774925&id=comments 78 Fri, 25 May 2012 12:51:30 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/mitt-romney-uses-donald-trump-to-raise-money http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/mitt-romney-uses-donald-trump-to-raise-money Paul Constant <p>Apparently, Donald Trump is <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/25/mitt-romney-s-new-bff-donald-trump.html">Mitt Romney's secret fundraising weapon</a>. But the problem is, you can't keep Donald Trump on a leash:</p> <blockquote><p> &#8220;I feel strongly that Mitt is really doing well. I think he&#8217;s gonna be a great candidate and a great president. We need a great president. <strong>I feel a lot of people listen to what I have to say</strong>.&#8221;</p> <p>No sooner were those dutifully gooey sentiments out of the way than The Donald&#8212;who plans to host a lunch or dinner for the presumptive GOP nominee and some of his lucky supporters at one of the Trump properties in Manhattan&#8212;launched into <strong>a furious disquisition concerning Obama&#8217;s place of birth</strong>.</p></blockquote> <p>Yes. Donald Trump is still going on about birther conspiracies. Donald Trump thinks President Obama was born in Kenya. And Mitt Romney is <strong>proudly, publicly standing with him</strong>. I think it's time for someone to ask Mitt Romney where he thinks President Obama was born, and what he thinks about Donald Trump's opinions. You can't pal around with idiots without getting some of that idiot-stink on you.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/mitt-romney-uses-donald-trump-to-raise-money#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773687&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/_RALTL2Y8d8" height="1" width="1"/> 2012 http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/mitt-romney-uses-donald-trump-to-raise-money?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773687&id=comments 15 Fri, 25 May 2012 12:34:45 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/can-the-seattle-times-still-afford-to-have-an-opinion http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/can-the-seattle-times-still-afford-to-have-an-opinion Goldy <p>Longtime <em>Seattle Times</em> columnist Nicole Brodeur announced today that she <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nicolebrodeur/2018281825_nicole25m.html">will no longer be writing her current Tuesday and Friday news(ish) columns</a>. Instead, Brodeur will be writing Sundays in the paper's NW Arts &amp; Life section about NW arts and life, I guess, while essentially producing a gossip column ("parties, fundraisers, kickoffs") in her old Tuesday spot. She's the new Jean Godden.</p> <p>This move comes on the heels of <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/04/30/seattle-times-boots-joni-balter-off-the-ed-board-and-back-to-news">Joni Balter's apparent demotion</a> from the editorial board to the post of assistant deputy metro editor or something. Makes one wonder if even bigger changes are afoot?</p> <p>It also makes me wonder how in this age of declining readership and revenue, newspapers like the <em>Seattle Times</em> can even afford to hire columnists like Brodeur? Nothing personal&#8212;Brodeur seems like a nice lady and all that&#8212;but for years now she's presumably been earning a living wage plus benefits to write, what? Fourteen hundred words a week?</p> <p>And that makes Brodeur a workaholic compared to the five members of the paper's editorial board, which over the first four days of this work week have collectively managed to publish 7 editorials for a total of 2,300 words. To their credit, both Bruce Ramsey and Lance Dickey have also turned out a 600-word column each, with Ramsey adding a 500-word blog post, but combined, <strong>the output from each of the paper's five editorial writers averages <em>only 200 words a day</em></strong>. That's 44 words less than I've typed <strong>so far</strong> in this one post alone. In fact, I'd wager that the average <em>Stranger</em> writer posts more to Slog in a day than most <em>Seattle Times</em> columnists write in a week&#8212;and that's not counting that pesky weekly newspaper we have to put out.</p> <p>Of course, quantity and quality are two different things... but I don't think the <em>Seattle Times</em> editorial board wants to go there. The point is, for a newspaper that's struggling to find a 21st century business model, I just can't see how they can continue to afford to pay so many columnists to produce 1990's-era output.</p> <p>Whatever. I've got more thoughts on the subject, but I've got 500 words due at 3PM for next week's news section on top of the 1,700 word feature I've already turned in. And then there's that backlog of other Slog posts I need to write. It's an exhausting schedule. All the more reason at my advanced age that I'm so looking forward to snagging <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/17/dear-frank-blethen">that cushy editorial writer position I've applied for</a> at the <em>Seattle Times</em>. I think of it as a kinda early retirement.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/can-the-seattle-times-still-afford-to-have-an-opinion#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773688&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/8uPorswIMR4" height="1" width="1"/> Media http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/can-the-seattle-times-still-afford-to-have-an-opinion?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773688&id=comments 15 Fri, 25 May 2012 12:30:31 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/lunchtime-quickie-black-swan-the-prequel http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/lunchtime-quickie-black-swan-the-prequel Kelly O <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/feM0KHDCUxo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/lunchtime-quickie-black-swan-the-prequel#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13774399&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/CFUxFyYh6vU" height="1" width="1"/> Video of the Day http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/lunchtime-quickie-black-swan-the-prequel?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13774399&id=comments 9 Fri, 25 May 2012 12:00:26 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/six-moms-with-too-much-time-on-their-hands-and-a-shitty-website-decide-to-fight-gay-superheroes http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/six-moms-with-too-much-time-on-their-hands-and-a-shitty-website-decide-to-fight-gay-superheroes Paul Constant <p>The <a href="http://www.queerty.com/villainous-one-million-moms-tries-to-ruin-marvels-gay-super-hero-wedding-20120525/">One Million Moms </a>are<strong> protesting Marvel Comics' gay superhero wedding</strong> and the upcoming unveiling of DC Comics' "major" gay character. One Million Moms has <a href="http://www.onemillionmoms.com/TakeAction.asp?id=456">a letter on their website</a> that you can send to DC and Marvel just by adding your information. It reads, in part:</p> <blockquote><p>As a parent and a member of OneMillionMoms.com, <strong>I am extremely disappointed that you would use a children's superhero character</strong> to help endorse same-sex marriage and glorify the homosexual lifestyle. It is disgusting that your company would participate in introducing sexual orientation to children when they are not equipped to understand what sexual preferences involve.</p> <p>Unfortunately, children are now being exposed to same-sex marriage and the gay lifestyle choice in your comic books. <strong>Gay adults do not need superheroes as role models</strong>. Your company is damaging impressionable young minds by placing these gay characters on pedestals in a positive light. As a Christian, I know that homosexuality is a sin. The Bible states this clearly in Romans 1:26-27.</p> <p>A comic book is the last place a parent would expect to be confronted with questions from their children on topics that are too complicated for them to understand. Issues of this nature are being<strong> introduced too early and too soon, which is extremely unnecessary</strong>. </p></blockquote> <p>First of all: Kids don't read Marvel or DC Comics anymore. Second of all: Apparently, you can change the text of the letter you send to Marvel and DC Comics executives to <strong>say whatever you want it to say:</strong></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:413px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/3a0e/1337964101-screen_shot_2012-05-25_at_9.38.37_am.png" alt="Screen_shot_2012-05-25_at_9.38.37_AM.png" title="" width="401" height="360" /></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/six-moms-with-too-much-time-on-their-hands-and-a-shitty-website-decide-to-fight-gay-superheroes#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773528&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/vJZEe_9FUTE" height="1" width="1"/> Books Nerd LGBTQITSLFA http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/six-moms-with-too-much-time-on-their-hands-and-a-shitty-website-decide-to-fight-gay-superheroes?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773528&id=comments 47 Six Moms with Too Much Time on Their Hands and a Shitty Website Decide to Fight Gay Superheroes Fri, 25 May 2012 11:30:16 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/today-in-spicy-australian-underwear-ads http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/today-in-spicy-australian-underwear-ads David Schmader <p>A print ad and a TV ad from <a href="http://www.miroslav.com/underwear#!__underwear/print-ads">Miroslav Underwear</a>, whose <strong>"quality is best appreciated up close.</strong>"</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/598e/1337969584-enhanced-buzz-wide-17735-1337614548-9.jpg" alt="enhanced-buzz-wide-17735-1337614548-9.jpg" title="" width="500" height="326" /></div></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="500" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TbiwhBNja_4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/today-in-spicy-australian-underwear-ads#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13774124&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/XWF3Ztsvgpg" height="1" width="1"/> Media Retail http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/today-in-spicy-australian-underwear-ads?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13774124&id=comments 1 Today in Spicy Australian Underwear Ads Fri, 25 May 2012 11:15:27 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/barack-obama-smoked-a-lot-of-pot-as-a-young-man http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/barack-obama-smoked-a-lot-of-pot-as-a-young-man Paul Constant <p>BuzzFeed has gone through David Maraniss's upcoming Obama biography and <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/a-users-guide-to-smoking-pot-with-barack-obama">pulled out the pot-smoking parts</a>. There are quite a few pot-smoking parts:</p> <blockquote><p>When you were with Barry and his pals, if you exhaled precious pakalolo (Hawaiian slang for marijuana, meaning "numbing tobacco") instead of absorbing it fully into your lungs, you were <strong>assessed a penalty</strong> and your turn was skipped the next time the joint came around. "Wasting good bud smoke was not tolerated," explained one member of the Choom Gang, Tom Topolinski, the Chinese-looking kid with a Polish name who answered to Topo.</p></blockquote> <p>I expect that Fox News will immediately begin warning their viewers about <strong>the crippling effects</strong> of inhaling marijuana smoke just once in your life.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/barack-obama-smoked-a-lot-of-pot-as-a-young-man#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773480&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/qRxQzu1cJ7c" height="1" width="1"/> 2012 Drugs http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/barack-obama-smoked-a-lot-of-pot-as-a-young-man?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773480&id=comments 33 Fri, 25 May 2012 10:22:24 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/the-other-dream-team http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/the-other-dream-team Gillian Anderson <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:362px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/2cc4/1337963673-theotherdreamteam.jpg" alt="TheOtherDreamTeam.jpg" title="" width="350" /></div></p> <p>You may not think a documentary about Lithuanian basketball players sounds very enticing, but <em><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/MovieTimes?show=siff&film=13575052">The Other Dream Team</a></em> is terrific.</p> <blockquote><p>What does the 1992 Lithuanian Olympic basketball team have to do with the Grateful Dead? Find out in this documentary that <strong>mixes basketball, international politics, and the fall of the Iron Curtain</strong>. At the 1988 Olympics, the USSR won the gold medal in basketball over the US, but many of the main players were Lithuanian, made to <strong>compete for their Soviet occupiers</strong>. The emergence of an independent Lithuania, the stories of the players, the country&#8217;s basketball fever, and an Olympic comeback make for an exciting story. </p></blockquote> <p><em>The Other Dream Team</em> plays:<br />Fri May 25, Harvard Exit, 8:30 pm<br />Sun May 27, Harvard Exit, 3 pm<br />Thurs May 31, Harvard Exit, 9 pm</p> <p>Director Marius Markevicius scheduled to attend May 25 and 27 screenings.<br /><a href="http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=45533&FID=254">Tickets here.</a></p> <p>Find tons more movies in our <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/siff">SIFF Guide</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/the-other-dream-team#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773507&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/XPicTqdJ534" height="1" width="1"/> SIFF Film http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/the-other-dream-team?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773507&id=comments 4 The Other Dream Team Fri, 25 May 2012 10:20:11 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/class-art-dale-chihulys-new-museum-is-off-and-running-and-so-is-the-debate-about-it http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/class-art-dale-chihulys-new-museum-is-off-and-running-and-so-is-the-debate-about-it Jen Graves <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/1907/1337962791-vignette-570.jpeg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/1907/1337962791-vignette-570.jpeg" alt="vignette-570.jpeg" title="" width="500" height="382" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p><a href="http://www.chihulygardenandglass.com/">Chihuly Garden and Glass</a> just opened Monday, so this is the first weekend to check it out. The art experience is a mixed bag, but there's plenty to see and to think about regarding art, culture, and class. Or watch the watchers: <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/class-art/Content?oid=13742046">Folks love to get worked up about Chihuly.</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/9gu6StUL45g" height="1" width="1"/> Visual Art http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/class-art-dale-chihulys-new-museum-is-off-and-running-and-so-is-the-debate-about-it?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773451&id=comments 0 Class Art: Dale Chihuly's New Museum Is Off and Running (And So Is the Debate About It) Kelly O Fri, 25 May 2012 09:27:41 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/people-who-searched-for-me http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/people-who-searched-for-me Charles Mudede <p>Also searched for:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:482px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/2128/1337962824-screen_shot_2012-05-25_at_9.19.23_am.png" alt="Screen_shot_2012-05-25_at_9.19.23_AM.png" title="" width="470" height="149" /></div> Before the haters hate, I Googled myself because I need a bio for an event<br />("From Failure to Hollywood: A loose evening of poetry, writing, and film, June 11, 2012) at Hugo House with the Grassroots people&#8212;Phil Campbell, Grant Cogswell, and Stephen Gyllenhaal.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/people-who-searched-for-me#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773455&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/Dcgp8SvIIQc" height="1" width="1"/> Film http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/people-who-searched-for-me?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773455&id=comments 13 People Who Searched for Me Fri, 25 May 2012 09:27:05 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/hows-that-right-wingy-pro-lifey-bullshit-workin-out-for-ya-komen http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/hows-that-right-wingy-pro-lifey-bullshit-workin-out-for-ya-komen Dominic Holden <p><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018282005_komen25m.html">Not so good:</a> "Registration for the local Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is down 36 percent so far, as many former supporters remain upset over the national group's controversial decision &#8212; later reversed &#8212; to withdraw breast-exam funding from Planned Parenthood."</p> <p>Oh, Komen, why did you have to screw this up so bad?</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/hows-that-right-wingy-pro-lifey-bullshit-workin-out-for-ya-komen#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773358&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/_hWNtb-Jd4w" height="1" width="1"/> The Ladies http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/hows-that-right-wingy-pro-lifey-bullshit-workin-out-for-ya-komen?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773358&id=comments 25 Fri, 25 May 2012 08:58:52 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/socialism-today http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/socialism-today Charles Mudede <p>Upon seeing this part of UW's new and huge student housing project...<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:300px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/20d1/1337961941-tempimage-3.jpeg" alt="tempimage-3.jpeg" title="" width="300" height="400" /></div><br />I thought of something Mike Davis said three or so years ago: <br /><blockquote>On November 6, 2008, the urbanist Mike Davis delivered a lecture at the University of Washington. (Read his books City of Quartz and Planet of Slums&#8212;they will make you a better person.) The lecture was about how humans had seriously fucked up the environment. But there was hope. What could save our world? "Just look around you," said Davis. "The University of Washington is a small utopian city that economizes on residential space, they are called dorms, within public environments for learning, research, performance, and even human reproduction. Its dense physical shell, which is situated on a modest but beautiful campus footprint with multiple public transit links, offers the potential to achieve radical per-capita reductions in energy use, waste, and carbon emissions that would be impossible within a sprawling suburb of the same population... </blockquote> Socialism is not something you go to; it's something that's always already there. This is the essence of my politics, urbanism, and sociobiology. This is exactly why I could never be a Leninist. The project of socialism should not be a road but a mirror.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/socialism-today#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773376&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/AQSN8H9J7TE" height="1" width="1"/> Architecture http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/socialism-today?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13773376&id=comments 12 Socialism Today Fri, 25 May 2012 08:57:21 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/week-in-review http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/week-in-review Eli Sanders <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/1511/1337906756-shutterstock_92438470.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/1511/1337906756-shutterstock_92438470.jpg" alt="Definitely not how the old 520 was built!" title="Definitely not how the old 520 was built!" width="500" height="363" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit"><a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-921176p1.html">Everett Collection</a> / <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com">Shutterstock</a></li><li class="imageCaption">Surely not how the old 520 was built!</li></ul></div></p> <p><a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/24/no-bridging-while-beering">How many beers</a> is too many beers while on the clock at the 520 bridge replacement project headquarters? <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/dharun-ravi-and-30-days/257516/#.T7x-9cz6Gk0.email">How many days</a> in jail is the correct number of days in jail for Dharun Ravi? <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/24/ethics-complaints-filed-against-mckenna-in-response-to-stranger-and-ap-stories">How many ethics complaints</a> is the right number of ethics complaints to file against Rob McKenna? </p> <p>Attempted answers to all of these questions&#8212;plus your calls&#8212;this morning on <a href="http://www.kuow.org/program.php?current=WK2">Weekday</a>.</p> <p>That's 94.9 FM starting at 10 a.m.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/week-in-review#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13767243&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/JhT9_IqD9M4" height="1" width="1"/> City http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/week-in-review?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13767243&id=comments 3 Week in Review Definitely <em>not</em> how the old 520 was built! <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-921176p1.html">Everett Collection</a> / <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com">Shutterstock</a> Fri, 25 May 2012 08:30:01 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/the-limits-of-keynesianism http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/the-limits-of-keynesianism Charles Mudede <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSDN5sbPzw8">Michael Roberts</a> is a British Marxist economist. He runs a blog called <a href="http://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/">The Next Recession</a>. This is from a recent post, <a href="http://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/inequality-the-cause-of-crisis-and-depression/">Inequality: the cause of crisis and depression?</a>, on that blog: <br /><blockquote>But it is one thing to recognise that inequality has rocketed in the last 30 years and quite another to claim that this explains the credit crunch and the Great Recession. What is wrong theoretically with this argument is that it assumes, as the Keynesians do, that the fundamental weakness of capitalism lies on the demand side of the economy. Since many people had insufficient income to consume they borrowed money to maintain their living standards. Radically different conclusions follow if the problem is located on the supply side (with the cause to be found in profitability). From this perspective, falling profitability explains the sluggish character of the productive economy and is at the root of the crisis. If the economy had been more profitable, there would have been less need for such a rapid or &#8216;excessive&#8217; expansion of credit. From this perspective the widening of inequality is more of a symptom than a cause of economic weakness. The rich became richer with the emergence of the asset bubble, but the underlying economy was far from healthy in the first place.</blockquote> From the point Roberts makes in this passage and post, we can see precisely what separates Marxism from Keynesianism. Only a Marxist can see that the entire crises of capitalism has nothing to do with the side of demand. It's completely to do with the side of supply. What Keynesians like Robert Reich and Paul Krugman will never solve is the problem that lead the US and Europe into neoliberalism and market orthodoxy in the first place: the falling rate of profit. True, Keynesianism can improve things for those in the lower and middle parts of society, but capitalists, the rulers of this society, will find themselves exactly where they were in the 70s: not making enough money. </p> <p>For some reason, Keynesians do not see the political consequences of this return. They actually believe that capitalism is only an economic mode of production and not a class relation. (This is where the distinction of use value, exchange value, and value becomes important&#8212;without value, you will not see the immaterial force that binds objects of exchange: social relations.) If you separate capitalism from politics and see it just as an economic engine, then you can believe it's something that can be protected from the interests of the rich. This is Keynesianism. This is a form of madness.</p> <blockquote><p>That this the policy conclusion that will be reached is confirmed by a recent post from Robert Reich on his blog (http://robertreich.org/). Reich, a former advisor to Clinton, has been a tireless fighter against the bankers, the neo-liberal Republicans and injustices of modern capitalism. He wrote a book arguing that inequality was the main cause of crisis (Aftershock, 2010). In a recent post, he drew the following policy conclusions: &#8220;Socialism isn&#8217;t the answer to the basic problem haunting all rich nations.The answer is to reform capitalism. The world&#8217;s productivity revolution is outpacing the political will of rich societies to fairly distribute its benefits. The result is widening inequality coupled with slow growth and stubbornly high unemployment. The problem is not that the productivity revolution has caused unemployment or under-employment. The problem comes in the distribution of the benefits of the productivity revolution. A large portion of the population no longer earns the money it needs to live nearly as well as the productivity revolution would otherwise allow. It can&#8217;t afford the &#8220;leisure&#8221; its now experiencing involuntarily. Not only is this a problem for them; it&#8217;s also a problem for the overall economy. It means that a growing portion of the population lacks the purchasing power to keep the economy going.&#8220;</p> <p>So what&#8217;s the answer? &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t mean socialism. We don&#8217;t need socialism. We need a capitalism that works for the vast majority. The productivity revolution should be making our lives better &#8212; not poorer and more insecure. And it will do that when we have the political will to spread its benefit. &#8220; </p></blockquote> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/the-limits-of-keynesianism#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13772725&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/c-OROc91rCg" height="1" width="1"/> Economy http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/the-limits-of-keynesianism?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13772725&id=comments 31 Fri, 25 May 2012 08:26:52 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/the-morning-news-stray-bullets-falling-stocks-and-radioactivity-todays-news-isnt-very-good http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/the-morning-news-stray-bullets-falling-stocks-and-radioactivity-todays-news-isnt-very-good Megan Seling <p><strong>The SpaceX Cargo Capsule Has Been Delivered</strong>: "The International Space Station's crew reached out today with a robotic arm to grab SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule and brought it in for the orbital outpost's <a href="http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/25/11872515-spacexs-dragon-craft-makes-historic-hookup-with-space-station">first-ever hookup with a commercial spaceship</a>."</p> <p><strong>Awful.</strong>: "A man heading out for a holiday weekend with his parents and his two children was <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018282663_apusfatallyshot.html">killed by an errant bullet</a> from a stranger's dispute as he drove down a Seattle street Thursday, police said."</p> <blockquote><p>"The victim was not involved in the altercation," the police spokesman said. "He was an innocent motorist that happened to be in the area."</p> <p>Police said they were looking for a man in his 20s who fled on foot.</p> <p>"Somebody knows something," Assistant Police Chief Nick Metz said at the scene, asking for information on the gunman.</p></blockquote> <p><strong>Books Save Lives</strong>: The kid who almost went over Wallace Falls last weekend remembered the advice from one of D.J. MacHale's books&#8212;to "<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018281982_author25m.html">go feet first... kick off the rocks</a>." </p> <p><strong>The Jury on John Edward's Trial Is Entering Their Sixth Day of Deliberations</strong>: <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76758.html">How much longer</a> will this go on?!</p> <p><strong>The Guy Who Won American Idol Is Named Phillip Phillips</strong>: And apparently he had <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1685851/phillip-phillips-american-idol-kidney-surgery.jhtml">eight kidney surgeries</a> during his run on the show. Now, after he won, he'll have to get more surgery.</p> <p><strong>Facebook Stock</strong>: <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/25/investing/facebook-stocks/">It just keeps falling</a>. </p> <p><strong>Bad News Gets Worse</strong>: "The amount of radioactive materials released in the first days of the Fukushima nuclear disaster was almost <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/world/asia/radioactive-release-at-fukushima-plant-was-underestimated.html?_r=1">two and a half times the initial estimate</a> by Japanese safety regulators, the operator of the crippled plant said in a report released on Thursday."</p> <p><strong>Who Cares How Much It Cost, Jerks?</strong>: A bunch of assholes on the internet are saying Zuckerberg didn't spend enough money on Priscilla Chan's wedding ring because it's a simple design and a ruby instead of a diamond. "He's worth $20 billion! Why wasn't it made of diamonds pressed from the ashes of John Lennon!?" Plus, she bought her dress off the rack instead of getting it custom made out of the stretched skin of 100 virgins. Because God forbid a woman not want to wear a bulky, gross 30-carat diamond or spend 800 hours and a billion dollars designing a dress to show the world how much money she has. IT DOESN'T MATTER. (Worth noting, the ring <a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/priscilla-chans-ruby-ring-193400700.html">might be more expensive</a> than people who don't know anything about jewelry would've guessed.) Sorry, just had to get that out.</p> <p><strong>Speaking of Money</strong>: "Apple CEO <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-ceo-gives-75-million-dividend-income-223631206--finance.html">gives up $75 million</a> in dividend income."</p> <p><strong>Today's SIFF Pick</strong>: Paul Constant recommends you see <em><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/MovieTimes?film=13552749">Extraterrestrial</a></em>&#8212;"It&#8217;s a weird, wonderful ride." Read more <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/MovieTimes?film=13552749">about it here</a>. And see <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/siff">all our SIFF picks here</a>!</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/the-morning-news-stray-bullets-falling-stocks-and-radioactivity-todays-news-isnt-very-good#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13772722&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/R53OgMG9Fro" height="1" width="1"/> News http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/the-morning-news-stray-bullets-falling-stocks-and-radioactivity-todays-news-isnt-very-good?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13772722&id=comments 24 Fri, 25 May 2012 08:14:50 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/waxwing-slain-by-the-false-azure-in-its-drunk-brain http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/waxwing-slain-by-the-false-azure-in-its-drunk-brain Charles Mudede <p><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21850-drunk-birds-had-onetoomany-berries-to-blame.html">New Scientist</a>:<br /><blockquote>After overindulging in berries, flocks of cedar waxwings flew drunkenly to their doom. That's the conclusion of a new report in the Journal of Ornithology.</p> <p>...[T]he downfall of the flocks came from eating too many berries. Lacking a crop &#8211; the expandable pouch near the throat used to store food &#8211; waxwings stow meals in a distensible oesophagus. "When the fruit stays in the oesophagus, it ferments and produces ethanol," says Kinde.</p> <p>The waxwings had ingested so many berries that their large livers "could not keep up with the alcohol produced by the fermentation", with ethanol concentration as high as 1000 parts per million. By the time they finished stuffing themselves with berries, they were too drunk to fly safely.</blockquote> But they lived on and flew on in that drunk sky.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/waxwing-slain-by-the-false-azure-in-its-drunk-brain#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13772698&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/pvo0VJAGtIE" height="1" width="1"/> Animals http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/waxwing-slain-by-the-false-azure-in-its-drunk-brain?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13772698&id=comments 5 Fri, 25 May 2012 08:02:35 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/why-mayor-mcginns-wife-cancelled-her-familys-seattle-times-subscription http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/why-mayor-mcginns-wife-cancelled-her-familys-seattle-times-subscription Eli Sanders <p>A week ago, <em>Seattle Times</em> Executive Editor David Boardman wrote <a href="https://twitter.com/dlboardman/status/203264351686238209">on Twitter</a>:</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:495px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/5ff1/1337911927-picture_49.png" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/5ff1/1337911927-picture_49.png" alt="Picture_49.png" title="" width="483" height="192" /></a></div></p> <p>Somehow I missed this when it happened. But when I learned about it yesterday, I called the mayor's office to see what was up. </p> <p>Aaron Pickus, spokesman for Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, stressed that the mayor's office still has multiple subscriptions to the <em>Seattle Times</em> and that McGinn himself definitely reads the paper&#8212;including <em>Seattle Times</em> clippings and links that Pickus spends a lot of his day sending around to the mayor and his staff. But Pickus confirmed that the McGinn household indeed canceled its subscription to the paper more than a year ago, after the publication of <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014325557_mcginnbike25m.html">this story</a>. Then he put me on the phone with McGinn's wife, Peg Lynch, so I could hear exactly why.</p> <p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to make a big deal about this," Lynch told me. "<em>We</em> didn&#8217;t do it. I just did it myself. I kind of run the household stuff. But for me, my bike getting stolen, and the coverage of that, was just kind of the last straw."</p> <p>The February 24, 2011 <em>Seattle Times</em> story that became the last straw&#8212;about McGinn borrowing his wife's bike, him leaving it unlocked, and that bike then disappearing at City Hall&#8212;was, according to Lynch, full of "bullying, cruel remarks," culled from e-mails from anonymous <em>Seattle Times</em> readers, including one reader who likened the mayor to Homer Simpson.</p> <p>&#8220;It was kind of like a mean-spirited attack on Michael," Lynch said. "They just went from talking about a thief, which was kind of the point of the article, to kind of trashing Michael again in a personal way. There was no policy there that was being discussed, that I could see.&#8221;</p> <p>Lynch said she'd grown tired of <em>Seattle Times</em> news articles that read like editorials against her husband, and saw the bike story as yet another example. "My kids read the paper," she said, adding that she'd begun hiding it from them when things appeared that were, to her, an example of the <em>Seattle Times</em> deciding to "jump on him one more time." </p> <p>"Generally, I think the <em>Times</em> just kind of doesn&#8217;t like Mike," Lynch said. "I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s a secret.&#8221;</p> <p>For a long time, she'd been talking about canceling the subscription. So, one day in early 2011, after the publication of the bike-theft article, she picked up the phone. &#8220;I just said I didn&#8217;t really enjoy reading it anymore, and I think I left it very general like that," Lynch told me. "I&#8217;m not trying to pick a fight with anybody. I just did not appreciate the product anymore.&#8221;</p> <p>To clarify something she'd said earlier, I asked Lynch whether she believes the <em>Seattle Times</em> is bullying her husband.</p> <p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t you?&#8221; she responded. &#8220;I just couldn&#8217;t read that stuff anymore.&#8221; <br /> <br />I asked: What would you recommend they do differently?</p> <p>&#8220;I would actually suggest that they read the Seattle Public Schools' anti-bullying policy,&#8221; Lynch replied. "If Mr. Boardman wants to talk to me about it, I&#8217;d be happy to talk to him about it. I really would.&#8221;</p> <p>Boardman declined to respond to Lynch's statements, but noted: "I learned of the cancellation not from any customer data <em>The Times</em> has, but when I heard the mayor chuckling about it on talk radio."</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/why-mayor-mcginns-wife-cancelled-her-familys-seattle-times-subscription#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13768168&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/7ERPuBbx2Vg" height="1" width="1"/> City http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/25/why-mayor-mcginns-wife-cancelled-her-familys-seattle-times-subscription?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13768168&id=comments 46 Why Mayor McGinn's Wife Cancelled Her Family's <em>Seattle Times</em> Subscription Fri, 25 May 2012 06:00:00 -0700 The Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/24/gay-leaders-slam-pride-parade http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/24/gay-leaders-slam-pride-parade Dominic Holden <p>It wasn't just me who raised an eyebrow over <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/24/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-seattles-pride-parade">today's news</a> about Seattle's gay pride parade. Elected officeholders, business leaders, and activists are growing increasingly peeved that political officials are being asked to pay $1,200 to march this year&#8212;while businesses only have to pay $700.</p> <p>"It's <strong>like a tax on being a supportive candidate</strong>," says Representative Jamie Pedersen, who sponsored the House version of a marriage-equality bill passed by the Washington State Legislature this year. And it's a big tax on politicians. Since last year, the fee for Pedersen and other elected officials went up $530, while business saw only a modest $30 rate hike. </p> <p>"They are basically saying, '<strong>We don't want candidates or elected officials</strong> in the pride parade,'" Pedersen says.</p> <p>Seattle Out and Proud (SOaP), which produces the parade, simply explains on its website that participants must pay higher fees this year due to "increasing cost associated with putting on such a large event." Reached by e-mail, <strong>SOaP director Adam Rosencrantz</strong> said that the group created a fourth category of parade entrants&#8212;elected officials and political organizations, which used to pay the same amount as businesses&#8212;because "we needed to be proactive in our fund raising and to increase parade fees was one of our options." What's the logic in targeting political leaders for the money? Rosencrantz refused to elaborate, saying, "I clearly answered that question." He added that "we are maintaining the current pricing structure."</p> <p>But several LGBT leaders have terse words for pride organizers. </p> <p>Gay-rights activist Thomas Pitchford has created a <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/seattle-pride-parade-soap-end-pricing-discrimination-provide-transparency?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=autopublish">Change.org petition</a> that accuses the parade of "<strong>bilking candidates and office holders</strong>" and questions SOaP's accounting. "Where does the money go?" the petition asks. </p> <p>And as Pedersen points out, "One of the key purposes of pride has been for the community to show its political power and support. When you have someone like Senator Ed Murray or me making the calculation that it doesn't pencil out to march, there is <strong>something drastically wrong</strong>."</p> <p>Meanwhile, Louise Chernin, president of the Greater Seattle Business Association, is nonplussed: "I am not even sure why they would do that. If the fee discourages participation from people who are working to support equality and rights, that is a<strong> serious problem</strong>. I am going to call them and ask what is the purpose of this is."</p> <p>Finally, the marriage equality director of Equal Rights Washington, a group named one of the parade's grand marshals, expressed his concern, too. "SOaP is <em>not</em> a deeply political organization," Josh Friedes acknowledges. "We can do a better job educating SOaP on making it easy for elected officials who want to show their support to do so."</p> <p>"There are an awful lot of elected officials who worked hard this year to secure marriage equality," Friedes adds. "They deserve thanks, and we need to be <strong>raising money to get them reelected, not taking their money</strong>."</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/24/gay-leaders-slam-pride-parade#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13767720&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stranger/slog/~4/9TGkAyXOJG0" height="1" width="1"/> LGBTQITSLFA http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/24/gay-leaders-slam-pride-parade?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13767720&id=comments 37 Thu, 24 May 2012 20:45:34 -0700 The Stranger