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That Post: Was by me. It responded to statements made by Ben Carson, a former surgeon picked by Trump to run HUD because he is black and says things racist whites like to hear about blacks (such as black culture, not racism, is the cause of black poverty), during his confirmation hearing on January 12. Facebook disapproved of my use of the word nigger to describe exactly how Carson is being played by the party of white America, and so removed my post because it did not meet "community standards." This is the same Facebook that let stories about Hillary-loving pedophiles in the back of a D.C. pizzeria circulate through its system for months. The same Facebook that was used by the alt-right/white supremacists to target fake and dead stories at specific groups in its community. In short, the same Facebook that helped elect a proudly racist president. This social media corporation has decided that I'm below its community's standards and the alt-right is not, has decided that it's fine to treat blacks like niggers but not fine to say you are treating blacks like niggers. But this is the fact of the matter: Carson is going to do real harm to my real community, which is black.

The killer of Pronto is in this pic.
The killer of bike sharing is in this pic. CITY OF SEATTLE

Bike Sharing in Seattle? Dead. Mayor Ed Murray, who is weak on public transportation to begin with, had no difficulty killing Pronto and its replacement, which was to be operated by Bewegen this March. He is now offering a lot of hot air about how the city's money for bike sharing will go elsewhere. But if we put the kind of energy that has gone into Bertha, that ridiculously massive and pointless tunnel for cars, into bike sharing, it would still be a thing in this city. It is fitting that the mayor who helped give birth to Bertha is the same mayor who pulled the trigger on poor Pronto.

A Stabbing At Lynnwood Mall: It happened at 2 p.m. on Sunday, involved two men, and might have left one of them dead if a man identified by KIRO as Jonathan Gover, had not thrown his body and life into the dangerous confusion. As shoppers were screaming and fleeing the mall, he did the right thing and helped to restore order. The victim, who turned out to be an employee at a gyro restaurant, was taken to Harborview Medical Center with a bad injury; and the suspect, who turned out to be a customer in the gyro restaurant, was taken into custody. This was the second stabbing at the mall. But if truth be told, I would much rather face a man with a knife than a man with a gun.

Suspect in Suspicious Fire at Bellevue Mosque Reported to Have a Mental Illness: The Bellevue Police Chief Steve Mylett: "The suspect, Mr. Isaac Wayne Wilson, a 37-year-old male, was taken into custody for investigation for second-degree arson..." The fire happened this Saturday. KIRO found that a man with the same name as the suspect is wanted for "allegedly vandalizing Niketown in downtown Seattle last summer," and once told "officers he is schizophrenic and wanted to go to jail." This information, if correct, points toward mental illness. Often social illnesses, such as Islamophobia, only worsen the condition of individuals with mental illnesses.

Oregon Man And His Boy Swept into the Pacific Ocean: Yesterday afternoon, two humans from the Eugene area were on a beach on the Oregon Coast between Bandon and Port Orford when the roiling sea rose, reached, and pulled them out to the largest body of water on this planet. The man is 31 years old, and his son is 2. The Coast Guard searched for their bodies with two helicopters and a 47-foot motor lifeboat. The Oregon State Police troopers searched for them with ATVs. The search on the shore lasted for 5 hours.

Seattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Won't Be Attending the Inauguration: And she will not be the only Democrat skipping this fiasco. BBC: "The number of Democratic members of Congress saying they will boycott Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday has increased to 26." Happy MLK day, Trump.

One Down: Plagiarism caught up with Monica Crowley. The Hill: "She will not take a role in the new Trump administration in the wake of plagiarism accusations, according to multiple reports." Still, plagiarism is better than pussy grabbing.



Jennifer Holliday? Is famous again! This time for pulling out of Trump's inauguration. I, like millions of Americans, heard of this black singer for the first time last week, when it was announced that she would participate in the inauguration with someone who almost won something on TV, a singer from the sticks, and drummer who is to humans what Animal was to the Muppet Show. Holliday, however, has a following in the LBGT community (she has performed with the Seattle Men’s Chorus and the Gay Men's Chorus in Washington, D.C.), and these fans were rightly upset about her performing for a man who is an open enemy of the community that supports her work. She smelled the coffee and pulled the plug on the whole bad business. (Yes, I love mixing metaphors.) And besides, no black person should be doing anything for Trump. The very fact that he treats black athletes and entertainers as black leaders, and pisses on black politicians like John Lewis and Obama, exposes his racism. DL Hughely, a comedian, breaks it down:

"You know why you have a comedian, rapper and football player out to talk about the concerns of the community... Because that’s the positions you’re used to seeing us in. You’d rather have Black people as comedians, football players and rappers than the President. You’d rather see us run the ball than run the country. ”