Nutter Shitshow Redux! Eight Republican presidential candidates will line up at 6:00 p.m. West Coast time and start yapping.

At this Exact Second: The stock market is on an upswing.

In News that Requires No Link: People are wearing sweatshirts and coats on this August Seattle morning.

A Toast to Your Wealth: Approving an initiative to privatize the liquor business could earn the state up to $480 million over six years, according to the state's Office of Financial Management.

Car Tab Cage Battle: City council members were crushed under an avalanche of testimony in favor of placing the $80 car tab fee on the November ballot, with only a few dissenters to be found.

A network proposed in the draft Seattle Transit Master Plan (click to enlarge)
  • Via Seattle Transit Blog
  • A network proposed in the draft Seattle Transit Master Plan (click to enlarge)
Fund the full $80 Car Tab Fee? Do it for the streetcars.

That Shit Is Fuckin' Sick: Council committee gives nod to a paid sick leave bill, with reservations. Council member Sally Clark, who seconded a motion to approve the bill, hops into comments and defends expressing her concerns about equity for large and small businesses.

Advertorial: Seattlepi.com has taken to making its lead story a photo of a house for sale with a click through to a real estate blurb.

We're Announcing the Geniuses! Visual art is DK Pan; film is Gary Hill; theater is John Osebold; more to come!

Oy Vey: Weapon wielding 22 year old shot by sheriff's deputies at his Shoreline home:

"Before they could really do anything else, the suspect comes out of the house with a chef's knife in one hand and a shotgun," Urquhart said."And that's when they shot him."

Investigators did not give details about the deputies involved or say how many shots were fired, though family and friends at the scene said Albrecht was shot four times.

The Mob Has Voted: A randomized, scientific, and legally binding poll shows that people support legalizing fireworks in Seattle on the Fourth of July by 65 to 35 percent.

Talk vs. Walk: Martin Duke at Seattle Transit Blog is probing gubernatorial candidates to follow through on the state's promise to fund transit along with the deep-bore tunnel. So far, Duke says he's "not received a response from either."