Via Con Dios: Apparently, the Seattle Times staff reporters didn’t have a pleasant viaduct-free drive to West Seattle yesterday evening. More to come…
Obama Changes Housing Policy—Without Congress! Obama, working in conjunction with the independent Federal Housing Finance Agency, has announced a plan to allow underwater mortgages to refinance at today’s super low rates.
Son Allegedly Kills Father: A 13 year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder after his father was shot in his sleep. His longtime fiancee was reportedly wearing earplugs, and didn’t hear the shots. What a way to wake up.
Michael Jackson’s Nurse to Testify: That the late King of Pop asked for Propofol, an intravenously-administered general anesthetic. His insomnia must have been pretty bad.
Three Generations Rescued from Rubble in Turkey: A baby, her mother, and her grandmother, were all pulled from earthquake rubble after spending 48 hours trapped by debris.
Snohomish HS Stabbing Update: It appears the whole thing was just a random act of violence. While one victim has been released, the other girl is still in critical condition after 6 hours of surgery.
Former Teacher Pleads Guilty to Voyeurism: The 44 year-old former Central Kitsap teacher was allegedly found with almost 1,200 photos of women taken “under tables, under bleachers and down their shirt.”
How Much Money Did the Tacoma Teachers’ Strike Cost? $566,000.
Rick Perry Releases Crazy Tax Plan: Paradoxically, the New York Times labels this 20% flat tax, elimination of capital gains, and $12,500 per person per household deduction as part of an effort to “bolster his substantive policy positions.”
😮 An astrological phenomenon—an eight-month guest star originally observed by the Chinese in 185 A.D.—was actually a supernova. This was, in fact, the first recording of a star’s death by mankind. The supernova has been named RCW 86, and no, it has nothing to do with Washington State flood control.
Chickens break up a rabbit fight below. (Or maybe they were trying to mate? Unclear.) It’s eerie how silent and calm things get after.
all i can see is dinner
Can these candidates actually enact all these wacky tax plans unilaterally? Or will they have to ram through Congress? I just can’t help but thInk these guys are blowing smoke up all of our asses.
It’s great to know that looking down women’s shirts is a sex crime now. Why don’t you just fucking castrate us all and be done with it.
@3, the vast majority of men are not okay with a middle-aged man taking upskirt stealth photos of their wives, sisters and daughters at the county fair. How creepy that you’re not one of them.
OMFG, @3 just committed a thought crime. Somebody call the police.
I wear ear plugs when I sleep. No way they would block the sound of a gun.
I have no idea what happened here but I don’t buy that statement.
I’ve got to agree with @6 here. I wear earplugs and ear muffs at the range when I’m shooting the really noisy stuff, and it’s still plenty loud.
@5, your logic just disappeared down the same slippery slope @3 is on. How did you guys get from “teacher taking underskirt photos of kids” to “man persecuted for thought crime! Male sexual expression is under attack in America!!”
Maybe you should make that fourth coffee whiskey-free…
No, it’s the sixth cup, and there hasn’t been any whiskey in any of them.
While I think you’re right that most people wouldn’t approve of this type of thing, I also think that it shouldn’t be a crime to take a photo of any thing or any one in public.
Listen, you’ve worn short skirts. So have I. You and I both know someone’s going to get a glimpse of panties. I don’t see how taking a photo suddenly makes it a heinous sex crime.
If you don’t want people to see your panties, don’t wear a short skirt. It’s as simple as that.
Regarding the Snohomish stabbings: stabbinfolk is just a creative way to counter the utter boredom of teenage life in a town where antique shops eventually replace everything remotely interesting.
@9, some of those girls were as young as 11. I think most people would consider taking stealth pics up their skirts to be a pretty serious crime.
And wtf is this? “You and I both know someone’s going to get a glimpse of panties”? Uh, no, not unless they’re skulking under a table, in which case you better believe I want to see them arrested. If you’re okay with people photographing your undies, that’s your business, but that doesn’t make it consensual for the rest of us.