First things first: I know we are seeing the sun set earlier and earlier, but the summer weather is still here! On this beautiful Thursday, Seattlites can expect clear, sunny skies all day. The morning will start out in the low 60s, steadily climb to the mid 70s and peak at around 4pm. If you don’t have time to picnic with the girls today, don’t fear. Tomorrow will be even warmer.
FYI: Are you a Providence patient with an Aetna insurance plan? Well, according to the Seattle Times, you could soon lose your coverage if the two companies don’t resolve heated negotiations over a new contract soon. If only the United States treated healthcare as a human right. Sad!
Tune in: Presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz will appear on CNN tonight in their first major, unscripted interview since President Joe Biden’s departure from the race. This comes after Harris’s critics dogged on her for weeks for assuming the position without a real primary or the full scrutiny of the media. She’s still facing criticism for doing the interview with Walz instead of solo, but, as Twitter noted, presidential candidates appear with their VP picks all the time.
Okay, Meghan. https://t.co/zJ2iI2r9O4 pic.twitter.com/ljK4waasXF
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 28, 2024
Fork found in kitchen: Turns out, Brittany Mahomes, the NFL wife who always dresses like its Christian Girl Autumn in 2016, is most likely a Trumper. Some Swifties wonder if this will be the end of once-Biden supporter Taylor Swift’s friendship with Mahomes, but if Mahomes’s assault apologia wasn’t a dealbreaker, I think we can expect to see them chumming it up in the stands this football season.
Tax the rich: According to a new report from the Tax Foundation, Seattle and Tacoma rank #1 and #2 in a list of cities with the highest combined sales tax rate. With a boost from the 6.5% state sales tax, Seattle levies a 10.35% sales tax and Tacoma a 10.3%. Sales tax pays for important stuff, for sure. But it’s an incredibly regressive way to generate public funds as it disproportionately burdens working class people. We desperately need to flip over the State’s upside down tax structure so that the wealthiest people pay more than the poorest. If you disagree and you’re reading this, I can almost guarantee you are fighting against your own economic interest.
Dismissed: A Federal Judge dismissed a lawsuit against Seattle Police Officer Noah Zech who shot and killed 24 year-old Shaun Fuhr after the cop chased him following a domestic violence incident in 2020. For those following the news at the time, you’ll remember the cop shot Fuhr while he was holding his infant daughter.
Protect the free press: A Nevada jury sentenced Former Clark County public administrator Robert Telles to life in prison for killing Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in September 2022. The Clark County District Attorney said the verdict should send a “clear message that any attempts to silence the media, or to silence or intimidate a journalist, will not be tolerated.”
Question for the culture: A Twitter user asked why he did not see the Seattle City Council at the YIMBYs For Harris Zoom event. As I pointed out, I don’t think many of them have the cred to attend. Lucky for them, if they want to support Harris, there’s a Zoom fundraiser aimed at just about every interest group. So, fill in the blank. The Seattle City Council should host a _____s For Harris. Sound off in the comments below!
The council who rejected developer incentives for projects led by BIPOC orgs may not qualify as “YIMBYs For Harris” https://t.co/kbrlbrY5fr
— Hannah Krieg (@hannahkrieg) August 29, 2024
Israel attacks West Bank: In one of the largest attacks the West Bank has seen in months, Israeli Defense Forces launched a raid into Jenin and Tulkarm yesterday, killing at least 10 Palestinians. This morning, the AP reports Israeli has killed an additional six people, including a local commander. The AP claimed that Israel deemed most of the victims “militants,” but do note Israel does not consider any Palestinian an innocent civilian.
Idaho update: Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, wants to move his trial outside of Latah County. He and his lawyers fear a Latah County jury will be biased against him.
Random lore drop: This song, but its me when I was in love with my ex boyfriend’s ex girlfriend:
Some
Excellent
News in bibi’s
One-sided War
On Palestinians
Aka Keep bibi the
Fuck outta Prison/Jail:
Demonstrators
lashed out at Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
accusing him of torpedoing efforts
to secure a cease-fire in exchange for
the hostages’ release. The country’s largest
labor union said it would go on strike on Monday.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/01/world/israel-hamas-gaza-war
topple
bibi: End
this Massacre
oh
and
let’s
Quit
Fucking
FUNDING IT.
“total collapse into limp acceptance”
There’s
the wormmy
we all Know &
despise. you go grrrl!
“you can’t get anyone to
agree with all of your other rants”
your
projected
screech for
unconsummated
affirmation is duly noted
Wormtongue. bugger tf offf.
& get
back to
your River:
“we Miss you,
Candirú!” can
you not Hear
them?
@54: Nice attempt at distraction, but your extremely careful silence on the proximate cause of said unrest, Hamas’ murder of six hostages (because the Israelis had gotten just a little too close to rescuing them) gave your game away. While no one will ever need yet more confirmation on how the lives of innocent Israeli civilians mean absolutely nothing to the “GENOCIDE!!!” crowd, your easy admission of it did come as a nice surprise. (Ironic, isn’t it: this one thing you did not write will forever count for far more than everything you ever actually did.)
@55: Get back to your Xitter. Barring unforeseen sudden vast improvement, the Stranger will continue to feed you vast amounts of material from there, and you’ll continue to swallow all of it with blissful satisfaction. Lapping up what you claim to despise might be a really unpleasant way to confirm Horseshoe Theory, but as confirm it you always must, no one should have any surprise you took the easiest available option.
tl;dr.
mind
repeat-
ing that?
thnx!
“While no one will ever need yet more confirmation on how the lives of innocent Israeli civilians mean absolutely nothing to”
right,
wormmy.
there has been
no Bigger Apologist
for bibi’s little Genocide.
looks like
shit’s about
to hit the fan
for bibi’s Exit
nyt:
srael Prepares for Major
Labor Strike Over
Hostage Killings
Much of the country is set to shut down,
a dramatic reflection of outrage over the
deaths of six hostages in Gaza. The strike
follows massive protests calling for
Israel to reach a hostage deal
with Hamas.
Much of Israel’s economy was set to grind to a halt Monday morning as a labor strike to protest the government’s Gaza strategy laid bare a growing schism among Israelis over their leaders’ reluctance to swiftly agree to a cease-fire with Hamas.
In the broadest expression of anti-government dissent since the war began, union chiefs and business leaders were joining forces to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to agree to a truce in Gaza that could facilitate the release of roughly 100 hostages still held there by Hamas.
Most schools, many businesses and the nation’s largest airport were set to close.
more:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/01/world/hostages-strike-israel-gaza-war
adios
bibi?
let us
Hope so.
Free the Hostages.
Free Israel.
END the
Madness.
@56
“Hamas’ murder of six hostages”
you mean
Isreali Offensive Forces as-yet-
Unsubstantiated Claim of:
“Hamas’ murder of six hostages.”
in your Haste
to pin their Murder
on ANYone But Israel
wormmy you don’t disappoint
Hell:
you Never Do.
@58, cont’d:
“Their plans echoed a national outpouring of grief, fury and protest after the bodies of six hostages were recovered in Gaza over the weekend.
[Jewish?]* Advocates for the hostages and critics of Mr. Netanyahu argued that a cease-fire agreement could have saved their lives.
Through months of cease-fire negotiations, Mr. Netanyahu has refused to agree to a truce that would involve Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza or lead to a permanent halt to the fighting, saying that either move could allow Hamas to survive and endanger Israel’s long-term security.
As a result, Hamas has also refused to compromise, saying that it will not release more hostages without a permanent cease-fire.”
well
there
ya Go.
*omg:
anti-Semites?
speaking
of Mxtwitter:
when
we Allow
Great Wealth
Too Much Power:
Musk’s Starlink Defies
Order to Block X
in Brazil
The satellite internet service
controlled by Elon Musk is
refusing to comply with a
court order to block his
social network, X,
regulators said.
The move also illustrated the sheer power of Mr. Musk and his business empire. Having built or bought leading companies with increasing control over how people connect and communicate, Mr. Musk is trying to leverage that influence to confront authorities and challenge laws he does not like.
–by Jack Nicas; Sept. 1, 2024
reporting from Rio de Janeiro
more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/world/americas/elon-musk-brazil-starlink-x.html
“money = speech.”
–@Citizens United:
Destroyer of the USA and
of our little fucking Democracy.
oh and
don’t
use
Mxtwitter.
“The move
also illustrated
the sheer power of
Mr. Musk and his business empire.”
neolibs
and cons!
really Love them
some Free Marketeers
like MUX – cuz he Gets their
Far Right Message ACROSS. NO
MATTER WHAT. Big Money gonna
Destroy Planet Earth, bitches. now what?
@57:
Sigh. There was a deal for a cease-fire and hostage exchange. Hamas literally destroyed it with an attack on Tel Aviv. All you’re doing by ignoring it is justifying Bibi’s refusal to repeat it.
(Also, what sort of deeply troubled country would refuse to work on the first Monday in September? Little wonder you take this as a sign of trouble!)
@58: Let us know when you and Johnstone have finally decided 10/7 was a false-flag operation by Shin Bet. (You know it’s just a matter of time for her…)
Shorter rest of it: “Elon Musk is evil. The Xitter is bad. The Stranger will not receive a word of criticism from me for avidly promoting both. Also, Fascism, so there!!”
@62 — “I Hate tS
and Never miss
an Issue!”
well. weak sauce
even from you
Wormtongue.
your far right
Agenda be
damned.
@62 — speaking of Caitlin Johnstone
(and an abridged Wormtongue):
The West
Truly Doesn’t See
Palestinians As Human
The message is clear:
Israelis dying is a terrible
tragedy, while Palestinians dying
is just the normal way for things to be.
An Israeli dying should matter as much to you as your own family or friends dying, while a Palestinian dying should be regarded as a routine and natural event like a drop of rain falling from the sky.
And that’s an important message for westerners to be indoctrinated with. Can you imagine if we all started caring about western bombs being dropped in the middle east as much as we would care if they were being dropped on our own country, or on a country we’ve been conditioned to sympathize with?
All their carefully manufactured consent
would crumble, and people would
cease allowing the western empire
to do what it needs to do
to dominate the planet.
These people are actively working to
subvert our basic sense
of human empathy.
To twist our psyches
into being unable to recognize
the same level of humanity among
empire-targeted populations as empire-supported ones.
To see authorized populations
as worthy of care and sympathy,
and to see unauthorized populat-
ions as vermin in need of extermination.
Yes, our rulers really are that evil,
and so are the propagandists
who run the mass media.
So today I would like to extend my deepest condolences to the millions of Palestinians who’ve lost loved ones and had their lives thrown to the winds of chaos by Israel’s western-backed campaign of extermination, ethnic cleansing, and terrorism.
And I would like to remind my readers that Israel has exponentially more hostages than Hamas has, and murders them routinely, and rapes and tortures them constantly.
And it is right
that we should care
deeply about that. Even
if the people who rule over
us [and their psycophants] do not.
–by Caitlin Johnstone
so much more:
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-west-truly-doesnt-see-palestinians
@64
“And I would like to remind my readers
that Israel has exponentially more
hostages than Hamas has, and
murders them routinely, and
rapes and tortures them
constantly.”
@64: Again, let us know when you and Johnstone have finally decided 10/7 was a false-flag operation by Shin Bet. (It looks like she’s getting even closer!)
@65: Hahahahahaha… her attempts to shout down Israeli rape victims, international women’s groups, and the New York Times didn’t go very well, apparently.
(Also, what’s with her use of the plural, “readers”? You constantly copypasting huge gluts of her swill here doesn’t mean that anyone who happens to get caught in the deluge is one of “her” “readers”.)
well
since your
begging so profusely
“You Can Measure The Health Of
A Society By How It Treats Its
Warmongers And Its
Peacemongers
When those who push for war are elevated to positions of prominence in government and media while those who push for peace are smeared as antisemites and Russian agents, you know you are living in a wildly dysfunctional civilization.
When politicians who promote the interests of empire managers and war profiteers rocket to the top echelons of government while those who promote the interests of war victims and ordinary people have their homes raided and their devices seized by police under counter-terrorism laws, you know you are living in a profoundly sick society.
When those who spend their lives promoting mass military slaughter at every opportunity are rewarded with esteemed and lucrative punditry careers while those who call for an end to mass military slaughter have their influence relegated to increasingly marginalized online platforms, you know you are living in dystopia.
War is the most insane thing humans do.
The most destructive. The most traumatizing.
The most destabilizing. The least sustainable.
The least morally defensible. The least conducive
to human thriving. It is promoted by the very worst
among us, and it is opposed by the very best.” Duh.
–by Caitlin Johnstone; Sep 03, 2024
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/you-can-measure-the-health-of-a-society
well There ya Go
wormmy. Now get
Busy & burn it Down