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1

We need the rain, we need the snow. Can't always be sunny In fact, we are one of the cloudiest (~220 days heavy cloud cover) city in the lower 48 so there are going to be to be "depressing gray skies"

2

Trump allegedly commits potential crime - Not charged!
Smollett allegedly commits potential crime - Not charged!
Is everybody happy?
Well, of course not!
(Legal disclainer- Do Not allegedly commit any potential crimes!!)

3

@1: Getting on peoples case on their use of their adjectives doesn't help in combatting climate change.

4

I can't wait for all the Smollet haters on Slog to weigh in with their theories. Was it the Deep State that got the charges dropped?! Was the entire incident scripted by Fox to boost Empire's ratings?!! Did those from the Chicago PD get paid scale? Did they have to join the Screen Actors guild or were they classified as extras?!!! WAS EVERYONE INVOLVED A CRISIS ACTOR EMPLOYED BY CLINTON/OBAMA11!?!??!!

5

@1 Agreed, I'll happily take some rain now in exchange for less smoke this summer. However, there's only about five hundredths of an inch predicted over the next few days so I think it may be too soon to get our hopes up.

6

"The Sackler family, ... is reported to be exploring bankruptcy for their company."

Nah. If they hooked Millions of people on their HIGHLY-ADDICTIVE "pain"-killers, and turned them into Drug Addicts (WHILST POCKETING B I L L I O N S), if we refuse to let students walk away from careers-ending unfucking Payable Student Loans, let us do the same for the Sackliar Fambly as we would for ANY OTHER HARD DRUGS PUSHERS -- a fambly (probably) responsible for having killed, through their addictions, hundreds of thousands -- NO Bankruptcy, PLUS fucking LIFE, in Prison, without the Possibility of parole, ever.

If we're gonna be Tough on Crime!, let us (at least) be somewhat Consistent.

7

@3 My issue isn't solely with the adjective but more broadly with the on-going complaining about rainy/cloudy weather when most days are typically cloudy/rainy here (the odds it will change are very low). Anyway, when it rains down here in winter, it's snowing up there and only a fool would complain about that.

8

@4: There's more extenuating circumstances we should know. Nevertheless, what that POS did was horrible and damaging on so many levels.

8

Oh, wait -- are the Scklers RICH?

Nevermind.

They'll get the JustUs! they deserve:
whatever the fuck they can Afford.

9

All of Seattle's garbage goes to a facility in Oregon. It says so in the article if you read beyond the headline. The facility in question is for King County folks outside of Seattle.

11

@7 didn't mean to call Tim, a fool. It was a joke.

12

@10, Im sure Jussie Smollett will go and help the CPD find the real criminals...just like OJ did

13

@10: LOL, well certainly not you! You don't think hate crimes are even a thing.
@12: Aww somebody needs to put a little sugar in their morning cuppa joe! Is it a little too bitter for you Screaming? It seems like it's a little too bitter for you.

14

The Cook County prosecutor already said that they dropped the charges because Smollett gave the city his $100,000 bond. Obviously there is more politics there than that, but to come out and just say it is pretty neat.

Rich man of immense privilege buys his way out of the consequences of his actions.

A tale as old as time.

The funny part to me is that when the laughably fake details came out and the police said they were investigating the hoax as a hoax, people claimed it was because of the corrupt Chicago machine that he was being charged. Yet, it is because of the corrupt Chicago machine that he goes free. The world is a funny place.

16

@12,

I bet he won't do that. In fact, I'm thinking the whole fiasco was nothing more than a long, elaborate ruse designed with no more ill intent than to personally piss you off. And in that respect, it worked absolutely swimmingly.

18

Not all bees sting. Mason Bees for example. Plus they are just pollinators.

19

@14: Sure baby, sure. Why don't you ask Screaming to pass the sugar when he's done with it.

20

Sun's out, Anon is sad : (

21

@6- The trope of 'crushing student debt' is getting a bit tiresome. as of 2018 (the last year of available data) the median debt upon leaving school w/ a BA/BS is $25,000. 37% of Americans age 18-29 have some student student debt, most people in repayment have a current balance under $7000, and the average monthly payment is $222.

Recent graduates are also very bad at assessing their own positions and prospects. about half have doubts about the value of the degrees. However 31% of 25-39yo adults without degrees live in economically depressed households (

(above numbers from Pew research, Georgetown U public policy research, and National center for education stats)

Yes, college is too expensive. But serving in Americorp ($6,000/yr education repayment, plus deferment while serving) for 3 years will repay the vast majority of student debt. It also pays some money and health care, provides some real experience, and is something everyone ought to do anyway. This is how I repaid my student loans.

22

If you all believe heroin should be legalized - like it pretty much has been in Seattle - why are you complaining when people get addicted to opiates?

23

@17: Eddie Johnson, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, is a black man.

23

edit to @21 31% of young adults w/o degree live in households making under $25k, but only 8% of those w/ degrees are in that income bracket. A degree on average earns you 84% more than just a diploma.

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@19: The quote is everywhere right now, you can pretend it does not exist if that makes life easier, but you can't demand other people play pretend with you.

Rich people buying themselves out of a two-tiered legal system is corruption, and I have no idea why you are cheering it on.

One other thing I would like to ask though, I noticed that you and the other cranky old lady are always talking about sugar intake and people eating too many doughnuts or something when you "insult" them. What is up with that?

25

Cats?! I have a sick desire to go see it even though I caught part of it on TV once and was surprised to find that it really is about cats.

26

Interesting that news regarding national healthcare barely even makes a ripple while we all gossip about a rich Hollywood actor.

27

FWIW, you can currently get TWO Pronto Uomo suits from The Mens Warehouse for about $300. But, unlike a NASA human-rated Extravehicular Mobility Unit (average cost: around $2mm) they won't keep you from suffocating or freezing in hard-vacuum.

28

9 is correct. This is not Seattle's garbage. Seattle does not own any active landfills. This is a problem for pretty much the rest of the county, though.

29

I don't know the details of the Smollett case, but if the whole thing hinged on him lying about being assaulted (lying isn't a crime, as Individual One has proven 8000 times), and he wasn't assaulted because he arranged the whole thing, it looks to me like the DA didn't want to waste everyone's time prosecuting for wasting police time.

30

"... but you can't demand other people play pretend with you." --Teddy

Very. Rich.

31

@24: Yes, yes baby. Why don't you go cry in the corner with Tomi Lahren about this TRAHVESTY OF JUUUUUSTIIIIIICE. I hear she's pretty upset about it too.
Sugar is sweet and so am I. ;)
XOXO

32

@27,

Typical lib-tard neglecting fiscally responsible cost-cutting measures in the name of not suffocating or freezing in hard vacuum. #Keep America Great Again!

33

@29: Lying isn't a crime. But filing a false police report is a crime.

34

@31: I don't know who that is, but at least you are having fun today, you are normally so joyless!

35

Ever since I first laid eyes on Seattle back in 1993, traffic has been a nightmare. It’s only gotten worse.

How is it that the country’s fifth largest metropolitan area can be completely paralyzed whenever a single truck has an accident on the freeway?

The only steps taken to address this problem in the 30 odd years I’ve been associated with the greater Seattle area is the link light rail. Even that is taking forever to expand to a point where it will be useful. It’s rents in King County rising to astronomical levels, nobody working in the service industry can afford to live here. Well, if you’re going to force us all to commute from Tacoma or Everett, why can’t we get fast clean and cheap transportation into the city?

Every other metro area in North America has a decent public transit system, but ours has barely developed since the 1980’s. In some places, like Pierce County, it’s even contracted from here it was. The busses don’t even run to Puyallup anymore, not with enough trips to make that a viable commute anyway. And even then, you still have to deal with traffic.

36

Of course Teddy doesn't know who Tomi Lahren is. he's a genius whose ideas are all completely 100% totally original.

37

I wonder if Sarah McLachlan will be doing the sound of the all-electric seaplanes that BC is switching to this year?

That might be fun.

38

@34: Oh please, a right wing darling beloved by all the sites you frequent, AND she's been mentioned here in the hallowed halls of Slog as well? And "YoU hAvE NeveR HearD oF hEr"
Uh huh.
Dude you've commented on posts about her, more than once, so quit your fibbing.

39

I delightfully tune in FNC on a regular basis and even I didn't know, or forgot, who Tomi Lahren is. So I guess it's fair to say her career is sputtering and not surprising that folks have to google her.

40

@39: You are sweet to try to spare Theodore embarrassment. :)

41

Isn't it about time we dropped the spacesuit competition from the pageant anyway?

42

@32:

Well, I CAN think of a couple of people I'd like to see launched into space with nothing more to protect from the cold, black void of vacuum than a cheap Italian suit...

43

A grand jury returned a 16-count indictment against Smollett. Charges were dropped because his alleged hate crime was not violent, according to Joe Magats, the prosecutor who made the decision.

So I guess as long as nobody gets hurt, go ahead and commit your hate crime. Sticks and stones will break my bones but....

44

Smolllett's a Jerk.

Let him take a little Time Off too.

45

@38: You can't just assume everyone is as tuned into Mean Girl Twitter drama as you are. Not everyone spends their day hate-reading dumb bullshit online.

46

45

You keep saying, "You can't... " as if YOU make the Rules.

But they CAN
and they DO.

So -- why won't they Listen?

47

@45: Who's talking about Twitter? Are we on Twitter? No. We're talking about how you have commented on posts regarding her right here on Slog.
Look, I get that it's upsetting to realize that you're starting to forget things so I don't hold your saltines against you.
Would you like some help researching memory care resources in your area?

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@47: While it may not compare to your archive of Slog comments that you have kept over the years, I googled my username and "Tomi Lahren" and got two relevant results, both of which are about a year old.

One of which I am simply commenting on how funny it is that Kate Herzog gets so much crap for only toeing 99% of the party line, unrelated to the article. The other one, I literally state I do not know who Tomi Lahren is.

Here is the comment you have been thinking about for a year:

"Where exactly do all these political celebrities hang out or show their work?

I see their names in articles (people like Milo Yabbadabbalous, this person [seems to be Tomi Lahren, via context], Lauren Southern), but I can't say I have ever read/seen anything they made.

Is it all just YouTube videos? I know the Milo guy was an editor for Brietbart, but what about the other ones? What sphere do these people even operate in? Are they "journalists?""

Anyway, my advice: try dialing the "obsessive weirdo" factor down a few notches. It's not a good look. Also, I don't eat saltines, so you would have to bring your own.

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@48: Good for you! You did exactly what I did. I'm glad you're finding tools to help you when you start to feel a little foggy in your recollections. Oh and thank you for sharing your cracker preferences! I'll make a note of it in case you forget that too.

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@49: Oh, I figure, you have made it creepily clear that you take careful note of everything I say on here.

But, do you think it is normal and healthy to care so much? Hell, even I don't bother to think about everything I say on here, I can't imagine choosing to archive it for everyone else. This blog is a poor stand-in for a social life.

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@50: Poor Theodore! They say that paranoia is often a symptom experienced by those like yourself suffering from memory issues. You should probably talk to your care provider about it.


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