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@1 - well, in your hypothetical, there would be the consideration that they were NOT camping in the park before the fire, because they had an apartment building. Not to mention those living in the vast majority of hypothetical apartment buildings that did not hypothetically burn down.

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New apartment buildings are almost always fully covered by sprinklers and are unlikely to burn down.

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"Former national security advisor Michael Flynn, former Trump campaign advisor Jason Miller, and lawyer John Eastman are three high-profile Trump allies who the Jan. 6 House committee investigating the storming of the Capitol building have subpoenaed to stand before them."

According to Costa/Woodward in "Peril," at least two of those - Miller and Eastman, IIRC - were involved in the 11th-hour quarterbacking of the failed coup the night before January 6. If they refuse to testify, or want to follow Bannon in his plan to ignore the subpoena, Congress needs to drag them all in front of them in chains, if they have to. I know it's not typically protocol for them to do that, but it's also not typically protocol for one party to fan the flames of sedition and stage an insurrection either.

But they probably won't, and then they'll be BAFFLED when every legal procedure possible drags it out beyond the midterms and we have a repeat.

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I'm all for everyone Orange Turd Death Cult getting roasted on a spit before being exiled in heavy chains. Wally Gator and friends in the Mar-a-Lunatic Swamp can't wait.
May it truly be a page out of Stephen King's novel, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshannk Redemption:
Inmates, chanting: "Fresh fish! Fresh fish! Fresh fish! Fresh fish! Fresh fish! Fresh fish! Fresh fish!"
Orange Turd, bawling: "I ain't s'pposed to be IN HERE!!"

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I've been assuming that the Cinerama is dead. Which is depressing. The Cinerama was by far the best movie house in the city. Best in the entire Pacific Northwest for that matter.

But I don't think it was ever profitable. It was a passion project of Paul Allen, and I don't think he really cared if it made money or not. It would periodically make some money for a few weeks on big blockbusters, but overall I'm pretty sure it was a money loser. And while that didn't seem to matter to Paul Allen himself, I imagine his estate won't be willing to run it at a loss perpetually.

Don't get me wrong. If it came back to life, I'd be thrilled. I fucking love the Cinerama. But I don't think it's going to happen.

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@12, the left has really gone crazy with this “horse dewormer” thing. The variety of Ivermectin used for human ailments is completely different from the animal version. It’s been prescribed by doctors for some time. And while the FDA has not approved it for COVID treatment, doctors are in some cases prescribing it for that purpose nonetheless.

Yes, a few morons in the hinterlands who don’t science very well have eaten horse paste, because they’re morons. But if I got sick and a doctor prescribed it, I’d take it and so would you. So please just stop.

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@11 You may be right, but I'll bet MoPop (or whatever it's called this week) isn't profitable either. Does anyone go there more than once or twice? If the Allen estate has fallen on hard times, I'd much rather they close that and reopen Cinerama.

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"mum's the word on when exactly the Paul Allen Estate-owned Belltown cinema will reopen"

Wait, you think it's going to re-open? That's cute.

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@17/18, the FDA’s own website describes its use for a variety of human afflictions. And I’m not advocating that people go out and buy horse paste. I’m saying that when people on the left keep calling it “horse dewormer” when it’s clearly not just that, and when doctors are prescribing it FOR COVID in at least some cases, it makes us look like idiots.

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I'm not the sharpest tack in the box, but I have learned this: There are two words that the Universe abhors - always and never.

Lots of grand, cinematic memories associated with Cinerama. Maybe Mr. Allen had those, too, so while he was alive, there would always be a Cinerama! (When you are rich, you can use words like always and never.) I liked it fresh and re-done, and I liked it kinda tattered. Wonderful place to spend a hot day because they kept the thermostat on "chill". But with all the changes in Seattle - some of which I still strongly protest like a lost cause - did we really think the Cinerama would survive? I mean, look what hasn't.

The real estate boys have been foaming at the mouth to get their hands on it for a long time. Fourth and Lenora?.....shit. Ain't no history or sweet memories or aesthetics worth more than billions of dollars. Right, boys? It's a wonder how we still have Central Park in NYC or Stanley Park in Vancouver.

It feels like one of life's little deaths, but things go away no matter how much you wish otherwise.


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