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Much Ado about Tutu

My cousin, a journalist in my native South Africa, tagged me in a Facebook post this morning: “Imagine, something happening in Spokane that reaches SA!” Surprise, surprise: we made international news and it’s not good — so if you haven’t had your coffee and Valium this morning, save the rest of this post for when you’re [...]

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Rob McKenna Blows Gasket, Pundits Wonder if he has any Left

Gubernatorial candidate, Rob McKenna has a tendency of freaking out when asked hard questions. In fact, last year at a campaign event with King County Young Republicans, he had a young person with a video camera forcibly removed because he was a “Tracker”. In my eyes, he is well on his way to beating John [...]

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To My Bike Thief

Congratulations! You’re the proud new owner of a 52-centimeter Trek 2.1 road bike. It might be a little small for you. Maybe you’ll give it to your girlfriend. Maybe you’ll hike the seat up ride around on it yourself, basking in the adrenaline rush of that lightweight, sexy beast of a vehicle.  Here’s the problem, [...]

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Stop Spokane Suburgatory

We all know the “humans vs. nature” concept, explained to us in great films such as that Steve Carrell-Avril Lavigne monstrosity and that one weird-ass wolf movie I somehow avoided seeing in theaters (pray that Netflix picks it up.) But it’s manifesting itself as a reality in Spokane County, which is now looking to poop on [...]

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Voting Rights Extend to Perrier Drinkers

EHB 2205 is a bill to give equality to all voters, especially young voters. Statistically, most people register to vote at the DOL when they renew their license, but if you get your license at 16 or 17, you miss out on voting until you’re 21 and you go back to to renew. If you like [...]

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