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RANDOM LINKS FOR 7/29/11

July 28th, 2011 by Clark Humphrey

Another local bicyclist was struck, and at this writing remains in critical condition, after getting struck by a hit-and-run driver (in, as if you hadn’t guessed, an SUV).
Crooks in a local art heist had very specific tastes. They only took stuff by one guy, Hispanic-heritage painterÂ Esteban Silva.
The NY Observer claims Brooklyn’s becoming more like Portland, or rather like the Portlandia Portland.
Could “Sonics Appreciation Night” at tonight’s Mariners game be one of the greatest single events in M’s history? It’ll certainly rank among this sorry year’s highlights.
Besides the usual fringe-right-wing suspects, here’s someone else who seems to believe the Norway massacre wasn’t all that awful. It’s Morrissey. He apparently thinks the existence of fast food is a worse crime.
James Warren, who knew Obama back when, insists the guy’s no Clinton “centrist” but a seeker of deals, a professional bargainer. But is he enough of a hard bargainer?
Meanwhile, even John Boehner is apparently not looney-right enough for the looney-rightâ€¦
â€¦While Robert Reich suggests another force pressuring the Democrats into caving to shock-treatment budget cutsâ€”the Wall St. bond rating cartel.
The traditionally cars-before-people Eastside is getting its very own light rail line. Sometime in the next decade. Unless Bellevue Square tycoon Kemper Freeman, who hates transit, has his way and stops it.
Science Guy 1, Fox News 0.