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RANDOM LINKS FOR 10/18/11

October 17th, 2011 by Clark Humphrey

Get an early start on your holiday shopping needs with the Seattle Catalog. It’s a a select listing (in print and online) of handmade art and decor items, ranging from the decorative to the whimsical.
On Saturday, Occupy Seattle was the fifth biggest “occupy” gathering in the country. On Monday, the city authorities cleared the site out again, with more protesters arrested.
As Eric Scigliano notes, the Westlake site of Occupy SeattleÂ has been a place of contention and dispute for five decades, ever since it was first christened as the world’s fair monorail’s end point.
If GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna’s supposed to be such a “moderate,” how come he’s got far-right dungeon master Karl Rove speaking on his behalf at a Bellevue fundraiser?
A Bellevue cemetery now has a special golfers-only section.
Legalizing pot, nowÂ more popular than ever.
You might have expected this: The right-wing site “We Are the 53 Percent,” purporting to speak on behalf of “real” taxpayers, isÂ a total fraud.
Wacky headline atop a tragic story: “Teen girl forced to wear armor, fight stepfather with wooden sword.” Within the story, you learn the Yelm medieval re-enactor’s stepdaughter was also beaten and punched, as punishment for going to a party without his or her mom’s permission.

One Response

Art Marriott writes:
October 18th, 201112:14 pmat

The fact that CNN would employ someone like Erik Erickson (and for a princely salary at that) is further evidence of that network’s transformation into “Fox in sheep’s clothing”.