Fuck you, Seattle PD, redux

Looks like their response to crime and thugs is to turn downtown into Stormtrooper Central. I hadn’t noticed it today, given that my mind is on other things, but I’ll be keeping watch over the next few weeks. I carry my camera with me at all times, so if I get any interesting [...]

Rumpled spirit

Internal conflict seems to be the order of the day, lately.
On the one hand, I have an incredibly lucrative job offer from a reputable firm, a firm that sought me out to recruit. On the other, I have my current employer who is putting up a fight for me to remain. I am [...]

Constitutions matter?

All over the city of Tacoma, I’m seeing these, and they move almost daily. A media blitz.
What is the point, and who’s making it? Clear Channel, probably, given the battle over billboards brewing in this particular corner of Puget Sound.
Some of the comments at the blog entry above are…disappointing. And [...]

Theo van Gogh revisited?

Like Leonardo over at To The People, I’m wondering why the assassination of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey isn’t getting more press coverage. Is it because the killer, though a Muslim, didn’t do anything as horrific as stab a 5-page letter filled with threats to his victim’s chest?
The more details that emerge [...]

Fuck you, Seattle PD

Busy downtown corner is a “hot spot” for crime
It just takes police too long to respond, he said. Even for something serious like Monday’s shooting, it takes police too many precious minutes to get to the scene, he said.
Pan said he met with an officer about a month ago, but he doesn’t feel like there’s [...]