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Ups and downs: Good baseball, bad transit and other news

Posted Sun, Mar 22, 11:36 a.m.

Off topic here, but a reminder that Ted Van Dyk remains an apologist for Michael Milken. Who's that? Read this. It's linked from www.twitter.com/joetrippi http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/26793903/the_big_takeover/

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Goodbye P-I; Nalder moves up at Hearst

Posted Wed, Mar 18, 9:46 a.m.

I've spoken about the P-I on their sites and mine. Two important things to note. One, Phuong Cat Le's printed in the HuffPo, but it's an AP piece. Two, she's a P-I veteran basically quoting former colleagues with whom she shared beats. Her employment history and potential conflicts are not ...

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On the cusp, a look back and a look ahead

Posted Mon, Oct 20, 10:53 p.m.

@Ted I suppose it's your tone that causes a reaction in me as the narrow conclusions you draw. Perhaps it's just semantics, but why not start with "I find your comments strange" instead of "strange comments" ? I feel your tone presumes an arrogance that somebody who endorsed a ticket ...

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On the cusp, a look back and a look ahead

Posted Mon, Oct 20, 1:15 p.m.

@Ted - which half of Sakhalin Island does Powell get? On a more serious note, Ted, with this piece you continue to inadvertently paint yourself as a cranky old man who sees himself as an arbiter, but is really just a joe six pack frozen in the mindset shaped in ...

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Seattle's top political blogs: Don't call them rivals

Posted Mon, Aug 11, 11:21 a.m.

RE: Goldstein's support will cost Burner another election.: A fair question Cameron: We live a world where Michael Scanlon and Jessica Cutler were in the employ Congressional Republicans. They weren't the worst by a long shot, but have the fairly unusual trait of being outed for the unethical behavior. I'd ...

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Gregoire's gambling compact should shock us all

Posted Fri, Jun 13, 10:23 a.m.

Good for Gregoire: Hey, the governor is looking the big picture here. Why are folks so critical (whether or not there's a payoff)? The tribes employ thousands and provide health care to their own (reducing the burden on other state taxpayers, to be sure). I don't gamble and think it's ...

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Hillary Clinton, will you please go now!

Posted Wed, May 14, 10:42 a.m.

the Bard, not Cameron: Uncle Cameron. Fun play here, but it's really not for you (or anyone) to appropriate Shakespeare as his own. "Brevity is the soul of wit" is a line offered by the uber-blustery Polonius in Shakespeare's longest play, "Hamlet." You'd do well to tune your sense of ...

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It's their party, they can cry if they want to

Posted Wed, Mar 26, 2:17 p.m.

Spell check!: Both Peter Callaghan and Patrick O'Callahan of The News Tribune are longstanding vets of Northwest journalism. For goodness sake, spell their names correctly! (That goes for all longstanding members of Congress, too, Kimberly). It's really important that you get these simple facts corrects now because eventually a columnist ...

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