Humor: The noble public service of Goldman Sachs
Posted Sun, Nov 1, noon
Far from humbled by recent financial stumbles, Ron Rapacious offers a new line of derivatives: betting on future legal settlements.
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Posted Sun, Nov 1, noon
Far from humbled by recent financial stumbles, Ron Rapacious offers a new line of derivatives: betting on future legal settlements.
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Posted Sun, Oct 11, noon
"Not so fast" ("Alki," more or less) has a nice ring to it, fitting for our dispassionate state and these hard times. Other states' sayings are "not so swift."
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Posted Sat, Sep 26, 10:54 a.m.
Some are even edible, and they come with a great deal of Irish lore and meaning for the author's fragile sense of identity.
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Posted Sun, Sep 13, noon
We used to excel in making decades, but now they don't even last 10 years and we're going to have to start importing them from China.
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Posted Sat, Sep 12, 6:08 p.m.
Defending our sacred right to the best possible automotive treatment, and fending off the menace of socialized care.
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Posted Mon, Aug 31, 3:29 p.m.
Glenn Beck may think people who play by the rules are angry with their country. He's doesn't know the half of it.
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Posted Sun, Aug 23, 6 a.m.
An Obama enthusiast hopes to volunteer for a stimulating new program
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Posted Wed, Aug 12, 6 a.m.
It's understandable that Joe Mallahan, a son of Everett (the Athens of Puget Sound), will be shy about lording it over his Seattle fellow-candidates. And that Dow Constantine would drip Everett-envy.
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Posted Thu, Jul 30, 6 a.m.
A classic Northwest story (and fantasy) is re-enacted on a run-down farm on Lopez Island
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Posted Sun, Jul 26, 11:29 a.m.
One nation, under Zombies, with repression and injustice for all.
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Posted Sun, Jul 19, 6 a.m.
A leading anti-bestiality candidate confesses his affair with a goat, raising 'barnstorming' to a new level
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Posted Sun, Jul 12, 10:26 a.m.
An obituary for the newspaper obit, as the Web steals another franchise by resorting to grave-robbery
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Posted Sun, Jul 5, 10:15 a.m.
An exclusive interview with President Obama, in which he unveils his new strategy: 'Build on Failure'
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Posted Sun, Jun 28, noon
It's National Grudge Week, and naturally Seattle is crowded with fun events.
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Posted Mon, Jun 22, 6 a.m.
"Cameron" invariably comments derisively on the author's essays, deploying the fine arts of the poet. He is the greatest poet of our time.
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Posted Sun, Jun 14, 12:29 p.m.
Standards for lying have declined deplorably. We need to professionalize it, and there's no better place to start than at our major universities.
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Posted Sun, May 31, 2:39 p.m.
Flip Side's first personal ads, surging with eosinophil and phagocytes. If you have to ask, don't bother replying.
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Posted Mon, May 25, 2:15 p.m.
Alas, buying a Ferrari is a terrible thing to do to your Suck-Up Ratio.
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Posted Mon, May 11, 6 a.m.
You can learn all you need to know about your neigbors by pawing through their recycled wine bottles. Here's last week's scores, with our vain author winning as usual.
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Posted Sun, May 3, 3:05 p.m.
Including an exclusive interview with Larry Summers
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Our can't-miss endorsement. After all, he's not Greg Nickels.
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Awarded apparently for what he might achieve later, the Crosscut "humor" columnist fakes nonchalance about his imagined coup, then dreams of other "achievements."
MOREPosted Sun, Sep 20, 11:26 a.m.
Link Light Rail's unintentionally funny new "Fare Enforcement Officers" should lose the Kevlar and Velcro and try instead to channel their inner old-school train conductor.
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If our ferries are going to have corporate names, we might as well have some fun. Lusty Lady: now boarding!
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Narrow street. Let the oncoming car pass. Wave. Nod. All very simple and friendly. But, Things Have Changed.
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What would Lincoln Tweet? And other memorable ephemera.
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The Mayor shrewdly taps the chemical industry to save Seattle's economy and its media. Who knew he was that smart?
MOREPosted Mon, Jun 1, 10:58 p.m.
The Republicans have found a new menace, lurking all through the Obama government: committed empathizers.
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Slashing the budget at U.W. has all kinds of hidden benefits, especially for a professor who wants to have more free time.
MOREPosted Tue, Dec 23, 2 p.m. 2008
If it rains, please no umbrellas. If it's cold, please no Cutty Sark. If weak of bladder, tough luck.
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