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Seattle PD is under a consent agreement after a very damning DOJ investigation and report, which revealed an historical pattern of excessive use of force, often blatantly racially motivated (like, captured on video n shit). So there's that. It seems that many police ARE out to get black people. The entire criminal justice system certainly is, given it's 3x racial bias for arrests, denial of bail, convictions, and longer sentencing for them. Everyone's aware of this horrific state of affairs - but where to begin. Well, making fewer things illegal is a great start.

great party this year!

It's intriguing to imagine that there may be an alter-verse somewhere out there where this Butthurt Channel PSA is relevant to something.

stay within the poor lad's pay grade, big man. historical context and satire aren't everyone's chai tea latte.

Why would Congress have anything whatsoever to say about how scientific work is peer reviewed? Conflicts of interest, indeed. What utter bullshit, but then, what else is new? WE NEED KEYSTONE!!! (when we're awash in cheap energy and employment is as low as its been in decades). The agenda is monetize the environment for your pals. It's not exactly a secret.

Hot Rod Lincoln, indeed. If sleeping next to a man is diagnostic of Macedonian proclivities, we are all Alexanders.

I view myself as more of a sautee-the-Constitution-a-little-grass-fed-strip-and-asparagus-before-taking-it-out-dancing kind of guy. I can hardly take the blame for what happens after that. At 2.99 a gallon, that extra trip to Butch's Guns ain't gonna cost ya much. Still, if you need a loan, just let a brother know. I've got 5 bucks laying around here somewhere.

To you, maybe. That must suck.

They used to bus W&M debutants to USNA dances for date fodder. Not the brightest bulbs on the marquee. I'd say Bachmann represents her alma mater quite well.

The guy on the right looks like his lower half was dipped in a thrift shop.

Denying the reality of the GOP's behavior should come as no surprise - denial is the party's number one way of absolving itself from solving real problems so it can get on with the business of attending to its base's short term business interests. When denial gets played out, manufacturing problems works, too.

A thousand points of lite.

i could try, but i know those unholy gray pajama pants'll make an appearance anyway.

always Big Man. Gonna be a Sat night next year

Celebrities included Carla Shauble, Eric Eames, Tim "dude, that's my goat" Halder, Linsey "youngest person ever" Warren, Don "Everest bagger" Beavon, Fred "I never finished the list, I just first ascended the majority of them" Beckey, with featured entertainment by Pickets master Wayne Wallace and John Scurlock, among many others. Anyone wanting to get in on next year's techno-climbing rave can contact Milda (tmilda at msn dot com) to be added to the invite list.

It's an annual party for the top 100 hippest in Washington. Way more exclusive than the Oscars. You could hardly hear DJ Tiesto over the slurping of the Michter's Single Barrel. Shakira flew up but she don't climb. Sorry, girl. She was PISSED. You could fry an egg on her tweets.

I heard a voice behind say "Hey Pat" at the Top 100 party last night, turned around, and was happily surprised to see the indomitable Josh Lewis standing there, sporting his usual cheerful smile, next to his brother. Josh's injuries were extensive and serious, but he's attacking his recovery with the same diligence and enthusiasm as his climbing. His reactions were top notch just before the accident, but a last nano-second ricochet by a 3 foot wide projectile knocked him off the mountain and very nearly off a cliff. Not many get tagged by something that big and live to tell about it. Josh still has a hard healing road ahead, but he's proof positive that it is, indeed, hard to keep a good man down.

C4s, not pickets, apparently. The lander seems to have survived its little adventure.

We drove the shit out of that bitch last weekend to check out the fly new Green Mt Lookout. There is one short area just before the Downey Ck Bridge that looks like its still at risk for a washout, but the rest looks like it could take an asteroid strike.

The ice harpoons failed and downward thrusters failed, so it seems to have bounced a bit. Very soft surface. Pow pow? Skinny skis OK considering the average dood would weigh less than a gram.

Free solo. They just dropped the thing from an altitude of 22 km. No landing thrusters (the top thrusters failed). Wow. Nicely done. 7 cameras on board. 1st surface pics in a few hours.

Philae nailed it.

Philae was scheduled to land 9 min ago. Confirmation pending.

Sweet. See ya Thursday.

Jeff's Sisko exhibition is the product of a beautiful mind.