en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/596292 Comments by Kimiranda http://northseattle.komonews.com/news/crime/woman-abducted-while-walking-north-seattle/648318#IDComment165107547 ....because there are no legal hispanics in the United States?!?! Come on, don't make this story into something that it's not. Two girls, one kidnapped by two men. Race of assailants aside, there is nothing in this story about immigration. Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:55:36 +0000 http://northseattle.komonews.com/news/crime/woman-abducted-while-walking-north-seattle/648318#IDComment165107547 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/122196279.html#IDComment164758711 Every latino I know can swim. I just sent out a FB poll. My husband is Mexican and can swim. All of his family members can swim. They have pools in Latin America and lifeguards and beaches...and large bodies of water called oceans that surround their continents, isthmuses, islands, etc. I'm white and I can hardly dog-paddle. There is no "common knowledge" that hispanics can't swim. I think we call that "prejudice", "racism", "profiling", or sheer stupidity on the part of the idiot that would believe a blog to be common knowledge. Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:56:06 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/122196279.html#IDComment164758711 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/124198219.html#IDComment164731888 Kind of reminds me of that little British girl who went missing in Portugal a few years back. All it takes is a little selfishness on the part of the parent and a child can easily go missing or be killed. Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:22:49 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/124198219.html#IDComment164731888 http://www.komonews.com/news/health/124055669.html#IDComment164437688 That's what I am saying; it's not so much education but money. People who have an education, even a 2-year or a tech diploma, still have more opportunities to visit a doctor when they feel under-the-weather, and thus more of an opportunity to catch cancer in its earliest stages. Of course cancer doesn't discrimintate; it's not a THINKING creature, just a malevolent one. As someone who has a relatively good education, I can tell you that I could not afford insurance until I earned a job after my graduation. When my husband was diagnosed with cancer before we had insurance, the hospital charged us 89,000$ for his surgery and radiation. We are still paying it off, a little at a time, but check-ups and MRIs cost us next to nothing now. Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:40:49 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/health/124055669.html#IDComment164437688 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/124132749.html#IDComment164110488 So...now corporations have another reason to jack up prices on everything? To defray the costs of lawyers and new chairs. Dammit. Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:20:23 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/124132749.html#IDComment164110488 http://www.komonews.com/news/health/124055669.html#IDComment164107206 Okay, it could simply be a matter of money. A college graduate generally earns more than a high school graduate, and has more access to healthcare (generally, not in all cases, obviously). A person with no insurance will not always seek medical help after feeling sick for a time. A person with insurance/education to get a job that has good insurance, will likely see a doctor sooner, because the expense is a lot less. I just checked over the paperwork that my insurance company sent us for a visit to the emergency room. It cost the insurance company 900$ to get a shot of epinephrine and have a doctor asses my husband's wasp sting. I was only charged fifty of that. I cannot imagine being without insurance and being expected to cough up that kind of money, especially if you have a family to feed during these tough economic times. All in all, though, more research into this should be done before being posted in the news. Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:09:15 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/health/124055669.html#IDComment164107206 http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/124032454.html#IDComment163521575 This is such a great story. Makes you wonder what he did to get caught FOUR times in the first place... Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:20:23 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/124032454.html#IDComment163521575 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/124047304.html#IDComment163387669 Oh! I wish I had seen that! What an awesome experience. Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:34:47 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/124047304.html#IDComment163387669 http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/123959969.html?ref=guiltypleasures#IDComment163180769 OMG I just spit out my coffee reading this and laughing. Awesome! Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:16:06 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/123959969.html?ref=guiltypleasures#IDComment163180769 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/123937524.html#IDComment163175397 Yes, his cancer came on really suddenly. He was terribly traumatized, and he had quite a bit of time to mentally prepare himself for the loss. He decided against a prosthetic but I think he wishes now that he had gotten it. It really is a terrible part of the body for a man to lose. I feel so bad for you guys!! But he is much better now, even jokes about it, so I know he is coming around. Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:55:38 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/123937524.html#IDComment163175397 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/123972854.html#IDComment163062329 What a terrible loss. RIP. Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:07:21 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/123972854.html#IDComment163062329 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/123937524.html#IDComment163009290 OMG that poor, poor man. I hope he recovers physically and emotionally. My husband lost a nut to cancer and it took him years to get over it. This is just so traumatic! Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:05:59 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/123937524.html#IDComment163009290 http://www.komonews.com/news/consumer/123820629.html?#IDComment162600471 They should also make a specific note on the bottle that sunscreen is not immediately effective against these UV rays. One has to wait about 15 minutes (out of the sun) for the skin to absorb some of the sunscreen for it to be effective. Otherwise, you could still end up with a burn, depending on how fair-skinned you are. I learned this the hard way, unfortunately. Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:13:53 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/consumer/123820629.html?#IDComment162600471 http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/123749964.html#IDComment162433941 He is so friggin' cute! If you are stuck being a certain way, live it up!!! Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:49:17 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/123749964.html#IDComment162433941 http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/123654969.html#IDComment161879931 The music is credited at the very end on the first two videos. Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:22:26 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/123654969.html#IDComment161879931 http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/123654969.html#IDComment161877858 I am blown away! This is really one of the most beautiful cities on Earth! Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:15:50 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/123654969.html#IDComment161877858 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/123677299.html#IDComment161815693 She could have even dropped it off at a fire department! There were so many more options than murder! People are climbing walls for newborns out there; many people would have taken the baby off of her hands. Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:32:19 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/123677299.html#IDComment161815693 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/123507274.html#IDComment160804654 Damn. This is just an all-around crappy situation. No matter what the eventual verdict will be, there are no true winners in this trial. Thu, 9 Jun 2011 01:14:52 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/123507274.html#IDComment160804654 http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/123401863.html?ref=guiltypleasures#IDComment160486435 Wow! This ad is awesome. I had a colonoscopy two years ago. The worst part is when the nurse has to hear you fart before you are allowed to leave (but you are so drugged out that you hardle notice!). Not all doctors will tell you when you need it. Sometimes you have to ask, and this billboard might help people to remember to ask. Too bad they are gone. Adding humor to an embarrassing situation always eases the embarrassment a little. Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:18:40 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/123401863.html?ref=guiltypleasures#IDComment160486435 http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/123101238.html?ref=guiltypleasures#IDComment160090990 Yep, you proved me correct. You are an uppity grandstander. And very likely, in the time in which she was performing these tricks, if she had been free, she would have been murdered for her skin or her flesh in some far-flung country. Regardless, your point is moot because she is now dead and animals are hardly treated in this fashion in this country. Good luck with gaining perspective and learning lessons from history; your excessive capitalization and repetitiveness will teach you (and anyone else) nothing. Mon, 6 Jun 2011 19:37:06 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/123101238.html?ref=guiltypleasures#IDComment160090990