en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2047101 Comments by evenifitkm http://bellingham.komonews.com/news/business/765568-starbucks-introduces-new-beverage-free-drinks-today#IDComment401834915 Wow, chill out. I was trying to be friendly. Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:35:35 +0000 http://bellingham.komonews.com/news/business/765568-starbucks-introduces-new-beverage-free-drinks-today#IDComment401834915 http://bellingham.komonews.com/news/business/765568-starbucks-introduces-new-beverage-free-drinks-today#IDComment401496699 Hey, just to (potentially) disturb you even further, the Cool Lime Refresher has no mint in it whatsoever. I'm a Starbucks barista, lol. They've been really popular at my location in Bellevue so far. It's hit and miss, I guess. I actually like the Cool Lime quite a bit. Sat, 14 Jul 2012 08:56:45 +0000 http://bellingham.komonews.com/news/business/765568-starbucks-introduces-new-beverage-free-drinks-today#IDComment401496699 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Anti-gay-marriage-initiative-wont-qualify-for-ballot-161255385.html#IDComment395214868 donkjen wasn't reading too far into your words - you are simply wrong. Wed, 4 Jul 2012 03:30:09 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Anti-gay-marriage-initiative-wont-qualify-for-ballot-161255385.html#IDComment395214868 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Convicted-groper--161300705.html#IDComment395213917 That's not really poor writing. They just used a different word than "man". Wed, 4 Jul 2012 03:27:55 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Convicted-groper--161300705.html#IDComment395213917 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Tolls-to-increase-on-520-Narrows-bridges-starting-Sunday-160825545.html#IDComment392137449 Not sure why you got TD'd. People like tiktok are what's wrong with our nation: they want everything done by someone else. You use it, you pay for it. Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:57:23 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Tolls-to-increase-on-520-Narrows-bridges-starting-Sunday-160825545.html#IDComment392137449 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment389563854 When you're at that amount per hour, even $1 less could mean big differences in your quality of life, especially in an area as expensive as Seattle. These people could, quite literally, be fighting for their ability to house and clothe themselves and their families properly. Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:54:55 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment389563854 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388564046 Like I've pointed out in a few other posts, my own union (UFCW 21) had negotiations last year. As was the case there, my employer wanted to cut everything possible, from increasing the number of hours required to advance up the pay scale to holiday pay to our health coverage. From this article, it sounds like the same situation here. They are concerned about proposed cuts to what they already have. I say good on them. Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:35:38 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388564046 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388324675 I am a grocery worker and member of UFCW 21. As I remember, we were able to reverse a majority of the cuts proposed by our employers. Unions do work and my years of experience and dependability as an employee are my leverage. I'm sure as heck a lot more profitable and valuable to my employer than someone they have to train off of the street. Sun, 24 Jun 2012 05:48:48 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388324675 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388309326 My last contract negotiations were to keep my little all - my employer was using "this economy" as a reason to decimate my hourly pay and benefits when they certainly weren't hurting for anything. We sure as heck weren't asking for more. Sun, 24 Jun 2012 05:00:07 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388309326 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388306825 "Rosario said the janitors perform backbreaking labor often until the early morning hours, earning an average of about $12 an hour." That doesn't sound like ".10 above minimum wage". Sun, 24 Jun 2012 04:52:30 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388306825 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388306223 Why do people like you think that no one is entitled to maintain a shred of dignity or fight to keep what they have in "this economy"? Sun, 24 Jun 2012 04:50:41 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388306223 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388305938 Yeah, really. Sun, 24 Jun 2012 04:49:34 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388305938 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388305602 Imagine if the janitor at your place of work didn't show up for a week. Now imagine if the CEO of your place of work didn't show up for a week. Which would you notice first? Which would impact you the most? Sun, 24 Jun 2012 04:48:28 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-janitors-vote-to-authorize-strike-as-contract-talks-stall-160137745.html#IDComment388305602 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/WSU-combats-rise-in-drug-sex-abuse-159587865.html#IDComment386529352 It alarms me too. In every respect, sexual assault (when a man is the perpetrator) is always, always, always treated as some sort of failing on the female's part ("Why were you drunk? Why were you wearing a top that showed your cleavage? Why did you give him sexually charged signals? Why did you flirt with him?"). Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:51:36 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/WSU-combats-rise-in-drug-sex-abuse-159587865.html#IDComment386529352 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/WSU-combats-rise-in-drug-sex-abuse-159587865.html#IDComment386526031 I don't have a Gender Studies degree, but I do have a vagina. If false accusations are at 2% or 50%, it gives you no right to dismiss the legitimacy of any victim's sexual assault. Your entire post is worded to clearly indicate that rape and assault is simply a matter of "her word against yours". You obviously have little understanding of the subject first hand, whether by actually experiencing it or by even being a woman yourself (the latter I doubt very much). As such, I'd advise to not inflict your opinion on the world. And the statement "Women are equal except when they are not." is what I objected to. The actual number of assaults is absolutely higher than assaults reported because of the unlikelihood that a female victim's experience will be taken seriously if alcohol was involved. The court of public opinion will condemn her as a drunken tart at the outset (as evidenced by some of these comments). Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:44:43 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/WSU-combats-rise-in-drug-sex-abuse-159587865.html#IDComment386526031 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/WSU-combats-rise-in-drug-sex-abuse-159587865.html#IDComment386519649 Source? And let me add that the number of actual assaults is always, always higher but because of societal/family/whatever types of pressure, or the fact that alcohol may have been involved and therefore would render the female's accusation void, they are rarely reported. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:34:26 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/WSU-combats-rise-in-drug-sex-abuse-159587865.html#IDComment386519649 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/City-reverses-course-allows-breast-cancer-survivor-to-swim-topless-159832105.html#IDComment386518002 "One can be found." Sounds like she tried damned hard and couldn't find one. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:31:26 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/City-reverses-course-allows-breast-cancer-survivor-to-swim-topless-159832105.html#IDComment386518002 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/City-reverses-course-allows-breast-cancer-survivor-to-swim-topless-159832105.html#IDComment386517718 Don't feed the trolls! Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:30:55 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/City-reverses-course-allows-breast-cancer-survivor-to-swim-topless-159832105.html#IDComment386517718 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/City-reverses-course-allows-breast-cancer-survivor-to-swim-topless-159832105.html#IDComment386517187 Yes! I'm always envious of those days where it hits 80% humidity and the gentlemen can take their shirts off but I can't lol. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:29:59 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/City-reverses-course-allows-breast-cancer-survivor-to-swim-topless-159832105.html#IDComment386517187 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Auditor-100K-dashcam-videos-disappear-from-SPD--159813255.html#IDComment386515246 On the one hand, you have 20 or more people on a bus saying they saw the exact same thing. On the other, you have one person who has a vested interest in trying to cover their own butt, whether or not by outright lying or by sheer ignorance of the facts. This conspiratorial stuff needs to stop. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:26:20 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Auditor-100K-dashcam-videos-disappear-from-SPD--159813255.html#IDComment386515246