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11 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Seattle men busted at ... · 0 replies · +1 points

The toys in a Kinder Egg don't seem any more dangerous than the toys you can get from a vending machine, or hard candy for that matter. Clearly they need to be kept out of the hands of very young children, which the label clearly indicates.

11 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Woman sexually assault... · 0 replies · 0 points

Unfortunately, there are many among us who will happily take advantage of people exercising this right.

11 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Drive-by paintball spr... · 0 replies · +32 points

If they did that in Belltown, someone woulda returned fire.

11 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Residents of cash-stra... · 0 replies · +3 points

Have they considered installing some zip lines?

11 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Angry residents come o... · 0 replies · +2 points

I give credit to the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department for taking a chance on this idea. Some cities are actually cutting back on park space to cut costs. Seattle, on the other hand, came up with a plan that could have generated some revenue without greatly impacting the park.

Ah, but for the “crowd of angry residents". There is a certain demographic that you can count on to show up and b!tch about stuff like this. The picture says it all. 95% of the people in attendance would never use something like a zip line, and so they shout the idea down on premise alone.

Lead naysayer, Brian Romas, was quoted in a previous article: " 55 bucks for adults and 35 bucks for kids is going to bring an element of people in for a for profit venture in a public land…(That) makes no sense to me at all."

Seriously? The sorts of people who are willing to blow $55 a pop to ride a piece of rope are *good* for a neighborhood. They’ll have their fun, they’ll eat in your restaurants, they’ll shop in your stores, and then they’ll go home. That seems a lot better than crime and gang activity, which is all West Seattle seems to attract these days.

11 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Man killed in head-on ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Just this morning on 520 I saw a car change into a lane behind a cement truck, which was pulling a hill and probably going 15-20 MPH slower than traffic (and said car). Fortunately, the car slammed on the brakes before plowing into the back of the truck.

I wondered why the driver made such a choice. When I passed I got my answer: because the 20-ish year-old driver was focused intently on a smartphone.

11 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - King County deputy inj... · 0 replies · +2 points

Probably, but it's hard not to admire Karma in action.

Too bad the officer was injured in the process, but fortunate that it sounds like he'll make a full recovery.

11 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Ken Schram: We must pu... · 0 replies · +1 points

Drunk driving is a serious problem. Yet what do you find outside of most bars and taverns? A parking lot. I have yet to see a sign in one of those parking lots saying, "A BAC of .08 is grounds for DUI. How do you plan on getting home?"

11 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Whooping cough numbers... · 0 replies · +2 points

I know someone who developed "natural immunity" to polio by catching the disease. He spent two years of his childhood in an iron lung and walks with a severe limp to this day. He damn sure would have rather had the "vaccine".

11 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Photos: Know any of th... · 0 replies · +2 points

These vandals and looters coopted a peaceful protest intended to draw attention to the unfairness of a system that enables greedy corporations. Now the conversation is no longer about what those corporations do to little guys like you and me. It's about self-entitled brats who like to break windows and steal.

I'm sure Wells Fargo couldn't be happier.

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