Seattle: my city is nucking futs

I work (for living) in downtown Seattle (near the waterfront).  I have not BEEN to Seattle since December 18th because it a compact-snow-and-ice-bound nightmare.  In fact, my local roads have been a nightmare.  Why?  Because the Seattle Department of Transportation leadership are a bunch of  prime-rib nutbergers:
To hear the city’s spin, Seattle’s road crews are [...]

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Merry Christmas you Tightwads!

From Nick Kristof on Saturday:
This holiday season is a time to examine who’s been naughty and who’s been nice, but I’m unhappy with my findings. The problem is this: We liberals are personally stingy.
Liberals show tremendous compassion in pushing for generous government spending to help the neediest people at home and abroad. Yet when it comes [...]

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Reuters diverts attention from Blagojevich

Boy, the Blagojevichs have got them some purty mouths on ‘em don’t they?  When this news hit, I had to admit I wasn’t surprised.  I mean, we’re talking about Illinois here… Crook Cook County politics.  A new scandal?  Almost expected.  And it’s sad that places like Chicago and New Orleans can’t pick themselves up out [...]

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Homeowners still defaulting

Your moment of zen for the day…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Recent data suggests that many borrowers who received help with mortgage modifications earlier this year tended to re-default on their payments, a top U.S. banking regulator said on Monday.
“The results, I confess, were somewhat surprising, and not in a good way,” said John Dugan, head of [...]

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