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It's no secret that Seattlest, like every right-thinking film fan in this town, loves the Cinerama. (Most recent visit: the restored print of The Godfather a couple of weekends ago.)

This Seattlest will be heading to a private party tonight, where we will celebrate among our favorite people the fact that Super Tuesday is FINALLY here. But, if you're looking for somewhere more out-on-the-town to get your drink on and watch the returns trickle in, and pancakes aren't your bag, here's the guide for you. Most of these events start at 5pm, and they're all free. Go America!

You know how when you're at the bus stop and the Local shows up and it's packed and obviously only has room for you if you stand in the aisle and clutch at a post and you think, "I'm better than that. I'm waiting for the Express," the Express--which is scheduled to come only minutes later--never shows, late or ever? Then, thirty-five minutes later you're presented with the same dilemma, only this time the Local is even more packed and traffic has really picked up by this point so it's sure to be a week and a half before you can finally sling your shoulder bag on the floor inside your own front door if you take the Local, but the Express could be tantalizingly close--just down the street maybe... Or it could be up on blocks at base somewhere, who knows? You know how that is?

Those who attended the Issaquah Village Theater’s matinee of The King and I today may have come away a little disappointed. Dino Rossi used the stage to announce his candidacy for governor.

Holy poop, Barack Obama raised a record $31 million dollars over the last three months.

--David Postman of the Seattle Times saw Sicko over the weekend and talked with Michael Moore about it.

reports on his blog that state Sen. Joe Zarelli recently hosted right-wing Israeli politicians and others at a two-day conference down in Vancouver, to fan the flames of Islamophobia.

Why does the legislature want to require students to be able to read and write before they graduate high school?

Republicans in Olympia are tired of the Spend-o-crat majority rendering their very existence moot, and they've decided to do something about it—make funny noises.

Kyle Sampson, the top aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, has resigned, as it becomes more and more clear that US attorneys who were fired in December, including Seattle-based John McKay, were fired for political reasons.

Starbucks CEO and former Sonics owner Howard Schultz is memorandizing about "the watering down of the Starbucks experience." We'd like to hear what he has to say about the bigoting up of the Seattle experience.

Gov. Christine Gregoire got so frustrated trying to broker a compromise between Mayor Greg Nickels and House Speaker Frank Chopp on the Alaskan Way Viaduct that she turned to a Republican wise man for advice.

Continue reading "The Tunnel Is On The Chopping Block"

Dave Reichert not only admits that he tattled on a school-bus driver who flipped off President Bush, he brags about it. And David Postman of the Seattle Times has it on tape.

We linked to a story earlier this week about how an Issaquah school bus driver got fired after Dave Reichert witnessed him give President Bush the finger. Yesterday David Postman reported that the driver wasn't fired simply for flipping off the President:

Sometimes, The Seattle Times has got to make you wonder. It was one thing to go ahead and endorse David Reichert for Congress over Darcy Burner despite widespread dissatisfaction with Republican leadership, but to spin his shameless partisanship as moderation? That's a new low.

There are many ways for a candidate to see their name in the press. Admit you're a drunk driver, get booed at your own rally, never actually vote in an election, or just get tossed in the old gray bar hotel. Green Party candidate Aaron Dixon has opted for the last two.

Darcy Burner continues to disappoint. Now she's hiding from cameras, reports the Times' David Postman. Burner claims that state law prevents Republican operatives from filming her appearances. Yet Democratic party staffers have taped Republican Mike! McGavick's public appearances all summer. Postman's got the Burner campaign's incredible explanation on his blog.

Mark your calendars for Seattle Times columnist David Postman's "Blogging 101" workshop, sponsored by local SPJ chapter (that's Society of Professional Journalists, you scabs) 7pm Monday Dec 4 in the "Blogging World HQ Suite" at the P-I building. Non-SPJ members pay $7, but it's totally worth it, not just for the free pizza but because once you learn blogging, you can pretty much write your own ticket, dude!! And if you're gonna get certified as a blogger, why not go to the place where blogs were born—the office of a daily newspaper!

Dean Logan is stepping down as head of King County Elections. He will be taking the Los Angeles County Deputy Elections Registrar position-- which will allow him to take improv classes at night.

Washington's Democratic Convention went down this weekend in Yakima and depending on your perspective the caucus either contained a diversity of ideas and opinions on the war in Iraq or was torn in two over the war in Iraq. Maria Cantwell, of course, seems to be the focal point of a lot of contention, regardless of how seriously you view that contention. Dueling chanters did battle when she took the stage arguing, "No more six!" and "War more years!" until she was finally allowed to speak. An exhasutive scouring of the internets has failed to turn up the text of that speech but according to the Seattle Times:

The Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists retreated to their hidden bat cave this weekend, probably performed some elaborate initiation rituals for new members involving chalices, robes and candles and then handed out some lucite. We covered this last year and blah blah blah it costs money to be considered for awards so a lot of people don't submit and it's hardly the Pulitzers anyway. We weren't going to say anything about it at all, but a few things are noteworthy regardless, particularly in the Online Media arena.

There are some amazing, talented scientific minds at work here in Seattle. Sadly, barring some recent high-profile exceptions, they don't get much media time. Instead, who do the press turn to when pimping a story about "mysterious sonic boom sounds" with a seemingly scientific slant? Local Seattle UFO experts. Thanks San Diego Union Tribune, we'll put that on our mantle right next to all the press about the Discovery Institute.