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Throughout the campaign we have been gathering the top political writers in the country, and asking them to discuss the presidential race. Today they discuss the Democratic National Convention.

Tonight in Denver, Barack Obama will make history by becoming the first man in over three and a half years to accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for President. Here is everything you need to know about tonight.

THAT'S FUNNY, BITCHES: Chris Rock is one of those people who can just stand there and we'll laugh. But when he opens his mouth, forget it. We kind of laugh so hard we can't even hear what he's saying half the time, cycling through our various laughs from chuckle to cackle and snort. So you're probably glad we won't be at the Paramount tonight for his show. We'd just distract everything, and he'd probably make fun of us. Which would be funny.

Tuesday was Hillary Clinton Day at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The Senator and former Presidential candidate gave a rousing speech that most pundits agreed accomplished what she had promised to do: leave no doubt that she is fully behind the candidacy of her former rival, Sen. Barack Obama.

One day down and three more to go here in Denver at the Democratic National Convention. Below are some of the top moments of Day 1 for DCist (and a couple lowlights for good measure).

From the Editor: As this week unfolds, we'll be incluidng posts from our pal at DCist, Sommer Mathis, who is in Denver for the Democratic National Convention. Enjoy!

We here at Seattlest like to provide our readers with valuable advice when we think it’s necessary. Two blog posts we’ve seen today make us think it’s important to advise that you stay the hell away from Denver.

(For example to measure the sin of "wrath" the magazine used murder rates for cities.)

Inspired by a random iPod event at Seattlest's Thanksgiving, a friend lamented the early death of John Denver and then launched into a diatribe about how he didn't pull a Kennedy; that is, Denver wasn't a dilettante pilot. He went on to explain that Denver was an experienced pilot who owned many planes and flew often. He died, our friend claimed, when one of the fuel tanks in the experimental plane he was flying...

The Sonics open their season tonight in Denver. Game's at 7:30, you can watch it on FSN.

An NFL-record streak ended today with the Seahawks' loss to the Steelers. Shaun Alexander had had a run of at least ten yards in 68 consecutive games.

So, you think you have been to a beer festival before? Maybe you went to Fremont Oktoberfest , or maybe you even went to the Seattle International Beer Fest this summer. If you really want to go to a beer festival, get yourself to Denver in 10 days.

In June of 1996, Shawn Kemp had just outplayed Michael Jordan, and even the most pessimistic Sonics fan agreed that the Supes had been a healthy Nate McMillan away from taking the crown.

Over at new Crosscut.com, Knute Berger reports that the Seattle School District will send four local high schoolers to the White Privilege Conference in Colorado Springs.

The American Institute of Architects asked 1800 Americans to name their favorite buildings in the US. After further refinement and surveying, the AIA compiled a list of the top 150 and released it on Wednesday.

To which the first question is, What the hell's a Seattle Examiner? It turns out to be part of Qwest billionaire and conservative Christian Philip Anschutz's online media empire: 22 U.S. cities now have Examiners. (Though there look to be Examiner staff on-the-ground in only four: Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Denver, and San Francisco.) Who knew? This is what happens when we don't have Mossback to kick around any more.

Josh Brown is a strong Christian, so he may be uncomfortable with what we are about to say, however, we've been screaming it for hours, so why stop now?

Are we more Lake Forest Parkish or Minneapolisesque?

Four-foot rules exist in Bellevue, Everett, Federal Way, Kirkland, Lake Forest Park and Tacoma, according to city reports. Burien requires dancers to be at least 10 feet away from patrons, while Renton prohibits off-stage performances altogether.

Continue reading "Our Choice Is Clear"

Life ain't exactly peachy for an Olympia man who, for the second time in his life, forgot everything. Forgot who he was, forgot his fiancee's face, forgot where he lived and, on the bright side, presumably forgot the Macarena song.

Mike McGonigal, of Chemical Imbalance fame, recently put out the highly anticipated fourth volume of his zine/cd/book/behemoth Yeti. We've barely begun to sink our teeth in to the 244 pages of obscure genius he's collected here and we've only had time to listen to the cd twice so far. We'd go in to more detail about its contents, but why bother? Pitchfork already reviewed it weeks ago, and at length. However they neglected to mention the creepy, crusty-looking portrait of John Denver by Zak Sally, which we can't tell if its supposed to be funny or just depressing as hell. Anyway, the "zine" comes highly recommended. Random aside: It sucks for the local arts scene that McGonigal had to dump Seattle for Portland, but who can blame him?

The atmosphere of Saturday's thrilling comeback win over UCLA, the second-biggest UW home comeback ever, apparently won over recruits for both the football and basketball team.

The most electrifying athlete in Seattle history is trying to get back into basketball.

-A fire west of I-5 on East Newton Street was extinguished so recently that if you rubber-neck on your way home you may see firefighters and reporters sifting through the rubble. There is already an insane quote from a resident, though: "Now I'm going through exactly what all my friends in Louisiana are going through." Oh yeah, it's exactly the same.

We totally heart neo-Nazis. They're just so darn cute, what with those little swastikas and their quaint beliefs about white supremacy and the Protocols of Zion. So, of course, we had to go to the CHAC for their current production of God's Country.

Seattlest's favorite cooking show doesn't star Rachael Ray or Iron Chef Morimoto. No, we're partial to America's Test Kitchen, the public television sibling of our favorite cooking magazine, Cook's Illustrated.

The FBI is investigating a man who spent a signifigant amount of time in Seattle from 1999-2000 for possible connections to the London bombings.

There was a time when local television was interesting and original. Seattleites growing up in the 1970s, for example, spent childhood afternoons watching J.P. Patches: a clown who lived in the city dump with a drag queen.

You put in months of dedicated service working odd hours for paltry compensation. You handle crises with diligence, creativity, and finesse. When the cold cuts run out, you send someone to the store. When the fountain drinks dry up, you put up a note. Management hangs you out to dry and yet you soldier on. Such is the life of Dawna Lentz.