Dammit, do we really have to open up a front of the "War on Christmas" in Seattle? The Port removed a bunch of holiday trees from the airport this weekend ("holiday trees" are evergreens that have been decorated with lights and garland and small hanging ornaments - They're similar to Christmas trees, except holiday trees don't go to heaven when they drop their needles). The holiday trees were removed because a local rabbi sued the......

-The contract the P-I's union has tentatively accepted stipulates higher severance packages if the paper stops publishing. Well played, union. -Ben Gibbard's playing Lance Armstrong by offering these guitar string bracelets for charity. Via Indieblogheaven. -Sound Transit has decided to build light rail alongside I-90. Construction begins 2045. -"Here is a molester!" Tokyo subway groping ain't what it used to be. -The B.C. guys who spent a year and $400,000 digging a drug tunnel......