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• With the Chase Family 4th fireworks bonanza now over, event organizers are back to scrambling, as one-time sponsor JPMorgan Chase--who inherited the WaMu fireworks contract--has announced they will no longer sponsor the large fireworks show.
• We have eight days, EIGHT DAYS (!) till the light rail opens. For residents who live in or south of Rainer Valley, guest columnist Martin Duke of Seattle Transit Blog offers a quick guide to navigating your way to the stations.

      

• Friday evening, Fremont was over taken by 5,000 zombies. The mass flash mob of the living dead mashed world records and made little children cry.
• Naturally the Fourth of July holiday brought illegal fireworks and even firework explosions that got a bit out of hand, not including the pitched battle on a Westlake dock provoked by foul-mouthed partiers.

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• Starting Monday, Susan Enfield will take on her role as Seattle Public Schools' new chief academic officer. Now if only we knew her stance on high school math.
• This Saturday, you won't find a cheeseburger on the grill at Hillside Quickie's. But you will find tofu at their 4th Annual Vegan BBQ Buffet. We will add this to the "Only in Seattle" column.

Video from last night's episode of the Colbert Report, regarding our precious Benjamin Schroeter.

Pity the poor bastards at the Liquor Board, whose job is to contribute revenue to the state's general fund, which they do by selling us booze. Not too much, mind you, that would be Bad. (Which is why most stores still aren't open on Sundays or holidays.) But now, thanks to the budget deficit, they're supposed to raise more revenue, so they're going to be open on the Fourth. Trouble is, according to the Times, they can't even get the right bottles of liquor into the stores (no Campari yesterday at Lower Queen Anne, for example). We have a suggestion: form a SWAT Team (Jim, Jack, James) and send in the snowplows!

As if one cancelled fireworks show this year wasn't bad enough. One unpatriotic son-of-a-gun and environmental activist is suing the City of Seattle to stop this year's Fourth of July celebration and fireworks show at Gas Works Park. Don't you want to see the Chase Family 4th try to top the now defunct WaMu's past shows? His rant: the city's alleged failure to do an environmental assessment. The city's rebuttal: no need, for a one-time event on city property. May we suggest another tactic: LEAVE. Here is a far-from-Seattle firework-free weekend retreat.

While this Friday is the US's big holiday, our fair neighbors to the north, Canada, celebrate their national holiday—aptly called Canada Day—today. (That's Fête du Canada for all you French Canadians.) Just like universal healthcare, the legal drinking age, and Thanksgiving, the Canadians just have to do it before us. So, celebrate all things Canadian today—sing a few bars of "O Canada", add 'eh to the end of your sentences, crave a cup of Tim Hortons, and call your favorite Cannuck and wish them a happy holiday.