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Public Policy Polling says Mike Huckabee remains the GOP's strongest 2012 challenger...As he has in all of these polls, Mike Huckabee comes the closest to Obama. He now trails only 46-45, improved from 49-44 in November. Huckabee does the best of the...

topics: obama, republican

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But only Florida's Alan Grayson has the balls to tell Dick Cheney who recently accused Barack Obama of treason to STFU.Grayson like all members of the House is up for reelection next year. Help keep him there. [ Subscribe to the comments on th...

topics: dick-cheney, obama

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It looks like legislators in Uganda have dropped the death penalty provision from that country's proposed new anti-gay law. (Gay sex is already illegal in Uganda.) These provisions remain... Criminalize all speech and peaceful assembly for thos...

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In the last two months, I've read a lot of speculation some thoughtful, some painfully maudlin about what Elliott Bay Book Company's move from Pioneer Square to Capitol Hill will mean. Now that store owner Peter Aaron exclusively revealed to The Stra...

topics: book, books, business, capitol-hill, clinton

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He hated the Iraq war (until he decided he loved Bush's surge), he voted against health insurance reform last month, and now he's retiring. Says The Fix:Baird, first elected to the 3rd district in 1998, had solidified his hold on this southwestern Wa...

topics: elected, election, obama, republicans

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I just got off the phone with Elliott Bay Book Company owner Peter Aaron, and he's finally confirmed it: Just like we reported back in October, Elliott Bay Book Company will be moving from Pioneer Square to a new location on Capitol Hill: 1521 10th A...

topics: book, books, cafe, capitol-hill, pioneer-square

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(Artist's Conception)Omnivoracious reports that some folks have started an online petition to get Charles Bukowski on a postage stamp. As of right now, only 119 people have signed the petition (they're gunning for 10,000.)I do agree with this comment...

topics: artist, books

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I don't know who I loved more while filming this little video at The 5 Point Cafe's 80th Anniversary yesterday the lady who couldn't WAIT to confess her decades-old dine-and-dash story, or the funny lady at 0:48 who told me they were there celebrati...

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Hi everyone,I was just wondering if you have seen the Sky Is the Limit Package over at Strangercrombie. In addition to a bunch of free grub from the Skylark Cafe, it includes Lee Brissey Jr. my dad flying you around in an airplane! Want to fly over t...

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Yesterday I sent a few questions to Senator Maria Cantwell about her entry into the debate over the Amanda Knox trial, and her recent statement that she was saddened by the guilty verdict.The questions:1. Does Senator Cantwell believe that Amanda K...

topics: clinton, government, senator