Comments on: Mayor Durkan of Seattle is surprised when the crocodile comes up to her door, opens its mouth, and shows its teeth

By: ArtfldgrUselessNothing

ArtfldgrUselessNothing — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 03:06:24 +0000

Are you confusing the Seattle march on the Mayor’s house with the St. Louis march on the Mayor’s house?

definitely… thanks for the fix

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 22:58:08 +0000

The mayor no doubt tried to be a knave but was too dumb to carry it off.

By: Bryan Lovely

Bryan Lovely — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:05:17 +0000

Freeman,

Welcome to Seattle.

By: Freeman

Freeman — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:15:30 +0000

So is it my understanding that Mayor Durkan finally gave the order to clear out CHOP one day after her home was visited by protesters? After leaving 500 residents in the CHOP area in misery for three weeks? What selfishness and uncaring for others, and dereliction of her civic duty.

By: Bryan Lovely

Bryan Lovely — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 17:36:27 +0000

Mayor Durkan has finally had enough and is closing the CHOP by force:

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-police-clearing-chop-protest-zone/

And as I said before:

In her first tweet since police moved into the CHOP on Wednesday, Sawant wrote at 8:43 a.m.: “The best response to corporate Mayor Durkan’s attacks on movements is for the people to demand City Council deliver on their publicly-made promises to pass an Amazon Tax TODAY to fund affordable housing, without delays or watering down.” [emphasis added]

By: SCOTTtheBADGER

SCOTTtheBADGER — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:27:39 +0000

She is discovering that you get more of what you reward.

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:56:08 +0000

“…orders from higher up…”

Of this there can be no doubt.

Coordinated brilliantly (with the MSCM providing covering barrages) as, along with their admiration and support for Antifa and BLM, they chirp—from the West Coast to the East—that it’s all “Trump’s (and his supporters’) fault”.

By: FOAF

FOAF — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:23:32 +0000

“A mostly peaceful group of reporters”

Bwahahahahaha! It is really hard for satire to outpace reality these days but the Babylon Bee is giving it all they’ve got.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 04:18:24 +0000

Gringo – well, someone marched somewhere.
What difference, at this point, does it make?

https://babylonbee.com/news/controversial-video-of-trump-and-melania-brandishing-guns-as-reporters-near-white-house

By: J.J.

J.J. — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 04:15:28 +0000

The political; scene in Seattle is a pip. Never a dull moment. They have had some awful mayors over the years, but keep on electing more progressives who keep raising taxes, laying on more regulations, failing to deal with homelessness, and failing the black community.
In spite of that, with Amazon, other high tech companies, the cruise industry, and Boeing the city has done well economically. I remember well the 1970s when there was a billboard on I-5 saying, “Will the last person to Leave Seattle please turn out the lights.”

One of the local talk radio hosts, Todd Herman, comments at length on the irrational things being done by the various players. He calls Sawant, “Kshama I Wanna” (your money). Amazon is moving to Bellevue, Boeing is on hard times, the cruise lines aren’t going to be sailing this summer, and a lot of businesses are closing or leaving due to the pandemic, high taxes, and/or regulations. Is Seattle about to experience another run like the 1970s? It couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch of progs.

Mayor Durkan seemed to want to keep a lid on the protests at first. But at some point she suddenly pulled the police off the streets and surrendered the Capitol Hill area. Very strange. My reading is that she got orders from higher up to let CHAZ/CHOP happen. I doubt it was from the Guv. He’s too dense to be involved with such tactics and strategy. I think the orders came from the DNC or maybe from the big man himself. O yes.

Anyway, it will be fun to watch the mayor and Kshama I Wanna have a cat fight. May take the spotlight off of CHOP for a minute. If this weren’t so dad-gummed tragic, it would make for good political theater.