We Won't Kill Him if You Hand Him Over The Obama administration won't try to murder Edward Snowdenâwho is a national heroâif Russia expels him into US custody, AG Eric Holder says in a letter.
Speaking of Heroes: Local privacy activist Phil Mocek was taking pictures of cars by the federal building downtown, when agents stopped him to seize his camera:
Mocek called 911, and two Seattle police officers arrived but refused to take a report. The man who took the camera identified himself as an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. He began going through the pictures as an officer from the Federal Protective Service and a private security guard who works at the federal building watched.
The agent eventually returned the camera, but one of the images had been deleted, Mocek said.
Cyclist Critically Injured in Car Accident: A cyclist wearing a helmet while traveling down Dexter Avenue North sustained major head trauma after, a witness says, he collided with an SUV that ran a red light.
POS: Pleads guilty to being POS.
Speaking of Pieces of Shit: Vandals splashed green paint on the Lincoln Memorial.
Compare and Contrast: In a series of fair-'n-balanced "profiles" on the mayoral candidates, the Seattle Times, which endorsed Ed Murray, published a gushing piece called "Murray known for collaborative process," while the one on Mayor McGinn, which the daily paper despises, is titled, "Was McGinnâs first term too contentious for him to be re-elected?"
Maybe Murray Was Collaborating With McGinn at the Time: In an epic flip-flop, Murray blasted incumbent mayor Mike McGinn this week for his opposition to a Whole Foods development, even thoughâit turns outâMurray's position was identical to the mayor's last month, before McGinn took a position and this issue blew up in the media.
I Don't Get This Entirely: But scientists were reportedly able to "freeze" light:
Needless to say, halting light is not easy â you can't just put in the freezer. Light is electromagnetic radiation that moves at 300 million meters per second. Over the course of a one minute span, it can travel about 11 million miles (18 million km), or 20 round trips to the moon. So it's a rather wily and slippery medium, to say the least.
Ooh, Let's Call It "Horse's Ass Bridge": An initiative would rename I-5 bridge over the Skagit River after conservative operative Tim Eyman.
Zimmerman Conspiracy Theory: In his first appearance after an acquittal from murder charges, Zimmerman reportedly rescued a family of four from a car accident. Some say it appears to be a hoax, others say "conspiracy theories are basically impossible to stamp out. And in this case, the circumstances are just too weird."
