On this holy Sunday, just before the celebration of the birth of the Christian Savior, The Seattle Times decided it needed something Christmas related for its Entertainment & Arts section. Not just something that reflects the values of 92% of the country, like a church service, a Christmas play, or a church choir. No, this has to be something that represents The Seattle Times values. Seattle Times arts writer Michael Upchurch certainly found it.
The Seattle Times decided the front page should include the "tawdry glamour" and "warped yuletide spirit" of "drag legend Dina Martina - a big boned chanteuse of stage and dive". So bundle up the kids in their Sunday best and brave the cold night so that your family may celebrate the birth of the Lord at "The All-New Dina Martina Christmas Show".
If there is anyone in the Seattle area who is on the fence about cancelling their subscription to The Seattle Times, this would make a great stocking stuffer.
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Theres a little dirty
December 24, 2007 - 03:04 ET by MrSnugglesTheres a little dirty secret about the Seattle Times... they give it away for free. in fact, they wont STOP giving it away, no matter how many times i tell them i DONT WANT IT. it keeps showing up in my drive way every day. i have a garbage can full of em by the time the week is over.
I'm surprised your garbage
December 24, 2007 - 09:26 ET by motherbeltI'm surprised your garbage can doesn't spew it back out.
Well, isn't the Stranger all "trendy and edgy!"
Despicable.
I dare them to disrespect and denigrate a Muslim holy day in similar fasion.
BTW look at the little blurb up top: "Mudede's(?) Apology to the Hip-hop community." With that piece of trash on the front page, you have to wonder what they did that they actually felt they have to apologize for!
Just one more piece of evidence that Christians are th only group in the country who can be insulted with impunity.
The Seattle Time should be ashamed for plugging this trash
at Christmastime. (emphasis added)
Dina Martina — a big-boned chanteuse of stage and dive ..[ ].. Dina is Seattle actor Grady West's much beloved creation, and you'll find her distributing holiday treats and warped yuletide spirit ...
How sweet is that?
Edit: I stand corrected. The Times didn't actually have the picture, just the info about the show. Apparently they do have some standards.....sort of.
Between newpapers (2 of
December 24, 2007 - 07:49 ET by Right2thePointBetween newpapers (2 of them) leaving me copies on irregular basis and junk mail I recieve I estimate that comprises over 60% of the trash picked up for disposal at my residence.
I really wish the postal rate structure were revised so that junk mail costs more than 1st class mail. I do not know what the national delivery percentage of junk mail is, but I would have to believe that if it were totally eliminated the number of contract drivers between postal centers would go down and the total volume of mail handled would be reduced by such a factor that rate increases could be frozen for a very long time.
Except for Xmas and birthdays this house has not received personal letters for almost 10 years. Every normal communication among family is done via email. Photos can be sent without bending or special mailers to protect them etc.
Even the left should go for this concept since it only cluters the landfills, introduces all sorts of inks into the environment and would save a lot of fuel similar to increasing cafe standards.
The Seattle Times....your
December 24, 2007 - 08:00 ET by motherbeltThe Seattle Times....your local landfiller.... LOL
In past years I did so much
December 24, 2007 - 08:02 ET by Right2thePointIn past years I did so much mailing on an outgoing basis that I own a postal meter and scale I used then to optimize my expenses.
I have reduced the need for outgoing mail by over 95% and haven't had to replenish the balance on the postal meter in over two years.
Even contracts are now sent out via email and then are digitially signed.
All the catalogs received by this house are almost useless, since they are thrown away without even consulting them because I have long ago concluded that the items in them are many times out of stock when I attempt to order them online or the prices have changed since the catalog was printed.
It would make more sense to send me an email reminding me a new catalog equivalent is available online to review than have on an average day this month over 40 catalogs per day mostly in the 60 page range size to appear only to load up my trash containers.
" no matter how many times
December 24, 2007 - 08:31 ET by Jerry" no matter how many times i tell them i DONT WANT IT. it keeps showing up in my drive way every day.."
All done to maintain an illusion of higher subscription numbers to fool their advertisers. They should cut out the middle man and send their delivery trucks straight to the city dump.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Kansas City Star
December 24, 2007 - 09:03 ET by KC BeachThe KC Scar would still deliver their rag after I canceled my subscription. Seems they did not care if anyone wanted or read the paper, they just wanted to inflate their circulation numbers so they could overcharge advertisers. I finally got it to stop by confronting the delivery driver and giving him a copy of a letter I sent the Scar stating if they did not stop the deliveries I would have them charged with littering.
I've been to Seattle and it
December 24, 2007 - 06:00 ET by ArchConservativeI've been to Seattle and it is a hot bed of liberalism. The people there are off the track when it comes to a whole range of issues so it is not surprising when a liberal institution like the media becomes even more leftist. I'm just glad I don't live on the left coast and paying more than my fair in taxes.
We should do to California and Washington what Bugs Bunny did to Florida in one of the old Warner Bros. cartoons: use a saw and cut it off to drift into the ocean.
You support the troops by supporting the mission! If you don't support the mission, have the guts to say you don't support the troops.
And if you don't support
December 24, 2007 - 07:06 ET by EdhenryAnd if you don't support the mission, you give aid & comfort to the enemy, prolong the mission and cause service men and women to die.
Merry Christmans to our troops.
If the gop could only get
December 24, 2007 - 07:37 ET by NortoIf the gop could only get it.
"It's THE MISSION, stupid!" They would win in a landslide.
Also by not securing long
December 24, 2007 - 07:51 ET by Right2thePointAlso by not securing long term funding it makes it difficult to contract and obligate for long term lead items, resulting in smaller quantity orders that can be funded out of current allocations and raising the unit cost for affected items.
When I was in the Navy I
December 24, 2007 - 08:11 ET by Right2thePointWhen I was in the Navy I spent about 2 years in Bremerton at the Naval Shipyard for a refueling overhaul of the submarine I was stationed on.
The only time I would go to Seattle was usually to pass thru heading for other destinations.
On a few occassions I attended business seminars in Seattle or flew out of the airport there but I found the town to be lacking in so many ways that I actually avoided going there unless absolutly necessary.
That picture is so offence.
December 24, 2007 - 08:27 ET by USA4freedomThat picture is so offence.
If they want to be cutting edge, make fun of Mohammad.
Dress Mohammad up in a dress with a turkey. Come guys, we know you want to, you just don’t have the guts.
Why? Because as Christians we will not do anything, but your Muslim brothers will come and burn your building down with you in it..
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Not enough sheep?
December 24, 2007 - 08:49 ET by Free StinkerNewspapers in the USA would never show an "insulting" picture of the "prophet".
They have already surrendered, and are waiting for the people and the government to go along.
Newsbusters. Log on and find out What the heck is so yummy over here!
Well said!
December 24, 2007 - 10:00 ET by kgWell said!
On the back of my property
December 24, 2007 - 09:02 ET by Right2thePointOn the back of my property I have a structure that was allowed under a zoning exception since it was for personal use and not a commercial business.
I contains office space and such plus a 15000 sq ft personal data center with an IT staff of about 10 people.
I also have a secretary who has an office there and each day when she makes the mail run she has clearance to pull up to the loading dock behind the post office and picks up on an average day four of those fiberglass mail sorting bins if you are familiar with them.
Right now due to the holidays we have been running 6 or more bins of mail per day and on some days it has gotten as bad as 9 or 10 bins requiring a second run to the post office to retrieve all the mail.
Then hours are wasted sorting and shredding useless stuff including the probably one hundred or more offers of new credit cards per month that have identifing data that we shred so that dumpster divers or trash dump diggers can't be enabled to do identity theft.
Motherbelt--"I'm surprised
December 24, 2007 - 09:19 ET by the strugglerMotherbelt--"I'm surprised your garbage doesn't spew it back out" Hahaha
Orlando Sentinel
December 24, 2007 - 10:00 ET by iveseenitallThe Orlando Sentinel in Florida---get one FREE at your local super market. But four out of five customers turn it down.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Kindling for bonfires and
December 24, 2007 - 10:10 ET by taterKindling for bonfires and lining of birdcages is the only use of these papers anymore.
Do you realize how much it costs to run for office? More than any honest man could afford. -Montgomery Burns
Oh, come on!
December 24, 2007 - 20:17 ET by m4ster chiefTater...gotta expand your mind, buddy! There are many more uses for these rags...see, there you go! Rags! That's number three. You can wrap fish scales and entrails, you can roll them up and swat your puppy when he pees on the floor, you can soak up an oil spill when your teenage son changes the oil in the lawn mower, spread them on the floor in the garage to train your dog to do #2 on them, etc, etc.
Sunrise at sea; a breeze across the deck, salty spray tickles the face, the aroma of fresh coffee, stack gas, and haze-gray paint is in the air. Another Navy day aboard ship as a Navy Chief...the perfect life!
"Oh Come, All Ye Uncertain"
December 24, 2007 - 13:19 ET by RJYup, that's today's FRONT PAGE above-the-fold headline on the liberal rag they call The Hartford Courant.
On Christmas Eve, they chose to print a front-page story about those who doubt traditional Christianity.
Anyone think these brave people would run a similar story on the eve of Ramadan?
Sam Zell (new owner of the Courant) are you watching this? You want to save your newspapers? Smack your staff up side of their heads.....or better yet, fire them and hire staff that understands why newspapers are failing.