Welcome to Chinatown-International District Seattle. Epicenter of Crime and Drugs.

As usual, the Downtown Seattle Association (business group) is urging Seattle residents to go downtown for festivities. Funny how they ignore the homeless tents, filth, pro-Palestine demonstrations (hijacked the tree-lighting ceremony last year), and crime that have plagued downtown since 2020. https://twitter.com/downtownseattle/status/1991918752091545883?s=20 KOMO did post photos from last night's tree lighting. See them HERE. I …

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It just keeps getting worse: Dispatch from the Urban Jungle that is Seattle

You know, this is rapidly getting old. The constant stories of drug gangs, murders of innocents, rising homeless camps that were cleared recently, and teachers molesting students. What haven't we seen going down in the Seattle area? The crime rate is going higher, streets are more dangerous (even in nicer neighborhoods), judges still release prolific …

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“Smart” Grid??

http://www.electronicproducts.com/Power_Products/Power_Management/When_discussing_the_Smart_Grid_the_biggest_elephant_in_the_room_is_security.aspx?terms=smart%20grid The above link is to an article at the Electronic Products Web site. The article posits that the most important little-acknowledged problem with "smart" electrical grids (where the electric company installs a special meter at your house that they can monitor 24/7 and keep you informed of your ongoing electricity usage, and try to …

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