The Empty part is downtown, which as of now has a 38.5% office vacancy rate. Yes, that's 38.5%!!! Office buildings for sale have sold for 20-30% of their assessed value; restaurants are closing every day; entire chains of stores have been closed due to high theft and vandalism risks. That "high-cost" part? Well, on January …
Continue reading *Welcome to the Empty, High-Cost, City of Seattle. Parking downtown? Think again!
We need to pay close attention to their battle plan. Because it IS a Battle! WE, the American People are the ENEMY. Chuck Schumer already told you the fucking ending. “We are already preparing, and we will mount lawsuit after lawsuit at every stage of the process. Mark my words.” The 2026 midterms have not …
The lesson is: The State of Israel and all Israelis, at home or abroad, are on a solid WAR FOOTING 24/7/365. NEVER denigrate a Jew or an Israeli for trying to "run the world" when they are simply trying to stay alive, work, raise families, and be net contributors to society. The United Arab Emirates …
This is also called "Dynamic Pricing," and it couldn't exist without the new electronic shelf tags that most grocery chains are now adopting. Those electronic tags enable up-to-the-second price changes, almost invisible to shoppers. Walmart has strenuously denied doing this "surveillance" pricing which takes into account how THEY calculate the "willingness to pay" a higher …
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Francis Lewis had a very eventful life, starting long before he came to the American colonies, and continuing well after. Here are two different views. Francis Lewis was a Welsh immigrant, merchant, prisoner of war, and supporter of American independence. He was born in Llandaff, Wales, on March 21, 1713, and educated in Scotland and …
It seems like almost every day, we get news of another restaurant closing here in the Seattle area. In our region, many cities, led by Socialist Seattle, have above-market minimum wages, forcing restaurateurs to pay all of their employees, even tipped and part-time ones, over $20 per hour. Jobs like dish-washing and bussing tables aren't …
It seems that the State of Washington, which everyone knows is just rolling in taxpayer money, decided to build the new facility but neglect to staff it! Olympia just can't wait to spend every penny coming in at least three times, even before it is received! Emphasis mine. WELCOME TO WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNMENT Where the …
Today, the Leftist-biased Washington State Supreme Court did what it was expected to do, and threw out a Citizen Initiative challenging a state law outlawing the use of natural gas for any reason, including home heating and appliances. Initiative 2066 passed handily in 2024, and the usual suspects immediately challenged it, stating that the People …
It often seems that the citizens of Washington State can't seem to catch a break. The fight against the looming Income Tax continues, and the ordinary people can seem like they are sleeping through the whole thing. Let's Go Washington, the citizen group fighting the income tax, and struggling to pass all three of their …
I am reading Thomas Sowell's book "Wealth, Poverty, and Politics", and his discussion of the many factors that affect what kind of society results from a variety of geographic, demographic, social, and genetic factors interacting. For a long time, I have thought about societies like those in Russia and most European and Asian countries in …
Continue reading Thoughts on Societies, and on America. Poor peasants.
