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Why Trump Won’t Go to Trial and Other Predictions for 2024
Published 01/01/24 06:00 AM ET by John LeBoutillier in The Messenger Like every new year, 2024 will be filled with surprises, especially in the political world. The U.S. presidential election — specifically, the legal, political and behavioral travails of Donald … Continue reading
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An univited “guest” in the exam room
Thanks to Pam P.
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A kid’s story may have a nice message for the children in our lives (and the child in us)
Thanks to Ann M.
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Yet another big neighborhood fire–an 18-month repeat
The 9th Ave face of 823 Madison Street. Fire at First Hill vacant building spreads to neighboring apartments | The Seattle Times At 4:41AM on January 1st, the first alarm was received for 823 Madison; as the fire spread into … Continue reading
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Fire in the neighborhood – 900 block of Madison
An unwelcome start to 2024. For more photos click here. Thanks to Put B. – view from their apartment
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New Year’s Eve at Skyline – 2024!
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Two traditions–one wish
Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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Alzheimer’s update from UW Medicine
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Best sentences of the year
by Frank Brunei in the NYT Thanks to Mike C. who chose this one out of the group – (click here for the article). “…. in The Mort Report, Mort Rosenblum despaired: “Too many voters today are easily conned, deeply biased, … Continue reading
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What day is it anyway?
Thanks to Mary M.
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Ah, the benefits of those dark days
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As Long as There is Life
Hope for a better 2024 By DAVID B. WILLIAMS – (thanks to Mary M). David is the son of a Skyline Resident On August 1, 2005, I flew as far north as I had ever been, to a barely visible … Continue reading
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Israel has lost the moral high ground
By David Horsey Seattle Times cartoonist Hamas terrorists’ vicious Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israeli civilians took 1,200 lives, making it, in proportion to Israel’s small population, far worse than the 9/11 attacks on the United States in 2001. Attendees at … Continue reading
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Dr. Abe Bergman: Wise words on changing the world
Thanks to Mike C. – letter from a Skyline Resident Re: “Dr. Abe Bergman treated Seattle and the nation” [Dec. 13, Opinion]: The editorial recognized Dr. Abe Bergman’s formidable achievements as a child advocate but failed to pass on his … Continue reading
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What’s the purpose of life?
from Ralph Waldo Emerson “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
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Inflation hits the 12 days of Christmas
Thanks to Mary M. The PNC Christmas Price Index® is an annual tradition which shows the current cost for one set of each of the gifts given in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” It is similar to the U.S. … Continue reading
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Gratitude
DAN RATHER AND ELLIOT KIRSCHNER Another circle around the sun… A time to take stock, and fill stockings. To mark abundant candlelight, and dwindling sunlight. To look backward, and forward, and backward once again. We remember those who have passed.And the headlines that … Continue reading
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Christmas on the couch
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Right-wing pundits tremble in fear of … tap-dancing
Thanks to Mike C. and Bob P. From the Washington Post By Catherine Rampell Hide your children, hide your wives. A radical force is sweeping the nation, threatening to destroy everything that God-fearing Americans hold dear. That threat, according to Fox … Continue reading
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And maybe add a lane for scooters
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