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THE ONE THAT DIDN'T MAKE OUR HOLIDAY GUIDE >>> The frame above is for pictures of your favorite d-bag. We all have at least one in our life - that person you would love to punish, if only you weren't such a cowardly, passive aggressive little whiner; endlessly turning your rage
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LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS >>> A handful of local artists are suddenly out of luck as property owners in downtown Tacoma have announced they will stop participating in a program that provided artists with free studio and gallery space. You've likely already seen some of the fruits of the program
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WHY DESMOND TUTU CHOSE TO COME TO TACOMA >>> Desmond Tutu is coming to Tacoma. Let that sink in, then consider that the Nobel Peace Prize winner and historic peace activist chose to come to Tacoma as the first of his final two official international appearances before he retires later this
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THIS SEEMS VAGUELY FAMILIAR >>> City of Tacoma's Tax & Licensing Division has summarily revoked the business licenses of at least 19 medical marijuana dispensaries within the city limits. Dispensary owners received letters yesterday, March 17, demanding that they cease to operate by March 28 or face fines and penalties, up
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ALL FIVE PEACE ACTIVISTS FOUND GUILTY THIS WEEK >>> Five peace activists, including an 83-year-old nun and an 81-year-old Jesuit, were found guilty this week of a range of crimes after breaking into a nuclear storage facility in Silverdale, Wash. Anne Montgomery, 83, a Sacred Heart sister from
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HOT TOPIC >>> The Tacoma City Council told medical marijuana proponents today that so-called dispensaries would be allowed to stay open as long as their owners filed an official appeal of the cease and desist orders distributed last Friday by the city's Tax and Licensing Department. A crowd numbering at least
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THIS JUST IN >>> Medical marijuana patients and their caregivers were stunned Friday, Oct. 15, when several of Tacoma's so-called marijuana dispensaries were served cease and desist orders from the City of Tacoma's Tax & Licensing Division. The orders, with carbon copies to Tacoma Police Department Chief Don Ramsdell and Lt.
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HAVE YOU VOTED YET? >>> A grilled cheese sandwich can go terribly wrong. Experimenting with the classic formula, in this arena, can turn an American classic into a toxic-tasting mouth mutant. And Jesus hates mouth mutants. Well, thank God for Deanna Bender, who still makes the best
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MOTHERF****R! >>> MSM Deli II got a new front door for Mother's Day. Like a car-sized one. It was a regular, frantic Sunday evening when a fairly regular customer drove her car through the generally non-descript storefront at 2220 Sixth Ave., interrupting dinner and showering the wine aisle with concrete, dust
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PAUL SCHRAG: BENEFIT FOR BRIAN REDMAN >>>Metal has evolved. Apparently there are enough enraged teens to have catapulted a full on pop phenomenon, with new metal bands emerging daily. And, forgive me, most of them suck. Instrumentation is sloppy, riffs are tired and repetitive, and grooves are barren. Even the
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PAUL SCHRAG: MEGA-CHESS GAME DRAWS PROTESTERS >> That's it. I've had it with these damned socialist artists and their demand that public spaces be available for free to the, um, public. Take this group of Mega-Chess players, for example, who stormed Tollefson Plaza today to re-enact a legendary chess battle between
