Stealing? This guy? As if!
Stealing? This guy? As if! DREW ANGERER / GETTY IMAGES

Good news for King County: In 2014 there were 61,191 new voters registered for the midterms. This year there have been 91,239 new voters registered. That’s an enormous increase! And there will be more still—while online/mail registration is now closed, people can still walk-in and register in-person, and the information for where can be found here.

Obama dismantles seven common excuses people give for why they don’t vote: This is great, because trying to figure out the most effective way to convince someone they should vote is the most frustrating dance there is. Next time I’m in that unfortunate, but inevitable, position I’m just going to show them this.


Another Trump lawyer bites the dust: Although it was a planned departure, Trump and his lawyer Don McGahn’s accord together is described as a “relationship beset by mutual fatigue.” That sounds bad, but it’s almost certainly an understatement since McGahn was considered to be a “moderating influence” on Trump.

Trouble in e-paradise: Yikes, e-commerce giant eBay is claiming that e-commerce giant Amazon has been illegally trying to poach their top sellers, reports the Seattle Times. The illegal part would be if eBay can prove that Amazon was using “eBay member accounts and messaging for purposes other than buying and selling products,” considered illegal by California law. Based on their own preliminary investigation, eBay "found at least 50 Amazon representatives had sent hundreds of solicitation messages over the past several years."

Please excuse thine balls: Truck releases metal balls in West Seattle for unknown reason. Man films. This totally validates my beliefs about the kind of funny business going on over yonder, in our far West quadrant. I guess it's not all long beach strolls and fancy new restaurants, is it?


Gotta pay the toll to get into the SR-99 hole: Tolls for the new SR-99 tunnel have been set! Woo! Never been so excited for a toll announcement in my life. If you're really interested in what all the tiers of tollage are, you can check that out here, cause lord knows I ain't listing them.

Sports leagues real game of choice is parting us from our money: According to a "casino industry survey," US sport leagues are set to see an additional $4.2 billion annually from revenue through legal betting. Leagues have been apparently demanding portions of the betting proceeds, arguing that without their sport there would be no betting—the MLB for example, is asking for 1 percent of the money bet as a “integrity fee.” As the Reuters article says, "in May, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a federal ban against sports betting, paving the way for any state to legalize, regulate and tax the activity."

Kim Schrier and Dino Rossi debated last night: And while I love a good local debate, having been actively following Washington politics for this long, I can't willingly subject myself to having to listen to Dino Rossi spout any more of his greasy lyrics. Luckily for people who haven't made up their minds yet, The Stranger's Rich Smith watched it for you. But seriously, if you want to know about Rossi and why he has been dubbed "The Loser," go ahead and give this Smith piece a gander. Rich's livetweets were a gift:



Threat level Trump: President Trump called the central bank his “biggest threat.” Ah, it must be nice to constantly be able to find a scapegoat the second things start to appear a bit dicey (think stock market). Now that he's targeted his scapegoat in Trumpland, if things go south, it isn’t his fault, and if things pick back up, well, he was able to succeed even despite his arch-nemesis, the central bank! What a wonderful paradigm to live in.


Sometimes, a good tweet: Sometimes there is a presentation of some sort of news, that is so beautiful, and so odd, that you don’t even want to find out any more information than you’ve been given. For me, this was one of those moments.


What I see and what I know is that there’s a hot air balloon, shaped like a whale—and for some reason, a reason I will must never find out—the whale has a toupee of skinny breasts dangling off either side, that apparently float upwards as the balloon descends. Australia, thank you for this gift.

OK but why's this sign so low? What's this Frelingford sign supposed to be indicating? That I look out for speeding snails? Is it some sort of dog-pooping scarecrow? In any case, SDOT, this sign may not be at an effective height to be visible for cars.

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Tonight's best Seattle entertainment options include: A chance to hear Ben Fountain read from his 2016 essays on the US elections, the opening of Peacock in the Desert: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India, and "ridiculously staged readings of your favorite screenplays" at Ian Bell's Brown Derby Series presents: Halloween.