This study seeks to illuminate and further the relatively unknown legal scholarship of Professor Paul Butler, in the area of Jury Nullification. My objectives are three fold. (1.) To explain in detail what jury Nullification is. (2.) Inform fellow citizens as to the history of Jury Nullification both Conceptual and Actual. (3.) Give clear succinct descrip- tions of a Citizens Rights, Duties and Protections with regards to effectuating change, through said Jury Nullifica- tion. I believe that once citizens are enlightened as to the extent of their individual power. These enlightened citizens cannot help but spread their knowledge to others, effectuating positive change at an exponential rate. Much like the elation and excitement of the young eaglet, that realizes it can fly for the first time.

Florence & The Machine:

I am also certain that she identifies strongly with movies about a quirky girl who meets a sweet indie dude with permanently messy hair who wears rumpled, button-up shirts. He is about to get married to some uptight bitch who wants to control everything and stomp all the creativity out of him, but fortunately the quirky girl comes along and reignites his passion for life and shows him that he has to call off the wedding at the last minute, even though it's going to disappoint his parents and make him question everything he thought he knew about himself.

Oh, and I'm almost positive she "doesn't even OWN a television" and takes every possible opportunity she can to tell you that she doesn't know who a given celebrity is: "Who is THAT?? Why do you get so wrapped in all that fake Hollywood bullshit? It's so PLASTIC and PHONY, man! Wait, hang on a second, my iPhone is ringing."

So... are you gonna win? "Obviously, what we are seeing the right now is the same trend as primary, where voters favored Mike. Right now we feel very good."

Is there any hope for Joe? "King County had another 30,000 votes dumped in today, which nobody would have expected—that's abnormally large," Neuman says. "We will wait and see, but it's not going in the right direction for us. We would have to see an immediate reversal in trend, I think, and an abnormally high one."

The P.I. is reporting that the man shot in Tukwila this afternoon is in fact a suspect in the Halloween killing of Officer Brenton—the suspect is in critical condition at Harborview after being shot in the head, according to the Seattle Times.

The suspect is 41-year-old UW student Christopher J. Monfort. He's been studying criminal justice, of all things.

Police received a tip about the car they were looking for and waited for Munfort to approach it.

Three detectives confronted Monfort at the apartment complex later Friday afternoon. He turned and ran, then pulled out a handgun and pointed it at police, King County Sheriff's Office Sgt. John Urquhart said.

"For some reason, it did not go off," Urquhart said. "I don't know if he tried to fire it."

Monfort allegedly then ran a short distance again, and had another confrontation before he was shot at least twice, police said.

Investigators did not say how many officers were involved or how many shots were involved.

"It'll be tough to overcome," she acknowledged. But she said a win is "still in the realm of possibility" and that the campaign wants to evaluate "oustanding factors."

For example, she said, there may have been some Seattle ballots in a vandalized ballot box in Tukwila.

* I added that "Right?" because I didn't want to jinx things.

Mike McGinn 85416 50.31%
Joe Mallahan 83032 48.91%
Write-in 1328 0.78%

That's a 2,384-vote spread.

Is the race still too close to call? “Hey, we’re waiting to see what the next results show, but the trend looks positive for us now.” The next drop hits between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

Mayor

Mike McGinn 75,657 49.99%

Joe Mallahan 74,448 49.19%

Write-in 1240 0.82%

All the King County election results are here.

• King County Elections has counted 137,025 ballots from Seattle voters and the McGinn camp estimates the county has an additional 55,000 uncounted ballots on hand.

In a recent SurveyUSA poll, you can see that McGinn's base is among voters 18 to 34. In contrast, Joe Mallahan's base is older voters, especially voters over 65 years old. In other words: Uncounted ballots appear to represent younger voters—who are more likely to be McGinn supporters—than the votes already counted. This could mean that the next batch of votes puts McGinn over the edge.

Late voters could also be McGinn voters if they read The Stranger.

According to Google Analytics, the Stranger's bill of endorsements—which give a hearty endorsement to McGinn—was viewed by 43,933 unique individuals. Of those, about 18,500 people viewed our endorsements in the last three days before the election. (That's not even counting cheat-sheet downloads from the home page or three issues of the paper around town that had our endorsement cheat sheet.) So those are late voters, they're mostly likely young voters, they are probably mostly McGinn voters, and they are voters whose ballots may not have been counted yet.

Seattle is estimated to have 213,841 total ballots when it's all said and done.

Tukwila Police recently shot a man at an apartment complex near Southcenter. From seattlepi.com:

Seattle Police responded to Tukwila after receiving a tip that the man was connected to the fatal shooting Halloween Night of Seattle Police Officer Timothy Brenton, according to a police source familiar with the investigation. SWAT members were among those responding.

According to Stranger books intern Corey Kahler, who was listening to police radio, the suspect was shot after drawing a weapon, after multiple squad cars and SWAT arrived. The suspect is alive and has been taken from the scene.

His condition has not been officially released, seattlepi.com reports.

Well, Google is now providing a new service that lets you see what's happening on all of their other services. It's called Google Dashboard, and it summarizes all the stuff you're storing on Google's servers and gives you access to various settings.

It can be a little unnerving to see all this info laid out on one page, but the intention is good—Google is making it easy to find what they're storing about you, and easy to change your settings if it gets too creepy.

Participation is mandatory.

Jake Blumgart on why the aerospace giant is really ditching Washington workers:

As you've probably heard, last week Boeing infuriated local labor leaders and disappointed our state's politicians by deciding to open up a second 787 production line in South Carolina. While the company says this wasn't an anti-labor move and politicians like Governor Christine Gregoire have tried to spread the blame around so that no one's fully at fault, it's hard to read this as anything but a blatant power play by Boeing against the local machinists' union—whose members build the majority of the company's aircraft.

Relations between Boeing and the machinists have been acrimonious of late, with strikes accompanying four of the past seven contract negotiations. So the choice of Charleston over Everett can basically be interpreted as the new managerial line: Fuck you, machinists.

Read the whole thing, including Blumgart's demolition of the official Boeing company line, HERE.

• Continuing to cheat tourists and drunks under new ownership.

Remember the rampant rumors at the end of September that world's best dive bar the Five Point was closing? Thanks be to drunk baby Jeebus, it's not true. But the OTHER rumor that a local club promoter was the new owner? True—it's Dave Meinert, who manages Blue Scholars, Common Market, etc., and produces the Capitol Hill Block Party. His soon-to-be-babymama/partner Mandy Park will be managing the place (she used to waitress there, and that's where she and Meinert met—awwww).

Will there be any changes? Nothing that's going to wreck the Five Point magic. Some of the duct-taped upholstery will be replaced, along with extra messed-up parts of the floor. Scrubbing has occurred. And a few updates to the food menu will happen on Monday: The coffee will now be Caffe Vita; liver and onions is back from yesteryear; and a couple more options for vegetarians will be added (including the Green Cat curry tofu scramble, with the recipe provided by the owner of the beloved bygone Green Cat Cafe).

It's good news for everybody who loves the Five Point. Cheers!

Bridging hiphop and the symphony is no small feat- in fact, it's a fucking recipe for disaster in the wrong hands- but I think this cast of characters is up to the task. Says Messina:

Symphony of the Superhero explores our cultures fascination with superheroes. Comic book fans will love this look at their favorites and how they've played into our society.

This is my 12th symphony as a composer and I still don't know how to read music. I write symphony for our generation. These are not typical symphonies. These are crazy, big, hairy, fun events where we enchant the audience. We will have over 280 performers on stage. A full orchestra, 4 choirs, drummers, a DJ, and a few tricks up our sleeves.

Our solo violinist, Lili Haydn, hails from LA and has played with, for Sting, Paige & Plant (Zeppelin), Parliament Funkadelic, Herbie Hancock, and so many others. She is currently writing and performing for the next Pirates of the Carribean film score (Hans Zimmer). She's a unique talent in that she plays violin and sings at the same time...in a really beautiful, yet haunting way.

THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL SYMPHONY. This is a crazy, big, hairy, fun concert written by a composer who isn't classically trained and doesn't even read music (yet, but probably will someday). This is something you have to see to believe.

Starting tonight, They Live!’s DJ BlesOne (aka Bruce Illest) hosts a new monthly called Filthy Nice Fridays at the Baltic Room (it’ll happen every first Friday and run until it stops). He is the jock who often provides the backdrops to which the Massive Monkees flex their world-class breakdancing moves. I imagine the funk will be very strong here all night. And word is, the flyest girls are down with BlesOne's Mash Hall and co-sponsor Paperboy's crews. This matters.

Email your name to pbp206@gmail.com for guest list privileges from 10 pm-11 pm; cover is $5 after 11.

More after the jump. All taken by photographer Ashley Robinson.

On his radio show and cable television programs, first on CNN Headline News and now on the Fox News Channel, Mr. Beck has enthusiastically endorsed dozens of novelists, a majority of them writing in the thriller genre. Mr. Beck, who now attracts 9 million weekly listeners on radio and 2.7 million daily viewers on television, often selects authors whose plots or characters reflect political stances that mirror his own. But he also promotes the work of authors who may disagree with many of his views.

“He’s our Oprah,” said Brad Thor, a writer of political thrillers who has appeared on Mr. Beck’s radio and television programs several times. “God love him, we’re very fortunate.”

In other news, Glenn Beck has appendicitis. Or does he? Jon Stewart is on the case:

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I’m a young woman in a committed relationship with my longtime boyfriend, a handsome and VERY well-endowed man. His penis is more than satisfying, but it’s never gotten me off. I only climax when he performs oral on me. I feel guilty because when we make love, I wait for him to finish (and some times even encourage him to cum faster) so he can go down on me and I can climax, too. I can’t cum first because after I do, I don’t like to be touched and then we can’t have intercourse. Any suggestions? I feel guilty for being impatient when he’s doing his thing.

Prefer Oral Over Penis

My answer after the jump...

• The hand of crotch smasher?

More photos after the jump. All injuries aside, Seattle expats Big Business played an amazing show. They play again tonight in Olympia at Eagles Hall.

Again with the press release after the jump...

160th & Aurora: Shay’s Restaurant and Lounge. Monsoon falls from the sky. Noon time karaoke stays dry. All day breakfast here. A man and woman in their sixties are screaming AC/DC’s “Girls Got Rhythm”. They’re chain smokers and hate the rain. Pabst is all around.

“I've been around the world / I've seen a million girls / The girl's got rhythm / She’s got the backseat rhythm.”

The man is into it, but stumbles. They trade verses. She’s got Kool Menthol, egg-beer breath and hits the notes better than he does. She’s sloven, huge, and fresh with $100 in winnings from Goldie’s Casino up the street playing blackjack.

“She really satisfies me / Love me till I'm legless / Aching and sore / Enough to stop a freight train / Or start the Third World War.”

The couple challenges me to a game of Clue. My afro is with me. Let’s do this.