Seattle

The Space Needle, a Seattle icon.

Seattle (47.606N. -122.33W) with a population 621,000 in 2012, is the largest city in the American state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest. It was named after Chief Sealth, a Suqamish/Duwamish Native American leader.

Seattle was officially incorporated in 1889, but had been a town since 1851, when a group of pioneers from Illinois settled West Seattle, a peninsula within the current city limits to the west. From about 1960 until about 2000, the population remained relatively static, just under 600,000. However, the population increased into the suburbs north toward Everett, south toward Seatac and Tacoma and east (across Lake Washington) to Mercer Island, Kirkland, Redmond, Bellevue and Issaquah. As fuel prices have increased and zoning has allowed more growth, Seattle has grown about 40,000 in the last 6 years.

Long influenced by liberal policies, Seattle has been in a state of decline, particularly in recent years under current Democrat mayor Jenny Durkan, an open lesbian who has drawn criticism for her racism and sexism for her attacks on white men (along with throwing around accusations of "white privilege"), claiming them responsible for the rioting and destruction being caused in the 2020 Antifa riots (while ignoring that she herself is white and that those she blames for the chaos are actually leftists like herself).

Demographics

Seattle is a very liberal city. Seattle is the least churched city in America, and Washington State has the highest concentration of people who say they have no religion, including atheists & agnostics. The Pacific Northwest as a region features the lowest amount of religious people.

The makeup of the population was 67.1 percent White, 16.6 percent Asian, 9.7 percent African American, 2.38 percent from other races, 1.00 percent Native American, 0.50 percent Pacific Islander, and 4.46 percent from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.3 percent of the population. Seattle's median household income is $45,736, where the national average is $41,994. The median age of Seattle residents is 37.9. 36.16% of Seattleites are married, 11.5% are divorced, and one-third of those who are married have children. The density is 6,886 people per square mile. Seattle was also rated the most educated city in the United States, with 52.7% of its residents over age 25 holding at least a bachelor's degree. Many people have flocked to the Seattle area to work in what's called the "knowledge economy."

Politics and homelessness

In Seattle, the Employee Hours Tax (EHT), was passed by the Seattle City Council in May 2018 and was signed into law by Democrat Mayor Jenny Durkan. The 9 member Seattle City Council has 8 Democrats and 1 Trotskite socialist. The tax on businesses was set at a rate of $275 annually per employee to fund homeless services. Seattle city councilmen Larry Gossett objected to cleaning the sidewalks surrounding the courthouse because to pressure wash the sidewalks of urine and excrement, in the Democrat councilman's words, "is racist."

Peoples Republic of Chaz

Marxist insurrectionists set up check points and border walls in Occupied Seattle. Residents were extorted and forced to pay protection money.

See also: 2020 Antifa riots and No Go Zone

Antifa terrorists declared the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), established border walls and checkpoints, discriminated against illegal aliens, and engaged in police brutality against innocent protesters. Antifa paramilitants seized land from the native inhabitants and colonized a 7 block radius in east Seattle, imposing Stop and Frisk harassment and restrictions on residents. Not since the Paris Commune has a libertarian anarchist state been declared in The West. Others compared it to an ISIS-style insurrectionary state.

After a prolonged siege the Seattle Police Department abandoned its east precinct building. In a private message to the department, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best passed the buck upstairs:

“You fought for days to protect it. I asked you to stand on that line day in and day out, to be pelted with projectiles, to be screamed at, threatened, and in some cases hurt. Then to have a change of course nearly two weeks in — it seems like an insult on our community.”

Several hundred demonstrators, led by Seattle City Council Socialist Alternative Kshama Sawant, occupied City Hall calling for the resignation of Democrat mayor Jenny Durkan and the defunding of the Seattle Police Department after a march from the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. Sawant was backed by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). The DSA provided logistical support for the riots. Sawant called for the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ women and other issues. At City Hall another speaker decried Sawant’s cooptation of the movement to push her own agenda.

“Please stop using Black Lives Matter for your political campaigns....I’m really sorry, I want to tax Amazon too, I want to do all these things too, but this is not a movement for you to be politically active, for you to be politically correct, and for you to gain all these votes. Please stop taking advantage of us.”

The speaker noted the whiteness of many speakers at recent protests. Protesters left City Hall chanting “Defund SPD” and headed back to the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where protesters watched 13th, a documentary on the The New Jim Crow.

A two-hour rally of an estimated 2,000 protesters gathered in the rain for a community meeting hosted by Sawant.

“What we’ve defeated here is the political establishment of this city....You can never have zero police and an elimination of racism and oppression on the basis of capitalism."

A 30-point list of demands was published. “We demand the de-gentrification of Seattle, starting with rent control," etc.

Community members were subjected to barricades set up by the protesters with some armed individuals running them as checkpoints in the neighborhood,” a police spokesman said. “While they have a constitutionally protected right to bear arms there is no legal right for those arms to be used to intimidate community members.” Residents described a small number of people armed with rifles who have been seen serving as guards. Many businesses and residential buildings in the so called C.H.A.Z. hired private security staff. The entire area was lawless, and residents were left to fend for themselves. A social media posting from inside the occupied territory read,

"Due to the police not being able to respond for fear of reprisal and the shear amount of police resources required that makes it possible to have any presents in our area, residents needed to have an emergency plan that does not involve 911. Whether it is contacting friends, family or driving someone or yourself to the emergency room. You can still call 911 for help with planning and dealing with emergencies, but they may ask that you attempt to make your way to one of their other locations or possibly deal with a significant delayed response.

Civil disorder and vigilantly justice erupted over a property rights dispute when a socialist procured an iphone from greedy citizen unwilling to share the wealth. 911 calls reporting violence and sex crimes increased 300% in four days in the area which the Democrat mayor seceded to terrorists. The mayor provided material support to the terrorists and ordered the police to stand down, calling them "patriotic."

The Occupied Seattle Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone offered no social and mental health care for victims of the occupation.

Marijuana Vending Machine Problem

Seattle was the first of the liberal enclaves to be home to a "reefer vending machine", a vending machine where anyone can purchase marijuana, just like with soft drinks or candy. This will undoubtedly lead to more children, teens and reckless adults becoming addicted to the illegal substance.

Sports

Seattle is the home of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks, the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, the WNBA's Seattle Storm, Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners, and the WHL hockey team Seattle Thunderbirds. The SuperSonics were later purchased by Oklahoma businessman Clayton Bennett and were subsequently moved to Oklahoma City to become the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Media

AM Radio

• 570 - KVI (Conservative talk)
• 710 - KIRO (Sports/ESPN Radio)
• 770 - KTTH (Conservative talk)
• 820 - KGNW (Christian radio)
• 880 - KIXI (Adult Standards/Oldies)
• 950 - KJR (Sports)
• 1000 - KOMO (News; simulcast on 97.7 FM)
• 1050 - KBLE (Religious)
• 1090 - KFNQ (Sports/CBS Sports Radio)
• 1150 - KKNW (News/talk)
• 1250 - KKDZ (Multicultural)
• 1300 - KKOL (Silent)
• 1590 - KLFE (Conservative talk)

FM Radio

• 90.3 - KEXP (College radio)
• 93.3 - KUBE (Rhythmic Top 40/Hip hop)
• 94.1 - KSWD (Soft adult contemporary)
• 94.9 - KUOW (NPR)
• 95.7 - KJR (Classic hits)
• 96.5 - KJAQ (Adult hits)
• 98.9 - KNUC (Country)
• 99.9 - KISW (Rock)
• 100.7 - KKWF (Country)
• 101.5 - KPLZ (Hot adult contemporary)
• 102.5 - KZOK (Classic rock)
• 107.7 - KNDD (Alternative rock)

Television

• 4.1 - KOMO (ABC)
• 5.1 - KING (NBC)
• 7.1 - KIRO (CBS)
• 9.1 - KCTS (PBS)
• 11.1 - KSTW (The CW)
• 13.1 - KCPQ (FOX)
• 22.1 - KZJO (Independent)
• 44.1 - KFFV (MeTV)

Miscellaneous

Landmarks include the Space Needle and the Pike Place Market.

In 1999 Seattle hosted the WTO at the Washington Convention Center on Pine Street, and found itself the locus of a large protest by anti-globalist activists. Very rapidly, however, anarchists took advantage of the fact that the police were overwhelmed and began destroying property and looting storefronts. The violence of the "Battle of Seattle" raged for several days.

On Ash Wednesday 2001, Seattle sustained damage in the large Nisqually Quake, which cracked the Highway 99 Viaduct and destroyed some vintage brick buildings in Pioneer Square.

Seattle is the home of the Discovery Institute, an influential conservative think tank.

The popular television show Frasier is set in Seattle.

A trolley line using former railroad track was operated by former Melbourne (Australia) trams from 1982 to 2005.

The city was also rather infamous for having a statue of Soviet dictator Vladimir Lenin on its public square since the 1990s. On August 17, 2017, however, the mayor of Seattle Ed Murray has ordered for its removal.

See also

• Microsoft, Amazon.com and Costco are headquartered in Seattle area; Boeing was headquartered there before relocating to Chicago but still maintains a large presence in the area
• Pacific Northwest
• Silicon Valley - Seattle area is the Silicon Valley of the Pacific Northwest

External link

• Seattle is Dying
• Seattle Suffering From Street Crime And City Attorney That Won’t Deal With The Criminals.