{"id":436,"date":"2003-04-15T13:22:37","date_gmt":"2003-04-15T18:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=436"},"modified":"2003-04-15T13:22:37","modified_gmt":"2003-04-15T18:22:37","slug":"them_them_them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/04\/15\/them_them_them.html","title":{"rendered":"Them!  Them!  Them!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a fascinating essay on the <a title=\"Washington HistoryLink Database Essay\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.historylink.org\/output.cfm?file_id=5136\">Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic of 1954<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">On April 15, 1954, Bellingham, Seattle and other Washington communities are in the grip of a strange phenomenon  &#8212; tiny holes, pits, and dings have seemingly appeared in the windshields of cars at an unprecedented rate. Initially thought to be the work of vandals, the pitting rate grows so quickly that panicked residents soon suspect everything from cosmic rays to sand-flea eggs to fallout from H-bomb tests. By the next day, pleas are sent to government officials asking for help in solving what would become known as the Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>Stranger than fiction &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2003_04_01_archive.html#200150064\">BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a fascinating essay on the Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic of 1954. 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I don't agree with all of his solutions or diagnoses, but it's a thought-provoking read. #ddtb Embedded Link Paramilitary Policing From Seattle to Occupy Wall Street | The Nation As Seattle police\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51870,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/25\/seattle-washington-sharia-law-central-or-more-likely-not.html","url_meta":{"origin":436,"position":2},"title":"Seattle, Washington: Sharia Law Central (or, more likely, not)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 25-Jul-15 12:43am","format":false,"excerpt":"What's hysterical about this is that the Muslim injunction against charging interest was part of Christian Europe's laws for many centuries. 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Well done -- in exchange for staying safe from imaginary Evil Vaccination Spirits, you've put real lives in danger.Reshared post from +Breaking NewsWhooping cough epidemic declared in Washington stateWash., USA+The Associated\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131137,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/20\/the-more-things-change-4.html","url_meta":{"origin":436,"position":5},"title":"The More Things Change","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 20-Jul-16 10:45pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Below is a flyer passed out and put under auto windshields in Dallas, Texas, in the days leading up to John Kennedy's assassination [http:\/\/goo.gl\/pi6iaI]. 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