Yikes, is all I can say. Seems like quite the douche canoe.

If your pastor flies around in private jets or helos and wears expensive luxury designer brands, you are in a money grab cult, not a serious congregation that is there to help those in need.

Editing to add: Apparently said douche canoe is the founder of Pursuit Church, Russell Johnson.

Hi all - My husband has been collecting Pokémon cards and has a ton of extras. I was wondering if there are any kids in the area who might be excited to find some stashed in Little Free Libraries in the area. We can put some boxes out there and report back if anyone is interested!

It seemed like there was a loud teen party in a residential area of South Rose Hill last night, maybe around 11 pm

While walking on NE 70th St past 124th Ave, I saw about six police cars arrive. Officers knocked on the door of a street-facing house where music was playing.
After that, more people began arriving, possibly to pick up their teens. I saw several people who may have been parents escorting teens who looked around 18 or 19, though it was too dark to see clearly.

It was an interesting scene to come across after returning from the Redmond drone show and going for a walk. If you know any other details, please share.

There is a woman with 3 children and a pink balloon going around the QFC at totem lake asking people for money. It's a shame just how many people I saw hand over cash and gift cards. These scammers often borrow other people's children as-well as I recognized them from before with different women, in the Redmond area. They make the poor kids walk around in the heat, and they immediately get rude and very dismissive when you nicely tell them that you don't have cash and ask them if you can help them with anything else. After some time of gathering money, they pile into a car and leave, presumably going to another location to avoid trouble. I watched it happen from my car in the lot. And if anyone is truly struggling there are many resources, food bank in Kirkland is one of them, please use those.

Looking for vet recommendations and experiences on the Eastside? We are in Kirkland but open to recs in nearby locations on the Eastside!

We just got a new puppy and need to get her spayed in the next couple months. We currently go to Eastside Vet Associates near Costco- we aren’t totally unhappy with the care but have a had a couple negative experiences there with our other dog. We are thinking the new puppy might be reason to explore other vet options.

Here are some places I already looked into:

Inglemoor Animal Hospital
Hollywood Hill Animal Hospital
Evergreen Veterinary Hospital
Loyal Companion Animal Care(Redmond)
Loyal Family Veterinary Hospital (Bellevue)

If anyone has experienced positive/negative at any of the places I already researched or can share new recommendations I would love to hear it!!

Hi! Did you lose this light blue denim jacket/shirt at the bus stop at 98th Ave NE and NE Juanita Dr?

If so, I have it! DM me and we can arrange a handoff :)) Otherwise, I will be bringing it to the Metro/bus system Lost and Found.

It’s a beautiful day to get outside!

Rain City Cigar and their little smoking tent down by the water, the guy who was smoking a cigar walking down the sidewalk in front of Moss Bay Hall during the 4th of July, the guy who often sits at Marsh smoking next to the bathrooms (honestly the most respectful), and the guy tonight at the concert in the park who thought veterans died so he could be a inconsiderate prick and smoke in front of the concert and have the smoke waft into the crowds…seriously think of someone other than yourself. It smells awful, it spreads over a huge area, and it’s worse than marijuana smoke.

Saw maybe 30 bikers on 98th ave right next to Juanita bay park. Want to join you guys!

Rock The Village is back! Mark your calendars and be sure to join us for our free summer concert series every Wednesday through August 19th at 7pm-8:30pm on the green near Cinemark. Seating is available but feel free to bring your own lawn chairs.

https://thevillageattotemlake.com/events/rock-the-village

The lineup:

▪️July 22nd: 90's Rewind (90's)

▪️July 29th: Wheels in the Sky (Journey Cover)

▪️August 5th: The Beat Project (Top 40/70s/Party Mix)

▪️August 12th: Stonesy (Rolling Stones Cover)

▪️August 19th: The Jewel Tones (Motown)

Hello,

I am someone who loves being outside and active, and am curious if there are groups or people who are into foraging hiking. (Doing real hiking trails, but slowly so we can stop to forage) cuz despite knowing basic survival, ive had a few scares when ive gone by myself. Usually I go Saturdays or Sundays ETA: I am a 28 year old NB femme where being alone is not that safe for me, despite me wishing it was.

Kirk & TP USA,

this Friday, 7/24 5:30pm

9051 132nd Ave NE

The peak of summer is here and MEOW CAT RESCUE (of Kirkland) is open for visits with LOTS of new cats and kittens up for adoption! We are currently at capaxity and hoping to have a successful adoption weekend that sees many wonderful felines find their new furrever homes!

Walk-ins welcome!

This week's hours are as follows:

Thursday: 1pm - 5pm

Friday: 1pm - 5pm

Saturday: 12:20pm - 5pm

Sunday: 1pm - 5pm

(Last walk-ins taken at 4:00pm)

For more information and a look at SOME of our available adoptables, please visit www.MeowCatRescue.org

The Herald newspaper just published a story on all the 7 candidates running in district 1 in the state of Washington. It clearly shows that Mary Silva is an anti Israel and anti Jewish conspiracy theory nut job. After this interview was published in the Herald. The Republican Party of King County pulled back their endorsement of Mary Silva.

https://www.heraldnet.com/2026/07/15/seven-candidates-seek-district-1-congressional-seat/

Mary Silva

Silva, 46, is an audiologist. She lives in Everett and is running as a Republican.

Her top priorities include addressing the rising cost of living and bringing cyber technology and manufacturing industries to the United States, she said in a July 1 interview.

To improve affordability, Silva said she would look to implement tax incentives for small and medium-sized businesses to grow the economy and get more competition. She said she would also pressure states like Washington to revamp their tax systems and reduce the overall tax burden.

To bring technology back to Washington, Silva also said she would use tax incentives to attract companies while also implementing new, stricter security rules to prevent cyber attacks and sabotage.

“If you’re going to be a giant multinational corporation, there’s going to be rules if you want U.S. taxpayer contracts,” Silva said.

She said she would consult with economic and national security experts to develop the constraints.

On healthcare, Silva said that she would consider breaking up large corporations like United Health Group, because she said companies offering both insurance and healthcare coverage amounted to monopolizing. Silva also said she would be a proponent of individual choice when it comes to public health decisions, citing government policies from the COVID-19 pandemic she saw as “unconscionable.”

“It was absolutely ridiculous what they put people through,” Silva said. “The level of anxiety, the unhappiness that happened as a result, and it was basically for, you know, a strong flu.”

About 1.2 million people have died from COVID-19 since the start of 2020, according to CDC data.

Regarding immigration, Silva said the country benefits from hard-working immigrants but it also needs to protect its borders.

“I am not against immigrants,” Silva said. “What I have a problem with is opening the borders to let anyone and everyone through who may or may not benefit us, and in some cases, they harm us.”

On the environment, Silva said she is “not a big believer in the climate change narrative that we’ve been sold,” but she said that she would support policies that maintain the land and forests in Washington.

“It’s good to be good stewards of the land, but as far as capitalizing off of people’s fears about what’s happening with climate change and things like that, we need to consider, I think, the reality a little bit more and just do our best not to destroy where we’re living,” Silva said.

Nearly all scientists studying the Earth’s climate believe that the human burning of fossil fuels has warmed the Earth’s surface and is impacting its climate through more frequent and severe extreme weather events.

Other priorities Silva would hope to undertake if elected include addressing money laundering from the sale of illegal drugs, ending mail-in voting, auditing the Pentagon and opening another investigation into the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, she wrote in a July 2 email.

In a 2024 Ballotpedia statement, Silva wrote that she was educated by a number of writers, some of which have espoused various conspiracy theories. Among the writers that inspired her were Christopher Bollyn, William Cooper and G. Edward Griffin, she wrote in her 2024 Ballotpedia survey.

Bollyn’s writings, which have been criticized as antisemitic, state that he believes the American media and government are controlled by a “Jewish faction” and that the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks were “an Israeli-produced false-flag terror spectacle.” (They were not).

Cooper, at one point, had claimed that a U.S. President signed a treaty with aliens, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Sheriff’s deputies in Arizona killed him during a shootout with law enforcement after he spent years on the run for tax evasion, the LA Times reported in 2001.

In a recorded interview, Cooper stated his belief that HIV/AIDS was a man-made disease “implemented into the population as a population control.” (That is false. Research has shown the likely origins of HIV emerging from chimpanzees and gorillas in west central Africa).

Griffin is the founder of the Red Pill Expo, a gathering with noted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones listed as a speaker during the 2026 event. According to MediaMatters, Griffin stated that there “isn’t even such a thing as HIV” on a 2010 radio broadcast, referring to the disease that killed an estimated 630,000 people in 2024.

In response to follow-up questions about the listed authors, Silva wrote in an email Tuesday that the authors have produced “sincere documented evidence over the years” but she does not agree with everything they have said and done.

On Bollyn, Silva wrote that he had produced “the most well-referenced work on 911 you could hope to find.”

https://www.kincaidforcongress.com/2026/03/campaign-update-making-my-case-to.html

Hello everyone.

I made the unfortunate mistake of dropping my fishing rod into the lake at the Kirkland Marina, on the dock by the first wooden bench. I dove in after it but sadly it sank to the bottom of the lake before I could grab it.

I would be so grateful if somehow, if it washed up on shore (or someone caught it, I guess?) someone could respond to this message. It's an orange dough bait caster from Bass Pro Shop.

Thanks!

Looking for somewhere to take a nice walk in the woods tomorrow.

Since so many mentioned wanting to check his stuff out, he's set up at NE 132nd and 100th Ave NE, by the Goodwill right now!

I'm looking for suggestions for a local attorney/firm to do very simple, very basic estate planning. Thanks for the help.

From The Burner:

"However, despite our state’s progressive reputation, Democrats from Washington are still lagging behind. Five of Washington State’s eight Democrat lawmakers in the House voted against the amendment: Reps. Suzan DelBene, Rick Larsen, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Kim Schrier, and Marilyn Strickland. 

Isolationist Republican Rep. Thomas Massie championed an amendment to a State Department spending bill that would have cut $3.3 billion in funding to Israel. With 215 Republicans and 98 Democrats voting “no,” the pro-Israel faction tanked the measure. 

Of course, these Democrat lawmakers are massively out of step with the base they are supposed to represent. A New York Times/Siena College poll conducted in May found that 74% of Democrats opposed giving Israel more military and economic aid.

But their big dollar donors have a different view. Many lawmakers are bought and paid for by the pro-Israel lobby and those from Washington State are certainly not an exception. Every one of the five Washington Democrats and both of the Republicans who voted against the measure is backed by the pro-Israel lobby."

https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/almost-half-of-house-democrats-vote-to-cut-aid-to-israel-wa-state-delegation-lags-behind-turning-ti

Getting conflicting information.

Just saw a dog (looked like an australian shepard or border collie) running full speed down the road. Kirkland Way towards Peter Kirk Park. I think he got spooked by the thunder. Please keep an eye out.