Someone Vandalized the Capitol Building in Olympia, Again: According to the Washington State Patrol, an “inebriated vandal” smashed 13 windows at the Legislative building with rocks before leading troopers in a car chase in a Chevy Malibu that ended in a crash. Vandalism last fall—a guy hamme red his way inside, set some fires and knocked over some statues—led to the installation of a protective film on the windows that prevented damage to the interior of the building. Former Gates Foundation Worker Introduced to Epstein by Trump Was Sleeping with Bill Gates: Those are the latest sordid details of The Wall Street Journal’s continued investigation into Seattle most infamous local nerd/oligarch. Expect a Lot of Unfilled Seats at the World Cup: According to The Financial Times, 180,000 resale tickets are still available days before the tournament begins. Perhaps we should’ve expected this given the increased scale of this year’s World Cup and the hostility of at least one of the host nations (us) to foreign travelers.  Egyptian Team Arrives in Spokane, Their World Cup Home Base: Egypt, which is ruled by a military dictatorship backed by the United States to protect Israel and criminalizes homosexuality, will compete in Seattle’s June 26th World Cup Pride Match against Iran, which is being combed by the United States and Israel, and also criminalizes homosexuality. KXLY has the footage. FIFA Revokes Tickets for Iran Fans: Just in case World Cup seats weren’t empty enough, FIFA revoked the ticket allocation for Iran’s fans this morning. Each team usually receives eight percent of stadium capacity tickets to distribute. Presuming Iran fans were going to show up in the first place, this means thousands more empty seats at each game, the BBC reports. Costco Sets Gas Sale Record During Wartime: At least somebody is profiting from the illegal US invasion of Iran. Unwilling to let Seattle’s defense contractors hog the disaster capitalism glory, the Seattle Times reports Costco set successive gas sale records, with “so much demand over that period that trucks had to deliver gas to the same locations multiple times a day.” Air Force Won’t Buy New Boeing Tanker Aircraft Until Boeing Makes Them Safer: You may recall the United States Air Force’s tanker fleet of flying gas stations is dominated by aircraft designed in the 1950s (Boeing KC-135s), and that they’re getting blown up on the tarmac during Iranian drone and missile attacks on US bases in the Middle East. The Air Force needs new aerial refueling planes, but Bloomberg reports they’re telling Boeing they won’t buy any more until the manufacturer fixes its “Remote Vision System,” or the cameras that allow the crew to see what they’re doing while they refuel. You try pumping gas with your eyes closed at 20,000 feet. Montana Senator Proposed Less Stringent Aircraft Inspections After His Company Failed One: A few years ago, the Montana Democratic Party completed its long tailspin to Earth when their last statewide office holder, the guy who set the Pentagon and CIA budget, lost reelection to Tim Sheehy, an out-of-state millionaire Republican who runs a wildland firefighting aircraft company. Firefighting aircraft are usually pretty old, and according to ProPublica, Sen. Sheehy pushed to cut aircraft inspections after his company failed one because of a “big crack” in a water bomber’s wing. Experts will note water is essential to firefighting. Measure Twice, Cut Once: The family of an Oregon teenager is suing Oregon Health Science University for $17 million after Seattle doctors found their OHSU colleagues installed her new heart valve upside down, The Oregonian reports. Always get a second opinion. 60 Minutes Isn’t What It Used To Be: If the far-right ideological purity testing by the new management of CBS has you down, revisit investigative television newsmagazine’s glory days with this 1987 Mike Wallace interview with Joe Slovo, the white South African communist Jew who led the armed wing of the African National Congress in its war against Apartheid. It’s almost exactly the kind of thing the Bari Weiss regime would never broadcast today. In 1982, South African police assassinated Slovo’s wife, the journalist and anti-Apartheid activist Ruth First, with a mail bomb. The post Slog AM: Bill Gates Has Another Gross Epstein Connection, Costco Is Selling More Gas than Ever Thanks to the War, and FIFA Revoked World Cup Tickets for Iran’s Fans appeared first on The Stranger. ...read more read less