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No more sneaking in with your friends.It's about to become harder to get a table at the Costco food court than at a Michelin-starred restaurant. In recent months, Costco has taken a more drastic approach to ensuring only actual members are able to get all those sweet, sweet perks. And now, Costco is taking aim at freeloaders hoping to snag a $1.50 hot dog at the food court sans membership card. In March, a Reddit user shared a sign in the r/Costco community that they spotted at their local Costco in Orlando, Florida. The sign read: “Effective April 8, 2024,...

When putting through a custom order on anything, we’re often told it’s always best to give as much detail as you can to avoid any confusion. Even better if you give a picture or sketch reference. But for one Costco customer, this strategy turned their custom cake order rather pear-shaped. And we’re sorry, but we’re laughing along with the internet on this one! A Reddit user posted via r/mildlyInfuriating has shared how the supermarket giant got their order completely wrong despite them being very clear about what they wanted. Perhaps a little TOO clear.

The Evergreen Health Medical Center in Kirkland may change the name of its Family Maternity Center. Some staff claim “maternity” is not gender-inclusive enough for “birthing people” who do not identify as women. According to a memo obtained by the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH, some claim the Family Maternity Center “does not emanate inclusivity.” They argue that “all types of people give birth.” Consequently, the staff at the center are engaged in meetings to come up with a new, more inclusive name. The memo announcing the name change idea was sent by four EvergreenHealth leaders. They explained that staff...

The stepson of a former Democratic state lawmaker is charged with assaulting a police officer and planning sophisticated attacks against police. The video of the assault, which showed an officer hit in the helmet with a bat, went viral after a night of intense, escalating violence against police officers. Jacob Greenberg, 19, is in King County jail on charges of assault in the first degree, attempted arson in the first degree, and reckless burning in the first degree (a charge from an earlier case). Note: charging documents misspell his last name as “Greenburg.” His alleged accomplice has been identified as...

At the back of Costco's stores, past the televisions, jewelry, jumbo-sized ketchup jugs and tubs of mixed nuts, is one of the retailer's most prized items: The rotisserie chicken that costs just $4.99. Cheap Kirkland Signature rotisserie chickens aren't only a quick way for families to get dinner on the table. For Costco, the chickens are a lure, pulling customers into stores and getting them to browse the aisles, adding sometimes hundreds of dollars worth of items to their shopping carts before they pick up that bird. The chickens have become almost a cult item. 91 million were sold last...

A Kirkland woman claims she was distraught over the recent election when she fabricated a story that she was sexually assaulted, according to Kirkland Police Department. City staff received an email from a concerned citizen who saw a Facebook post by the woman. The woman wrote in the post that she was the victim of sexual assault in Kirkland. She claimed that Kirkland police responded but would not investigate the case or file a report. KPD’s investigation did not find a call in its dispatch center. Investigators had no information on the writer of the Facebook post because the information...

Starting date: July 24, 2014 Type of communication: Recall Alert sub-type: Notification Subcategory: Extraneous Material Hazard classification: Class 3 Source of recall: Canadian Food Inspection Agency Recalling firm: Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. Distribution: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec Extent of the product distribution: Retail CFIA reference number: 9067 Affected products Brand name Common name Size Code(s) on product UPC Kirkland Signature Whole Mixed Nuts 1.13 kg Best Before 02 APR 2015 0 96619 17766 0

Note: The following text is a quote: May 6, 2010 ICE deports Iraqi national with ties to Al Qaeda operatives SEATTLE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced that an Iraqi citizen, who had ties to an Al Qaeda leader and was deemed a national security risk by a federal immigration judge, an administrative appeals court and a federal appeals court, was recently removed to his native country. Sam Malkandi, 51, was living in Kirkland, Wash., in 1999 when he attempted to fraudulently obtain a U.S. visa for Tawfiq bin Attash to travel here and purportedly receive medical...

www.FightObama.us Kirkland Fights Obama Liberalism 4/15/2010 On Tax Day, Kirkland Launches "Fight Obama" Website to Combat Obama-Pelosi-Herron Liberalism Doctor from District Eight concerned about direction of our country, creates online effort to take action against radical liberal agenda pushed by President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and Roy Herron JACKSON - Dr. Ron Kirkland, the conservative Republican candidate running for Congress, unleashed a new online effort today to enlist and engage fellow conservatives and independents around the 8th District and the entire country who are fed up with the liberal ideologues leading our country down the wrong path. Kirkland, the founder and...

I found this yesterday. I live in this district and now thinking that we are about to have a real primary here over John Tanner's soon-to-be vacant Congressional seat. I don't know, let's see what happens. Here's the press release from Dr. Ron Kirkland for Congress.

A biography of late Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley might be turned into a movie, reports Blabbermouth.net. A press release from Arts Publications indicated that Argentinean journalist Adriana Rubio has been contacted by Philadelphia-based filmmaker Eric Moyer about making a film version of her book, Layne Staley: Get Born Again. Moyer said in a statement, "I am determined to make this film about Layne Staley, not only to celebrate his life and talent, but to warn others through his compelling story that heroin will kill you...no matter who you are." Staley died in April of 2002 after struggling with...

Georgia resident looking for help in the Washington area. My brother is in the hospital, he was just diagnosed with lymphoma and has congestive heart failure possibly connected to the lymphoma. The hospital is in Kirkland Washington and I am leaving very soon to be with him during this frightening time. He has no other family in the area and I do not know how to contact his friends for help with travel around the area. I have never been to Washington and would be delighted at any Freeper help on the availablility and desirablilty of public transportation from the...

The man accused of murdering two women and two children told police he drank too much alcohol, blacked out and awoke to find himself in their Kirkland house covered in blood, police said today. The 24-year-old man, who was identified in jail records as Conner Michael Schierman, said he then doused the house in gasoline and set it on fire Monday morning to cover up the crime, police said. When investigators caught up with the man, he had several injuries as if he'd had to defend himself, including wounds on his neck and face and a puncture wound on his...

$93.4M Winner Comes Forward! (powerball lottery goes to an AF Sgt.)   John San Cartier August 10, 2005New Mexico Albuquerque, NM – A master sergeant assigned to the 58th Training Squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque has claimed a $93.4 million Powerball jackpot. John San Cartier correctly matched all six numbers drawn on August 10. It was the New Mexico Lottery's third Powerball jackpot, the second-largest prize in the state, and the largest claimed by an individual. The winning numbers were 13-31-36-38-49 and the Powerball was 2. San Cartier chose the $52.2 million lump-sum option. After federal withholding taxes...

AMERICA'S WAR CHICK What They Fear To Say Is Killing Us August 15, 2005 by Resa LaRu Kirkland I’ll admit it—I’ve gotten a devilish delight out of the politics of PC—Political Castration. I mean, honestly—those who began this asinine speech are deserving of the ridicule. We’ve become hyphenated Americans, not the real things anymore, because Americans are evil, and it’s much better to be of another nation first—preferably a non-white nation—than admit to being a full-blooded fat, rich, American, and horrors!—white. I smell the stench of the UN in this mandate. We fear mere words, checking first to see if...

Getting away with cultural cleansing...

Toxin Ricin Found in Wash. Man's Apartment ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE (AP) - A 37-year-old man is in FBI custody for allegedly possessing the deadly toxin ricin. Robert M. Alberg of Kirkland, Wash., was arrested at his apartment Friday for investigation of one count of possession of a biological agent or toxin. "It is enough that it could cause concern that it could harm someone - could kill someone," FBI spokeswoman Roberta Burroughs told KING-TV on Monday. Agents said they believe Alberg was making the ricin in his apartment but won't disclose how much was found. They also would not say...