Visitors over the past 4 years:
Occasional Visitors/Still Looking for Bigfoot
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At 1:55 below: Free Market Capitalism
Fox News Clips
The Free Market Capitalism established to legally purchase the same preferred, sturdy, sensible, made in the USA gas can used by your Granddaddy.
Was it Saddam Hussein who removed this option for retail purchase?
Free Market Capitalism?
In the news:
$6.3 million in federal cash for a used Ocean Shores hotel.
Any questions from newspeople?
December 8, 2022 The Daily World
Dept. of Ag invests $6.3M to purchase Ocean Shores hotel
$6.3 million “to fund the acquisition of an existing hotel. Marathon Enterprises Inc. is located in Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor County, Washington. The project is expected to result in saving eight jobs and creating one full time job.”
Zero questions from small or large newspapers. Zero questions from TV newspeople.
Here at Oak Bay Starfish, our concerns are not specific to any political party or personality. We ask questions no matter who is in office.
More event coverage:
Related:
Celebrating Things That Are Real – USA 250
The country struggles with:
We have seen red and silver pull tabs in the past.
What do they mean?
The beer photo fetish page features a true grab bag of different beer styles and brands. We’ve been at it since 2012.
Possibly of interest:
Green/Clear Beer Bottle Myths?
Part Two – Green/Clear Beer Bottle Myths?
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?
US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?
What did the founders think of a powerful, centralized federal government and militarized pageantry for public events?
Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?
The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?
Giant federal program celebrates independence from a powerful, central government:
New York Post
In The News
D.C.’s July 4th fireworks will have “TSA-style” security, won’t start until 11 p.m., mayor says
By Maria Sullivan, Gabriella Biello – CBS News
June 30, 2026
“…hundreds of planes will participate in a “Fourth of July Airshow,” the president said.”
“Those planning to view the fireworks show from the Washington Monument grounds should expect “TSA-style” security, with magnetometers screening guests, according to Tara McLeese, special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Washington field office.”
“McLeese said each guest in the restricted area is allowed only one clear bag no larger than a gallon, or a small clutch purse. There will be no storage for prohibited items.”
“Attendees of the Great American State Fair at the National Mall are encouraged to remain there to watch the fireworks show, rather than attempting to enter the primary viewing zone on the Washington Monument grounds, said Scott Brecht, chief of the U.S. Park Police. Leaving one zone and moving to another will require additional security screenings, and reentry may not be possible.”
D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency Director Clint Osborn said. “I would say that if you’re going downtown and you’ve done this before, don’t assume you know what it’s going to look like.”
DHS- the folks who can’t keep fentanyl trafficking cartels from moving product into various US communities are keeping the big event safe. Way To Go Team.
Cartels continue to move product into all 50 states.
DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:
“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”
Sealed Borders?
Has any community anywhere in the US downsized or shut down any local drug task force, or narcotics enforcement team due to the success of Dept. of War strikes on suspected narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?
Any questions from newspeople?
Both Major Parties – Celebrate Your Freedoms
Giant federal project celebrates independence from a powerful, central government.
What Others Are Saying
Breaking Points
Possibly of interest:
NORAD Santa Tracker
Here at Oak Bay Starfish, our commentary rolls on, no matter who has been elected to office.
A giant agency created to prevent Soviet attacks, with almost unlimited resources to defend N. America in 2021, is unable to keep crank call from going out live during big public relations event.
My audio commentary – duration 3:30
Podcast 10 NORAD Santa Tracker Allows Insult To President Biden Live On Air
“…military flyovers will be the best, EVER…”
Celebrating Things That Are Real – USA 250
The era of newspeople not asking questions brings on private citizens who go out and ask questions.
Instead of waiting for school teachers to teach about individual rights and limited government authority, waiting on the press to ask questions, or courts to handle cases, these guys go out and update us with a quick reality check.
These guys were also never waiting on the overthrow of Saddam Hussein or the take down of any other bad guy in distant lands, as DOD defends the constitution, etc.
Maybe they are tired of being lied to.
WA State – Welcome Home Troops
I.A.M. Free – Inland Auditing Media
Public Records Request
It is very common that public offices in various states will say something like: Go to our website to submit your public records request online.
They would prefer the person with the camera leave the office as soon as possible.
It is common in various states that open records laws allow the public records request to be submitted in person orally or in writing and that the public records request may be made anonymously.
Public records laws set up an open door policy for people to go and interact in person with government offices and agencies during normal business hours at public offices.
Tyrant Terminator Audits!!! is a favorite channel where he has explained all this over and again in public offices.
More here:
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
Photo: One I took a few years back.
A symbol of operating a camera in a public place.
Salmon Season – Whidbey Island – Driftwood Park
Two images above-
Source: Page down at the KIRO 7 TV News web page.
Page down here to see the sort of quality advertising sponsors KIRO 7 TV News is able to attract to their web page.
Several militarized/AI senior citizens drinking various odd beverages before bed to combat promoted ailments.
KING 5 too:
From WIS News 10:
Possibly of interest:
“…military flyovers will be the best, EVER…”
Celebrating Things That Are Real – USA 250
Here is a nice video about tattoos over time:
Retired Frank
I am part of Generation Jones (1954 to 1965).
I never got a tattoo.
When I was a kid they were not popular.
Maybe Popeye the Sailor Man (a WWII veteran) had one.
Maybe a member of a motorcycle club had one.
Maybe a gang member had one. Maybe an ex-con had one.
Women never seemed to have one.
Those tattoos meant something.
After while, it seemed that tattoos became so common that they didn’t mean much any more.
I don’t feel better than anyone else. It’s just a preference.
Saturday Night Live
Completely Unrelated
Survivor Band
Several years back, I started the Old Man Blog category. It involves thoughts on changes in American culture relating to those born roughly in the late 50s & early 60s.
Original Old Man Blog here: https://oldmanblogdotcom.wordpress.com
New updates here: https://oakbaystarfish.com/category/old-man-blog/
Related:
Above: No hurry to change – Nordland
In The News
‘Packed to the brim’: Trump says 45K guests attend Great American State Fair rally
by Jessica Botelho
The National News Desk
June 27, 2026
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?
US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?
What did the founders think of a powerful, centralized federal government and militarized pageantry for public events?
Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?
The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the Pentagon specializes in undeclared/unwon wars.
The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?
Take An Oath To The Constitution
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?
Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.
Love to see newspeople interview elected officials and let us know how sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution.
From 2004
“Today, however, the Congress has relinquished its delegated powers, giving the President license to do whatever he and his office determine that they can get away with. Consequentially, the presidential and legislative oaths to the Constitution have just turned into a great photo op on inauguration day.”
“It is a sad and hard realization for a grunt who loves the Marine Corps to admit that the organization is not used in the preservation of liberty, and has not been used toward that end for a very long time.”
Source:
By Casey Khan
February 14, 2004
The Dept. of Defense is the very best at militarized pageantry for pro sports events.
They are able to get the press to play the role of federal public affairs staff as authorities prepare for the Super Bowl.
TV newspeople perform like paid actors reading a script.
NORAD Santa Tracker
Here at Oak Bay Starfish, our commentary rolls on, no matter who has been elected to office.
A giant agency created to prevent Soviet attacks, with almost unlimited resources to defend N. America in 2021, is unable to keep crank call from going out live during big public relations event.
My audio commentary – duration 3:30
Podcast 10 NORAD Santa Tracker Allows Insult To President Biden Live On Air
Back Home
Greater Puget Sound area:
PSE electricity bills have skyrocketed. Can anything be done about it?
Seattle area’s outlier status on homelessness is only getting worse
WA’s rich are leaving? Another tax on wealth smashes records
A missing girl from Arizona was found in Olympia’s Jungle encampment, U.S. marshals say
“…found at the homeless encampment known as “The Jungle” in Olympia…”
“The agency described the area as having high rates of violence and community safety concerns. Back in 2023, a woman was found dead at the homeless encampment.”
KING 5 News
Teen shot at south Seattle community center renews calls for youth violence prevention
KING 5 News
Best federal efforts fail to keep 6.6 lbs of Cocaine, 4.4 lbs of Fentanyl from arriving in King County:
King County Sheriff’s office seizes 11 pounds of narcotics
Page down on the story linked above to see the sort of advertising KIRO 7 TV News is able to attract to their web page.
Several militarized/AI senior citizens drinking various odd beverages before bed to combat promoted ailments.
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
Did the advantage of designating cartels as terrorist organizations back on Feb 20, 2025 reduce the availability of fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?
If Kristi Noem tells us on Feb 4, 2026 that the border is secure, how are drugs still coming in?
Standard newspeople remain silent.
Blowing up suspected drug boat crews, bold PR statements from Kristi Noem, sealed borders, designating cartels as terrorist organizations, DHS guarding Super Bowls, US troops at the border, massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the post 911 surveillance state (fusion centers, license scanners, Homeland Security grant money, monitoring of e-mails, text messages, & social media sites, no fly/terror watch lists, tracking of cell phones, best advances in REAL ID and AI technologies, etc.) fail to keep fentanyl from arriving in the Puget Sound area?
The Seattle drug situation appears to be no different in June of 2026 than it was under Biden. WTF?
Cartels continue to move product into all 50 states.
DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:
“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”
Common flashlight batteries remain locked up like diamond jewelry to keep drug addicts out.
The drug addicts that were not cut off by Kristi Noem and her giant and expensive Dept. of Homeland Security.
Welcome Home Troops
Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq, Afghanistan and other distant locations while working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
The USA has taken a dive in the post 911 era.
Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.
Even if we celebrate the best of American culture during the last century, that time is gone now.
Possibly of interest:
1967
Did the Joint Chiefs of Staff send The Troops to safeguard American freedoms?
Was it the Viet Cong that set up laws in 16 US states to prohibit interracial marriage?
Out for a walk – Saturday morning.
Washington Coast – The North Beach
When the time is right, the top of Mount Rainier is visible from this cam:
Westport – coastal weather cam here.
Above: Something from the last century
Post-Vietnam guilt
The guilt doesn’t seem to work towards staying out of undeclared/unwon wars.
A giant flag ritual at the next ball game will make it all good.
‘Sounds Like a Mutiny.’ Secret Recording Exposes Claims of Toxic Leadership After a Marine’s Suicide
“A War Horse investigation points to systemic failures before and after the death of Cpl. Drew Mobley, whose suicide was the third in two years at the airfield at Marine Corps Base Quantico”
Rachel Fobar, The War Horse
June 11, 2026
Above: Looking for the Coupeville Ferry
In The News
Man killed in North Whidbey explosion was building ‘explosive devices’ for fireworks show
June 19, 2025
South Whidbey Record
Officials ID victim ‘handling explosive devices’ in deadly Whidbey Island fire
by Jackie Kent,KOMO News
June 19, 2025
ATF report IDs ‘blast seats’ in fatal explosion
December 16, 2025
South Whidbey Record
June 2026 – Whidbey Island
FOX 13 Seattle
KOMO News
KING 5 News
KIRO 7 News
700-pound firework stash:
700 pounds of fireworks at center of fire, explosion investigation
June 26, 2026
Whidbey News-Times
“About 700 pounds of fireworks were inside the home on Smugglers Cove Road, according to Kolton Kellison, a firefighter with Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue. A “large explosion” shortly after firefighters arrived, threw one “into a truck” and knocked another to the ground, he said.”
“Firework deliveries to her neighbor’s home have drawn Hernandez and her neighbors’ attention in the past. A truck dropped off pallets of fireworks there this time last year, Hernandez said, and she learned on Thursday that four pallets had been dropped off more recently. Another resident on that street, Carol Lewellen, saw a pallet delivered earlier on Wednesday.”
“The Greenbank fire was not the first fireworks-related house fire on Whidbey Island. On June 17, 2025, North Whidbey resident Mark Fakkema was killed in an explosion that destroyed his parents’ Strawberry Point Road home. According to the Island County Sheriff’s Office and a federal ATF investigation, Fakkema had been dismantling commercial-grade fireworks in his kitchen to make his own devices.”
Away From Whidbey
Celebrating freedoms:
The post 911 surveillance state (fusion centers, license scanners, Homeland Security grant money, monitoring of e-mails, text messages, & social media sites, no fly/terror watch lists, tracking of cell phones, best advances in REAL ID and AI technologies, etc.) appear to have played no role in preventing the crimes described above.
Seems like American standards have gone downhill.
We visited a small town recently. Over city sidewalks were individual banners posted to honor several new high school graduates with name and photo.
A few generations back, people would drop out of high school and lie about their age to go into WWII or maybe they would work on a boat in some part of the maritime or fishing industry. They would go on to have productive lives. Today, just making it to high school graduation is worthy of individual public praise away from graduation ceremonies.
Today, showing up for the US Armed Forces can be “Protecting Our Freedom” and rates public recognition.
You can be recognized as a hero by enlisting. Never mind that the US Armed Forces recognize individuals with personal awards not a bulk form of group identity.
You don’t have to look too far to find comments that refer to the troops as “heroes.”
Some are.
No one who has done time in an average military unit would be comfortable with everyone present being called a hero. Some units would be the exception, but for most people who have done time over the years, calling everyone a hero would have no connection to reality.
Reality, and an honest understanding of why we send The Troops to far away places isn’t what we’re about though.
Reaching for an honest understanding of US foreign policy makes more sense than “Thanks for your service.”
Any elected official or retired elected official who tells us The Troops were sent to protect American rights and freedoms needs to explain how those rights and freedoms are any different today because US troops were sent to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Both major parties are OK with federal prohibition of alcohol and tobacco for adults age 18-20.
No such thing the day I graduated from high school.
That was before decades of military operations for your freedoms.
2026 minimum wage in Seattle: $21.30
Superstar performers, average workers and slackers. All paid the same. The government says so.
As a new hire, before you demonstrate that you are a reliable, trainable worker, you are already making more than $20.00 per hour. Experience doesn’t matter.
John Stossel
We recently went for a routine checkup at a local clinic. It was our first time there. Several text messages arrived to remind of the appointment. They continued to arrive even after I confirmed. A phone call also arrived to advise of the appointment. I finally entered STOP to be dropped from reminders.
We had first time patient agreement forms to fill out. The lady at the counter was very careful to point out the legal paragraphs required to explain the no show fee.
It is irritating to be reminded as if you have caused or are about to cause a problem for the people who run the office.
Not one, but several signs posted in the office waiting area advised that copay fees must be paid on the date of arrival.
We get the idea that basic adult responsibilities like showing up on time or canceling on time have been a problem in the past.
We live in a small town where the grocery store requires a scan (not just a visual look) of the back side of your driver’s license when you try to purchase beer. This is true for people in their mid 60s who have been legal to drink beer for more than 40 years. In your mid 70s? You must be scanned too.
Gunfire is routine in Seattle. It was not when I was a teen back in the 70s.
So routine today, that the city will close down streets to keep crime out.
KIRO 7 News
So sorry good citizens. Find other routes to run your errands.
Reminds me of the time Interstate 5 rest areas were shut down because of illegal activities.
Thanks WA State Patrol.
More here:
Closed – WA Interstate 5 Rest Areas
The USA has taken a dive in the post 911 era.
Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.
USA 250
Even if we celebrate the best of American culture during the last century, that time is gone now.
What are we celebrating that still exists today?
Would Any Newsperson Ever Ask
Has any WA gun control measure or public policy effort of the past 20 years slowed down the gunfire between say, Everett and Tacoma?
What works? What fails?
The weak-minded culture expects very little from its newspeople.
Newspeople remain silent.
A Land Of Make Believe – USA 250
Celebrating Things That Are Real – USA 250
Photo:
Shallow water beachcombing
Above: The car camping years. Mostly centered on a compact pickup truck.
Food prep and storage for a group. Thinking this was at Fort Flagler.
More here: Camping and Related Memories
On this day in 1979, I left for USMC boot camp.
Now: All set for USA 250
Peace & quiet too.
New fawn:
Visitors over the past 4 years:
Occasional Visitors/Still Looking for Bigfoot
Above: Posted by another- some years back.
In The News
Little Saigon remains troubled a week after Mayor Wilson’s open-air drug crackdown begins
by Michelle Esteban, KOMO News
June 24, 2026
“Nearly a week after Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said the city will no longer tolerate open-air drug use and sales in the Little Saigon neighborhood, conditions at the notorious corner of 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street appeared largely unchanged.”
Seattle street scenes:
Zero mention of needing cash for drugs:
KING 5 News
Still no shortage of cartel product in Seattle:
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
Why do TV newspeople refuse to ask why the US Armed Forces blowing up suspected drug boat crews in distant waters seems to create no shortage of cartel product in Seattle?
In The News
‘There Will Come a Day When He Faces Prosecution’: Trump Condemned After US Murders Two More at Sea
“…The Intercept’s Nick Turse, who has tracked all of the reported US boat bombings in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, there have now been 66 such strikes, which have killed 215 people and left 12 survivors, based on USSOUTHCOM data.”
Source:
Brett Wilkins – Common Dreams.
Jun 22, 2026
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
Is the Seattle drug situation any different in June of 2026 than it was under Biden. WTF?
Why It Matters
Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.
If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.
Related:
Celebrating Things That Are Real – USA 250
Above: Beach walk – South Indian Island
Tax money- which some people intend to be used to help others via public assistance programs– also goes for bombing Somalia.
Helping others by donating to churches or private charities, food banks, etc. can help to avoid these conflicts.
Donors are free to opt out if a charity misbehaves.
Forced Charity
The government doesn’t specialize in anything other than feeding itself.
People could keep more of their own money to donate to causes of their choosing if the federal government was not taking it to pay for wasteful programs.
Leftist Attacks on American “Capitalism”
by Jacob G. Hornberger
June 23, 2026
“So, what is a genuine capitalist system? It’s one that comes fairly close to what our American ancestors achieved in the first century of our nation’s existence. No income tax or IRS. No Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, subsidies, grants, or foreign aid. No national-security state—i.e., no Pentagon, military-industrial complex, military empire, CIA, NSA, or FBI. No foreign wars. No sanctions, embargoes, or blockades. No economic regulations, including minimum wage. No immigration restrictions — i.e., open borders.”
School children are taught about a free enterprise system. They grow up to find out that the federal government will tell them what kind of shower head they must install in the bathroom, and what type of gas can they must buy for their generator.
If The Troops defend our freedoms, should we ask the Joint Chiefs of Staff to bring back the Free Enterprise System?
0:20
Probably designed by some bureaucrat that never mowed a yard:
Possibly of interest:
Public Assistance Is Confusing
Love to see newspeople ask:
If a family’s household income level qualifies for free & reduced breakfast and lunch at school, wouldn’t they also qualify for various other publicly funded food assistance programs?
Do free and reduced breakfast and lunch meals consumed at school reduce what a family receives or qualifies for each month in publicly funded food assistance?
If school shuts down, does the family still qualify for publicly funded food assistance? If food assistance programs remain in place outside of school-why would children be at risk of going hungry?
If the programs aren’t working-let’s hear all about it.
Are Public Assistance Programs Working?
The country struggles with:
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
TODAY
Damage and Vandalism?
The Young Turks
WatchlistTYT
Like a first grade field trip:
We’d have no need for whistleblowers if the press was on the job at all times.
WatchlistTYT
Still no shortage of cartel product in Seattle.
TYT Sports
The post 911 surveillance state (fusion centers, license scanners, Homeland Security grant money, monitoring of e-mails, text messages, & social media sites, no fly/terror watch lists, tracking of cell phones, best advances in REAL ID and AI technologies, etc.) and National Guard foot patrols appear to have played no role in preventing the crimes described above.
Possibly of interest:
Above:
Symbol of the American mainstream press over the past 30 years.
The Wreck of the Peter Iredale
What Others Are Saying
The Young Turks
“…our foreign policy is run by the “uniparty.” When it comes to wars, there is no Republican Party nor is there a Democratic Party. There is only the “yes!” party.”
Trump’s Attempt To End the Iran War Infuriates the Uniparty
By Ron Paul, MD
The Ron Paul Institute
June 23, 2026
What’s Going on With Shipping?
June 21, 2026
Related:
The USA has taken a dive in the post 911 era.
Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.
Even if we celebrate the best of American culture during the last century, that time is gone now.
What are we celebrating that still exists today?
Celebrating Things That Are Real – USA 250
Above:
Symbol of the American mainstream press over the past 30 years.
Welcome Visitors
Rent yourself a State Parks buoy at Fort Worden
Voted best consumer value in weekend recreation.
The era of newspeople not asking questions brings on private citizens who go out and ask questions.
Instead of waiting for school teachers to teach about individual rights and limited government authority, waiting on the press to ask questions, or courts to handle cases, these guys go out and update us with a quick reality check.
These guys were also never waiting on the overthrow of Saddam Hussein or the take down of any other bad guy in distant lands, as DOD defends the constitution, etc.
Maybe they are tired of being lied to.
Joint Chiefs of Staff defending rights and freedoms update:
Long Island Audit
I.A.M. Free – Inland Auditing Media
LE contact at 24:22
Public Records Request
It is very common that public offices in various states will say something like: Go to our website to submit your public records request online.
They would prefer the person with the camera leave the office as soon as possible.
It is common in various states that open records laws allow the public records request to be submitted in person orally or in writing and that the public records request may be made anonymously.
Public records laws set up an open door policy for people to go and interact in person with government offices and agencies during normal business hours at public offices.
Tyrant Terminator Audits!!! is a favorite channel where he has explained all this over and again in public offices.
More here:
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
Image above: Penn Cove 6/23/26
Source/Daily Status Reports: Washington State Department of Health Shellfish Safety Map
Click image once or twice to show detail.
Routine/ongoing situation at Penn Cove never seems to make it into the news:
Zero Questions From Newspeople
Several Whidbey beaches remain closed all year long for recreational shellfish harvest because of sewage treatment outfall.
Sewage treatment outfall. Not stormwater. Not climate change.
Reporting on this topic appears to be completely off limits to the press.
View the Washington State Department of Health beach list here.
Penn Cove
Real newspeople may ask:
When is the last time all of Penn Cove was safe for recreational shellfish harvest?
Coupeville
“Clams, mussels and oysters CLOSED year-round.”
“…clams, oysters, and mussels from this beach are not fit for human consumption at any time.”
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
North side of Penn Cove at Monroe Landing
“Clams, mussels and oysters CLOSED year-round.”
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
Below: An April 6, 2020 audio file describing recreational shellfish harvest and sewage treatment outfall at Penn Cove.
Has anything changed? Newspeople remain silent.
12:44 audio file and local photos of Penn Cove:
Podcast 4 Another Month With An R – Whidbey Sewage Treatment Plant Outfalls
A photo tour of Penn Cove:
Wastewater Treatment Plant – Department of Ecology Award For Outstanding Performance
Has anyone ever seen the Puget Sound area press ask questions about Whidbey water quality impacted by sewage treatment plant outfalls?
Has anyone ever seen any government agency, elected official or volunteer organization seeking answers related to one or more sewage treatment plants sending unsafe product into the waters near Whidbey Island?
Zero questions from small or large newspapers. Zero questions from TV newspeople.
Seattle News – Welcome Home Troops
KIRO 7 News – June 22, 2026
Lessons learned, years of experience and best advances in AI technologies fail to prevent the situation described above.
Possibly of interest:
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media
The era of newspeople not asking questions brings on private citizens who go out and ask questions.
Instead of waiting for school teachers to teach about individual rights and limited government authority, waiting on the press to ask questions, or courts to handle cases, these guys go out and update us with a quick reality check.
These guys were also never waiting on the overthrow of Saddam Hussein or the take down of any other bad guy in distant lands, as DOD defends the constitution, etc.
Maybe they are tired of being lied to.
Amagansett Press
KULT NEWS
I.A.M. Free – Inland Auditing Media
Public Records Request
It is very common that public offices in various states will say something like: Go to our website to submit your public records request online.
They would prefer the person with the camera leave the office as soon as possible.
It is common in various states that open records laws allow the public records request to be submitted in person orally or in writing and that the public records request may be made anonymously.
Public records laws set up an open door policy for people to go and interact in person with government offices and agencies during normal business hours at public offices.
Tyrant Terminator Audits!!! is a favorite channel where he has explained all this over and again in public offices.
More here:
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
Photo: One I took a few years back.
A symbol of operating a camera in a public place.
Salmon Season – Whidbey Island – Driftwood Park
The happy dog dances to celebrate the start of the beach ride.
Click images once or twice to show detail.
Happy Hours – Out and about with dogs in the PNW.
We’ve been at it since 2012.
We walked about 45 minutes from the car out to the rock.
We were out for about 3 hours with a short break.
