A few Seattle-related stories from this week have not yet mentioned on the Metblog, likely to increase your daily despair index:

• Which part of this story is most depressing? That the 9th Circuit acknowledges that it’s decision is “callous and unfeeling”, the Navy’s health care plan is allowed to not pay for the abortion of a Bremerton woman’s anencephalic fetus, or that the household income of a Navy family is less than $20,000? [nytimes]
• The Stranger and the Seattle Weekly don’t like each other and engage in childish pranks and silly mediafights. If only the “weekly weekly recap” hadn’t run off to join the circus over summer break. [p-i]
• “The world’s phattest `protestival’ has a burning desire to present you 6 stages of speakers and bands, all speaking up for justice.” That is, Hempfest takes over Myrtle Edwards Park this weekend. [seattlehempfest]

Talk amongst yourselves.