The Earth Liberation Front is apparently behind the destruction of five newly constructed luxury (and enviro-friendly!) homes in the greater Seattle area – Woodinville, to be exact: home of Columbia, Chateau Ste. Michelle, and Silver Lake wineries (among others), the Red Hook brewery, the Herb Farm restaurant, and the Willows Lodge (clearly, your correspondent has happy memories of the place). Apparently, the new construction was too close to a Chinook salmon run for the ELF’s liking.

So, of course, the ELF. . . BURNED THE HOUSES DOWN.

A word of advice to the ELF: wouldn’t self-immolation leave less of a carbon footprint? And it’s so much more dramatic and effective. Something to consider, anyway . . . .