Slog - Comments on The Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261 They're Having a Heat Wave: It's pretty hot everywhere else in the US. The British are Going! The British are Going! As Gordon Brown prepares to pull UK troops out of Iraq, Bushies express concern, let Brown know they would prefer Brits to stay in Iraq "another year or two." Where's your poodle when you need him? Hillary and the Boys: Rivals lay into front-runner Clinton at latest Dem debate. God's Green Earth: Saving the homos didn't work out, so bible humpers opt for saving the planet. Modern Chemistry: Barry Bonds Breaks Aaron's Home Run Record, hometown crowd cheers their... Copyright 2008 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:40:26 -0800 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:21:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by It's Mark Mitchell So tragic about the river dolphins, really.

Equally tragic that there are no vintage Broadway clips to watch this morning.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777199 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777199 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:01:38 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC I know Mark--I've come to rely on those clips to get my day going.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777200 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777200 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:04:58 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC Also--no comment at all about Barry Bonds? God Herself was so angry about the record being broken that he open the floodgates and flooded all our subways.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777205 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777205 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:14:11 -0800 Comment by amanda I love where Rosemary Hollis says "The British are doing everything to avoid embarrassing the Americans, while at the same time continuing the withdrawal."
Don't know about you but my face has been pretty red for a while now.

]]> amanda http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777206 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777206 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:16:28 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell The flooded subway always makes for a great commute. I was there last month when the steam pipe broke.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777209 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:20:24 -0800 Comment by hilda my fear now is that I have eaten canned dolphin from China .... I need a priest.

I love dolphins, totally an intelligent mammal. The Chinese are killers.

and yes, the Navy has their language all mapped out. High security.

]]> hilda http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777226 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777226 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:31:51 -0800 Comment by Sharp Dresser Ummm...the Yangtze River Dolphin is always being declared extinct.

This is like the 3rd time this year.

I gotta pair of Air Force Ones made from their hyde.

]]> Sharp Dresser http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777236 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:39:29 -0800 Comment by Original Monique After watching the AFL-CIO debate last night I came to the conclusion that I hate moderators in the debates. Even when its cute Keith.

The candidates were discussing Obama's position about unilateral strike in Pakistan. That is a serious issue, an issue that the president has COMPLETE control over. But right when they really started to talk, not talk 'script', Keith was like "oh we have to move on..."

What did they move on to? A million questions about healthcare that each fucking candidate has already answered. And not only that, but no matter who the president it, he/she can't just magically wave the wand of healthcare. They'd have to get congress to agree.

I know that unilateral attacks on Pakistan are not "hot button" issues, but it just seems like total bullshit to cut off an actual debate, just to ask the same question 5 times in 5 different ways that was already answered in every previous debate.

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777249 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777249 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:53:48 -0800 Comment by Ryan Kucinich: 400 million for a stadium? Why not just buy the team?

]]> Ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777282 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777282 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:29:05 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe "An intensive six-week search by an international team of marine biologists involving two boats that ploughed up and down the world's busiest river last December failed to find a single specimen."

Okay guys, that does it. Extinct.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777298 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777298 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:49:55 -0800 Comment by Toby Even if they'd found a handful, say ten or twenty, that's not enough genetic diversity for an intensive breeding program to repopulate the species. They'd get inbred and die out anyway.

In short, they were probably technically extinct long before they were literally extinct.

]]> Toby http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777307 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777307 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:59:53 -0800 Comment by Deacon Seattle Hey Dan, going to the beach today? Best grab that umbrella.

]]> Deacon Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777308 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777308 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:00:08 -0800 Comment by Dianna So I find it really annoying that I got through the whole first page of the LA Times article about the debate and was unable to read the second until I registered. Soooo annoying.

]]> Dianna http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777489 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777489 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:53:39 -0800 Comment by Greg At least if the evangelical types are busy saving the planet for Jesus, maybe they'll have less time and energy to try and control everyone's sex lives.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777491 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777491 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:58:29 -0800 Comment by chi type Re: the green evangelicals
While it's nice to see them (or at least the less rabid ones) take a non-insane position for once, for me this is just more dispiriting evidence of how they're seen as (are?) some all powerful bloc you must court if you want to to get anything done. Ugh. Nuts to powerful lobbies in all forms.

]]> chi type http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777510 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777510 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:13:22 -0800 Comment by Cook From the Green Evangelical article: "'I did sense this is one of these issues where the church could take leadership, like with civil rights,' said Northland's senior pastor, Joel C. Hunter."

WHAT THE FUCK?!

]]> Cook http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777514 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777514 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:19:12 -0800 Comment by M'thew Why do christians try to do something "green"? Isn't global warming and pollution everywhere going to bring the rapture nearer? I thought they wanted to be closer to god.

]]> M'thew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777557 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777557 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:54:16 -0800 Comment by Reipan Well, it might be depressing in some ways, but I'd rather evangelicals were saying 'we must force everyone into caring for the planet!' than 'global warming? Bush says it doesn't exist, and he never lies!'

]]> Reipan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777579 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_morning_news_261#c777579 News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:21:38 -0800