Slog - Comments on The Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291 Private Security: The investigation into the firm Blackwater USA reveals guards firing on civilians, turning guns on each other. Military State: Pakistan's high court declares Gen. Pervez Musharraf can run for re-election as president. Myanmar Madness: The government's crackdown has reached bloggers. Lost & Found: After being missing for eight days, Tanya Rider of Maple Valley was found trapped inside her car yesterday. She remains in critical condition at Harborview. Health Care Hustle: A bill expanding child health coverage, which president Bush vowed to veto even before reading the final language, passed the Senate with a veto-proof majority yesterday. It... Copyright 2008 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:18:53 -0800 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:50:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Giuliani, McCain, Romney and Thompson are working wonders for the Republican Party.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813831 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813831 News Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:30:28 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 Eight days before they bothered to look for her cell phone signal? What am I missing here?

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813832 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813832 News Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:33:23 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell Nickels is a shit. I heard him referred to the other night as "Baby Huey". It's fitting.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813834 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813834 News Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:38:48 -0800 Comment by citrus Maybe this was said before... but ALSO:
the Matthew Sheppard Hate Crimes bill passed in the senate.

]]> citrus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813835 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813835 News Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:38:50 -0800 Comment by Rain Monkey Next time you flip your car and are trapped upside down near the hiway, just try to keep breathing until the cops get tired of trying to beat the information out of your husband.

Maybe if they had used a taser on him he would have talked sooner.

]]> Rain Monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813839 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813839 News Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:54:18 -0800 Comment by Leeerker The spouse characters are the thing I never get on Law and Order. If your relative is missing, why would you act beligerent when questioned. I figure most people would be fine with being questioned, as long as the cops were still looking elsewhere at the same time. It seems like that is what this guy did.

]]> Leeerker http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813857 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813857 News Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:35:01 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew
Meanwhile, in news from a sane country:


Federal budget surplus balloons to $14B


A booming Canadian economy generated such big tax revenues this past year that the federal budget surplus approached $14 billion, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday.


The surplus will be used to pay down the federal government's accumulated debt, which will have dropped to $467.3 billion as of March 31 of this year — its lowest level in 14 years [vs. nearly $9 TRILLION in the US]. Since 1996, the debt has been paid down by $95.6 billion.


http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/09/27/surplus.html

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813863 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813863 News Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:42:35 -0800 Comment by Juris I saw no "ownage" there; I saw a middling, unfocused use of an SMG and someone dumb enough to pick up a single spiker when the second one was right next to him. Boooooooring.

]]> Juris http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813880 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813880 News Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:59:01 -0800 Comment by Tim I was going to buy one of those Iphones today. Not kidding you. In the hope that there will be lots of cool 3rd party software available for it (like a real memo feature) but now, no way.
Apple sure is acting like MicroSoft: They don't get people want good products and that people don't care about Apple or MS's future roll-outs of shittier products.
Pox on both of their houses.

]]> Tim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813884 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813884 News Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:02:23 -0800 Comment by crazycatguy Sims needs to check with his wife and see what she wants him to do about the digusting animal shelters run by the county. Where's your conscience on that issue, Ron?

]]> crazycatguy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813939 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813939 News Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:44:39 -0800 Comment by isabelita That Cheney bit sounds like an old "Simpsons" episode, wherein Homer is inducted into the ultra-secret Stonecutters' group...

]]> isabelita http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813953 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813953 News Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:50:52 -0800 Comment by Dylan #8 - you took the words right out of my mouth. Lets miss with every grenade throw, except the one we walk into ourselves, lets miss the melee attacks, lets shoot at our own shield, toss the grav lift in the wrong spot, but most importantly, let's NOT DUAL WIELD THE SPIKER!!! WOO YAY FTW!!!

]]> Dylan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813954 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_morning_news_291#c813954 News Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:50:58 -0800