Slog - Comments on Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104 Falling Housing Prices: The price of a single-family house fell for the 10th straight month, dipping a record 6.7 percent over prices a year ago. Disappointing X-Mas Season Sales: Weakest sales growth in four years. Troop Families Down on Bush: 55% disapprove of the President, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup poll of relatives of military. Turkey Bombs Norther Iraq Again: Third attack on Kurdish rebels in 10 days. Hillary Clinton's "Experience": Does being First Lady really count? Afghanistan Expels Diplomats: EU and UN workers expelled for meeting with Taliban. Buffet buys Marmon Holdings: Pays $4.5 billion for the manufacturing firm.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:25:57 -0800 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:50:34 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by NaFun wtf is up with that first link?

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882850 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882850 News Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:33:33 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver And yet Seattle is one area were housing prices continue to increase.

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882854 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882854 News Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:41:13 -0800 Comment by Just Me Hmm sales were down. Interesting, could be that the Christmas Sales were really really lame this year.

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882856 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882856 News Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:42:20 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Well, sure, two terms as First Lady counts for something. So does two terms as Senator from New York. She's still infinitely preferable over a Mormon named Willard who totally fucked up Massachusetts, a Bible-thumping kook from Arkansas, or a dingbat whose only qualification is being Mayor of New York (where they pretty much hate him).

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882857 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882857 News Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:44:07 -0800 Comment by unPC The Huckster's "not campaigning" in Iowa today, instead he's hunting pheasants.

Meaning: I'm the real gun lover in this contest. That Romney guy is a fake hunter, he lied about his hunting love, like he lied about being a real conservative.

"I am Christian" + "Merry Christmas" + "I am hunter" = non-attack attacks.

Brilliant.

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882862 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882862 News Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:59:48 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @2,

I don't know about that. I've been seeing "Price Reduced" signs all over the place.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882866 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882866 News Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:13:56 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver @ 6, I'm just going by what the story said. But I'll speculate that some of these "reduced" prices are still higher than what they might have asked a year ago.

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882868 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882868 News Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:20:51 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave you're wrong matt. housing prices have been off month to month but not YoY. but thatll change just as the seasons will.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882870 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882870 News Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:22:46 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Sales aren't down; they're up. They're just up by a lesser amount than they have been in the past few years.

The annual parade of "outlook bleak", "outlook good", "sales up", "sales down", "sales off forecasts" stories is a total joke, as predictable as Bill O'Reilly's "War on Christmas" baloney slices. Every year it's the same thing; the retail stories start before Halloween, but they mean nothing. Sales are ALWAYS up, and they're ALWAYS up by less than the retailers want. It's as newsworthy as the sunrise and sunset.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882889 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c882889 News Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:16:16 -0800 Comment by Jim I was Turkey bombed last night.

]]> Jim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c883098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c883098 News Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:51:43 -0800 Comment by M that Bowie video is freaking me out... 1969???? wow..... very cool.

]]> M http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c883248 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/morning_news_104#c883248 News Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:50:34 -0800