Slog - Comments on The Morning News

Comment by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:17:58 -0800

Yeah, Slate was saying the same thing about HRC. I predict she will win one but not both of them. Obama and Hillary are trending towards spliting everything.

Comment by whatever

whatever — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:18:37 -0800

After living in VA and knowing the landscape there, I wouldn't be surprised if Hillary wins. She is also favored in Wisconsin, where she leads in the polls, and the demographics favor her. Her campaign is playing the expectations game so that they can talk about the "huge upsets."

Comment by Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:27:48 -0800

iPhone users would be happy about Blackberry users having problems? Why?

Comment by Megan W

Megan W — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:38:22 -0800

Living in VA I feel Obama has a good chance today. However, I am a college student, so my perception is probably somewhat skewed but when Bill Clinton came and spoke at my school yesterday, the crowd (who had waited hours in the cold to hear him speak) started chanting "yes we can" and a few brought Obama posters. Also my parents, including my dad who habitually watches the O'Reilly Factor voted for Obama this morning.

Comment by Levislade

Levislade — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:40:20 -0800

There was something going on in Greenwood this morning; NW 85th was blocked off by cop cars between 3rd and 8th. Anyone know what happened?

Comment by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:41:43 -0800

@5, I went on a shooting spree, move along nothing to see here...

Comment by attention starved

attention starved — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:44:50 -0800

Erica has an iPhone and apparently she wants *everyone* to know it.

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:47:05 -0800

Because we're better than they are [now]. We used to be BlackBerry users, but now we live in the cozy confines of Smug City.

Sarcasm aside, the Edge network was acting like freakin' bullcrap last week, and iPhones have problems in general. For example; the iPhone will only check your e-mail every 15 minutes, and if you're not connected to wireless, it's fucking slow. With my BlackBerry, I'd receive my e-mails the moment they arrived. Safari also decides to crash and completely close out. A lot.

Pros and cons for everything, I guess.

Comment by Ziggity

Ziggity — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:47:48 -0800

Mmmm...microwaved baby . . . with gremolata!

Comment by A Non Imus

A Non Imus — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:50:15 -0800

Note the cute, subtle pairing of HRCs ass-handing in the election, and beating of Kenyan women.

Erica has a chip on her shoulder, and apparently she wants *everyone* to know it.

Comment by scary_Kenyan_men

scary_Kenyan_men — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:58:29 -0800

Yes, the only thing scary than testosterone is testosterone FROM AFRICA!

Comment by SeMe

SeMe — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:02:21 -0800

northern virginia is obama country with maybe the exception of alexandria. southern virginia is a bit harder to figure out.

hrc wins texas, but loses ohio.

is a good thing huckabee is hating on old man mccain.

Comment by Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:03:44 -0800

OK well I work for a team that makes competing products to both the iPhone and Blackberry, so I could actually have a material reason for wishing them to fail. But neither myself nor anyone I have talked to on my team wish for RIM users to have problems. Ya think the developers in Cupertino are glad that the Blackberry network went down, or is that just certain customers of theirs?

Comment by Jason

Jason — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:04:29 -0800

My prediction is that Texas will be the only one left Hillary wins. I think Ohio will--just barely--go Obama and Obama will win Wisconsin by a bigger margin than anyone expected.

Comment by cressona

cressona — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:07:19 -0800

A Non Imus @10, y'know, I'm trying to parse this one myself. Like, "She didn't just suggest what I thought she suggested, did she?"

I think Slog ought to put up a reader poll, asking, "Was Erica C. Barnett's pairing of Hillary's troubles (campaigning against the son of a Kenyan man) with the beating of women in Kenya deliberate or not?"

I think I might have to press the "Not sure" radio button.

Comment by Tai Fung

Tai Fung — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:12:47 -0800

When can we start beating women for wearing pants in this country?

Comment by konstantConsumer

konstantConsumer — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:20:20 -0800

my mom told me about the blackberry problems last night. i never had anything go weird with mine.

Comment by cressona

cressona — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:32:13 -0800

That single county in Washington we thought Hillary had won? Turns out she lost that one too.

Comment by infrequent

infrequent — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:36:01 -0800

@13 some people feel better about their choice when the alternative fails in some way. this is a very common trait (schadenfreude). while it might not be true for every-last iphone user -- or even a majority of them -- playing up that angle sure makes for a more entertaining headline.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:38:47 -0800

I really don't understand the Erica-baiting. As I said before (when it looked like it was going the other way) it's usually wise to save the sore-winner act until you've actually won.

Comment by infrequent

infrequent — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:53:11 -0800

ah yes, that would be more of the afore mentioned schadenfreude...

Comment by Aislinn

Aislinn — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:14:16 -0800

Come on, people. The placement of the Clinton and Kenya stories is not some subtle, snide comment. Honestly, it takes a conspiracy theorist's mind to even make that connection.

Comment by Winter

Winter — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:14:40 -0800

Umm, I doubt it was deliberate, but having the recipe of the day directly follow the story about the mother who microwaved her baby is really tacky and un-funny.

Comment by Levislade

Levislade — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:26:07 -0800

Also, if you read down the first letter of each bolded line, it reads "RASAMMMES" - and we all know what that means, right?

Comment by Heather

Heather — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:42:39 -0800

Papa Ratzi needs to get a life. (or get laid)

Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale

Lloyd Clydesdale — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:46:29 -0800

All THREE passes were closed on Saturday. Wowza!

Comment by Ivan Cockrum

Ivan Cockrum — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:54:49 -0800

I'm an iPhone user, and I'm not happy. For whatever reason, my AT&T service is down too. Catch 22: since my phone is out of service, I can't call to complain. I went looking for online support, forgot my password and had to reset. New password was sent... TO MY PHONE.

Comment by Ben

Ben — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:09:01 -0800

Thanks, South Dakota! Just when I was starting to forget why we moved 1500 miles immediately after graduating, you go ahead and remind me!

Comment by Nelson Muntz

Nelson Muntz — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:20:35 -0800

@27:

ha-ha!

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:29:39 -0800

If having these fucking services go down is what it takes to get you to put both hands on the steering wheel, I'm all for it.

Comment by montex

montex — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:33:54 -0800

In fact, Apple has sold over 4 million iPhones. That's a lot of cackling...

Comment by montex

montex — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:39:49 -0800

@27

I call BS. Your iPhone is tied to your computer, i.e. you must use iTunes to even activate an iPhone. All you had to do was plug the iPhone back into your PC, and run the backup from iTunes. Reset? I think not.

Also, your iPhone has only a mirror to the email you access on your PC (or Mac). There was no reason to think a new password was sent only to your iPhone - you must have received that email on your main account, web or service provider based.

I don't believe you really have an iPhone or you'd know all this.

Comment by raindrop

raindrop — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:03:46 -0800

More recipes Erica: Try Cindy McCain's Farfalle Pasta with Turkey Sausage, Peas, and Mushrooms!

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:30:09 -0800

@31 -- and a quarter of them have "gone missing", in other words aren't on AT&T. Most of them have probably been unlocked for use on other networks. That's especially funny because Apple only gets paid out of your AT&T contract -- they lose money on the device itself.

Comment by Andy

Andy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:17:17 -0800

@9, that's exactly what I thought.

Erica, please don't put your recipe of the day right under news stories about microwaved babies. It made me gag a little.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:19:46 -0800

Better yet, combine them: let's have recipes for babies. I don't think I'd want horseradish in the gremolata for that, though. And I would NEVER cook a baby in a microwave. Smoked in a kamado, perhaps?

Comment by Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:22:56 -0800

I love Mario Batali (he's one of my two fave TV chefs along with Michael Smith), but did he write the instructions for that recipe? Cuz they SUCK. Anyone who isn't familiar with browning meat, then browning the veggies, then deglazing, will have trouble with the preponderance of pronouns.