Slog - Comments on Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115 The War: Second straight day of deadly fighting in Basra and Baghdad. The War, Pt. 2: Iraqi PM Maliki issues threatening deadline to Shiite militia in Basra to lay down arms. The Economy: Fourth straight month of declining sales in housing market equals a 13-year low. The Economy, Pt. 2: Second straight month of declining manufacturing orders. The Economy, Pt. 3: Wall Street finance companies hit with $460 billion in losses. The Environment: 1,500-year-old, 160-square-mile ice chunk collapses in Antarctica; global warming blamed. Faulty Study: Cigarette company funds major cancer study. Faulty Wiring: American Airlines cancels 200 flights. Affirmative Action... Copyright 2008 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:32:12 -0800 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:31:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Karlheinz Arschbomber Hey, Sonics:
Don't let the door whack you in the ass on the way out of town.

]]> Karlheinz Arschbomber http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c978997 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c978997 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:42:02 -0800 Comment by raindrop As much as I am tired of piling on to our property taxes - the Pike Place Market definitly needs fixing. The bathrooms are disgustingly pitiful with those little mini-doors to the stalls. Ugh! Poor tourists.

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979006 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979006 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:57:39 -0800 Comment by Peter F Funny that the American Airlines article pointedly never mentions who manufactures those MD-80 aircraft.

]]> Peter F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979012 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979012 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:03:59 -0800 Comment by but... I'd rather see an extra port tax for the airport and cruise ships or something to pay for the upgrades to pike place market, rather than another property tax.

]]> but... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979014 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979014 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:07:46 -0800 Comment by Tdub @3- Are you kidding? MD-80. McDonnell Douglas, which merged with Boeing in 1997. You can bet most (if not all) American's MD-80s were built before the merge (and before the line was retired in 1999), so McDonnell Douglas - MD - was the manufacturer. MD.

]]> Tdub http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979021 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979021 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:18:12 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell Isn't the charm of the Pike Place Market its decrepitude?

All the new and shiny hurts my eyes!

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979023 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979023 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:19:37 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew /threadjack/


Is anyone else watching Skins? It airs in England on something called E4, and I honestly don’t know what to make of it. A little birdie brings me the vids via the intertubes.

http://www.e4.com/skins/

Skins is the tumultuous, fictional story of a hot young group of high-schoolers (A-levelers?) growing up in modern day Bristol, and it’s an unholy mash-up of Metrosexuality, The O.C. and Pretty in Pink. The parents are definitely in the John Hughes style: Mostly absent and completely oblivious to their kids’ notorious drinking, dope-smoking and screwing. Each episode is named after and told from a different character’s perspective, and the results are often touching, poignant and hilarious. Also, I’ve noticed that the Brits seem to have no problem with male and female nudity or foul slanguage, since every other word outta the kids’ mouths is “fock!”


The show is also somewhat existential. I mean, what’s the point of it? Or is the point that there is no point, and we’d better enjoy our lives ‘cause it’s all we’ve got (ala Torchwood)?


If anyone else is watching, let me know and we’ll like totally debrief.


P.S. I L-U-V Cassie! (Even though she’s got more issues than a magazine stand).

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979024 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979024 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:21:36 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty @3, well, they're obviously another piece of shit from Boeing, right?
Seriously, though, I think most anyone with an eighth-grade education can look at "MD" and figure out who made them pretty quickly.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979028 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979028 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:23:41 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Raindrop @2: you should have seen them in the old days. I remember when there were NO doors on the stalls, which still didn't stop the junkies and cocksuckers. Try taking a dump with no stall door when the guy in the next stall over is slumped unconscious onto the floor, or rhythmically thumping the side panel and moaning. That's why the doors are like that; so they can quickly see how many legs are in there. Those bathrooms are, believe or not, far more pleasant now than I have ever seen them.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979030 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979030 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:24:22 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew Fnarf @ 9,


If there's one timeless, irrefutable truth that we can cling to in this world or madness and lies, it's that nothing will ever stop the cocksuckers.


Nothing!


Bwwwaaahahahahahahah!

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979038 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979038 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:31:25 -0800 Comment by Toe Tag "Faulty wiring" is a bit of a misnomer. Better title would be "Closely Watched Planes."

]]> Toe Tag http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979047 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979047 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:46:08 -0800 Comment by Fitz I prefer we redirect tax dollars (from the crooks at the Port) to pay for Pike Place improvements. Increased taxes in this economy is not a good idea.

]]> Fitz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979049 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979049 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:47:40 -0800 Comment by Beguine From the anti-affirmative action article: "He said diversity can be achieved through programs that target economically and socially disadvantaged people of all races."

So how come these people aren't proposing ballot initiatives to help fund schools, after-school educational/enrichment programs and mentorship programs in poor areas?

]]> Beguine http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979055 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979055 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:52:24 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton MD-80s suck ass. As if it's not enough to be stuck in the back row, you also have to deal with the engines being 6" from the windows. Who's idea was that?

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979069 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979069 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:00:40 -0800 Comment by Peter F I should have said that the article "pointedly doesn't mention who's going to be held responsible by AA for these mechanical problems", since MD *is* Boeing, now.

]]> Peter F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979238 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/morning_news_115#c979238 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:31:58 -0800