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Sunday, March 16, 2008

The Morning News

posted by on March 16 at 9:00 AM

posted by news intern Chris Kissel

Dalai Lama: Calls Chinese action “cultural genocide,” demands inquiry from international community.

Hijacked funds: At least one-third of the oil from Iraq’s largest refinery is diverted to the black market, used to fund insurgency.

Kids with guns: Disgreements over use of force persist as Pakistani state television reports 16 killed on Afghani border.

Spitzer downfall a Wall Street conspiracy?: The Times in the UK seems to think so. Either way, I think the fifth and sixth paragraphs of this article might be the best thing ever written.

Super-uncertainty: Peeved about the potentiality of a drawn-out nomination battle, superdelegates lean toward Obama.

Super-passivity: UN envoy tells Iraqi government to take advantage of stability, criticizes lack of progress.

Crane collapses in Manhattan
: Accident on the East Side, called “one of the worst the city has had,” kills four.

Homophobia in Oregon: State lawmakers plan initiative to repeal anti-discrimination law protecting sexual orientation.

Protest in Tacoma: 150 protesters supporting and opposing Iraq War yell at each other in front of the Tacoma Mall office building.

Chill out: Mayor Nickels reassures antsy U-district residents that he cares about their safety.

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1

Feeling less ill: I'm starting to feel a little better. Sorry no link.

Posted by elenchos | March 16, 2008 9:20 AM
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Fun Fact on Tibet: Did you know that before Tibet was taken over by China it was an absolutist monarchy? The citizens had no civil liberties and the Dali Lama has never mentioned that he would establish even a constitutional monarchy if Tibet was freed from China.

I would be all for "freeing Tibet" if their being free actually met, you know, making Tibet a free nation and the citizens of Tibet to map their own destiny.

Posted by Andrew | March 16, 2008 10:23 AM
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Wall Street didn't force Spitzer to take his dick out of his pants.

Posted by Stupid excuses | March 16, 2008 10:29 AM
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Post the NYT stories with links that work?

Posted by Jake | March 16, 2008 10:33 AM
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Re: Luv Guv -- what the hell is a "pneumatic tart"?

Posted by idaho | March 16, 2008 11:18 AM
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pneumatic means pumped up. ergo, pneumatic tart is fake-tittied slut.

Posted by scary tyler moore | March 16, 2008 11:31 AM
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On Spitzer:

Those paragraphs were OK, but the real gold was in the comments:

"I congratulate Spitzer on his hard-won freedom. Finally at the age of 48, he is free from the forced march of senseless over-achievement set by his tyrannical, parvenu father. Now, for the first time in his life, Spitzer can be his own man and not his father's boy. And, we're all the better for it. So long as the increasingly bitter and resentful Spitzer held office, we were all at risk from his flailing arms and roundhouse blows, all aimed at surrogates for the father who stole the first half of his life. With his Oedipal battle over, let the man grow a beard, sleep late (and with prostitutes if that's his preference), reinvent himself and start measuring success on his own terms.

Rwordplay, New York, NY"

Posted by Natalie | March 16, 2008 1:05 PM
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Also on Spitzer: The article mentioned that many critics and interpreters of this 'issue' are dragging out the old saw that powerful men need the 'escape' and 'comfort' of anonymous sex as a result of their high-flying lives. Isn't that just another way of saying they can't handle the pressure?

Posted by Natalie | March 16, 2008 1:09 PM
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My fav from the Spitzer story:

We all have our private hell. I hope his private hell is hotter than anyone else’s.” -Kenneth Langone, founder Home Depot

I gotta use that!

Posted by Mike in MO | March 16, 2008 4:10 PM
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I know I shouldn't say this because the crane accident is really awful and people were killed, but I need to point out that a bar named Fubar was obliterated by a falling crane.

Posted by erika | March 16, 2008 7:16 PM

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