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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

The Morning News

posted by on April 9 at 8:28 AM

Predicted: IMF foresees recession.

Upstaged: Monks crash China’s dog and pony show.

Braced: San Francisco prepares for Olympic Torch protests.

Replanted: Preserved lands.

Concrete Junky: Nickels opposes new parks levy.

We Know Why You Wait: American Airlines grounds 850 planes for safety inspections.

Dreamliner: Boeing hits the snooze button.

Mutual Interest: WaMu cuts 3000 jobs.

Deadlock: Upshot of yesterday’s Petraeus hearing.

Since He’s Bailing Out the Banks: Bush makes vacuous proposal for homeowners.

GAO: Over $5 billion in federal employee spending violated procedure.

Teen Assaulted at School for Sign: “If you love our nation, stop illegal immigration.”

Cyber Attacks: Homeland is not secure.

Nepalling: Violence before Nepal vote.

Department of Justice: Puts off 50 corporate prosecutions. But remember when Bush said this?

“We will use the full weight of the law to expose and root out corruption,” Bush said. “My administration will do everything in our power to end the days of cooking the books, shading the truth and breaking our laws.”

There Is a God: Two-faced baby born in India.

From Growing Up Straight: What Every Thoughtful Parent Should Know About Homosexuality, by Peter and Barbara Wyden. Copyright 1968.

HOW PARENTS RAISE HOMOSEXUAL DAUGHTERS

Is lesbianism really much less common than male homosexuality? The best evidence suggests that it is.

The reasons for this male-female disparity are probably largely physical. Sexual activity in boys generally starts earlier than in girls, and so does homosexual activity (in one study of lesbians, not a single girl had any homosexual experience until the age of 16). Moreover, since women participate in heterosexual intercourse without special physical qualifications (such as an erection for the male), many homosexually inclined women are overtly probably heterosexual or sexually inactive.

What, then, does set off the female homosexuality? If the parental background is very disturbed, the daughter’s homosexuality may emerge relatively early.

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1

This is probably a question for Dan, but is there any validity to the "there are more gay men than women" meme? Any theories as to why?

One more question for Dan: were you able to give those musical theatre tickets away?

Posted by Mike in MO | April 9, 2008 8:52 AM
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I am waiting for the news coverage of the baby born with 6 dicks and 23 testicles.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | April 9, 2008 8:52 AM
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Yikes. That baby with 2 faces is crazy.

Posted by Michigan Matt | April 9, 2008 9:00 AM
4

Two faced baby's daddy looks like he should be in a local band.

Posted by The White Blackula | April 9, 2008 9:05 AM
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if you want to save homeowners in trouble, kick em out, tell em to rent for a few years and let the prices fall. also give them a grant to send at least one of the family members to college to major in business.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | April 9, 2008 9:06 AM
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That baby with 2 faces' parents are abnormally beautiful, wouldn't you say?

Posted by tabletop_joe | April 9, 2008 9:08 AM
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Two-faced baby should have a great career as a politician.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | April 9, 2008 9:08 AM
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She'll grow up to be able to give two people head at the same time!

Posted by raindrop | April 9, 2008 9:15 AM
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raindrop, most women can do that already.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | April 9, 2008 9:16 AM
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Moreover, since women participate in heterosexual intercourse without special physical qualifications

Clearly written by someone who has never seen a wet vagina.

Posted by Giffy | April 9, 2008 9:16 AM
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or a vagina period.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | April 9, 2008 9:22 AM
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@ 9: women aren't the only ones who know that trick...

Posted by Mike in MO | April 9, 2008 9:22 AM
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Oh, and for those of you who get excited about these things, Denver's Rocky Mountain News is reporting that Britney Spears is pregnant. Again.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | April 9, 2008 9:27 AM
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Apparently that two-faced baby is also sponsored by Billboard. Man, they're really branching out these days. Who knew!

Posted by bearseatbeats | April 9, 2008 9:28 AM
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Tainted drinking water, food, or who knows what else is more likely responsible for the 'dieties' being born in places like India. More the handiwork of man than God.

Posted by Madashell | April 9, 2008 9:52 AM
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the branding of two-faced baby jesus

is there any real surprise that the looter in cheif is stalling for his cronies

anyway, i could tell you there was a recession...one good upside...lots and lots of squatting

Posted by linus | April 9, 2008 9:55 AM
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Under the teen-immigration assault link (FOX News) here are the 'most read' headlines:

Teen Girls Killed in Wreck After Attempting to Rob Cab Driver by Slashing His Face
Cops: Woman Raped in Wal-Mart Parking Lot With Baby in Car
Court Documents Show Polygamist Sect Married Girls at Puberty
Tiny Teenager Stands Tall Despite Her Height of 23 Inches
67 Bodies Secretly Exhumed From New Mexico Grave
Man Accused of Opening Fire at Birthday Party, Killing Woman, Granddaughter
College Student Builds His Very Own Tank
Report: Jimmy Carter to Meet With Hamas Leader in Syria
Cops: Toddler Beaten to Death With Video Game Controller
Reality Check: 'Idol' Judges and Syesha's Attitude Take Center Stage
South African Teen Survives Third Deadly Snake Bite
8 Teens Charged With Attacking Girl for YouTube Video
Debra Lafave to Be Released From House Arrest Early
Top Al Qaeda Leader Abu Ubaida al-Masri Confirmed Dead in Pakistan
Police Use Taser to Subdue Groom, Daughter at Church Wedding in New York
Pop Tarts: Carrie Underwood Defends Simon Cowell

Why are people who call themselves conservatives such trash and violence junkies? Except for Jimmy Carter and the tiny teenager, this is all hype and horror.

Posted by Grant Cogswell | April 9, 2008 10:03 AM
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Nickels opposing the Parks levy - great, as a citizen he has exactly one vote - and we have one each ourselves.

Posted by Will in Seattle | April 9, 2008 10:41 AM
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Because Grant, they are simply sensationalizing and using "conservatism" as the flag they fly under. Shit like what you list above appeals to the masses, many of who tend to be conservative simply because the lack the intelligence to be anything else.

I've met plenty of social conservatives who can carry on a reasonable conversation about why they believe their values are important.

Posted by El Seven | April 9, 2008 10:44 AM
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I can't believe you went to the Fox News web site but missed this:

College Student Builds His Very Own Tank

Posted by Greg | April 9, 2008 11:06 AM
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Oops. It works fine if you take the colon off the end of the address.

Posted by Greg | April 9, 2008 11:07 AM

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