Slog - Comments on The Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445 "Scandalous Daylight Robbery": It's runoff time in Zimbabwe after opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai "failed" to receive a majority of votes. Silver Lining: The economy lost some 20,000 jobs in April. The good news? Analysts expected the number to be closer to 85,000. The Long, Dry Summer: California may face strict water rationing this summer. "These People are Shit": The Clinton campaign can't be happy about this old video that somehow--mysteriously--just hit YouTube (and Drudge): Meanwhile: Polls seem to be turning in Clinton's favor, but Obama keeps adding superdelegates. The Long, Wealthy Summer: University of Washington President Mark Emmert makes an... Copyright 2008 Fri, 02 May 2008 08:03:40 -0800 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:37:46 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elenchos Is it elitist to think people can't live without cheap gas? Because
the news from Detroit is that our downtrodden working class that we all relate to so well has figured out how to buy smaller cars when the gas price goes up. Maybe we really can speak to the like grown ups.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011304 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011304 News Fri, 02 May 2008 08:45:03 -0800 Comment by LMSW Another Clinton aide under the bus.

]]> LMSW http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011305 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011305 News Fri, 02 May 2008 08:46:29 -0800 Comment by some dude well, "worthless white nigg3rs" is one way to characterize the urban archipelago. (look out, ecce, they've blacklisted the n word"

]]> some dude http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011307 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011307 News Fri, 02 May 2008 08:49:01 -0800 Comment by Greg What I want to know is, what makes legal immigration so hard that millions of people try to get around it?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011313 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011313 News Fri, 02 May 2008 08:51:15 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Legal immigration is effectively impossible, unless you've got killer job skills or family here. Even then, it's still a bitch.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011322 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011322 News Fri, 02 May 2008 09:01:13 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew And then there’s the Barbara Walters affair that’s all over the nooze this morning.


The scariest aspect of her "confession" is just knowing that she began every one of those outrageous, earth-shattering, senatorial fuckfests with “hehwoe, ah’m Bahbwah Wahltahs…”

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011327 News Fri, 02 May 2008 09:06:05 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger The big question is this: Is the use of the phrase white ni**er really that bad? I mean it is not being used to describe black people right? And I mean if there has ever been a white ni**ger James Carvelle would certianly fit the definition of it right?

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011366 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011366 News Fri, 02 May 2008 09:34:39 -0800 Comment by cressona New news:
Time to Get Serious: Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo! may soon turn hostile.

Old news:
Hillary's bid for the Democratic nomination has already turned hostile.

]]> cressona http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011371 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011371 News Fri, 02 May 2008 09:38:01 -0800 Comment by tsm What if Clinton makes some comeback and somehow managed to win some tally of the popular vote (one that doesn't cheat by including MI), and then suddenly starts arguing that the superdelegates are morally obliged to follow the "will of the people" and switch to her?

Wouldn't that be hilarious? Hilarious in its awfulness, that is?

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011372 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011372 News Fri, 02 May 2008 09:39:49 -0800 Comment by some dude i always thought the term was "wigger" myself, but what do i know?

]]> some dude http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011375 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011375 News Fri, 02 May 2008 09:44:23 -0800 Comment by Chris http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Pennebaker_Clip_Doctoered.html

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011385 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011385 News Fri, 02 May 2008 09:55:44 -0800 Comment by w7ngman "A big Clinton victory in Indiana on Tuesday and in West Virginia the next week could, combined with her victories in Pennsylvania and Ohio, give her ammunition to say that Mr. Obama would fail to draw blue-collar support against Mr. McCain in the fall."

This is about as stupid as saying black Democrats wouldn't vote for Hillary. This "blue collar support" thing is getting old and tired.

Also, does anyone want to fill me in on how a poll is at all relevant to this nomination process? I always thought it was about primaries, but what do I know.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011408 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011408 News Fri, 02 May 2008 10:11:37 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew
Oh FSM help us, are we really gonna have to hear every pig and horse fuckah in Indiana and North Carolina tell CNN they can't vote for Obama 'cause he's a Mooslem? After the so-called "scandal" with his Christian pastor??


Why yes; yes we are.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011424 News Fri, 02 May 2008 10:20:30 -0800 Comment by Non Evil, evil money grubbing fucking scumbag.


Emmert in recent months has quietly accepted two board positions at local Fortune 500 companies. The first, for freight company Expeditors International, pays $200,000 a year in company stock. The second, for Weyerhaeuser, pays $140,000 annually — $70,000 a year in cash and $70,000 in stock that Emmert can cash in after leaving the board.

Emmert is required to attend four to six meetings annually for each company. Each meeting usually lasts a day or two.

The money comes on top of Emmert's annual UW compensation package of $905,000 and free use of the 12,000-square-foot presidential mansion.

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011435 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011435 News Fri, 02 May 2008 10:26:00 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @14 - don't diss my Facebook friend, he's only got slightly less than a million in direct income per year, plus the free houses (yes, plural).

;-)

Seriously, though, you want overpaid, go see what the sports guys get paid ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011447 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011447 News Fri, 02 May 2008 10:32:14 -0800 Comment by j bomb Olympia threw rocks through the US Bank and Bank of America yesterday, then started a May Day riot!! Link?

]]> j bomb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011458 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011458 News Fri, 02 May 2008 10:40:43 -0800 Comment by Non @15

I'm just so sad because I go to his school and know that I will never make a fraction of what his (even standard) salary is.

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]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011513 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1011513 News Fri, 02 May 2008 11:07:43 -0800 Comment by scott in chi-town Isn't that cute...Estelle Parsons and Fred Savage blowing bubbles in puppet form! The world doesn't suck at all!

]]> scott in chi-town http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1012348 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_445#c1012348 News Fri, 02 May 2008 13:37:46 -0800