Slog - Comments on The Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460 posted by news intern Chris Kissel New digs: Pentagon plans new prison in Afghanistan. New rescue efforts: After flood threat, efforts resume in Beichuan, China. Famine: Global food crisis hits Somalia. Condemnation: Entire world criticizes Burma for cyclone response. Hike: Saudi Arabia increases oil production, Bush says it won't fix energy problems. Acid bath: Chemist gets life in prison for stuffing husband into a vat of acid. Oh, no: Ted Kennedy's in the hospital. Bad information: Public never notified of 50,000-gallon toxic waste spill in King County. New contract: SPD officers are now the highest paid in the state. Recommendation... Copyright 2008 Sat, 17 May 2008 09:30:00 -0800 Sun, 18 May 2008 23:02:25 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf No, I'm sitting inside, staring at a computer screen. What, are you NUTS? Don't go OUTSIDE!

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027183 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027183 News Sat, 17 May 2008 09:50:40 -0800 Comment by elliott Teddy Kennedy may be dying. I, for one don't think this is a good thing.

]]> elliott http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027184 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027184 News Sat, 17 May 2008 09:59:26 -0800 Comment by PC A 12 year veteran cop at 90K should have an assistant to handle paperwork, waiting around in court till the moment the cop is needed, and other more routine tasks for which you don't training in violence, arms, etc. Give them assistants.

Every knight should have a squire.

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027213 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027213 News Sat, 17 May 2008 15:46:55 -0800 Comment by Vince New prisons in Afghanistan. That should win hearts and minds.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027218 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027218 News Sat, 17 May 2008 16:59:48 -0800 Comment by Wolf Seizures are Not. Fun. To. Have.

I had one last summer. I was driving at the time. Fortunately, I suddenly had the feeling something wasn't right with my vision, so I pulled off and put the truck in park "until my head cleared." Next thing I know, I'm waking up in an ambulance. Someone apparently saw me in the truck and called 911.

One of the more unpleasant and embarrassing effects of a grand mal is that your bowels and bladder, um, "evacuate" during the muscle contraction/relaxation cycle of the seizure.

My neurologist could find no reason for the seizure, and thank the gods, I haven't had another since.

]]> Wolf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027219 News Sat, 17 May 2008 17:08:33 -0800 Comment by K SPD officers are now the highest paid in the state.

And yet they still can't afford to live in town.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027236 News Sat, 17 May 2008 23:44:45 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Go outside?

Like annie and a lot of other people, we were mostly inside NSCC for the 7th CD today ...

But it was nice driving home with the top down and waking up to sunshine.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027240 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027240 News Sun, 18 May 2008 00:39:11 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Driving while asleep again, Will?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027253 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027253 News Sun, 18 May 2008 09:49:16 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle You presume time references are linear, just as you presume everyone is going to live in single-family houses in Seattle ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027338 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027338 News Sun, 18 May 2008 21:02:22 -0800 Comment by UnCommon Sense SPD makes a bundle off all the weed they confiscate while the crackheads have the run of the city. Ever hear of Initiative-75, pigs?

]]> UnCommon Sense http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_morning_news_460#c1027356 News Sun, 18 May 2008 23:02:25 -0800