Slog - Comments on The Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494 posted by news intern Chris Kissel Getting some practice in: Israel looks like its getting ready for an attack on Iran. Scott-free: Telecom companies spend fortunes on lobbyists, get away with helping the government spy on Americans. Treaty trouble: Czechs may join Irish in not ratifying Lisbon Treaty. The system is broken: Obama's decision to refuse public money rattles financing system. Stepping out: Zimbabwe opposition party may concede in order to stop violence that's already claimed 70 supporters. Stepping out, Part 2: Yahoo executives abandon the sinking ship. The Plame game: McClellan calls Bush out on cover-up of CIA leak.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:40:16 -0800 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:52:43 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elenchos These papers make me wonder how I ever managed to graduate from Gonzaga without beginning everything I wrote by saying, "First, there is no God. Given that..."

I guess the Jesuits always seemed so fragile that they didn't need the aggravation.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056226 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056226 News Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:03:26 -0800 Comment by Greg All this Phoenix stuff makes me want to build a robotic rover.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056227 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056227 News Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:05:35 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO Re: Six arrested in federal operation...

I never get tired of seeing rich white men getting the cuffs slapped on them.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056228 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056228 News Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:05:56 -0800 Comment by raindrop @3: I don't think that race or socio-ecomonic status really has anything to do with it.

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056239 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056239 News Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:39:03 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO Nope, it never does, does it?

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056256 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056256 News Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:52:14 -0800 Comment by Lobot This is irrelevant, but I graduated from Gonzaga too.

Yay.

]]> Lobot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056264 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056264 News Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:55:51 -0800 Comment by Greg @4: It has everything to do with it. That's why it's so satisfying.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056315 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056315 News Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:45:40 -0800 Comment by chas Redmond from Yahoo:
First off, let's set the record straight on the expression itself -- it's actually "scot-free." And contrary to popular belief, it has nothing to do with Dred Scott or the Scottish.
Sceot is the Old English for "a tax." Scot and lot was a medieval muncipal tax levied on residents. Someone who managed to avoid paying this medieval tax got off "scot free."

Eventually, the word evolved to describe getting away without any kind of punishment, fiscal or otherwise. Kids who fake fevers get out of school scot-free. Cagey adults escape jury duty scot-free. And dogs with remorseful eyes get off scot-free from just about any wrongdoing.

]]> chas Redmond http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056375 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056375 News Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:32:57 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I was kind of hoping for a recipe for Martian Ice Crumb Cake or a good Martian Margarita drink ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056378 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056378 News Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:36:17 -0800 Comment by momster bless you, chas Redmond

]]> momster http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056547 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_morning_news_494#c1056547 News Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:52:43 -0800