Slog - Comments on The Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_morning_news_506 by news intern Roselle Kingsbury For Richer Or Poorer: Massive crowds protest the Group of Eight's annual meeting, held in a "luxury hotel," while French President Nicholas Sarkozy calls for the inclusion of countries like India and China. Incriminating Evidence: Two separate reports reveal how Mugabe maintained his presidency: a brutal military campaign and, effectively, stuffing the ballot box. Move Over, Alaska: Oil companies are exploring the waters off of Florida for oil, prompted by skyrocketing crude prices and President Bush's push to allow new drilling. Get Yer Rod: Over 30,000 farmed salmon swim free after a net at Marine... Copyright 2008 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:07:00 -0800 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:33:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elenchos Being a gullible rube, I would have been mollified by a meaningless sop towards inequality such as holding the G8 summit in a Motel 6. Why can't we have leaders willing to pander to my need for symbolic political theater?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_morning_news_506#c1066271 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_morning_news_506#c1066271 News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:54:15 -0800 Comment by Andrew Can I call bull shit on the domestic drilling? The GOP, not the democrats, were in charge of congress from 1994 until 2006, AND they had the White House for five of those years. If domestic drilling is supposed to be so damn wonderful why didn't they do it when they could have pushed it through? It is not like the Democrats had or have the balls to stop them.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_morning_news_506#c1066306 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_morning_news_506#c1066306 News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:14:39 -0800 Comment by Y.F. Remember this "Every Child Deserves A Mother and Father"?

Hint, Hint: Kid stomped and kicked to death to 'get demons out'.

http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_64

Know how everyone kinda assumed daddy was high as a kite? Well, we were wrong. Daddy was stone cold sober.

http://www.kcra.com/news/16791096/detail.html

But obviously very, very crazy.

]]> Y.F. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_morning_news_506#c1066367 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_morning_news_506#c1066367 News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:16:28 -0800 Comment by ams Fucking fish farms!!! Ban all in-ocean fish farms!! The province will probably not do shit about this. And that article you linked to was not very good, why not try the cbc? If it doesn't mention ecological impacts of a fish farm escape, it is not telling most of the story.

]]> ams http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_morning_news_506#c1066398 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_morning_news_506#c1066398 News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:51:54 -0800 Comment by yucca flower Hey, aren't the fisherman always complaining about how the seals and sea lions are stealing their catch? Well, now the seals/sea lions have something to eat.

]]> yucca flower http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_morning_news_506#c1066457 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_morning_news_506#c1066457 News Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:33:09 -0800