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posted by on July 10 at 6:41 AM
Rise of the Insurgents: Foreign fighters are rushing to Pakistan’s tribal areas, according to American military and intelligence officials.
Drums of War: After Iran tests missiles for the second day in a row, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warns America will defend its allies.
New Weapons For Old Enemies: Shiite militiamen are now using rocket-propelled bombs against U.S. military outposts.
9% Approval Rating: Senate votes 69-28 to expand government surveillance powers, offer legal immunity to snooping telecoms. Both Cantwell and Murray voted nay. Obama voted yea.
Threatened Nuts: Obama supporter Jesse Jackson opens mouth, inserts foot.
A Bit of Good News: New Orleans is America’s fastest growing city, though the population is still half of what it was before Katrina.
Apologies: The American Medical Association will issue a formal apology to African-American doctors for past discrimination.
Dubious Honors: The Bush administration thinks an effort to name a San Francisco sewage plant after Our Dear Leader “doesn’t dignify a response.”
Foreclosures: Up nearly 70% from last June in Washington State.
Tanked: The Pentagon announced yesterday it would rebid the Air Force tanker contract. After a Defense Department meeting, Rep. Norm Dicks believes the fix is in against Boeing.
Derailed: The Eastside Transportation Association is already taking to the airwaves with negative light rail ads. Erica C. Barnett goes into why the anti-rail arguments are bullshit here.
Money Game: Just as in 2004, Gov. Chris Gregoire has released her tax returns, while challenger Dino Rossi has refused.
A Bump Up: The Seattle School Board voted unanimously to give chief Maria Goodloe-Johnson a 10% raise and a cost-of-living adjustment.
It Will Certainly Be Historic When It Falls Down: Local man wants the Viaduct declared a historic landmark.
Dept. of Self-Flagellation: With this surprise, my little victory lap has officially peaked. So instead, let’s wrap up today’s morning news with this important cautionary tale:
The viaduct...a historical landmark. We need an earthquake!!!
Only really sick homosexuals drive crappy four-door sedans with black sidewall tires. The really cools ones drive two-door hardtops with nifty whitewalls and vinyl upholstery. Beware the geek in the Belair!
God, that telecom thing is depressing. Oh, 'Bama . . .
Is that how you met Dan, Bradley?
It's adorable when little countries want to lie just like big countries.
Take care, Bradley.
Long ago, there was a much-loved tradition at Seattle Weekly. Departing employees would receive a full-size mock up of the paper's cover, all about them. The ad department would put it together in secret, and the final result would make its way through inter-office mail, gaining signatures and little notes of well-wishes.
It all came to a crashing end around the tenure of one Ms. Alicia Cromer, the Weekly editor responsible for all sorts of calamities, including that unfortunate logo that looked like an art fair reject.
I am almost positive I was the last Weekly employee to receive a cover upon my departure. I still have it, somewhere.
I bring this up today because you, Bradley Steinbacher, former Minister of Propaganda, were a shining light in those dark days. We became friends then, and now, ten years later, you have your own cover.
I am sure going to miss your voice at The Stranger. This is a week filled with nostalgia, and I can't help but feel a bit sappy about your departure.
Sorry for the lengthy comment. I am a sentimental old fool.
kinkos bids you a fond farewell mr steinbacher/steen
good luck out there!
We should name the new treatment plant in Woodinville after Dear Leader.
On Iran:
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174953/why_cheney_won_t_take_down_iran
"It's a reasonable proposition today -- as it wasn't perhaps a year ago -- that, whatever their desires, they will not, in the end, be able to launch an attack on Iran; that, even where there's a will, there may not be a way."
this week in McCain:
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McCain surrogate and economic advisor Phil Gramm say the recession is really all in our heads because America is "a nation of whiners."
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at this week's denver town hall meeting, McCain takes credit for passing the new GI bill while attacking it's actual author and vietnam vet, jim webb, as "not doing enough."
McCain then lies as he touts his senate voting record as "perfect" with regards to veterans issues.
A vietnam vet in the audience begs to differ.
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i dunno. nuts are fun and all, but i just thought someone might want to point these things out once in a while.
I missed my chance to watch you eat a sandwich from the first Strangercrombie auction. I'm a damn fool. What did that tape go for? $5.00?
Why isn't it news that Carl Rove is ignoring his court order to testify today?
Because Karl Marx Rove has done that once before.
I'm waiting for the House Sergeant At Arms to issue a Dead or Alive Warrant for his arrest, with a bounty, for us armed militia members to enforce ...
In reference to the line item about the Bush Sewer Plant: I can't believe a press secretary would make such a blatantly ungrammatical statement as "this doesn't dignify a response". What the Hell does that mean? Isn't the phrase actually "I(We)won't dignify *that* with a response"? Perhaps he meant "this doesn't deserve the dignity of a response" but he didn't and thereby lost any dignity he may have had. He is a public spokesperson, he should be able to speak in a manner that makes sense. Perhaps his boss's manner is rubbing off on him.
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