Slog - Comments on The Morning News

Comment by Julie in Chicago

Julie in Chicago — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:45:19 -0800

I love the headline of the Reichert article "Web sites misrepresent Reichert's r�sum�". That is hilarious. As if Reichert had no idea what the Congressional Directory said about his background and could not possibly have corrected it...

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:47:07 -0800

Yeah,let's divert the hotel tax money to get new NBA team which won't attract anyone to the city to use the hotels. forget about improving our convention center...no we don't want 10s of millions of dollars from conventions coming in, we'd rather have an NBA team.

This is worse than the bullshit Frank Chopp did.

Comment by osu student

osu student — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:49:03 -0800

This is a better version of the video for Christian the Lion:

http://vimeo.com/1257793?pg=embed&sec=1257793

Comment by matthew

matthew — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:06:20 -0800

nothing like some Big Black to get you going in the morning.

Comment by Julie in Chicago

Julie in Chicago — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:16:34 -0800

I obviously lose the internet race, but I had not seen the Christian the Lion video. I watched it and did, in fact, weep. Stupid animal videos get me every time.

Comment by ellarosa

ellarosa — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:28:13 -0800

it struck me that christian was unusually affectionate toward his mate and children for a male lion. in all the other footage i've seen of male lions in the wild, they are somewhat aloof with their families. i wonder if the guys taught him to be more loving than he would have been otherwise.

Comment by MMinParis

MMinParis — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:30:40 -0800

Oh my God, that HIV article is insane.

What the hell is wrong with people? A football team refusing to play with this school? People breaking up just because one of them goes there? At least 50 people being infected but no one knows how? AND THE TESTING ISN'T MANDATORY?
This shit is crazy.

Dear middle-of-the-country,
What's your fucking deal?

Comment by CP

CP — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:38:04 -0800

Maybe we should be directing this money to a place where tourists actually go... like pike place market anybody??

Well, the bonus is that we get $30 million dollars if we have funding committed for a stadium and there is no team by 2013. Plus, $150 mil is less than half of what we paid for the new Mariners stadium.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:45:23 -0800

Fuck pro basketball and their extortion bullshit, don't fuck teenagers in Missouri, and Christian the lion is adorable.

Comment by Cables

Cables — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:45:43 -0800

Yeah, ye olde Big Black - the only band I remember liking that used a drum machine and was out about it. VIVA the Touch 'n' Go years!

Comment by Cookie W. Monster

Cookie W. Monster — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:54:11 -0800

Playful lions give me sore eyes, groovy forehead and curly hair. Please post more videos with playful crocodiles in them.

Comment by Eric Grandy

Eric Grandy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:11:12 -0800

Yay, Big Black!

Comment by A

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:18:18 -0800

Coincidentally, I listened to "The Rich Man's 8-Track" on the bus this morning. Ready Men is still my favorite.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:03:44 -0800

As to nukes, did you realize that Australia is spending BILLIONS to create a nation-wide plug-in capability for plug-in and all-electric vehicles?

Mind you, Australia is a major source of nuclear fuel, and currently uses mostly coal plants, so it's not a bad tradeoff ...

Comment by Will in STL

Will in STL — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:10:19 -0800

Okay, first off, I think that teenagers in Missouri need to get fucked too.

Secondly, the articles I've read (from stltoday.com) don't indicate whether it was sex-related. They say that the district has been mum about the cause. It could be just a lot of dirty needles. But it is very possible that it's the abstinence only sex-ed. I went to St. Louis Public Schools. And I learned nothing except what a penis and a vagina looked like when they were covered in various diseases (only worse-case scenarios at that).

The district in question is also one of the three lowest rated in the state. It's one of those cyclical- apathetic teachers, apathetic students, no sex ed- things.

Comment by snakes

snakes — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:12:22 -0800

I think I really would have loved the lion montage, except my head kept insisting that the men were Siegfried and Roy. Ack.

Comment by Cookie W. Monster

Cookie W. Monster — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:16:25 -0800

Jonah,

I almost forgot: thanks for the blast from the Big Black past!

Now find me a Dream Syndicate video, and I'll really be a happy little muppet!

Comment by gk

gk — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:51:13 -0800

Ah, Whitney.