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Friday, November 21, 2008

News The Morning News

Posted by Jen Graves on Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:09 AM

'It's Like Another World': Video of the unbelievable light show (in attendance: Chris Tucker, Kylie Minogue, and Robert DeNiro) put on to celebrate the opening of a new resort in Dubai on an artificial island in the shape of a palm tree.

Back in the This World: U.S. and Al-Qaeda are both going down by 2025, according to an American intelligence report.

The Latest in Pirate News: Hunted!

Iraqis Protest U.S. Troops Staying On: Attack effigy of Bush.

Hillary to Get Sec of State Offer: Within the week, some say.

Health Insurance Industry: We'll take everybody, if you require everybody get covered.

The State of Seattle Sports: 'Worst sports scene in the history of sports scenes'?

No Joking in Burma: Opposition comic jailed for 45 years.

War in Congo: Has reached the gorillas.

Indian Teenager Killed for Loving Outside Caste: Paraded through the streets, then thrown under train.

Attorney General Mukasey: Has a fainting spell at a podium.

Axl Rose's 'Chinese Democracy' Record: Drops Sunday, 'is the Titanic of rock albums.'

Michael Jackson: In court with a Bahrainian prince.

National Museum of American History Reopens: Not much improved.

Christ Announces Hiring of Associate Christ!: He's from Tacoma! (Old favorite, sorry.)

Your moment of, well, Axl Rose.

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At least Axl has a sense of irony. Chinese Democracy, indeed.

Posted by AJ on November 21, 2008 at 9:18 AM

I'm really hoping Sounders 2.0 start off well. With the state of every other team in the city, a soccer team that starts out winning could establish itself in the consciousness for years.

Posted by Abby on November 21, 2008 at 9:22 AM

Take a good look at the top-of-the-fold picture on the front page of today's P-I. It's what the waterfront would look like with the tunnel view. I hate to say it, but this scenario looks like a candidate for that web site with the list of the world's test worst public squares, y'know the list that the old Occidental Square in Pioneer Square was on.

There's just all that space--what's the surface, brick?--halfway taken up with those umbrella tables. Yeah, like that's going to work out?! Like we're sunny San Diego or something.

Frankly, I'm almost inclined to say that a surface boulevard looks better than this. It sure doesn't look any worse. And for goodness sake, if this lousy "park" is what you get for the extra $2.6 billion, it's just not worth it. (Hell, you could use that extra $2.6 billion to build a mass transit system for West Seattle to Ballard and at least give the west side of Seattle some extra mobility for the mobility they'd be losing.)

P.S. Regarding something Jen did mention... I must admit "Chinese Democracy" is a great title.

Posted by cressona on November 21, 2008 at 9:22 AM

Regarding that preposterous resort opening in Dubai, several things:

Chris Tucker. The Fifth Element. Enough said.

If anyone can convince me that my disco needs me, it's Kylie.

And DeNiro at least had the decency to look kind of embarrassed to be there...

Posted by it'smark mitchell on November 21, 2008 at 9:29 AM

I find I can't be impressed by fireworks on TV anymore. Thanks a lot, Summer Olympics!

Posted by Christy O on November 21, 2008 at 9:55 AM

DeNiro looked like a man whose appearance fee wire transfer went through just fine, but after seeing the show realized he could've got double.

Posted by tomasyalba on November 21, 2008 at 10:19 AM

I bet that the American History Museum will get a lot of new visitors anyway, now that Stephen Colbert's portrait is there. I went to see it at the National Portrait Gallery when it was there last year, and there was a huge line of people waiting to see it.

Posted by julia on November 21, 2008 at 10:48 AM

Dubai is nice if you don't mind being hunted for sport by Dick Cheney hovering in his Black Helicopter of Doom.

Oh, and I second what @2 said.

Oh, and @3 needs their brain rewired. Victoria, BC has an excellent sidewalk culture. If you ever leave your Capitol Hill apartment again, you should go check it out. As a matter of fact, you should stay there.

Posted by uncle baggy on November 21, 2008 at 12:18 PM